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Audemars Piguet’s New C.E.O. Wasn’t an Obvious Choice

Apr

Audemars Piguet’s New C.E.O. Wasn’t an Obvious Choice

Connected media - Associated media Innovation — especially in the form of ambitious building projects — has been a running theme at the brand for the past few years. In 2020 in Le Brassus, it opened a museum, the Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet, designed by the Danish architect Bjarke Ingels. A year later, it completed a manufacturing site in Le Locle, another village about a 90-minute drive northeast of Le Brassus. A former Renaud & Papi workshop, the Manufacture des Saignoles now specializes in the brand’s most complicated timepieces. In 2022, the brand opened a luxury hotel, Hôtel des Horlogers,…

Auto Insurance Spike Hampers the Inflation Fight

Apr

By Liam Walker

Investments and Business

Auto Insurance Spike Hampers the Inflation Fight

Connected media - Connected media Job growth, wage growth and business growth are all lively, and inflation has steeply fallen from its 2022 highs. But consumer sentiment, while improving, is still sour. One reason may be sticker shock from some highly visible prices — even as overall inflation has calmed. The cost of car insurance is a key example. Motor vehicle insurance rose 1.4 percent on a monthly basis in January alone and has risen 20.6 percent over the past year, the largest jump since 1976. It has been a huge hit for those driving the roughly 272 million private…

China Has Thousands of Navalnys, Hidden From the Public

Mar

By Liam Walker

Investments and Business

China Has Thousands of Navalnys, Hidden From the Public

Linked media - Connected media After watching “Navalny,” the documentary about the Russian opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny, a Chinese businesswoman messaged me, “Ren Zhiqiang is China’s Navalny.” She was talking about the retired real estate tycoon who was sentenced to 18 years in prison for criticizing China’s leader, Xi Jinping. After Mr. Navalny’s tragic death this month, a young dissident living in Berlin posted on X, “Teacher Li is closest to the Chinese version of Navalny.” He was referring to the rebel influencer known as Teacher Li, who used social media to share information about protests in China and…

Parental rights and same-sex surrogacy laws in France

Mar

By Liam Walker

World

Parental rights and same-sex surrogacy laws in France

The recognition of familial rights and the acknowledgment of sexual diversity are now prevalent. Advocacy groups have worked tirelessly to secure legal recognition for families formed by same-sex partners. With the help of medical breakthroughs, these couples are finally able to realize their aspirations of parenthood.Nonetheless, it is crucial for them to be well-informed and to obtain sufficient assistance, ranging from access to reproductive health services to attaining legal acknowledgment. Organizations such as Family Aims play a vital role in streamlining this journey by linking couples from France with knowledgeable attorneys, thereby ensuring a secure and lawful route to achieving…

Boeing Faces Justice Dept. Review Over Max 9 Incident

Mar

By Liam Walker

Investments and Business

Boeing Faces Justice Dept. Review Over Max 9 Incident

Related media - Associated media The Justice Department review was reported earlier by Bloomberg. The episode in January reignited the intense scrutiny and criticism that Boeing faced after crashes in Indonesia in late 2018 and Ethiopia in early 2019 killed a combined 346 people. The Max 8 and Max 9 were banned from flying globally days after the second crash. Since the jetliners started flying again in late 2020, they have carried out several million flights worldwide. The weight of the crisis appeared to be lifting before the January incident. A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board suggested…

A’s Will Finally Turn Out the Lights on Pro Sports in Oakland

Mar

By Liam Walker

World

A’s Will Finally Turn Out the Lights on Pro Sports in Oakland

Connected media - Related media Still, the Athletics continued to be competitive, reinventing themselves by shrewdly using data to assess undervalued skills, a process that became known as “Moneyball,” after the best-selling book. The A’s have not reached the World Series since 1990, but they’ve been in the playoffs 11 times since 2000 — more than the Mets and the San Francisco Giants, and just as often as the Boston Red Sox. Attendance had lingered in the lower third, though drum-pounding fans in right field causing a nightly ruckus added a degree of atmosphere. But when the team began its…

FAA Gives Boeing 90 Days to Develop Plan to Address Quality-Control Issues

Mar

By Liam Walker

Investments and Business

FAA Gives Boeing 90 Days to Develop Plan to Address Quality-Control Issues

Linked media - Linked media The meeting on Tuesday, which took place at the F.A.A.’s headquarters in Washington, came two weeks after Mr. Whitaker toured Boeing’s 737 plant in Renton, Wash. During his visit, Mr. Whitaker spoke with Boeing engineers and mechanics to try to get a better sense of the safety culture at the factory. The F.A.A. said after his visit that Mr. Whitaker planned to discuss what he saw during his visit when he met with Boeing executives in Washington. On Monday, the F.A.A. released a report by a panel of experts that found that Boeing’s safety culture…