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Fresh Air Weekend brings you some of the best interviews and reviews from the past few weeks, as well as new program elements made especially for the weekend. Our weekend programming focuses on interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors, and musicians, and often includes excerpts from live studio concerts. this week: Don’t call him a sociopath. Here’s how Andrew Scott humanizes “Ripley.” Scott (may be known as “Hot Priest”) free bag) Plays the Netflix version of con artist Tom Ripley Mr. Ripley is very talented. He said his job was to defend the characters, not criticize them. Contrarian Lionel Shriver cleverly…
Steve Schwarzman’s guiding philosophy has always been to “go big,” and despite Blackstone having surpassed $1 trillion in assets, he’s still feeling expansive. By Sergei Klebnikov, Forbes Staff Blackstone’s 77-year old founder and chief executive grew up in a suburb of Philadelphia. From as early as ten-years-old, he would work at his father’s curtains and linens store by helping work the counter. By age 14, he ran his own lawn mowing business where he focused on new clients while his younger twin brothers would mow. His drive to succeed started early. In his book “What It Takes” ( Avid Reader…
Open this photo in gallery:Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau listens to Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland after making housing-related announcements ahead of the 2024 federal budget at Sunset Community Center in Vancouver on March 27.Jennifer Gauthier/ReutersJohn Rapley is a writer and academic who lives in London, Johannesburg and Ottawa.His books include: why empires collapse (Yale University Press, 2023) and Twilight of the Money Gods (Simon and Schuster, 2017).Canadians will once again be focused on taxes and spending when the federal budget is decided on Tuesday. Regardless of whether this budget addresses this topic, it will likely end up with tax increases,…
phoenix, April 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The residential real estate investment industry is in trouble across the nation as the short list of industry giants that have dominated the market for the past 15 years suffers a mass exodus of employees due to poor management and outdated sales strategies. is experiencing major upheaval in the country and has ambitions to acquire large sums of cash. “Modern times come with modern expectations. Investment real estate professionals often work for organizations where management and boards have an eye on selling the company to Wall Street or venture capital funds. They are looking…
Michael Pollan is perhaps best known for the seven simple pieces of diet advice he used to open a 2007 New York Times essay. This later became the backbone of a best-selling book.”Eat your food. Don’t eat too much. Mainly plants.”He knows it’s not really that simple.”We’re all making compromises,” Pollan told Business Insider ahead of the April 12 release of his latest documentary, “Food Inc. 2.” “We’ll do our best and people can pick and choose the issues they want to address and address them.”At home, Pollan does her best to avoid eating industrial meat, eggs, or other products…
Quantum Corporation announced the addition of advanced file serving technology to Quantum Myriad and StorNext to provide ultra-fast and feature-rich Server Message Block (SMB)-based cross-platform file serving. StorNext customers can now leverage high-performance collaborative storage and high-speed network file services simultaneously on the same platform to meet the needs of mission-critical enterprise and content creation workflows. The same technology is deeply integrated within Myriad as a first-class protocol, providing robust cross-platform file sharing. This effort, combined with Quantum’s integration of advanced Ethernet-based connectivity technologies such as NVMe-oF TCP and NVMe-oF RDMA, provides an end-to-end, software-only unstructured data and AI platform.…
Now is the time to shine a spotlight on a topic that, despite progress, still shows significant gaps: the gender gap in investing. For too long, that narrative has been distorted to give the impression that investing is a man’s game.In fact, did you know that according to research from UBS Global Wealth Management, a whopping 58% of women leave major financial decisions to their male partners? Yes, you read that right. And it gets even more interesting. For younger people aged 20 to 34, this number is slightly lower, but still significant at 56%. Meanwhile, women over 50 aren’t…
image source, aston universityimage caption, Grace Ubauch was included in Forbes magazine’s 2024 European Arts and Culture list of “30 Under 30”Article informationauthor, Richard Pricerole, BBC News, West Midlands4 hours agoAn entrepreneur who founded a company selling frozen cocktails has been named to a prestigious list of young high flyers.Grace Ubauch, who graduated from Aston University with a degree in Business and International Relations, is the founder of Shinn & Voltaire.She was included in the 2024 Forbes 30 Under 30 European Arts and Culture list, which selects celebrities under 30 from various industries.Mr. Ubauch previously won the title of Most…
April 12, 2024 Mark Morris elected as SIU Dean of Business Analytics Written by Christy Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — Mark E. Morris, one of three Southern Illinois University Carbondale graduates, has been elected dean of the School of Business Analytics. He has served as interim dean since January 2023 and is a long-time SIU faculty and administrator. Cheryl A. Tucker, provost and vice president for academic affairs, said the faculty and staff who worked with Morris and those who met with him are grateful for his years of service to SIU. “Dr. Morris has extensive knowledge of SIU Carbondale and…
Everyone knows Beyoncé Knowles-Carter. Her success as an R&B singer, songwriter, and dancer has earned her millions of fans around the world. Boasting her record-breaking 32 Grammy Awards, numerous chart-topping albums, and multiple sold-out tours around the world, Beyoncé has made her show one of the world’s biggest names in the business. is. But what most people don’t know is that show business isn’t the only thing she’s good at. The pop star has launched various businesses over her years, entered into lucrative brand partnerships, and used her entrepreneurial skills to build her empire. Beyoncé’s Renaissance Tour in 2023 will…