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Barclay's Analysts Bet Tesla Stock Is Being Propped Up By r/WallStreetBetsFebruary 23, 2021 at 3:45 PM Tesla might be the beneficiary of the GameStonks effect, at least according to analysts for the British bank and investment firm Barclay’s.Read more...Tags: Science, Cars, Tesla, Stock Market, Robinhood, Share Trading, Gamestop, Financial Markets, Short Selling, Barclay, Business Finance, Keith Gill, In Video Gaming, Rwallstreetbets, Gamestop Short Squeeze, Internet Based Activism 73 people like this. Like Paris Barclay Named Honorary Life Member of Directors Guild of AmericaFebruary 18, 2021 at 2:07 PM Prolific director Paris Barclay has been named an honorary life member of the Directors Guild of America. The life member designation is one of the guild’s highest honors, recognizing his career achievements and leadership in the industry. Barclay, known for directing TV shows ranging from “Glee” to “Sons of Anarchy,” served as president of DGA […]Tags: News, Sons Of Anarchy, Directors Guild Of America, DGA, Barclay, Paris Barclay 6 people like this. Like LA will have 7,961 new housing units for homeless by 2024, officials sayFebruary 3, 2021 at 6:21 PM LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles officials told the City Council Wednesday that they’re making good progress on three homelessness initiatives: A Bridge Home, Proposition HHH and the COVID-19 Homelessness Roadmap.
Ann Sewill, general manager of the Housing and Community Investment Department, briefed the council on the status of Proposition HHH, which was approved by voters in November 2016 and was designed to increase supportive housing production from 300 units a year to 1,000 every year for 10 years...Tags: Politics, News, Housing, La, California News, Los Angeles, Sport, Homelessness, Soccer, Homeless, City Council, Local News, Los Angeles City Council, Affordable Housing, Chavez, San Fernando Valley 31 people like this. Like The UK is considering whether it can speed up COVID vaccination by giving everyone only one dose of the vaccineDecember 23, 2020 at 2:36 PM A volunteer receives an injection for a potential vaccine against COVID-19 in South Africa.
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Ex-British prime minister Tony Blair said on Wednesday that the government should give people one shot of the COVID-19 vaccine instead of two, so people can be immunized more quickly to curb the spread coronavirus.
One dose has a 91% effectiveness rate. The second dose raises the rate to 95%.
Professor David Salisbury, former head of Immunizatio...Tags: Europe, UK, News, Trends, South Africa, Healthcare, Tony Blair, Astrazeneca, Telegraph, Pfizer, University of Oxford, Imperial College London, Salisbury, Department Of Health, Blair, BBC Radio 85 people like this. Like The Obamas are worth at least $70 million - take a look at how they make and spend their moneyDecember 9, 2020 at 2:25 PM The Obamas are worth millions.
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Barack Obama has a net worth of $70 million, according to International Business Times.
Aside from the six-figure pension he receives as a former president, Obama has made millions from speaking engagements and his best-selling books.
His latest memoir, "A Promised Land," was published in November 2020 and sold nearly 890,000 copies within 24 hours of its release.
While Obama spends his money in various ways, he notably donates to charity an...Tags: New York Post, Politics, Bruce Springsteen, Beyonce, Microsoft, Obama, Washington Post, Washington, White House, Time, US, Barack Obama, Trends, Cnn, Features, Chicago 91 people like this. Like Before and After: A Couple’s DIY Cabin Upstate, Redone During QuarantineNovember 20, 2020 at 4:00 AM With all this time spent inside, there’s been a return to tinkering away at little projects: baking a loaf of bread, say, or stitching a quilt. Or, if you’re like Yi-Mei Truxes and her husband Gray Reinhard, renovating an entire upstate cabin by hand.
“I first stumbled upon a listing for the cabin about six years ago on Airbnb and was immediately struck by the incredible views,” says Yi-Mei. “I had never seen anything like it. We ended up staying there for an autumn weekend with a group of frien...Tags: Books, Brooklyn, Cto, House Tour, Gray, Concrete, Tom, Upstate New York, Barclay, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Portola, DIY & Remodeling, Remodel & Renovation, Architecture & Interiors, Cottages & Cabins, Downsville 116 people like this. Like What Fulton v. Philadelphia Is--and Isn't--AboutNovember 4, 2020 at 3:33 AM Later this morning, the Supreme Court will hear argument in the most significant Religion Clause case of the Term, Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, No. 19-123. The principal question in the case is whether the City of Philadelphia may insist that a city contractor involved in helping the City with its foster care program must comply with a term of the contract that forbids discriminating against prospective foster-care parents on the basis of their sexual orientation, where the contractor has a ...Tags: Supreme Court, Court, City, Css, Dhs, Pennsylvania, Pope Francis, Fca, Wisconsin, Philadelphia, Catholic, Smith, Council, Branding, Fulton, Scalia 15 people like this. Like This serial founder is taking on Carta with cap table management software she says is better for foundersOctober 21, 2020 at 1:56 PM Yin Wu has co-founded several companies since graduating from Stanford in 2011, including a computer vision company called Double Labs that sold to Microsoft, where she stayed on for a couple of years as a software engineer. In fact, it was only after that sale she she says she “actually understood all of the nuances with a company’s cap table.”
