The funds will go to support the organisations’ work in tackling food poverty

New York City's 2019 ride-hailing surcharge cut overall taxi and ride-share trips by 11 percent in Manhattan but failed to reduce traffic congestion, a key goal of the policy, according to a new NYU Tandon School of Engineering study published in Transportation Research Part A."While this surcharge differs from the MTA's proposed congestion pricing plan, the study's findings can contribute to the current discourse," said Daniel Vignon, who led the research.

New York City's 2019 ride-hailing surcharge cut overall taxi and ride-share trips by 11 percent in Manhattan but failed to reduce traffic congestion, a key goal of the policy, according to a new NYU Tandon School of Engineering study published in Transportation Research Part A."While this surcharge differs from the MTA's proposed congestion pricing plan, the study's findings can contribute to the current discourse," said Daniel Vignon, who led the research.

When you look at fast growing private companies in the U.S., you need look no further than a small city next to Los Angeles International Airport.

Steve Julian: Business analyst Mark Lacter, tell us about the company that's based in El Segundo.

Mark Lacter: It's called Fuhu, Steve - that might ring a bell with some parents because Fuhu is the maker of the Nabi.  The Nabi is an Android tablet for kids, and it's a very cool device that mimics a lot of the capabilities of regular tablet, including the ability to play games and get onto the Web (with controls that parents are able to set up).  Last year, they sold 1.2 million Nabis, and that helped push the El Segundo company to the very top of Inc. magazine's list of fastest-growing businesses.  That's number one on a list of 5,000 companies, with a three-year growth rate of 42,148 percent.  Or, to put it another way, company revenue was $279,000 in 2009; it was almost $118 million in 2012.  Now, by the standards of an Apple or a Samsung, those are still not huge numbers -

Julian: - and maybe that explains why there's been relatively little media coverage of this company.

Lacter: It might also explain why local tech companies in general get short shrift.  Many of them are quite successful, but they're often on the small side, and they're also privately held as opposed to publicly-traded on a stock exchange.  That's one big difference from Silicon Valley, which has so many huge public corporations: Apple, Intel, HP.  L.A. County has only six Fortune 500 companies, and not a single one devoted solely to technology.  In Silicon Valley, there are 22 in the Fortune 500.

Julian: And yet, the L.A. economy has more than held its own without those large corporations.

Lacter: Matter of fact, the accounting firm PriceWaterhouse studied more than two dozen cities around the world to determine where it was easiest to do business (that's based on factors like access to labor), and what they found - somewhat surprisingly - was that L.A. ranked ahead of both San Francisco and Tokyo.  And, you can see evidence of that with the increase in venture capital money coming into all parts of L.A.  Now, it's important to keep an eye on all these up-and-coming companies because these businesses are helping generate higher-wage jobs.  And, for an area with a still-high unemployment rate - still over 10 percent in some places -- that's a big deal.

Julian: Speaking of companies, does anyone want to buy the L.A. Times?

Lacter: The answer is yes - most recently, the controlling owner of the Dodgers, Mark Walter, said he was interested in both the Times and the Chicago Tribune (though there's no way to know whether there are actual discussions taking place).  You also have several local groups, including one that involves billionaire Eli Broad, that have been interested to one degree or another.  But what was thought would be a fairly straightforward auction process has turned enormously complicated.  It's now to the point where the Tribune board has decided spin off the papers into a separate business, and that process will take until next year to complete and could preclude any sales for quite some time after that.

Julian: So, it's Limbo-land for the Times for who knows how long.

Lacter: Steve, it's not that Tribune really wants to keep the newspapers.  But, selling them off presents huge tax implications.  Also, there are assets that the potential buyers thought would be part of the package - assets that include real estate - that Tribune wants to hold onto.  So, what's left to sell are just the newspapers themselves, and frankly, they're among the least valuable properties.

Julian: Now, last week came word that the billionaire Koch brothers, who were believed to be interested in the Tribune properties, decided not to pursue a deal...

