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Jared Kushner praises ‘very valuable’ potential of Gaza’s ‘waterfront property’

Jared Kushner praises ‘very valuable’ potential of Gaza’s ‘waterfront property’

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Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s former White House adviser and his son-in-law, praised the “very valuable” potential of Gaza’s “waterfront property,” suggesting that Israel should remove civilians while it “cleans up” the area. “Gaza’s waterfront property, it could be very valuable, if people would focus on building up livelihoods,” Kushner said in an interview dated February 15, posted earlier this month on the YouTube channel of the Middle East Initiative, a program of Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, and reported first on Tuesday, March 19, by The Guardian. “If you think about all the money that’s gone into this tunnel network and into all the munitions, if that would have gone into education or innovation, what could have been done?” “It’s a little bit of an unfortunate situation there, but I think from Israel’s perspective, I would do my best to move the people out and then clean it up,” Kushner added. “But I don’t think that Israel has stated that they don’t want the people to move back there afterwards.” Responding Tuesday on X …

Kim Gordon reveals the valuable advice she received from Neil Young

Kim Gordon reveals the valuable advice she received from Neil Young

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Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Kim Gordon has shared the valuable piece of advice she received from legendary singer-songwriter Neil Young, which has stuck with her through the years. Gordon, 70, is a rock music pioneer, known for her speak-sung vocals while serving as the aloof frontwoman of New York’s experimental “no wave” band Sonic Youth. She is also a successful solo artist and painter. Her critically acclaimed memoir, Girl in a Band, was published in 2015, and her second solo album, The Collective, is due for release this Friday (8 March). Speaking to Rolling Stone, Gordon reflected on how she feels about the prospect of a Sonic Youth reunion. The band broke up in 2011, at the same time as her marriage to guitarist Thurston Moore. She also spoke about what she’s learnt through her career in music. “Neil Young told me that it doesn’t matter how good your voice is, in …

7 Life Lessons That Prove You Can Learn Something Valuable From Anything You Do | Ed Latimore

7 Life Lessons That Prove You Can Learn Something Valuable From Anything You Do | Ed Latimore

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My educational journey has been far from traditional. While I didn’t follow a standard academic path, I pieced together an eclectic curriculum that has served me well in life, business, and relationships. Here are some of the key lessons I’ve learned along the way. 7 Life Lessons That Prove You Can Learn Something Valuable From Anything You Do Life Lessons From Chess From chess, I learned to think strategically and consider the consequences of my actions beyond just the first order. Chess requires strategic insight and tactical implementation. To a great strategist, the future should never be a surprise; to a great tactician, the present should never be an obstacle. RELATED: If You Learn These 30 Tricky Life Lessons, You’ll Always Be Satisfied Life Lessons From Poker From poker, I learned that how you play the game often matters more than the hand you’re dealt at the start. The best way to nullify bad luck and augment good luck is to take calculated risks, read your environment, and react accordingly. Life Lessons From Boxing From boxing, …

Microsoft edges out Apple as world’s most valuable company

Microsoft edges out Apple as world’s most valuable company

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Microsoft’s stock market value ended a trading session higher than Apple’s for the first time since 2021 on Friday, making it the world’s most valuable company as worries about demand hit the iPhone maker’s shares. Apple crept up 0.2 per cent on Friday, while Microsoft added 1 per cent. With that, Microsoft’s market capitalization stood at $2.887 trillion, its highest ever, according to LSEG data. Apple’s market capitalization was $2.875 trillion, calculated with data in a filing on Thursday. Worries about smartphone demand have pushed Apple’s shares down 3 per cent so far in 2024 after rallying 48 per cent last year. Microsoft is up about 3 per cent year to date after surging 57 per cent in 2023 in a rally driven in part by its lead in generative artificial intelligence through an investment in ChatGPT-maker OpenAI. Apple’s market capitalization peaked at $3.081 trillion on Dec. 14, according to LSEG. Microsoft has incorporated OpenAI’s technology across its suite of productivity software, a move that helped spark a rebound in its cloud-computing business in the …

Microsoft Overtakes Apple as World’s Most Valuable Company

Microsoft Overtakes Apple as World’s Most Valuable Company

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Microsoft today overtook Apple as the world’s most valuable public company by market value. Apple’s share price dropped by just one percent, enabling Microsoft to narrowly pull ahead of Apple at a value of $2.87 trillion. Microsoft has briefly overtaken Apple as the most valuable company since 2018, most recently in 2020 and 2021 when concerns about supply chain shortages dented Apple’s stock price and a boom in remote working bolstered Microsoft. Over the past year, Microsoft’s support for artificial intelligence tools by backing OpenAI has helped boost its value, while equivalent offerings from Apple have been noticeably absent. In its November earnings report, Apple’s sales results missed expectations as demand for iPads and wearables was lower than expected. Mac revenue also saw a major drop compared to the previous year. It is yet to be seen how responses to the Vision Pro headset will influence the market, but expectations are relatively low due to low sales forecasts and the device’s high price point. Popular Stories Apple Plans to Expand iPhone Driver’s Licenses to These …