Her newest company, Pulley, a 14-month-old, Mountain View, Ca.-based maker of cap table management software aims to solve that same problem and has so f...Tags: Fundings & Exits, Startups, TC, Microsoft, Stanford, Funding, Tech, Venture Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Morgan Stanley, Stripe, General Catalyst, Caffeinated Capital, Braintree, Yu, Wu 13 people like this. Like Technicals suggest the S&P 500 could jump 30% in a current bull market cycle that will extend to 2022, Fundstrat saysOctober 13, 2020 at 3:36 PM Spencer Platt/Getty Images
The S&P 500 could surge 30% from Monday's close to 4,600 in a bull market cycle that extends into 2022, according to a technical analysis note from Fundstrat.The cycle backdrop for stocks remains bullish and is still improving, market breadth is expanding, and the laggards are bottoming, the note highlighted."We would encourage investors to keep in mind the improving longer-term cycle backdrop underway that should support equities well into 2021," Fundstrat said....Tags: US, Trends, Barclay, Matthew Fox, Spencer Platt Getty, Technicals, Fundstrat, Rob Sluymer 133 people like this. Like Breonna Taylor decision: two officers shot in Louisville as protests erupt across US – liveSeptember 23, 2020 at 10:31 PM Both officers suffer non-life-threatening injuries, says chiefCrowds gather in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and elsewhereLawyer Ben Crump condemns ‘outrageous’ announcementKamala Harris: family deserves justice ‘yesterday, today and tomorrow’Just one officer charged with wanton endangermentRuth Bader Ginsburg will lie in repose for two days at supreme courtFDA commissioner says science, not politics, will steer vaccine approvalSign up for our First Thing newsletter 3.29am BST Two officers ...Tags: US, World news, Joe Biden, US news, Austin, US politics, US policing, Manhattan, Dallas, Donald Trump, Chinatown, Louisville, HARRIS, Cesar Chavez, Barclay, New York Los Angeles Chicago 39 people like this. Like From spit hoods to ketamine injections: The controversial police tactics highlighted by the Black Lives Matter movementSeptember 6, 2020 at 11:15 AM Portland police and Oregon State Patrol troopers work together to arrest two protesters in front of the Portland Police Bureau North Precinct on the 75th day of protests against racial injustice and police brutality on August 11, 2020 in Portland, Oregon.
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The ongoing Black Lives Matter movement has put law enforcement policies and police tactics under renewed scrutiny.
Scroll down to see some of the controversial police tactics highlighted amid the Black Lives M...Tags: Politics, New York, Texas, News, Nbc, Minneapolis, Colorado, Washington, White House, New York City, US, America, Trends, Features, Brooklyn, Washington Dc 134 people like this. Like Point72, the firm investing hedge fund mogul Steven A Cohen’s personal wealth, gets into healthcareSeptember 2, 2020 at 8:00 AM Point72 Ventures, the early stage investment firm that’s now solely investing the personal wealth of the multi-billionaire hedge fund magnate Steven A. Cohen, is getting into healthcare investing.
The firm has hired Scott Barclay, a former partner at the life sciences and frontier technology investment firm, DCVC, to run its new healthcare practice.
Since the investment firm is more like a family office than a traditional fund with limited partners, it’s hard to gauge the size of the firm’s comm...Tags: TC, Tech, Healthcare, Computing, Healthcare Industry, Enterprise Software, Scott, Steven A Cohen, Barclay, Granade, Healthcare Practice, DCVC, Point72 Ventures, Scott Barclay, Matthew Granade Barclay, 5AM Ventures Barclay 22 people like this. Like As Kentucky Derby approaches, 2020 continues to challenge horsemenAugust 6, 2020 at 5:28 PM For all you naysayers out there, the folks who will poo poo any major accomplishments during this year’s Triple Crown races because of the upheaval caused by the coronavirus, well, a pair of veteran horsemen will disagree with you.
