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Will the Fed raise interest rates? Kevin Warsh gives no clues

Will the Fed raise interest rates? Kevin Warsh gives no clues

Published by Sam Flores

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh on Friday said that the U.S. economy has “broadly” moved in the direction that the central bank expected during its last meeting in September, when it raised rates for the first time since 2023. In the weeks since, inflation as measured by the consumer price index jumped to 3.7%. For businesses, inflation has hit even harder. That turned investors focus to Warsh’s appearance at the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank for a signal about whether the Fed would hike rates in October or December. “We made very clear we’d deliver price stability,” Warsh said Friday morning in Bangkok (Thursday night ET), a signal of his focus on inflation and that another interest rate hike is likely on the horizon. But Warsh stuck to a familiar tone and refused to give any clear hint about how soon that might come. “We’re not in that business anymore,” he said. However, Warsh, the head of the world’s most important central bank, spoke at length about one major …

Prosecutors allege long-running scheme to raise money for Hamas

Prosecutors allege long-running scheme to raise money for Hamas

Published by Sam Flores

A purported media representative for Hamas has been accused of funneling roughly $1.7 million to the terrorist organization from donors in the U.S. and elsewhere who believed they were giving humanitarian aid to Gaza, according to a federal indictment unsealed Thursday. Saleem Alzaq was indicted by a federal grand jury in New York and was charged with money laundering and violating sanctions, according to the charging document. He was believed to be in Gaza. Two brothers in the U.S. were also charged in connection with the long-running scheme to raise money for Hamas, by disseminating propaganda and soliciting donations for “the poor and orphans in Gaza” via social media, court records show. Abdel Adhami and Omar Adhami were arrested last month in Louisiana, but the details of their charges were unsealed only after they made their first court appearances, court dockets show. Abdel Adhami faces charges of material support to a foreign terrorist organization, wire fraud and money laundering, according to a complaint filed on Sept. 11 in the Eastern District of Louisiana. Meanwhile, his …

As Scholars Use AI To Write Papers, They Raise Many New Questions

As Scholars Use AI To Write Papers, They Raise Many New Questions

Published by Jenni Sidey

In “What even is an author?,” Katherine Mangan and Shea Vance grapple with a troubling question that the increasing use of AI in scholarly writing is raising at universities: At what point does authorship even matter now in academia? A recent article in Philosophy & Public Affairs by University of Hong Kong philosophy prof Simon Goldstein illustrates the conundrum: Goldstein disclosed his use of AI in the article’s “acknowledgements” section and in a separate five-page report detailing how Claude contributed each step of the way. “The paper was an experiment in writing with AI,” he wrote “ — in how far Claude could go as, in effect, the Ph.D. student, with the author acting as something like a very generous Ph.D. supervisor.” After Goldstein told Claude the “basic idea,” it “wrote almost all of the prose in the paper,” he wrote. Goldstein told The Chronicle that he would have listed Claude as the first author and himself as the second had the journal allowed that. He did almost none of the actual writing, but said …

SG Fleet, ORIX, Sumitomo raise bids for Australia’s FleetPartners

SG Fleet, ORIX, Sumitomo raise bids for Australia’s FleetPartners

Published by Sam Flores

Sept 14 : Australia’s FleetPartners said on Monday it had received revised offers from SG Fleet, Japan’s ORIX and a consortium led by Sumitomo Corp, valuing the vehicle leasing firm at up to A$982.1 million ($702.2 million). FleetPartners’ stock jumped more than 12 per cent to a record high of A$4.64, as of 0319 GMT.  SG Fleet has increased its offer to A$4.55 per share, while ORIX and Sumitomo have raised their individual offers to A$4.65 apiece.  The new offers represent a premium of 10.2 per cent and 12.6 per cent to FleetPartners’ last close on Friday. The sweetened offers value the company at between A$960.9 million and A$982.1 million, topping SG Fleet’s previous leading bid of A$844.8 million. The rival bids highlight the appeal of FleetPartners’ fast-growing novated leasing business, which lets employees pay for cars through their salaries. The unit contributed nearly a fifth of operating earnings in fiscal 2025 and has benefited from tax incentives for eligible electric vehicles. The board has decided to grant each of SG Fleet, ORIX and the Sumitomo Consortium …

Economists raise Singapore’s 2026 growth forecast to 5%: MAS survey

Economists raise Singapore’s 2026 growth forecast to 5%: MAS survey

Published by Sam Flores

The economists also lowered their inflation forecasts for 2026. The median projection for headline or overall inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index-All Items (CPI-All Items), was lowered to 2.1 per cent, from 2.3 per cent in the previous survey. Core inflation, which excludes accommodation and private transportation costs, is forecast at 1.9 per cent, down from 2 per cent previously. For the third quarter, respondents expect headline inflation to come in at 2.5 per cent and core inflation at 2.4 per cent. This comes after headline inflation and core inflation came in at 1.8 per cent and 1.5 per cent respectively in the second quarter, both below respondents’ earlier forecasts. Source link