Lacter: ...that's right, they don't consider the Times or the other dailies to be economically viable.  You might recall a bit of an outcry over the prospect of having the Kochs, who are staunch conservatives, becoming the owners of these papers.  So, they're out of the picture.  But for the L.A. Times, it's really the worst of all worlds: no new owner and no vision for recasting the paper, at least in the near term.

Mark Lacter writes for Los Angeles Magazine and pens the business blog at LA Observed.com.

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Sahabat-AI would enable Indonesians to build artificial intelligence-based services and applications in Bahasa Indonesia and various other local languages, with the understanding of local context, the companies said in a joint statement.

Educational sessions, networking opportunities and a robust exhibition featuring ingredients, products, equipment, services and more are in store at the biggest event in snacks.

While all sessions at Safety 2017 are sure to be interesting and educational, there are some standouts in the schedule, which should not be missed.

The Orie Condo, developed by CDL, Frasers Property, and Sekisui House, offers smart-enabled units in Toa Payoh with top-tier amenities, prime location, excellent connectivity, and proximity to schools and essential services.

The COP29 Summit in Baku has approved the key rules that would govern trade in carbon credits. A UN-backed global carbon market is likely to begin next year or so. Despite the BASIC grouping’s demand that discussions on ‘climate change-related, trade-restrictive unilateral measures’ like Europe's CBAM should be included in the main agenda, it was decided that CBAM would be discussed informally.

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Event Begins: Thursday, November 14, 2024 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Fernando Laposse specializes in transforming humble natural materials into refined design pieces. He has worked extensively with overlooked plant fibers such as sisal, loofah, and corn leaves. Laposse’s works are the result of extensive research which culminates in objects of “endemic design” where materials and their historical and cultural ties to a particular location and its people take center stage. He often works with indigenous communities in his native Mexico to create local employment opportunities and raise awareness about the challenges they face in a globalized world.
Laposse’s projects are informative and educational and touch on topics such as sustainability, the loss of biodiversity, community dissolution, migration, and the negative impacts of global trade in local agriculture and food culture. He does so by documenting the issues and announcing possible resolutions through the transformative power of design.
Laposse’s projects have been exhibited in the Triennale di Milano, the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, The Design Museum in London, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the World Economic Forum, among others. His work is held in the permanent collections of the Design Museum Gent, Le centre national des arts plastiques, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Victoria, and the Victoria & Albert Museum. Laposse studied at Central Saint Martins in London as a product designer and currently lives and works in Mexico City.
Presented in partnership with Design Core Detroit. This project was made possible by a grant from the Arts Initiative at the University of Michigan.
Series presenting partners: Detroit PBS and PBS Books. Media partner: Michigan Radio.

0830 GMT / 0330 US Eastern time - Remarks by European Central Bank's vice president Luis de Guindos at 31 Encuentro del Sector Financiero organised by ABC and Deloitte in Madrid, Spain

1830 GMT / 1330 US Eastern time - Participation by ECB Board member Isabel Schnabel in policy panel "Reassessing Policy Tools for Current and Future Challenges" at 25th Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference "Rethinking the Policy Toolkit in a Turbulent Global Economy" in Washington, DC

1900 GMT / 1400 Remarks by ECB President Christine Lagarde at Choiseul Sovereignty Awards 2024 ceremony

I posted yesterday on the prospect of deeper than expected ECB rate cuts yet to come:

• ECB Interest Rate Forecast: Deutsche Bank's 7 reasons for projecting a lower terminal rate

Meanwhile, EUR is struggling near a one-year low:

• Inflation has come down quite a lot
• Recent data on prices are heading towards our 2% goal
• If inflation converges towards our goal, then monetary policy will respond accordingly

This just reaffirms their current stance and market pricing for a rate cut in December. The question now is, how much will the ECB move by? The odds of a 25 bps rate cut are at ~63% with the remainder pinned to a 50 bps move instead.

Berlin/Vienna, 3 July 2016 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today expressed deep sadness upon the passing of Holocaust survivor, peace activist and Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel.

“We have lost one of the strongest advocates of peace, who raised his voice tirelessly against all forms of hatred. He fought intolerance and in all its manifestations and denounced oppression wherever it occurred”, said Steinmeier.