Tom Drury, who trains Blue Grass Stakes winner Art Collector and will send out the colt in Saturday’s Ellis Park Derby, believes any feats accomplished in this topsy-turvy season should be greeted with great fanfare.
“I don’t think there’s any question,” Drury said on...Tags: Chuck, Sports, Sport, Soccer, Derby, Horse racing, Belmont Stakes, Kentucky Derby, Louisville, Belmont, Tagg, Nadal, Bob Baffert, Travers, Haskell, Saratoga 34 people like this. Like Coronavirus live news: UK minister says face masks should not be mandatory; Russia cases jumpJuly 12, 2020 at 5:02 AM Michael Gove says he trusts ‘people’s good sense’ days after PM says stricter rules may be needed in England; Russia sees over 6,600 new infections Donald Trump wears mask in public for first timeYoung people overeating amid lockdown anxietyJapan: anger after 61 marines on US base contract Covid-19Bollywood superstar tests positive for coronavirus 10.02am BST Cabinet minister Michael Gove explicitly says face masks should not be mandatory in England, giving his first clear answer on this.Whe...Tags: UK, England, Russia, US, World news, Australia news, Bbc, Michael Gove, World Health Organization, Andrew Marr, Donald Trump, Imperial College London, Gove, Barclay, Wendy Barclay, Coronavirus outbreak 12 people like this. Like Tiz the Law delivers, runs away with Belmont StakesJune 20, 2020 at 6:17 PM NEW YORK — Tiz the Law has won an unprecedented Belmont Stakes, claiming victory Saturday at the first race of a rejiggered Triple Crown schedule in front of eerily empty grandstands.
The 3-year-old colt from upstate New York charged to the lead turning for home and now can set his sights on the Sept. 5 Kentucky Derby and Oct. 3 Preakness. All three legs of this year’s Triple Crown schedule were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Belmont, usually the series capper, was initially schedule...Tags: Post, New York, Law, Sports, Sport, Soccer, Arkansas, Horse racing, Andrew Cuomo, Frank Sinatra, Long Island, Belmont Stakes, Kentucky Derby, Belmont, Forrester, Puerto Rico 5 people like this. Like These 7 personal finance start-ups are enticing Gen-Z with virtual piggy banks and video game-style savings — and raised $240 million from investors like Will Smith and JP Morgan.June 18, 2020 at 2:22 PM Generation Z, those born between 1996 and 2010, is coming of age.
There are 68 million Gen Zers in the US, and in the coming years they'll replace Millennials as the newest generation of workers and consumers.
From childhood allowances to college finances, fintechs are looking for ways to tap into this group of consumers who are starting to enter the workforce.
Here are seven startups focused on personal finance targeting Generation Z.
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Generation...Tags: UK, Massachusetts, US, San Francisco, Trends, Atlanta, Palo Alto, Chicago, Jp Morgan, Silicon Valley, Andreessen Horowitz, Will Smith, GoHenry, Max Levchin, Pluto, Warby Parker 93 people like this. Like Whicker: Tiz the Law could be the people’s Triple Crown choiceJune 17, 2020 at 2:12 PM Greg Martin was a PGA Tour caddie, known as “Piddler.” He helped Dan Forsman win eight tournaments, helped Mark Calcavecchia win two.
He did not realize he was headed for a second act. One day he came home and his wife Kathleen greeted him this way:
“We’re in the horse racing business.”
“Are you nuts?” Martin replied.
Well, no. On Saturday, Piddler and Kathleen, married for 22 years, will watch the Belmont Stakes. They will probably be home in Dunedin, Fla., unless horse owners are allowed to wa...Tags: Sports, America, Sport, Soccer, Greg Martin, Derby, Horse racing, Caribbean, Kentucky Derby, Louisville, Belmont, Robin, Riyadh, Martin, Greg, Knowlton 2 people like this. Like Silicon Valley is betting $240 million that consumer loyalty starts early. These 7 personal finance start-ups are tapping Gen Z through virtual piggy banks and video game-style savingsJune 15, 2020 at 9:11 AM Generation Z, those born between 1996 and 2010, is coming of age.
There are 68 million Gen Zers in the US, and in the coming years they'll replace Millennials as the newest generation of workers and consumers.
From childhood allowances to college finances, fintechs are looking for ways to tap into this group of consumers who are starting to enter the workforce.
Here are seven startups focused on personal finance targeting Generation Z.
