Racial slur at BAFTA awards stirs complex feelings for Black people with Tourette syndrome

Racial slur at BAFTA awards stirs complex feelings for Black people with Tourette syndrome

For Black people living with Tourette syndrome, the British Academy Film and Television Arts Awards incident earlier this week where a vocal tic manifested as a racial slur while two Black stars of the movie “Sinners” were onstage has left them with complicated feelings. “It’s been pretty difficult because I feel like there’s such a…

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AI spending is boosting the economy, many businesses in survival mode

AI spending is boosting the economy, many businesses in survival mode

Cameron Pappas, owner of Norton’s Florist Norton’s For Cameron Pappas, owner of Norton’s Florist in Birmingham, Alabama, the artificial intelligence boom is a world away. While companies like Nvidia, Alphabet and Broadcom are lifting the stock market to fresh highs and bolstering GDP, Pappas is experiencing what’s happening in the real economy, one that’s far removed…

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Goldman Sachs says traders have Fed outlook wrong as oil surge drives rate-hike fears

Goldman Sachs says traders have Fed outlook wrong as oil surge drives rate-hike fears

Investors are getting carried away with bets on higher U.S. interest rates, warning that markets are misreading how the Federal Reserve is likely to respond to an oil-driven inflation shock, according to Goldman Sachs. Traders have rapidly shifted expectations in recent days as surging energy prices, rising import costs and intensifying stagflation fears rattled global…

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