How to Raise Resilient Children

How to Raise Resilient Children

Published by Daniella Wilson

Sign up for Raising Resilient Children, Russell Shaw’s eight-week guide to parenting with more happiness and less worry. When I was 27, I became dean of students at a school in Northern California. I was responsible for 400 students across grades 6 through 12, immersing myself in the lives of other people’s children and learning so much along the way. But I didn’t have kids of my own. And then I did. Driving him home from the hospital, I kept twisting around at red lights to check on the tiny person strapped into the car seat behind me. I couldn’t quite believe they were letting me take him home. There was no orientation, no manual, no one checking whether I actually knew what I was doing. Just me, my wife, and this small human we were now responsible for raising into an adult. That’s the thing no one tells you when you’re 27 and confidently managing other people’s kids or newly a parent yourself: There isn’t a single right way to raise a child. Kids …

Let’s Raise a Glass to Willem Dafoe’s Wiseguy Collar

Let’s Raise a Glass to Willem Dafoe’s Wiseguy Collar

Published by Jenni Sidey

Willem Dafoe has spent a fair bit of his career around fictional organized crime. In 2003’s Once Upon a Time in Mexico, he played drug lord Armando Barillo. In The Grand Budapest Hotel, he was the extremely stabby hitman J.G. Jopling. And while he wasn’t technically a mobster in The Boondock Saints, he did play Paul Smecker, the FBI agent tasked with investigating a whole load of mafia-related malarkey. Basically, when it comes to method dressing, he’s got plenty of past roles to pull from. And yesterday, pull he did. The legendary actor was in Hollywood to celebrate Angélique Kidjo, the Beninese singer-songwriter who became the first African musician to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Dafoe, who spoke at the ceremony, joined Kidjo and Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. for the moment. JB Lacroix For the occasion, the Kinds of Kindness star wore some slick Celine shades and a green blazer over a black polo shirt. Sounds normal enough! Except the polo was left unbuttoned at the top and its …

What Is HDL Cholesterol and How Do You Raise It?

What Is HDL Cholesterol and How Do You Raise It?

Published by Jenni Sidey

If you care about your cholesterol levels at all, you’re already doing better than most men. More than 40% of US adults with high LDL cholesterol have no idea they have it, according to a 2023 study in JAMA Cardiology. That means they aren’t being treated for it and are unknowingly at high risk for all sorts of health problems we all want to avoid, namely heart attacks, strokes, and cardiovascular disease. Any focus that is on cholesterol tends to center around low-density lipoproteins, better known as LDL. LDL transports cholesterol to cells. Too much of it can lead to plaque buildup in the arteries. That’s why it’s often referred to as “bad” cholesterol. Paying attention to your LDL is important, but so is keeping your HDL in check and it’s a health marker that’s often completely ignored. Unlike LDL, HDL, or high-density lipoprotein, is typically something you want more of, which is why it’s referred to as “good” cholesterol. Having low LDL doesn’t get you off the hook for having suboptimal HDL, explains Sunny …

Bald eagles Jackie and Shadow raise million

Bald eagles Jackie and Shadow raise $10 million

Published by Jenni Sidey

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe at any time. The land bald eagles Jackie and Shadow rely on for survival will remain intact. On Friday, Friends of Big Bear Valley (FOBBV), the non-profit behind the pair’s 24/7 live cam, announced that they reached a goal of raising $10 million to purchase land around Big Bear Lake in the San Bernardino Mountains. A $5.5 million donation from Anna and Greg Brockman pushed the fundraiser to its goal ahead of a July 31 deadline. Greg Brockman is the co-founder and President of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. Before the Brockmans’ donation, more than 25,000 donations had raised almost half of the necessary funds. 7-24-26 Moon Camp: GOAL MET “Greg and I are grateful to all those who championed saving the home of these majestic …

New Spider-Man popcorn buckets raise eyebrows: ‘Someone approved that?’

New Spider-Man popcorn buckets raise eyebrows: ‘Someone approved that?’

Published by Daniella Wilson

Cinemark has unveiled a new Spider-Man: Brand New Day-themed popcorn bucket for moviegoers, sparking a slew of NSFW comparisons. The fourth installment in the Tom Holland-led superhero film series, out in theaters July 31, sees the British actor return opposite Zendaya as lovers Peter Parker/Spider-Man and MJ. To celebrate the highly anticipated sequel, which arrives five years after the latest Spider-Man film in 2021, the movie theater chain designed a unique popcorn container featuring a Spider-Man arm topped with a white cone-like bowl and a straw in the middle, allowing fans to snack and drink from the same source. While the white popcorn bowl is meant to look like a collection of webs, some have pointed out a suggestive visual resemblance. “Chum bucket remove the ‘h,’” one person quipped on Instagram while another laughed, “And someone approved that… Amazing.” “The industry has been intentionally making these popcorn buckets look dirty for publicity ever since the Dune 2 bucket,” a third argued, referring to the divisive design that featured a Sandworm mouth as a lid. “I …