Click here to sign up for Wall Street Insider.
Generation...Tags: UK, Massachusetts, US, San Francisco, Trends, Atlanta, Palo Alto, Chicago, Silicon Valley, Andreessen Horowitz, Will Smith, GoHenry, Max Levchin, Pluto, Warby Parker, Kleiner Perkins 83 people like this. Like From virtual piggy banks to gamified savings, meet 7 fintechs trying to tap the $143 billion Gen Z marketJune 13, 2020 at 9:55 AM Generation Z, those born between 1996 and 2010, is coming of age.
There are 68 million Gen Zers in the US, and in the coming years they'll replace Millennials as the newest generation of workers and consumers.
From childhood allowances to college finances, fintechs are looking for ways to tap into this group of consumers who are starting to enter the workforce.
Here are seven startups focused on personal finance targeting Generation Z.
Click here to sign up for Wall Street Insider.
Generation...Tags: UK, Massachusetts, US, San Francisco, Trends, Atlanta, Palo Alto, Chicago, Silicon Valley, Andreessen Horowitz, Will Smith, GoHenry, Max Levchin, Pluto, Warby Parker, Kleiner Perkins 122 people like this. Like From virtual piggy banks to gamified savings, meet 7 fintechs trying to tap the $143 billion Gen Z market as they come of ageJune 12, 2020 at 11:52 AM Generation Z, those born between 1996 and 2010, is coming of age.
There are 68 million Gen Zers in the US, and in the coming years they'll replace Millennials as the newest generation of workers and consumers.
From childhood allowances to college finances, fintechs are looking for ways to tap into this group of consumers who are starting to enter the workforce.
Here are seven startups focused on personal finance targeting Generation Z.
Click here to sign up for Wall Street Insider.
Generation...Tags: UK, Massachusetts, US, San Francisco, Trends, Atlanta, Palo Alto, Chicago, Silicon Valley, Andreessen Horowitz, Will Smith, GoHenry, Max Levchin, Pluto, Warby Parker, Kleiner Perkins 60 people like this. Like Barclay nephews say it was 'necessary and reasonable' to bug RitzJune 8, 2020 at 11:35 AM Relatives claim they secretly recorded Sir Frederick Barclay to protect family businessSir Frederick Barclay’s nephews have said they felt it was “necessary and reasonable” to bug the conservatory of the Ritz hotel after becoming concerned that their billionaire uncle’s conduct could potentially damage the family’s business empire, according to documents lodged at the high court.Barclay, 85, and his daughter, Amanda, are suing three of his twin brother Sir David Barclay’s sons – Alistair, Aidan ...Tags: Business, London, UK News, Aidan, Barclay Brothers, Howard, Andrew, Amanda, Ritz, Barclay, Frederick Barclay, David Barclay, Alistair Aidan 27 people like this. Like 'I'd like to play a couple more games' - Ex-Scotland captain Barclay reconsiders retirement plansJune 2, 2020 at 10:45 AM Former Scotland captain John Barclay says the coronavirus shutdown has made him reconsider plans to retire.Tags: News, Scotland, Barclay, John Barclay George Floyd: crowds defy evening curfews as protests rage on – liveMay 31, 2020 at 10:23 PM Trump aide O’Brien: ‘There are some bad cops that are racist’Mayors impose curfews, governors call in national guardTrump taken to special secure bunker as protests flareDispatch from Minneapolis: the night the city cracked downGet a fresh perspective on America – sign up to our First Thing newsletter 3.23am BST Scenes from across the country on Sunday evening 2.35am BST In perhaps the biggest and most organized march yet, thousands of New Yorkers made their way from the Grand Army Plaza...Tags: New York, Activism, Protest, Minnesota, Minneapolis, California, Race, America, World news, US news, Brooklyn, US politics, US policing, Manhattan, Michigan, US crime 8 people like this. Like Sir Frederick Barclay's nephew 'caught with bugging device' at Ritz hotelMay 18, 2020 at 3:03 AM CCTV footage from the Ritz hotel is at the centre of a row between the families of the Barclay twins.Tags: UK, News, Cctv, Ritz, Barclay, Frederick Barclay 27 people like this. Like The History of the Nassau Veterans Memorial ColiseumApril 28, 2020 at 7:35 AM The Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, which is now branded as NYCB Live Arena, is a multipurpose indoor arena, that is better known as the home of the New York Islanders, located in Uniondale, New York.
