Month: February 2023

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Motley Fool Money - Why Do Casinos Lose Money?

If the house always wins, why are gambling companies having trouble turning a profit? 

(0:21) Jason Moser discusses: - Privately-owned restaurant companies Cava Group and Panera Brands mulling a return to the public markets - How Panera has evolved since its last time as a public company - A key metric he's watching when Chipotle reports earnings on Tuesday afternoon

(9:40) Ricky Mulvey and Matt Frankel discuss the struggles gambling businesses having making money and one business breaking the trend. 

Stocks discussed: CMG, PDYPY, MGM, DKNG, CHDN

Host: Chris Hill Guest: Jason Moser, Matt Frankel Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineers: Rick Engdahl

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The Government Huddle with Brian Chidester - The One with the City of Kyiv Digital Chief

Oleg Polovynko, Chief Information Officer for the City of Kyiv, Ukraine joins the show to discuss his trip to the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos where he worked to get support for digital transformation programs in his homeland. We also talk about some of his key focus areas for the citizens of Kyiv prior to the war, how those plans have changed since the invasion, and what is giving his hope for the future of Ukraine.

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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - Does Anyone Know What They’re Doing?

The director of social, cultural, and constitutional studies at AEI and National Affairs editor, Yuval Levin, joins the show today to talk about why experts didn’t see last Friday’s jobs numbers coming. Also, what the Chinese surveillance balloon says about American national security and the Biden administration’s handling of it. Source

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Strange News: Bacteria in Eyedrops, a Tesla Road Rager, and “Bring Back the Dodo!”

The bioscience company working to de-extinct the Mammoth and the Tasmanian Tiger (if it's actually gone) sets its sights on a new goal: resurrecting the Dodo. TikTok outpaces the LAPD in capturing a Tesla road rager. The CDC announces a disturbing warning about antibiotic-resistant bacteria in eyedrops. All this and more in this week's Strange News.

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Headlines From The Times - A Super Bowl with two Black quarterbacks

For decades, NFL teams actively discouraged Black players from playing quarterback, the sport’s marquee position.

Today, we go through this shameful history — and celebrate this year’s historic Super Bowl, which features two Black starting quarterbacks for the first time. Read the full transcript here.

Host: Gustavo Arellano

Guest: L.A. Times opinion columnist LZ Granderson

More reading:

Column: The NFL should stop running from its racial history

No one should forget about Doug Williams

The Big Book Of Black Quarterbacks

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Top Med Schools Rebel Against U.S. Rankings System

What does it mean to be a “top-ranked” medical school? Many of the schools withdrawing from the long-standing rankings system say those rankings perpetuate inequities in medical education that then spill over into medical care. Reset talks with Dr. Vineet Arora, assistant dean at University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Medicine, and Hannah Priddy, a fourth-year medical student at University of Chicago, about how to improve diversity, equity and inclusion in medical schools.
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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - What Chicago’s Mayoral Candidates Have Planned For Public Schools

The next mayor will inherit a bevy of challenges when it comes to Chicago Public Schools, including a looming budget deficit and declining enrollment. Reset talks to Sarah Karp, WBEZ education reporter, to find out how the mayoral candidates will approach these challenges.