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A Remembrance of Michael Yockel

Splice Today 

As one ages, it’s a matter of semantics about people who can be considered “lifelong friends.” I met Michael Yockel, who passed away last week at the age of 71, in late-1979 when he began writing for Baltimore’s City Paper. We hadn’t yet hit 30, but kept in contact and got together often since that time, so “lifelong friend” it is, and Michael was a wonderful and delightfully eccentric man. He’s survived by his wife, the lovely and buoyant Betsy Boyd and their twin sons Tex and Miner.

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Torrential Rains in Brazil Cripple Rio Grande do Sul’s Essential Services

«The Rio Times» 

Heavy rains have wreaked havoc in Rio Grande do Sul, disrupting essential services and leaving 854,486 people without access to clean water. This figure accounts for 27% of all homes served by the state’s water utility, Corsan. Such a large-scale disruption in water supply directly affects public health and daily life for countless families. The […]

China May Day holiday spending delivers mixed picture on post-COVID recovery

BigNewsNetwork.com 

BEIJING: Domestic travellers spent 166.9 billion yuan (US$23.13 billion) during one of China's longest breaks, the May Day holiday, for a rise of 13.5 per cent from pre-pandemic levels, government data showed on Monday, but expenditure per head lagged 2019 rates. Boosting consumer confidence has presented

Indonesia's Q1 GDP growth beats forecasts, but outlook's uncertain

BigNewsNetwork.com 

JAKARTA :Indonesia's economic growth in the first quarter beat expectations, buoyed by high public spending for the country's elections, but maintaining the strong pace will be challenging due to global developments and tight local monetary conditions.Southeast Asia's largest economy grew by 5.11 per cent on

IMF says its mission will visit Pakistan this month to discuss new loan

BigNewsNetwork.com 

KARACHI: An International Monetary Fund mission is expected to visit Pakistan this month to discuss a new programme, the lender said on Sunday (May 5) ahead of Islamabad beginning its annual budget-making process for the next financial year. Pakistan last month completed a short-term US$3 billion programme

Shell in talks to sell Malaysia fuel stations to Saudi Aramco

BigNewsNetwork.com 

SINGAPORE: Energy giant Shell is in talks with Saudi Arabia's state-owned Saudi Aramco to sell its gas station business in Malaysia, the second-largest such network in the country, four industry sources aware of the discussions told Reuters, and a deal could be worth up to US$1 billion. Shell declined to c

China home sales slump 47% over May Day holiday vs 2023

BigNewsNetwork.com 

BEIJING: China's average daily home sales during the major May Day public holiday sank 47 per cent from a year earlier, and were down around 30 per cent from pre-pandemic levels in 2019 for the same holiday period, according to a private survey on Monday (May 6). Home sales fell in 19 of 22 surveyed cities

Hong Kong Exchange Fund posts 2nd quarter of investment income gains in Q1

BigNewsNetwork.com 

HONG KONG :Hong Kong's Exchange Fund, used to back the Hong Kong dollar, posted an investment income of HK$54.3 billion ($6.95 billion) in the first quarter of 2024 for a second consecutive quarter of gains, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) said on Monday.That compared with a revised investment income