U.S. Private Equity in Asia

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U.S. private equity funds boost Asian acquisitions outside China. Investment activity rises in Japan and India as investors hedge against risks.

Major U.S. private equity funds are diversifying their Asian acquisitions, increasing activity outside China as Beijing's pandemic countermeasures and worsening relations with the U.S. make investors wary about the country.

Flush with money; the funds could step up acquisitions of non-Chinese Asian companies this year and beyond.

Lost Magic?

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The Sunshine State of Florida has become our American national bellwether, and certainly not in a perfect way, I should add.

Another shooting, this time a TV news crew has been shot while covering an earlier shooting. One journalist is dead. The other newsman is critical as of this posting. Fellow journalists rushed to help the crew that was shot. Then a mother and 9-year-old were shot. The 9-year-old didn't survive.

Happy Work Life

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Some folks used to say they didn't have to be happy at work to succeed, like their co-workers, or even share their values.

Happy workers enjoy what they do and work harder and smarter. Companies take fun, play, and satisfaction in the workplace seriously because they recognize the importance of happiness for productivity, staff retention, and employee wellbeing.

Secrets to Happiness at Work According to Research

Crosstown Traffic

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How will one shut Street Impact traffic on other roads? Where are the most extensive international bottlenecks during global rush hour?

Get the insights you need to understand, predict, and reduce traffic with TomTom Traffic Stats: our road network analysis tool that’s available online.

California Screaming

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The popular phrase California is the place you ought to be may no longer apply, as the entire state is soon expected to freeze up.

Nearly the entire population of the Golden State of California expected 'to see' snow with climate change on steroids.

https://www.sfgate.com/weather/article/california-forecast-to-see-low-e…

Meanwhile, a Winter storm brings blizzards across the West, and Midwest while snow is forecast in New York, New England

Tweedledum GOP?

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Do you know the political history of the tweedle dee duo and their dumb and progressively getting dangerous Republican Party?

These losers who led a failed former GOP administration touted a great relationship with Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin and defended an assertion of trusting the foreign leader over the U.S. intelligence community.

POTUS IN POLAND

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POTUS was expected in Poland but not to meet with  President Zelensky in Ukraine as his first unannounced and surprise stop.

Billion Dollar Man?

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AMC Networks Cuts Spending on Programming. The reported reason, current mechanisms for monetizing content aren’t working,

James Lawrence Dolan is an American businessman who serves as executive chairman and CEO of Madison Square Garden Sports and Madison Square Garden Entertainment and executive chairman of MSG Networks.

JC Superstar aka Jimmy Who?

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James Earl Carter Jr. aka Jimmy is an American retired politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977-81.

On this President's Day, there is sad news that former President Jimmy Carter is now in hospice care. I remember meeting him in college in Florida when he was still a long-shot presidential candidate. Later as a young reporter, I covered him as President and during his visit to Walt Disney World,