By Naomi Rovnick LONDON (Reuters) – Fear that interest rates in major economies will stay relatively high is creeping back and threatens a painful wake-up call for financial markets, big investors warn. With traders laser-focused on expected summer rate cuts, global stocks remain near record highs and demand for debt issued by the riskiest companies […]
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As his trans daughter struggles, a father pushes past his prejudice. ‘It was like a wake-up’
SMITHVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Before his transgender daughter was suspended after using the girls’ bathroom at her Missouri high school. Before the bullying and the suicide attempts. Before she dropped out. Before all that, Dusty Farr was — in his own words — “a full-on bigot.” By which he meant that he was eager to […]
Big, dead satellite’s crash was a space-junk wakeup call, experts say
There is some interesting residual fallout from the recent nosedive to Earth of the European Remote Sensing satellite, or ERS-2. Following its launch in April 1995, ERS-2 studied our planet for nearly 16 years. Then, in 2011, the European Space Agency (ESA) decided to bring the radar-toting spacecraft’s mission to an end. The agency commanded […]
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Voiding Elon Musk’s $56 billion Tesla pay plan is a ‘wake-up call’ for directors at all companies
A decision by a Delaware judge to throw out Elon Musk’s $56 billion Tesla (TSLA) pay package is a threat to the wealth of the world’s richest man. It also could alter the way CEO compensation is decided at companies across America. “It’s a big deal,” said Cornell University visiting lecturer Brian Dunn, who noted […]
Voiding Elon Musk’s $56 billion Tesla pay is a ‘wake-up call’ for directors at all companies
A decision by a Delaware judge to throw out Elon Musk’s $56 billion Tesla (TSLA) pay package is a threat to the wealth of the world’s richest man. It also could alter the way CEO compensation is decided at companies across America. “It’s a big deal,” said Cornell University visiting lecturer Brian Dunn, who noted […]
Argentina’s wake-up call? National strike, politics slow Milei’s broad reforms.
In the teeming crowd in front of Argentina’s National Congress last week, Alicia Ambrosi weaved her way around banners and placards pleading for more economic assistance – and deriding a new president intent on fundamentally changing how the country works. The retiree, who once sewed socks in a factory, sees herself as part of the […]
ADHD medication abuse in schools is a ‘wake-up call’
CNN — At some middle and high schools in the United States, 1 in 4 teens report they’ve abused prescription stimulants for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder during the year prior, a new study found. “This is the first national study to look at the nonmedical use of prescription stimulants by students in middle and high […]