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By Sinead Cruise, Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) -When Georges Elhedery took a six-month break from HSBC in 2022, some feared he had called time on a 17-year stint at the Asia-focused lender. But two years on, the novice Mandarin-speaker is just weeks away from becoming chief executive. The Lebanese-born banker,…
Across the US, hogs are damaging lawns, sprinkler systems, golf courses, and crops. The agricultural destruction alone is estimated at $2.5 billion a year.Case in point, earlier this year, a video doorbell recorded footage of a pack of wild pigs rooting around a suburban lawn in San Antonio, Texas. It…
By Helen Reid LONDON (Reuters) – Fast fashion retailer Shein, known for its China-made $5 tops and $10 dresses, has hiked prices by over a third on some core products, in a move likely to boost revenues ahead of its planned IPO, according to an analysis of its pricing strategy.…
A South Korean weapons manufacturer that traditionally specialized in older, less advanced armaments is seizing on demand for 155mm howitzers by producing them faster than the West.Hanwha Aerospace can build its K9 self-propelled howitzer in about six months at $3.5 million apiece, Bloomberg reported, estimating the company to be two…
This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Nolan Church, a former recruiter at Google and DoorDash and ex-chief people officer at Carta, about his experience of putting people on PIPs. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I’ve spent my career in recruitment. From May 2012…
The age of AGI is coming and could be just a few years away, according to OpenAI cofounder John Schulman.Speaking on a podcast with Dwarkesh Patel, Schulman predicted that artificial general intelligence could be achieved in “two or three years.”He added that tech companies needed to be ready to cooperate…
Russian forces are increasingly relying on light and fast vehicles like ATVs and motorbikes to move troops to the front lines, conduct reconnaissance of Ukrainian positions, and execute assaults.By favoring these lighter vehicles, Russia is sacrificing the protection that its troops would enjoy in a more heavily armored ride, leaving…