Microsoft briefly overtakes Apple as world’s most valuable company

Microsoft briefly overtakes Apple as world’s most valuable company

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Microsoft on Thursday briefly overtook Apple as the world’s most valuable company for the first time since 2021 after the iPhone maker’s shares made a weak start to the year on growing concerns over demand. Microsoft’s shares have risen sharply since last year thanks to the early lead the company has taken in generative artificial intelligence through an investment in ChatGPT-maker OpenAI. They were up 0.7 per cent on Thursday, giving Microsoft a market value of $2.865 trillion. The stock rose as much as 2 per cent earlier in the session and Microsoft was briefly worth $2.903 trillion. Shares of Apple were 0.9 per cent lower, giving the company a market capitalization of $2.871 trillion. Microsoft and Apple have jostled for top spot over the years. “It was inevitable that Microsoft would overtake Apple since Microsoft is growing faster and has more to benefit from the generative AI revolution,” said D.A. Davidson analyst Gil Luria. Microsoft has incorporated OpenAI’s technology across its suite of productivity software, a move that helped spark a rebound in its …

Microsoft challenges Apple as world’s most valuable company

Microsoft challenges Apple as world’s most valuable company

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A recent dip in Apple’s stock over worries about iPhone sales has left the Silicon Valley tech heavyweight in danger of being overtaken by Microsoft as the world’s most valuable company. Fresh worries about smartphone demand have pushed Apple’s shares down 4 per cent so far in 2024 after rallying 48 per cent last year. Microsoft is up about 2 per cent year to date after surging 57 per cent in 2023. Apple dipped 0.4 per cent on Wednesday, while Microsoft added 1.6 per cent, further eroding the iPhone maker’s lead. Apple’s stock market value is now at $2.866 trillion, compared to Microsoft’s $2.837 trillion value. Apple’s market capitalization peaked at $3.081 trillion on Dec. 14, while Microsoft’s value reached as much as $2.844 trillion on Nov. 28. IPhone sales in China dropped 30 per cent in the first week of 2024, Jefferies analysts said in a client note this week, adding to signs of growing competitive pressures from Huawei and other domestic rivals. Sales of Apple’s Vision Pro mixed-reality headset start on Feb. 2 …

Valuable lessons from the first Labour governments | Labour

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Martin Kettle refers to Ramsay MacDonald’s 1924 government being the first to contain a woman, Margaret Bondfield, and suggests that the lesson to be learned by the current Labour leadership from that administration is not to be doctrinaire (How should Keir Starmer take on 2024? By looking back a century to Labour’s first government, 28 December). It would seem that Keir Starmer has already taken this very much to heart. But what lessons might be learned from the 1929 Labour government, in which Bondfield served in cabinet, as minister of labour? It was a government that, in thrall to the prevailing economic orthodoxy of upholding the gold standard at all costs, was broken by its proposal to cut unemployment benefit by 10%. Arguably one of the most important lessons from this government is the importance of being prepared to challenge such prevailing orthodoxy. When MacDonald, still head of the incoming national government, did go off the gold standard and asked Ernest Harvey, the governor of the Bank of England, what the consequences of the “upset” …

Putin’s four-hour Q&A is a valuable insight into the Russian president’s version of reality

Putin’s four-hour Q&A is a valuable insight into the Russian president’s version of reality

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Russian television audiences didn’t have much choice but to watch Vladimir Putin’s annual press conference on December 14 – it was broadcast on all terrestrial TV networks. After a year’s hiatus in 2022, when the success of the Ukrainian autumn counteroffensive meant there was little good news to talk about, Putin returned to the airwaves for a four-hour press conference and phone-in Q&A session in which he answered pre-approved questions and boosted his candidacy for next year’s elections. There were reportedly 600 journalists present, the vast majority of them from Russian news outlets. Viewers were treated to Putin as the “man of the people”, willing to answer questions that were, on the face of it, mildly critical of the “special military operation” and the effect it had on ordinary people’s lives. Questions that came in via text were displayed on a screen in the press conference room, such as: “Tell us, when will our lives get better?” and “Hello, How can one move to the Russia that they talk about on Channel One?” – which …