Zannier stressed: “In a time when racism, xenophobia and intolerance threaten increasingly divided societies across the OSCE region, Elie Wiesel’s legacy will remain an inspiration and forever remind us of our commitment never to relent in our fight against all forms of discrimination, racism and violent extremism.”

Steinmeier and Zannier extended their condolences to Mr. Wiesel's family and to the governments and people of the United States and Israel.

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SET-listed developer AP Thailand has launched a new condo brand for the lower-priced segment, featuring fully-furnished units aimed at capturing both real demand and investors seeking rental opportunities, despite a slowdown in this market.

Week 13 of the high school football season includes two Wednesday bowl games, followed by Round 1 of the FHSAA playoffs on Friday -- with Jones, Lake Mary, Edgewater, DP, Osceola, Bishop Moore home games. Saturday, Master's Academy plays for repeat Sunshine State Athletic Association championship.

Coming soon: An inverted pendulum ride named Up and Overboard and Mach Fun tower ride

Approach messages from strangers with caution.

There's more to the Snipping Tool than meets the eye.

Secure lifetime access to Microsoft Office Professional 2021 and Windows 11 Pro for just $52.97 (reg. $438) for four more days.

Casi dos millones de españoles (6,1 %) sufre insomnio crónico, un problema que afecta más a las mujeresy que tiene una enorme repercusión social y económica. En España genera la pérdida de 10.703 millones de euros al año, el 0,8% del PIB. Visitamos las camas patrias en busca de aquello que nos quita el sueño. Leer

El presidente valenciano medita en todo caso una remodelación más amplia del Consell para esquivar el mensaje de que toda la responsabilidad por la DANA es de la Generalitat, sin descartar tampoco cambio de carteras Leer

En 1964, durante la gran campaña de propaganda lanzada por el Régimen para celebrar los XXV Años de Paz, Carlos Robles Piquer, cuñado de Franco y director general de Información encontró un colaborador fiel y leal: Máximo.

El dinero que ya palpan banqueros como Botín tardará años en llegar a pymes y familias. Esa certeza explica por qué el justificado optimismo de los poderes político y financiero despiertan rabia en lugar de esperanza.

Minuto de silencio en el Parlamento Europeo en memoria de las víctimas de las inundaciones Leer

Electronic Arts vuelve a la carga con una franquicia que dejó sabores agridulces en su primera entrega. Además de la apuesta multijugador, ahora llega con una campaña individual muy sugerente.

La nueva consola de Nintendo se pone a la venta el próximo 3 de marzo, pero ya tenemos la máquina con nosotros y os contamos nuestras primeras impresiones con el nuevo hardware.

Piensa para reformar la Justicia en alguien que fue investigado por sexo con menores y tráfico de personas y al que el Congreso le ha abierto un expediente por conducta sexual inapropiada, consumo de drogas o uso inapropiado de fondos de su campaña Leer

Suponiendo que esto sea la guerra, es difícil encontrar una más tonta. Suponiendo que algún bando la gane, sería difícil encontrar recompensa más exigua: la disputa es por un territorio de 4,6 kilómetros cuadrados. 

El Ayuntamiento mantiene abierta una investigación y los hechos ya han sido puestos en conocimiento de la Fiscalía Leer

Las fuertes lluvias en Málaga provocan desalojos, el corte de varias carreteras y que se desborde el río Benamargosa. Las clases se suspenden este jueves en todos los municipios andaluces que estén en situación de alerta roja o naranja Leer

“La navaja del río corta pan y tomate de la tarde que se evapora”, escribió Pepe Hierro con inspirada mano. Cansadas las de mi abuelo empuñaron hasta su último almuerzo la navaja...

Alicortado, perplejo me contaba un amigo que invitado a una batida de perdiz de un coto comunal, en el secarral donde antaño apuñalaba el Hidalgo pellejos de vino, a la hora del taco, improvisado almuerzo para seguir cazando, le sorprendió que sobre la mesa no hubiera cubiertos. Los paisanos, entre fantasmadas y risas...

-“Disculpe, en la puerta hay una china que pregunta por usted.

-¿Y que coño quiere venderme?” sobresalté al camarero, mientras le perseguía secándome las manos.

