Category: U.S.

05/06/2020

Onlookers reckon Cyrus Capital has the aviation and financial smarts to outdo most of the major investment banks but wanted an adviser that could navigate Australia's restructuring laws and help with forecasts and the like. Cyrus Capital is emerging as one of the stories of the Virgin auction. It has already seen off more fancied and better-known rivals including BGH Capital which is home to Australia's biggest buyout fund, Canadian giant Brookfield and American strategic Indigo Partners and bedfellow Oaktree Capital Management. Stephen Freidheim, Cyrus Capital Partners founder. Getty As Street Talk revealed a week ago, Cyrus Capital had put its band of aviation dealmakers back together to have a crack at Virgin Australia. Its bid team, as presented to Virgin's administrator Deloitte ...

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Commentary: Greece successfully held off the coronavirus with an early lockdown, but it shouldn’t reopen tourism too quickly.

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Policymakers and advocates are pushing for new limits on political advertisers' ability to narrowly target voters with tailored messaging on major tech platforms, Axios' Margaret Harding McGill and Kyle Daly report. Why it matters: Critics say the targeted political ads are a key means of spreading misinformation on topics like the presidential election and the pandemic. Driving the news: Ranking Digital Rights, a research program affiliated with the New America think tank, is calling on Facebook and other online platforms to limit targeted advertising in the lead-up to the November election in a report released Wednesday. Democratic lawmakers are also pressuring tech companies with new bills to curb political ad targeting online.The big picture: Advocates of limiting the targeted ads

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Stay up to date with the latest news, views and analysis as the number of coronavirus cases in SA increases.

South Africa now has 29 240 coronavirus cases after a spike of 1 837 infections were recorded in the last 24 hours. There are 34 new deaths, bringing the total fatalities to 611. Have a look at some of our top stories: British American Tobacco in new urgent court bid to undo cigarette ban British American Tobacco South Africa will recommence with urgent legal proceedings to challenge the governments decision to extend the ban on tobacco sales during Level 3 of the nationwide lockdown. The state says the ban is needed to safeguard public health, as evidence suggests cigarette smokers are more likely to develop severe Covid-19 symptoms than non-smokers. Here are the rules and dates for grades going back to school The Department of Education has released rules and guidelines as the ...

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With the financial pressure growing for many, advisers outline a rethink of income strategies.

That period covers the initial slump in the stock market as global markets reacted to the economic and financial impact of COVID-19. Between February 21 and March 23, the S&P/ASX 200 Index plunged nearly 45 per cent to 4546 points. It has since recovered and was this week trading around 5800. Brendan Ryan, principal of Later Life Advice, an independent financial adviser, says it is time for SMSF members and other self-funded retirees to pause and rethink. Ryan adds: It is pure luxury [for the majority of retirees] to think they can live on investment income. Now is the time to take a laser-like look at the mix of retirement assets". Reverse mortgage? That includes looking at the mix of investment income, some government support and possibly drawing down capitalfrom assets, such as...

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Du mal à trouver une idée cadeau pour votre Môman ? Nous vous en offrons dix (et même un peu plus).

La Fête des mères aura lieu le 7 juin 2020. Une édition un peu particulière où les restrictions sanitaires liées à la pandémie de coronavirus vous empêcheront peut-être de passer du temps avec la vôtre. Fort heureusement, il vous reste encore quelques jours pour lui commander un cadeau fantastique. Pour vous assister dans cette démarche, notre rédaction a rassemblé 15 idées cadeaux de dernière minute que vous pouvez acheter en ligne. Que votre maman soit mélomane, rat de-bibliothèque, sportive ou particulièrement geek, vous trouverez ici le présent qui lui donnera le sourire jusquaux oreilles. Nous avons également dressé une liste des principales enseignes qui proposent actuellement des promotions pour la Fête des mères. Et savoir faire des économies, votre maman approuvera forcément. La...

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The decision comes after opposition from President Trump caused House Republicans to back away from the bill.

House Democrats pulled legislation Thursday that would have renewed expired domestic surveillance laws and strengthened transparency and privacy protections amid broad opposition from President Trump, House GOP leadership and progressive Democrats. Why it matters: The failure to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) comes as Trump continues to attack the intelligence community, which he claims abused the law to surveil his 2016 campaign and Trump administration officials. The state of play: House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, who did not indicate when the bill might come up again, said that it had been pulled at the request of Speaker Nancy Pelosi after Republicans who previously supported reauthorizing the program "have indicated they are going to vote against it n...

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Vous allez redevenir accro à la télévision.

Qui songe à changer de télévision, envisage évidemment dacheter lun des meilleurs téléviseurs OLED du marché. La technologie OLED est de plus en plus le premier choix arrêté lorsquon recherche un écran haut de gamme. Et pour cause : cette innovation offre des niveaux de contraste et de fidélité des couleurs jamais atteints par la plupart des téléviseurs LCD. Limités en termes de luminosité, ces derniers ont constitué une base importante pour les constructeurs qui ont, depuis, considérablement atténuer ce défaut. Les écrans OLED sont ainsi plus adaptés à la gestion des contenus HDR, grâce à un niveau de luminosité élevé. Le dernier aspect décisif dans lachat dun téléviseur OLED ? Des prix qui commencent à être accessibles - comptez 2000 euros en moyenne, hors période promotionnelle. Il con...

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Un poids lourd chez les ultra-légers.