Standard Chartered boosts private bank team with 14 new hires By Reuters – Investing.com
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Standard Chartered Bank (OTC:) has hired a dozen new bankers for its private banking divisions in Singapore, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates as it seeks to expand its wealthy business, the bank said on Thursday. The hires also include Nicholas Cheng, who joined as head of the private markets […]
The Great Academic/Sports Double Standard
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes And why Pawan Dhingra has it wrong about extracurricular learning. Starting in elementary school and continuing through high school, aspiring athletes are encouraged by parents, coaches, and society at large to spend considerable hours training and practicing outside of the school day and off-campus, oftentimes at the additional cost of […]
Biden’s new standard: Law for enemies, immunity for friends
Joe Biden Attacked the Supreme Court The Supreme Court ruled last week on President Donald Trump’s immunity, in a brief, nationally televised address in which he said, “We are all equal before the law. No one, not even the President of the United States, is above the law.” [With] Today’s Supreme Court decision on presidential […]
FEMA announces finalized flood risk management standard
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released the final rule for the Federal Flood Risk Management Standards (FFRMS) on Wednesday. The FFRMS is a flexible federal standard that requires agencies to develop resilience and flood protection plans for projects and buildings that receive federal funding, including building dimensions necessary to protect buildings from flood risk. […]
Gina Carano calls out Hollywood’s double standard on speech
Actress Gina Carano called out the apparent hypocrisy of Hollywood elites when it comes to free speech. Carano, who was famously fired by Disney for not adhering to the company’s values, noted that whether a person faces punishment for speech from a Hollywood studio depends on their political stance. The former mixed martial artist starred […]
Is Learning Standard “White” English Oppressive for Black Students?
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Among the many destructive ideas loose in American education is that black students should not be expected to master standard English because doing so is demeaning and demoralizing for them. Standard English is part of the power structure of “whiteness” that must be overthrown before we can have an equitable […]
Capitol breach grandma’s case highlights justice double standard
Have you ever wondered what our prisons and jails would look like if the 2020 Black Lives Matter rioters got the “January 6th treatment”? Well, it’s hard to imagine such a parallel world. We don’t have enough prison cells to hold tens of thousands of people. Hundreds of thousands — individuals who, under the standards […]
How the US is daring the world to find a dollar alternative – The Business Standard
The country has dramatically increased its use of sanctions as a punitive foreign policy tool, racking up huge debts and leaving hapless foreigners seeking safety and deep markets to fund its excesses. The United States has been happily chipping away at the pillars that support the dollar as the world’s reserve currency, and the latest […]
Standard Chartered: UK bank accused of helping to fund terrorists – BBC.com
38 minutes ago Image caption, Standard Chartered Bank is headquartered in the City of London. A British bank that avoided money laundering prosecution allegedly conducted billions of dollars of transactions for financiers of terrorist groups, according to US court documents. Standard Chartered, one of Britain’s largest banks, avoided prosecution by the US Department of Justice […]
The standard Tom Brady will hold himself to in Fox’s NFL broadcast booth
Tom Brady might be the biggest unknown in the NFL this season. Not because he’ll be on the field, but because it will be his first year in the Fox broadcast booth. Brady will begin his new role as part of Fox’s top NFL broadcast team alongside Kevin Burkhart and Erin Andrews, marking his first […]