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American Airline's Regional Pilots Get Hefty Pay Raises As Competition Heats Up: CNBC

Regional carriers operated by American Airlines Group Inc (NASDAQ:AAL) intend to increase pilot compensation by 50% through the end of August 2024, the latest hint that airlines are willing to pay up in the hopes of ending a pilot shortage that has left some travelers with fewer flight options, reported CNBC. This will…

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MGM Resorts Sells Gold Strike Tunica Operations For $450M

MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM) has decided to sell the operations of Gold Strike Tunica to Cherokee Nation Entertainment Gaming Holdings LLC (CNE), a subsidiary of Cherokee Nation Businesses, for $450 million in cash. The company expects net cash proceeds after taxes and estimated fees to be about $350 million. For the twelve months…

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Rebranded McDonald's Restaurants To Reopen In Russia: Reuters

Russia's fast-food scene is in for a massive overhaul as former McDonald's Corp (NYSE:MCD) restaurants are set to reopen under new branding and ownership, Reuters reported. The fast food restaurant chain was opened about three decades ago in early 1990. Recently, MCD entered into a sale and purchase agreement with its existing licensee Alexander Govor…

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Here's What This Analyst Has To Say About SEC Probe On Ericsson

Ericsson's (NASDAQ:ERIC) alleged misconduct in Iraq could trigger fines of $100 million to $300 million, Bloomberg quotes from an email by Svenska Handelsbanken analyst Daniel Djurberg. The U.S. SEC initiated a probe into the Ericsson's Iraq connection. Djurberg termed the update as a negative for the share. However, it was no major surprise to the market, Djurberg…

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Why Are There Still So Few Women Leaders in Politics?

Women are more likely to hold interim leadership roles in federal politics, but clinching the top role remains elusive

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Vladimir Putin's right-hand woman is Valentina Matviyenko, a Ukrainian-born politician who passionately supports his war

She left her Ukrainian village for St Petersburg, dreaming of becoming a scientist. Instead she met a young KGB agent named Vladimir Putin who would eventually change her life.

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Here's Why JPMorgan Upgraded Rating On Take-Two Interactive Software

JPMorgan analyst David Karnovsky upgraded Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc (NASDAQ:TTWO) to Overweight from Neutral with a price target of $175, down from $205, following a period of restriction. With the close of the Zynga acquisition, Take-Two now offers a scaled portfolio of mobile games, apart from leading PC/console intellectual property and a pipeline of content set…

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Target Hikes Dividend By 20%

Target Corp (NYSE:TGT) has increased its quarterly dividend by 20% to $1.08 per share from the prior quarterly dividend of $0.90. The dividend is payable on September 10, 2022, to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 17, 2022. Target held $1.1 billion in cash and equivalents as of April 30, 2022.…

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India's Apollo Global, Reliance Make a Binding Offer For UK's Boots: Bloomberg

Apollo Global Management Inc. (NYSE:APO) and Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd. led consortium have made a binding offer for Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.'s (NASDAQ:WBA) international arm, reported Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter. The source stated that the proposal values Boots at more than £5 billion ($6.3 billion). Walgreens is seeking a valuation of around £7…

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Key Takeaways From US's New Standards for National EV Charging Network

The U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) proposed minimum standards and requirements for electric vehicle (EV) charging projects funded under a $5 billion government program. The government sought 50% of all new vehicles sold to be electric or plug-in hybrid electric models and 500,000 new EV charging stations by 2030, which could serve as…

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Here's Why Alibaba Shares Are Trading Lower Premarket After Brief Jump

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) shares gave up the gains in premarket trading after China snubbed previous reports of the revival of the IPO of its fintech affiliate Ant Group Co. The news of revival reflected possible ease in China's domestic tech crackdown, Bloomberg reports. China had reportedly formed a team to reassess Ant's share…

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United Airlines Adds New Transpacific Destination - Guess Where?

