High in the evergreen canopy of General Sherman, the world’s largest tree, researchers searched for evidence of an emerging threat to giant sequoias: bark beetles. The climbers descended the towering 2,200-year-old tree with good news on Tuesday. “The General Sherman tree is doing fine right now,” said Anthony Ambrose, executive director of the Ancient Forest…
Julius Baer Group Ltd. is exploring a potential acquisition of rival Swiss private bank EFG International AG, people with knowledge of the matter said. from Bloomberg Markets https://ift.tt/wiTMC4G
Former President Trump says that former GOP presidential rival Nikki Haley “absolutely” will “be on our team in some form” as he faces off with President Biden in a 2024 election rematch. The presumptive GOP presidential nominee, in two interviews following a large campaign rally in the Bronx, reacted to Haley saying she would vote…
Plus Yael van der Wouden’s ‘The Safekeep’ and Magdalena Zyzak’s ‘The Lady Waiting.’ https://www.wsj.com/articles/fiction-the-banana-wars-by-alan-grostephan-97326afe
Travis Kelce became the latest Kansas City Chiefs’ player to take a stance in defense of Harrison Butker’s character on Friday amid heavy scrutiny the kicker faced following his commencement speech at a Catholic college in Kansas earlier this month. The veteran tight end addressed the topic during the latest episode of the “New Heights”…
A probable pickup in euro-zone inflation this month is unlikely to derail the juggernaut of an imminent interest-rate cut by the European Central Bank. from Bloomberg Markets https://ift.tt/g372QDU
Harvard Chabad Rabbi Hirschy Zarchi demanded that journalist Maria Ressa explain comments that he believed were antisemitic during Harvard’s commencement, Thursday. “I was attacked online and called antisemitic by power and money because they want power and money,” Ressa told students in comments that Zarchi would later ask her to explain. “But I’d already…
Public criticism has mounted over Google’s AI Overviews feature in Search, which has returned inaccurate or nonsensical results, according to screenshots. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/24/google-criticized-as-ai-overview-makes-errors-like-saying-president-obama-is-muslim.html
India’s largest power producer NTPC Ltd.’s fourth-quarter profit dropped on account of a jump in tax expenses, even as electricity sales rose. from Bloomberg Markets https://ift.tt/t1OCvh2
Tom Nolan also reviews Ruth Ware’s “One Perfect Couple” and Jaclyn Goldis’s “The Main Character.” https://www.wsj.com/articles/mysteries-harry-dolans-dont-turn-around-94ddcbb7