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Stock Market Today: Dow slips, S&P 500 and Nasdaq struggle for direction with Ukraine talks in focus; Wall Street awaits Powell’s Friday speech at Jackson Hole  MarketWatch Stocks dip to start the week as traders await Powell speech, retail earnings: Live updates  CNBC Wall Street slips ahead of Jackson Hole summit, retailers’ earnings  Reuters Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq stall with …

The Fever secured an arduous and emotional comeback victory over the Sun on Sunday, picking up their 19th victory of the season in overtime, 99–93. Head coach Stephanie White couldn’t help but get emotional during her postgame address in the locker room in which she praised the team’s relentless effort throughout the game. White broke down in tears while speaking …

It’s been amply established that “South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are maestros of phallic humor. No subject is too lofty for a joke related to male genitalia, even if the punchline amounts to little more than a penis’ presence. What makes these moments count isn’t the exposure but who’s getting pantsed. In 2023’s “South Park (Not Suitable …

Stanford’s brain-computer interface turns inner speech into spoken words  TechSpot For Some Patients, the ‘Inner Voice’ May Soon Be Audible  The New York Times Brain-computer interface could decode inner speech in real time  EurekAlert! Scientists develop interface that ‘reads’ thoughts from speech-impaired patients  Stanford Report Mind-reading AI can turn even imagined speech into spoken words  New Scientist Source link

Powell’s Jackson Hole Speech: The Huge Stakes This Year  Barron’s Fed Chair Faces Scrutiny — and Bats — at Major Policy Speech in Mountain Forum  The New York Times Week Ahead for FX, Bonds: Fed’s Powell Comments at Jackson Hole in Focus  The Wall Street Journal Wall St. Week Ahead Wall Street trains sights on Jackson Hole Fed gathering  Reuters Stock Market Week Ahead: …

Fed Chair Faces Scrutiny — and Bats — at Major Policy Speech in Mountain Forum  The New York Times BofA’s Hartnett Sees Profit-Taking in Stocks After Jackson Hole  Bloomberg.com Fed Chair Powell to speak Aug 22 amid speculation on rate cuts, replacement  Reuters Powell’s Jackson Hole Speech: The Huge Stakes This Year  Barron’s Barclays says new data unlikely to shift Powell’s hawkish stance  Investing.com Source …

Emma Thompson might have been making headlines this week due to her surprise revelation about Donald Trump “stalking” her and trying to ask her out on a date when she was making “Primary Colors”, but she also stunned Locarno with her acceptance speech – delivered entirely in Italian.  “I’ve written something for you,” she said, before switching to English for …

Thank you for inviting me to speak to you today.1 It is wonderful to join you again this year, now as the Fed’s Vice Chair for Supervision. Since assuming this important financial regulatory role, we have hit the ground running—addressing some of the most critical matters in the bank regulatory space, all of which fall under the broad categories of …

An illustration of Demosthenes of Athens and a photograph of King George VI, both of whom had stutters A genetic analysis of a million individuals with stutters has clued Australian researchers into a potential genetic component that would revolutionize the diagnosis and treatment of this common disorder. 400 million people worldwide have stutters, and a cross-Pacific partnership between Curtin Stuttering …

The story of human evolution has undergone a distinct feminisation in recent decades. Or, rather, an equalisation: a much-needed rebalancing after 150 years during which, we were told, everything was driven by males strutting, brawling and shagging, with females just along for the ride. This reckoning has finally arrived at language. The origins of our species’ exceptional communication skills constitutes one …