The arena opened in 1972 and was built on 63 acres of Mitchel Field, which was formerly known as Army Airfield and later an Air Force base. However, now the grounds are used for sporting events, large exhibitions, concerts, and shows.
Nassau Coliseum (Spencer Hazen/THW)
Now, the ...Tags: New York Post, Hbo, New York, Bruce Springsteen, White House, Denver Nuggets, Raiders, Sport, Brooklyn, New Jersey, Barclays, Billy Joel, Spice Girls, Nba, Madonna, Rangers 130 people like this. Like Ritz buyer revealed as brother-in-law of #Qatar’s ruler | Financial TimesApril 22, 2020 at 1:43 PM Ritz buyer revealed as brother-in-law of Qatar’s ruler | Financial Times: A Qatari investor agreed to buy the Ritz hotel in Mayfair, London, from the billionaire Barclay family last month © AFP via Getty Images A 40-year-old Qatari businessman who is the brother-in-law of the Gulf state’s ruler is the new owner of London’s Ritz Hotel, UK company filings show.An unnamed Qatari investor agreed to buy the Mayfair hotel from the billionaire Barclay family last month, inflaming tensions i...Tags: Travel, UK, London, Qatar, Mayfair, Financial Times, Gulf, Companies House, Ritz, Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, Frederick, Barclay, Mayfair London, Al Hajri, Rupert Neil Bumfrey, Macfarlanes 85 people like this. Like Barclay's 150 Trends for Investors to WatchApril 22, 2020 at 4:00 AM Barclays, a large global financial firm, recently released a report and chart covering 150 trends that they think investors should watch over the next decade.
The trends cover six broad categories and they rank all 150 trends by their likelihood of happening and their potential impact.
The six trend categories are: 1) Technology & Innovation; 2) Consumer, Food & Retail; 3) Industrials, Manufacturing & Transportation; 4) Health & Modern Science; 5) Energy & Environment and 6) Society & Culture.
...Tags: Sales, Trends, Barclays, Barclay, Energy Environment, Consumer Food Retail, Industrials Manufacturing Transportation 135 people like this. Like 6 Good ReadsApril 10, 2020 at 5:56 PM We're winding the week down with a six-pack of online articles to get you through your pandemic Friday which spans from making my OCD'ness happy, Barclay getting suddenly prolific with his blog, a Bahamas adventure, a deep look into Tom Morgan Rodsmiths, Rent this Rod getting some ink and a blogging OG is suddenly back in the game.THE MISSION - HOW TO BUILD THE PERFECT FLATS BOX C. BARCLAY FLY ROD CO. - THE BLOG IS CRAZY ALIVE RIGHT NOW MARSH WEAR - BIMINI BAHAMAS 2020 BIG SKY JOURNAL - FROM ...Tags: Sport, Fishing, Bahamas, Marsh, Rod, Barclay, Cameron Mortenson, Bimini Bahamas, Tom Morgan Rodsmiths 71 people like this. Like London Ritz Sale Said to Fetch Less Than 800 Million Pounds - Bloomberg #QatarMarch 28, 2020 at 8:11 AM London Ritz Sale Said to Fetch Less Than 800 Million Pounds - Bloomberg:The sale of London’s Ritz Hotel by the U.K.’s billionaire Barclay twins fetched less than 800 million pounds ($997 million), according to a person familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified.Law firm Macfarlanes said in a statement that it advised one of its private Qatari investor clients on the acquisition of the hotel that opened in London’s Mayfair in 1906.“It is a privilege to become the owner of the iconic ...Tags: Travel, London, Qatar, David, Mayfair, St James, Ritz, Frederick, Barclay, Ritz Hotel, Rupert Neil Bumfrey, Frederick Barclay, Macfarlanes, London Ritz Sale Said 40 people like this. Like The road to the Kentucky Derby got a lot longerMarch 26, 2020 at 8:04 PM This year’s Kentucky Derby may have been pushed back 126 days because of the coronavirus pandemic, but Tiz the Law’s schedule has remained intact.
The son of Constitution, the 6-5 morning-line favorite in Saturday’s Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park, has been pointed toward the $1 million race since Day One, and nothing has changed in the past couple of weeks.
“We have targeted this race as our next race after the Holy Bull,” said Jack Knowlton of Sackatoga Stable, the same group that owned 2003 ...Tags: New York, Kentucky, Sports, Sport, Soccer, Horse racing, Andrew Cuomo, Kentucky Derby, Belmont, Wilson, Gulfstream, Knowlton, Travers, Saratoga, Barclay, Todd Pletcher 17 people like this. Like |