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Capitalist. Investment banking and the corporate world. Branding and design as well.
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There will be a ceremony to honor Rafael Nadal at this year's French Open, tournament director Amelie Mauresmo announced.

Nadal, who retired from tennis last year, won the French Open men’s singles title 14 times: http://dlvr.it/TKCmrd
April 17, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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New in PN: Trump tries to restore a grim era for workers

"Let’s pretend that unlike his first term, everything goes right, happens fast, and factories are ready to start pumping out products in record time. What would those jobs look like?

Bad. They’ll look bad. There’s no other way to put it."
Trump tries to restore a grim era for American workers
Make Black Lung Great Again.
www.publicnotice.co
April 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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I made @tombreihan.bsky.social, “a person who knows absolutely nothing about advertising or graphic design,” rank this year’s Coachella billboards

🪧 www.stereogum.com/2303612/coac...
April 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Trump's trade war is going to increase costs for grid-scale battery projects, with BloombergNEF warning that those cost increases will likely lead to cancellations and delays. That threatens the industry's growth trajectory.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Tariffs Threaten Spread of Big Batteries on the Power Grid
Analysts say the trade war will pile costs onto the fast-growing US energy storage industry — and slow it down.
www.bloomberg.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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China musters ‘national team’ to fight on front line in trade war

https://www.ft.com/content/35a27906-703c-44f1-962d-aa2bf3b1c973
China musters ‘national team’ to fight on front line in trade war
State-owned funds and companies are bolstering stock markets with massive co-ordinated share buying
www.ft.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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China’s top leaders are poised to meet to discuss additional economic stimulus after US President Donald Trump ratcheted up tariffs, according to people familiar with the matter
Top China Leaders to Meet on Stimulus After Trump’s Tariff Shock
China’s top leaders are poised to meet Thursday to discuss additional economic stimulus after US President Donald Trump ratcheted up tariffs, according to people familiar with the matter.
www.bloomberg.com
April 10, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Netflix shares jumped more than 12% after the company posted its biggest quarterly subscriber gain in history, thanks to its first major live sporting events and "Squid Game" bloom.bg/40tMHw7
January 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Glad that my impulsive buy on $NFLX is turning out good.
January 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Trump Dehumanizes Migrants By Referring To Them As Dons And Erics
theonion.com/trump-d...
January 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Freight forwarders, how do we feel about this? As we are about to get screwed immensely on trans-Atlantic cargo liners. lol.
Since a Brics currency isn’t close to happening the most interesting thing here is who told him about it, and to link tariffs to it. Scott Bessent? on.ft.com/41demn4
Trump threatens Brics nations with 100% tariffs if they undermine dollar
Warning against pushing alternatives to reserve currency is latest trade threat from incoming president
on.ft.com
December 1, 2024 at 7:12 AM
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Germany again turned to power imports from France last week as wind production faltered

While normal for power to be sent between EU nations, its also worth noting:

🇫🇷 French nuclear output is at highest since Jan
🇩🇪 Germany shut its last reactor in 2023

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
December 1, 2024 at 5:16 AM
Heart on the Window (with WENDY)
Jin, WENDY · Happy · Song · 2024
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November 17, 2024 at 5:08 AM
The kids are migrating here. 😶
June 16, 2024 at 6:18 AM
Testing out
January 5, 2024 at 8:13 PM