-“Yo tabaja como una nega”, farfullo “la china” inclinando levemente la cabeza. Y sin más preámbulos, le di mi delantal que le arrastraba.

“Frente a la hoguera nocturna, que agrupa la horda de homínidos, pueden imaginarse muchos modos posibles de haberse realizado el descubrimiento de la cocina, aunque es difícil que llegue a precisarse cómo, cuando y con qué producto vegetal o animal se verificó el trascendente hallazgo

Facebook acaba de publicar su segundo estudio anual sobre el estado de la conexión a Internet en el mundo. Y algunos datos son sorprendentes. Por ejemplo, ¿sabías que el coste de  conectarse a Internet en Kenia supone el 30% del salario medio?

Pues hora feliz como en todo el mundo...

En ocasiones, los actos de contrición no obedecen a cuestiones morales sino que están provocados, simple y llanamente, por el miedo o la vergüenza. Miedo a que te pillen. Vergüenza de lo que has hecho. Para estas situaciones delicadas, unos señores muy listos han inventado una aplicación que permite borrar ‘posts’ en el facebook, tweets, fotos o vídeos indeseables que, en un momento de euforia, enajenación mental o irreflexión, suponen una demostración fehaciente de que se ha sido ‘malo’...

Hace años os presentamos unos artilugios destinados a hacer de la masturbación masculina una experiencia sensorial incomparable. El onanismo siempre ha estimulado las neuronas y la inventiva de más de uno y, aunque cada maestrillo tiene su librillo, es justo reconocer que hay algunos que se montan unos circos impresionantes cada vez que quieren provocarse un orgasmo. Conocedores de esta circunstancia, unos empresarios norteamericanos decidieron crear las ‘Fleshlight’, también conocidas como ‘Vaginas en lata’. En algún sitio las he visto publicitadas como ‘Unidades de entrenamiento’, algo que definitivamente me gusta bastante más porque tiene un punto como a ‘Blade Runner’ y siempre me ha fascinado lo rimbombante aplicado a la mercadotecnia. Ahora presentan una interesante novedad.

Los que evitan el uso del preservativo argumentando que su erección desaparece como por arte de encantamiento en cuanto enfundan su pistolita en látex van a tener que buscarse otra excusa. Un laboratorio británico ha creado un prototipo de preservativo lubricado en su interior por un gel que estimula el riego sanguíneo y que garantiza la consistencia y vigor de la erección. Se calcula que dentro de un año ya saldrá a la venta en Gran Bretaña. De momento se llama CSD 500 y sus fabricantes, los laboratorios Futura Medical, están perfeccionando el modelo para evitar que el gel dañe el látex y, por tanto, su eficacia.

Atención, porque ahora resulta que las mujeres, durante el período de ovulación, tienen la facultad de discernir la orientación sexual de un hombre con sólo mirarle a la cara. Así como suena. Los descubridores del hallazgo son unos científicos de la Universidad de Toronto y de Tufts que han aunado esfuerzos para llegar a esta conclusión. En un reciente estudio, publicado por la revista ‘Pscychological Science’, unos investigadores de ambas universidades han descubierto que, durante la ovulación, las mujeres se vuelven más perspicaces y son capaces de separar el grano de la paja, y nunca mejor dicho, con echar simplemente un vistazo a la cara de un hombre.

Notas de primavera: sesión doble en blanco y negro 

Vertiginoso primer videoclip del segundo disco de Triángulo de Amor Bizarro. De la monarquía a la criptocracia refleja a la perfección todo lo que puede aportar este muy particular grupo gallego: rock rápido y ruidoso, provocador y viciado, estridente y adictivo.

Tercer triple-doble consecutivo de LeBron James en una jornada apasionante de NBA en la que el titán griego de los Bucks ha anotado 59 puntos y el 'alíen' francés se ha ido a los 50 Leer

El director de fútbol, que contaba con otro año de contrato, cede su puesto a Erik Bretos, hasta ahora su mano derecha. Leer

El pupilo de Jesús de la Villa dispara las expectativas tras imponerse en el Mundial de Florianópolis, donde consiguió nueve puntos en 11 partidas. Leer