(Felt) From birdsong to pool balls, this Lithuanian musician – a graduate of Copenhagen’s buzzy Rhythmic Music Conservatory – mixes beguiling found sounds into left-field pop and modern classical Copenhagen’s Rhythmic Music Conservatory has become associated with a specific gauzy, esoteric sound, which draws on, and reshapes, classical instrumentation and pop songwriting. Think ML Buch, Astrid Son...
(Felt) From birdsong to pool balls, this Lithuanian musician – a graduate of Copenhagen’s buzzy Rhythmic Music Conservatory – mixes beguiling found sounds into left-field pop and modern classical Copenhagen’s Rhythmic Music Conservatory has become associated with a specific gauzy, esoteric sound, which draws on, and reshapes, classical instrumentation and pop songwriting. Think ML Buch, Astrid Sonne and Erika de Casier, all of whom have graduated from the institution since 2019. Following in their footsteps is Lithuanian musician Gintė Preisaitė, who works with piano, voice and electronics to create atmospheric, unsettling ambient compositions. Instruments of Forgetting and the Singing Bone, Preisaitė’s first solo release under her own name, draws on her background in improvisational techniques and composing for large ensembles. With additional instrumentation from a cluster of collaborators – strings, woodwind, tape – she presents eight tracks that build in intensity through her collage-like assembling of strange sounds and effects. Continue reading...
The artificial intelligence frenzy has made Zhongji Innolight, a supplier of optical modules to US hyperscalers, the biggest constituent of China’s stock benchmark, highlighting AI’s profound impact on the world’s second-largest equity market. The northern Shandong province-based company had a 5 per cent weighting on the CSI 300 Index on Friday, making it the largest of the 300 most valuable stock...
The artificial intelligence frenzy has made Zhongji Innolight, a supplier of optical modules to US hyperscalers, the biggest constituent of China’s stock benchmark, highlighting AI’s profound impact on the world’s second-largest equity market. The northern Shandong province-based company had a 5 per cent weighting on the CSI 300 Index on Friday, making it the largest of the 300 most valuable stocks on the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges. The index’s weighting is based on the market...
The French Never Wanted Mass Immigration Via Remix News, French leaders know how to manipulate their voters, but the voters are also apparently easily manipulated. Every leader from French President Emmanuel Macron to François Mitterrand in the 1980s has decried immigration numbers and promised a crackdown, all while allowing immigration numbers to continuously climb year after year. Here are just...
The French Never Wanted Mass Immigration Via Remix News, French leaders know how to manipulate their voters, but the voters are also apparently easily manipulated. Every leader from French President Emmanuel Macron to François Mitterrand in the 1980s has decried immigration numbers and promised a crackdown, all while allowing immigration numbers to continuously climb year after year. Here are just some relevant quotes: Emmanuel Macron said in 2023: “There is an immigration problem in France.” In 2016, then French President François Hollande said, “There are too many arrivals, immigration that shouldn’t be there.” In 2023, then leader Nicolas Sarkozy said: “There are too many immigrants in France.” In 1991, former leader Jacques Chirac said, “We must stop family reunification. We must completely revise the right of asylum. We must open the debate on the right of all foreigners to social benefits.” In 1989, the famous leader François Mitterrand said, “On immigration matters, we have crossed the tolerance threshold.” The age-old adage is that “nobody voted for this.” It is true that the specific question of mass immigration never came to a referendum, but it is also fair to say that some very pro-migrant candidates, such as Macron, have continuously made it into office. Still, one would assume that in a democratic system, with leader after leader calling for a halt to immigration, that immigration levels would tend to trend lower. However, this is not how Western democracy has worked over the last decades. The same developments have been seen in the United Kingdom, Germany, and the United States. Leaders know the masses are unhappy about immigration, so they make proclamations against immigration to placate the masses, all while actual policy serves an entirely different purpose. Macron is arguably the worst offender the French have ever seen when it comes to migration. In 2023, he said France must reduce immigration, beginning with legal entrants in a wide-ranging int...
Indonesian Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa defended his country’s economic track record amid a slump in the rupiah and stocks, pointing to inflows into the debt market as proof investors remain optimistic. Government bonds and central bank debt securities “saw inflows in the second quarter through early June,” Purbaya said at a briefing in Jakarta on the country’s budget situation. While equ...
Indonesian Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa defended his country’s economic track record amid a slump in the rupiah and stocks, pointing to inflows into the debt market as proof investors remain optimistic. Government bonds and central bank debt securities “saw inflows in the second quarter through early June,” Purbaya said at a briefing in Jakarta on the country’s budget situation. While equities did see outflows in the second quarter, the net figure remains positive, he added. “This addresses the doubts held by many people, including those expressed in the media,” he said, referring to a Bloomberg News story about investors selling Indonesian assets. “As we can see, optimism about the Indonesian economy remains strong. So don’t be swayed by a single news report. Inflows into SRBIs and bonds remain significant.” Read More: ‘Sell Indonesia’ Sweeps Trading Desks as Prabowo Tightens Grip The benchmark stock index is the worst performer this year among more than 90 global gauges tracked by Bloomberg, and the rupiah this week weakened beyond 18,000 per dollar. Purbaya’s remarks come less than a day after he was forced to deny speculation he would resign as finance minister less than a year into the job. Talk of Purbaya’s possible departure spread fast on Thursday amid deepening concerns about the economy and a graft probe involving President Prabowo Subianto’s $15 billion food program. The rupiah was little changed on Friday, while stocks extended declines in the afternoon session to the lowest level since December 2020. The yield on 10-year government bonds held an earlier increase of five basis points to 6.86%.
Unexpected monthly drop of 0.1% in May leaves price of typical home at £298,806, says lender Halifax Business live – latest updates UK house prices fell unexpectedly in May as rising mortgage rates fuelled by the war in Iran affected affordability and homebuyer demand. The average price of a typical UK home fell by 0.1% in May to £298,806 compared with April, the third consecutive monthly drop rec...
Unexpected monthly drop of 0.1% in May leaves price of typical home at £298,806, says lender Halifax Business live – latest updates UK house prices fell unexpectedly in May as rising mortgage rates fuelled by the war in Iran affected affordability and homebuyer demand. The average price of a typical UK home fell by 0.1% in May to £298,806 compared with April, the third consecutive monthly drop recorded by the lender Halifax. Analysts had been expecting a return to growth, with a consensus of a 0.1% rise forecast for May. The monthly drop followed falls of 0.1% in April and 0.5% in March. Continue reading...
Having more than doubled already this year, Korea’s stock market returns have driven a wealth effect that under an optimistic scenario could generate a wealth effect among the populace of KRW 43 trillion ($28 billion)
Having more than doubled already this year, Korea’s stock market returns have driven a wealth effect that under an optimistic scenario could generate a wealth effect among the populace of KRW 43 trillion ($28 billion)
State department warns of ‘ideological conditioning’ in message of condolence to family of murdered student The US state department has criticised “two-tiered policing” in Britain in a message of condolence to the family of the murder victim Henry Nowak in a thinly veiled rebuke of the UK government. The 18-year-old student’s murder has been claimed by some as evidence of two-tier policing in the ...
State department warns of ‘ideological conditioning’ in message of condolence to family of murdered student The US state department has criticised “two-tiered policing” in Britain in a message of condolence to the family of the murder victim Henry Nowak in a thinly veiled rebuke of the UK government. The 18-year-old student’s murder has been claimed by some as evidence of two-tier policing in the UK – the argument that some groups of people are dealt with more harshly than others for ideological reasons. Continue reading...