Month: November 2020

HBO’s new drama, Industry, is exciting, jaw-dropping, and irresistible.  The show follows five recently hired graduates at a prestigious bank, Pierpoint & Co., as they struggle to prove their indispensability to their employers. Of course, that is never as easy as it seems. The stakes are high, and the competition runs deep on Industry Season 1
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Ethan Brown, founder, president and CEO of Beyond Meat. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Shares of Beyond Meat cratered as much as 28% Monday in after-hours trading following the release of disappointing third-quarter results, capping off a frenzied day of trading for the volatile stock. McDonald’s announcement of a plant-based line called “McPlant” sparked confusion among
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Senators Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) and David Perdue (R-GA) wear protective face masks as they walk together at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport following the arrival of President Donald Trump in Atlanta, Georgia, July 15, 2020. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters WASHINGTON — Republican senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue of Georgia demanded the resignation on Monday of
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Electric Lit relies on contributions from our readers to help make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. Please support our work by becoming a member today, or making a one-time donation here. . Bryan Washington’s debut novel, Memorial, is about Benson, a Black daycare teacher, and his boyfriend Mike, a Japanese American chef, who find
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Stanley Druckenmiller Anjali Sundaram Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller advised investors against being short the stock market as positive news on the coronavirus front has jolted a big rotation out of growth and into value names. “It’s nuanced, but there are a lot of companies that will be direct beneficiaries [from a coronavirus vaccine], and they
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Nobel laureates Gérard Mourou, Stefan Hell and Theodore Hänsch have warned in an open letter to the European Commission that cuts to photonics would be disastrous for Europe’s technological goals and damage its competitiveness. (Courtesy:Shutterstock/seahorsetwo) Three Nobel-prize-winning physicists claim that the European Commission is planning to “drastically cut” funding for photonics in its next €100bn
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A health worker holds blood samples during clinical trials for a Covid-19 vaccine at Research Centers of America in Hollywood, Florida, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and German biotech firm BioNTech said their coronavirus vaccine was more than 90% effective in preventing Covid-19
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