United Airlines Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:UAL) plans a year-round, nonstop service between San Francisco and Brisbane starting in October. Because of the airline's new collaboration with Virgin Australia, United customers will be able to conveniently connect to nearly 20 other cities within Australia from Brisbane. United's new Brisbane service will operate three times weekly…

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This Analyst Expects AT&T To Charge Customers For HBO Max After Latter Being Dropped From Unlimited Premium Plan

AT&T Inc (NYSE:T) reportedly dropped the free HBO Max promotion from its Unlimited Elite plan for its new top-tier plan, "Unlimited Premium." AT&T previously bundled HBO Max as a free "value-added" service since May 2020. It represented a critical go-to-market message over the last two years under AT&T's ownership of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc (NASDAQ:WBD). …

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Caterpillar Hikes dividend By 8%

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) raised the quarterly cash dividend by 8% to $1.20 from $1.11 per share of common stock. The new dividend is payable on August 19, 2022, to shareholders of record at the close of business on July 20, 2022. "We intend to return substantially all ME&T free cash flow to shareholders…

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Russia Imposes New Sanctions That Include Netflix, BlackRock, Delta Air Lines Chiefs

Russia retaliated against U.S. sanctions by imposing its own on multiple prominent American CEOs, including BlackRock, Inc (NYSE:BLK), Delta Air Lines, Inc (NYSE:DAL), Netflix, Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX), and Comcast Corp (NASDAQ:CMCSA) Universal Pictures, the Wall Street Journal reports. The sanction included U.S. administration officials and former heads of other large U.S. corporations, and executives at rating firms operated by S&P Global…

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Western Digital Weighed Strategic Alternatives Including Business Split

Western Digital Corp (NASDAQ:WDC) had weighed strategic alternatives, including splitting its businesses focused on traditional hard drives for computers and flash memory. Western Digital settled with activist investor Elliott Management Corp calling for the $19 billion company to consider splitting into two, the Wall Street Journal reports. Previously Elliott disclosed a 6% stake in Western…

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Ways of Seeing at 50: an icy blast of a book about male voyeurism, art, capitalism and so much more

I still remember the shock when I first saw John Berger’s television series, Ways of Seeing, in 1972. In the years before Australia had colour television BBC art programs were often screened at the Art Gallery of NSW. (Previously the same venue had shown Kenneth Clark’s Civilisation).

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Formula 1 Streaming License Could Be Major Catalyst For Netflix - Read Why

Netflix, Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX), Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) ESPN, and Comcast Corp's (NASDAQ:CMCSA) NBCUniversal bid for a new streaming license for Formula 1, likely to begin in 2023, the TechCrunch reports. Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) Amazon Prime was also a part of the bid, the Insider reports. ESPN acknowledged their aggressive pursuit of renewal as Formula 1 weighed other options.…

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'Pain was a blessing': The surprising history of surgery

Without modern luxuries like anaesthetics, surgery in the past was a bloody, violent and largely unsuccessful affair.

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Why does the Moon look close some nights and far away on other nights?

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.

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Disney Brings Apple Gaming Expert On Board To Shape Its Metaverse Dreams

Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) roped in former Apple Inc's (NASDAQ:AAPL) top gaming official Mark Bozon as a senior creative leader for its cross-divisional Next Generation Storytelling initiative, the Variety reports. The initiative encompassed Disney's "metaverse" ambitions. On May 20, Bozon tweeted his departure from Apple after 12 years for "an absolute dream job." Also Read: Read How…

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Walmart Targets Faster Deliveries Via 4 Fulfillment Centers, Intensifies Rivalry With Amazon

Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) plans to build four new e-commerce fulfillment centers using an automated system to speed deliveries firing up rivalry with Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN). Walmart will open its first warehouse in Joliet, Illinois, this summer. Walmart will build additional centers in Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Texas over the next three years, Bloomberg reports. E-commerce giants like Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA) and…

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Burger King Faces Difficulty In Exiting Russian JV: Reuters

Restaurant Brands International Inc (NYSE:QSR) owned Burger King is finding it difficult to close its joint venture in Russia, Reuters reported. The fast-food chain has been having a hard time exiting its partnership and about 800 franchised locations after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Restaurant Brands intended to dispose of its Burger King joint venture ownership…

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McDonald's To Deploy Third Party Firm To Evaluate Diversity Initiatives: WSJ

McDonald's Corp (NYSE:MCD) is planning to deploy a third party to evaluate its effort on diversity, equity, and inclusion, the Wall Street Journal reported. In a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, the company said about 274 million shares of the company's common stock were voted in favor of the third-party civil…

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Daimler Truck Head Sees Signs Of Chip Crisis Recovery

Daimler Truck Holding AG (OTC:DTRUY) head Karin Radstrom, in an interview with Bloomberg, acknowledged seeing chip crisis recovery signs. Her comments mirrored with Mercedes Benz Group AG (OTC:DMLRY) production chief Joerg Burzer's recent similar assessment. Radstrom added that the factories are busy with backlog orders after months of outages due to chip component shortfalls.…

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