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Gary Neville said he enjoyed watching Manchester United’s “entertaining” 4-4 draw with Bournemouth, while Jamie Carragher called Manchester United’s performance under manager Ruben Amorim their best. United and Bournemouth had one of the better matches of the Premier League season so far, exchanging blows in a thrilling 4-4 draw. It was a remarkable rollercoaster night at Old Trafford, with little of the outcome expected given the hosts’ dominant start. United had 17 shots in the first half, more than any other Premier League team in the first 45 minutes of the game this season, and should have held a bigger…
Kevin Hassett’s candidacy for chairman of the Federal Reserve System, once considered a near certainty in the market, has faced some pushback from government officials with the ear of President Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the matter.The person said there were concerns that the National Economic Council chief was too close to the president, which ironically made him a top candidate to replace current chairman Jerome Powell in the first place. The backlash may help explain why interviews with candidates were canceled in early December and then, at least for Warsh, rescheduled to last week.After telling reporters he…
Piotr Swat | Light Rocket | Getty ImagesKorea Zinc stock price plunged more than 13% on Tuesday. This is because the company’s largest shareholder is reportedly opposed to a plan to establish a U.S.-backed joint venture that would dilute its stake in the Korean company. Shares of the world’s largest zinc smelter rose more than 26% on Monday, but gains were limited to 5% as the company announced a $7.4 billion mineral smelting project in Tennessee. The company’s largest shareholder coalition opposes this move and plans to ask the court to block the issuance of new shares. The Korea Times…
Manchester United and Bournemouth have played one of the matches of the Premier League season so far, exchanging blows in a thrilling 4-4 draw that saw Ruben Amorim experiment with formations.The Portuguese had to build a solid defensive 3-4-3 system at times, but looked like they were playing a tweaked or completely changed formation from the kick-off. Indeed, by the middle of the second half he became more alert and adopted a 4-2-4. Whatever tactics Amorim deployed, there is no doubt that Manchester United had the upper hand in the first half. Their 17 shots were the most of any…
After announcing its Open AI Ecosystem Framework earlier this year, the nonprofit organization Creative Commons announced its support for “pay-to-crawl” technology, or systems that automate the reward of website content when accessed by machines such as AI web crawlers. Creative Commons (CC) is best known for spearheading the licensing movement that allows creators to share their work while retaining copyright. In July, the organization announced plans to provide a legal and technical framework for sharing datasets between companies that control the data and AI providers who want to train on it. The nonprofit is now tentatively backing the pay-to-crawl system,…
“This meeting could have been by email.”You’ve probably had this idea at least once. Effective meetings support employee engagement, coordination, and decision-making, but people are often forced to attend meetings that they feel are unnecessary. This can rob you of valuable time to get your work done.Laura Vanderkam, author of several books on time management and productivity, says that ideal meetings “should involve decisions that require everyone to come together to make a conclusion.” Rather, for many people, “The whole reason the meeting is being held is because it’s Thursday at 10am.”When attending a meeting, Vanderkam says everyone should know…
Colin Angle, co-founder and CEO of iRobot, speaks at the Prime Air delivery drone unveiling event in Las Vegas on June 5, 2019.Joe Baglowitz | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesColin Angle, co-founder and former CEO iRoboton Monday called the company’s move to declare bankruptcy “deeply disappointing” and “nothing short of a tragedy for consumers.”The robot vacuum cleaner pioneer announced Sunday that it has filed for bankruptcy protection after years of financial difficulties and will be taken private by financier and major supplier Shenzhen Picea Robotics Co., Ltd.”Today’s outcome is extremely disappointing. And it was avoidable,” Angle told CNBC in a statement.…
Korea Zinc, the world’s largest zinc smelter, announced a $7.4 billion smelter project that will be primarily funded by the U.S. government as the U.S. government pushes to reduce dependence on China for a variety of critical minerals.Under the plan, which the company announced on Monday, Korea Zinc will sell new shares worth $1.9 billion to a joint venture controlled by the U.S. government and an unnamed U.S.-based strategic investor, which will control about 10% of the South Korean company.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe US Department of Defense will hold a 40% stake in the business, while…
Reuters — Police in Australia’s Tasmania state said Sunday they will join a private search effort after the mobile phone of a Belgian woman who went missing in the wilderness more than two years ago was found in the southern island state. Friends and family of Celine Cremer have arranged a private search this weekend in bushland near Philosopha Falls, where she went missing in June 2023. A few days later, her car was found nearby by police, but despite multiple searches, no trace of her was found. On Saturday, searchers found a mobile phone in an area previously searched…
Nvidia continues to expand its footprint in open source AI on two fronts: acquisitions and new model releases. The semiconductor giant announced Monday that it has acquired SchedMD, a leading developer of the popular open source workload management system Slurm. Nvidia said it will continue to operate the program, designed for high-performance computing and AI, as open source, vendor-neutral software. Slurm was originally founded in 2002, and SchedMD was founded in 2010 by lead Slurm developers Morris Jette and Danny Auble. Oubre is the current CEO of SchedMD. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Nvidia declined to comment on…