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Headlines of the week: 13–19 March 2023
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UBS swallows Credit Suisse, casting shadow over Switzerland — reuters — 19 March 2023 (LINK)
— UBS will pay $3.2 billion for 167-year-old Credit Suisse and assume at least $5.4 billion in losses from unwinding its portfolio of derivatives and other risky assets. Credit Suisse had a market value of about $8 billion at the close on Friday. Holders of Credit Suisse's Additional Tier 1 bonds will get wiped out and in a controversial move will come secondary to equity holders who will receive at least some UBS shares.During the great financial crash of 2008-9, it was UBS and not Credit Suisse that needed state support.
Club de Madrid, the world's largest forum of democratic former Presidents and Prime Ministers with 100+ members in 70 countries, Reiterates Call to End War in Ukraine — thegenevaobserver — 19 March 2023 (LINK)
Mikaela Shiffrin wins World Cup Finals giant slalom to round out 2022-2023 season and set more new records — olympics.com — 19 March 2023 (LINK)
A Brief History of Time is 'wrong', Stephen Hawking told collaborator — The Guardian — 19 March 2023 (LINK)
— Thomas Hertog worked with cosmologist on a new book after he shared his doubts
Gary Lineker pulls out of FA Cup coverage after losing his voice — ground.news: 29 sources — 19 March 2023 (LINK)
Fulham receive THREE red cards within 40 seconds after mad scenes against Man United in FA Cup tie — sportbible — 19 March 2023 (LINK)
BBC asks staff to delete TikTok from mobile phones over privacy and security concerns — ground.news: 34 sources — 19 March 2023 (LINK)
UN commission calls for closing the gender digital divide and urges zero tolerance for gender-based violence and harassment online. — ground.news: 21 sources — 18 March 2023 (LINK)
ChatGPt's successor GPT-4 lists twenty jobs it can 'potentially replace' — ground.news: 10 sources — 19 March 2023 (LINK)
— in the order of how easy it will be for ChatGPT to replace, are:
- data entry clerk
- customer service representative
- proofreader
- paralegal
- bookkeeper
- translator
- copywriter
- market research analyst
- social media manager
- appointment scheduler
- telemarketer
- virtual assistant
- transcriptionist
- news reporter
- travel agent
- tutor
- technical support analyst
- email marketer
- content moderator
- recruiter
A recent World Economic Forum report said that 85 million jobs would be dispaced by 2025 as a direct consequence of the tug-of-war between humans and machines.
Texas Pol Reveals He Went on Secret Middle East Mission to Torpedo Carter's Re-Election — thedailybeast — 18 March 2023 (LINK)
Prince Andrew's Wildly Lavish Lifestyle: Expensive Watches And Luxury Vacations — source — 18 March 2023 (LINK)
UN aviation council votes to hear MH17 case against Russia — theglobeandmail — 17 March 2023 (LINK)
Did Greta Thunberg Delete Tweet Claiming Climate Change Will Wipe Out Humanity by 2023? No — snopes — 17 March 2023 (LINK)
What happened to The Ocean Cleanup — the system that would rid the oceans of plastic? — source — 16 March 2023 (LINK)
Fox News reporters parroted false claims tying Silicon Valley Bank's failure to Black Lives Matter — mediamatters — 17 March 2023 (LINK)
— The charge itself that SVB contributed over $70 million to Black Lives Matter or closely aligned organizations is based on a supposed "BLM-funding database" maintained by the Claremont Institute, a right-wing and openly anti-democracy organization that is also closely tied to disgraced former law professor John Eastman, who was closely involved in former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. The Associated Press confirmed that the database does not show any spending to Black Lives Matter, and obtained a comment in which Claremont explained it was including "reparative initiatives," which it called "race-based, discriminatory hiring programs; race-based, sub-prime lending; partisan voter initiatives; and DEI efforts." The AP also obtained a comment from the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, which confirmed it did not receive $70 million from the bank, and added: "Even if we did, the idea that this type of contribution would be controversial is rooted in a pathology that Black organizations don't deserve to be funded."
