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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Tens of thousands of Spaniards marched in downtown Barcelona on Saturday to protest the skyrocketing cost of renting an apartment in the popular tourist destination. Protesters cut off traffic on main avenues in the city center, holding up homemade signs in Spanish reading “Fewer apartments for investing and more homes for living" and “The people without homes uphold their rights.” The lack of affordable housing has become one of the leading concerns for the southern European Union country, mirroring the housing crunch across many parts of the world, including the United States . Organizers said that over 100,000 had turned out, while Barcelona’s police said they estimated some 22,000 marched. Either way, the throngs of people clogging the streets recalled the massive separatist rallies at the heigh of the previous decade’s Catalan independence movement. Now, social concerns led by housing have displaced political crusades. That is because the average rent for Spain has doubled in last 10 years. The price per square meter has risen from 7.2 euros ($7.5) in 2014 to 13 euros this year, according to the popular online real estate website Idealista. The growth is even more acute in cities like Barcelona and Madrid. Incomes meanwhile have failed to keep up, especially for younger people in a country with chronically high unemployment. Protestor Samuel Saintot said he is “frustrated and scared” after being told by the owners of the apartment he has rented for the past 15 years in Barcelona’s city center that he must vacate the premises. He suspects that the owners want him out so they can renovate it and boost the price. “Even looking in a 20- or 30-kilometer radius outside town, I can’t even find anything within the price range I can afford,” he told The Associated Press. “And I consider myself a very fortunate person, because I earn a decent salary. And even in my case, I may be forced to leave town.” A report by the Bank of Spain indicates that nearly 40% of Spaniards who rent dedicate an average of 40% of their income to paying rents and utilities, compared to the European Union average of 27% of renters who do so. “We are talking about a housing emergency. It means people having many difficulties both in accessing and staying in their homes,” said Ignasi Martí, professor for Esade business school and head of its Dignified Housing Observatory. The rise in rents is causing significant pain in Spain, where traditionally people seek to own their homes. Rental prices have also been driven up by short-term renters including tourists. Many migrants to Spain are also disproportionately hit by the high rents because they often do not have enough savings. Spain is near the bottom end of OECD countries with under 2% of all housing available being public housing for rent. The OECD average is 7%. Spain is far behind France, with 14%, Britain with 16%, and the Netherlands with 34%. Carme Arcarazo, spokesperson for Barcelona’s Tenants Union which helped organize the protest, said that renters should consider a “rent strike” and cease paying their monthly rents in a mass protest movement. “I think we the tenants have understood that this depends on us. That we can’t keep asking and making demands to the authorities and waiting for an answer. We must take the reins of the situation,” Arcarazo told the AP. “So, if they (the owners) won’t lower the rent, then we will force them to do it." The Barcelona protest came a month after tens of thousands rallied against high rents in Madrid. The rising discontent over housing is putting pressure on Spain’s governing Socialist party, which leads a coalition on the national level and is in charge of Catalonia’s regional government and Barcelona’s city hall. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez presided over what the government termed a “housing summit” including government officials and real estate developers last month. But the Barcelona’s Tenants Union boycotted the event, saying it was like calling a summit for curing cancer and inviting tobacco companies to participate. The leading government measure has been a rent cap mechanism that the central government has offered to regional authorities based on a price index established by the housing ministry. Rent controls can be applied to areas deemed to be “highly stressed” by high rental prices. Catalonia was the first region to apply those caps, which are in place in downtown Barcelona. Many locals blame the million of tourists who visit Barcelona, and the rest of Spain, each year for the high prices. Barcelona’s town hall has pledged to completely eliminate the city’s 10,000 so called “tourist apartments,” or dwellings with permits for short-term rents, by 2028.casino games vegas 。

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CIBC Asset Management Inc bought a new stake in Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc. ( NYSE:RYAN – Free Report ) during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm bought 3,478 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $231,000. Several other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Principal Financial Group Inc. grew its position in Ryan Specialty by 148.9% during the 3rd quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 851,704 shares of the company’s stock worth $56,545,000 after acquiring an additional 509,548 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its stake in Ryan Specialty by 132.2% during the second quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 836,209 shares of the company’s stock worth $48,425,000 after buying an additional 476,126 shares during the last quarter. 2Xideas AG bought a new stake in shares of Ryan Specialty during the 1st quarter valued at about $19,765,000. Driehaus Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Ryan Specialty during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $16,313,000. Finally, Rhumbline Advisers increased its stake in Ryan Specialty by 153.9% in the second quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 283,952 shares of the company’s stock valued at $16,444,000 after purchasing an additional 172,101 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.82% of the company’s stock. Insider Activity In other news, EVP Mark Stephen Katz sold 14,790 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $71.39, for a total transaction of $1,055,858.10. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 12,386 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $884,236.54. This represents a 54.42 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink . Also, Director Nicholas Dominic Cortezi sold 5,375 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $64.73, for a total value of $347,923.75. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 2,685 shares in the company, valued at $173,800.05. The trade was a 66.69 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here . Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 22,490 shares of company stock valued at $1,553,977. 11.10% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders. Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth Check Out Our Latest Analysis on Ryan Specialty Ryan Specialty Price Performance Shares of NYSE:RYAN opened at $73.52 on Friday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $69.06 and its 200 day moving average is $62.51. The company has a quick ratio of 1.01, a current ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.40. Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc. has a 52 week low of $41.49 and a 52 week high of $74.53. The stock has a market cap of $19.25 billion, a PE ratio of 95.48, a PEG ratio of 1.60 and a beta of 0.62. Ryan Specialty ( NYSE:RYAN – Get Free Report ) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 30th. The company reported $0.41 EPS for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.41. The firm had revenue of $604.69 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $602.04 million. Ryan Specialty had a return on equity of 47.90% and a net margin of 10.31%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 20.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.32 earnings per share. Research analysts anticipate that Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc. will post 1.8 earnings per share for the current year. Ryan Specialty Dividend Announcement The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, November 26th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, November 12th will be given a $0.11 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 12th. This represents a $0.44 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.60%. Ryan Specialty’s payout ratio is currently 57.14%. Ryan Specialty Company Profile ( Free Report ) Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc operates as a service provider of specialty products and solutions for insurance brokers, agents, and carriers in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Singapore. It offers distribution, underwriting, product development, administration, and risk management services by acting as a wholesale broker and a managing underwriter. See Also Want to see what other hedge funds are holding RYAN? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc. 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Lorenz scores 20, Wofford downs Kentucky Christian 100-55By KELVIN CHAN, Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Looking for a new social media platform because X, Threads and Mastodon just aren’t cutting it? You could try Bluesky . People seeking to avoid chaos, noise and political bluster in the aftermath of the U.S. elections are noticing a different mood on the Bluesky social platform, where the vibe is seemingly welcoming and there are noticeably fewer trolls. The site announced it had rapidly added more than a million new users in the week after Election Day, and has emerged as one of the fastest growing rivals to Elon Musk’s X and similar platforms. If you’re tempted to check out the new space, here’s a guide on how Bluesky works: Maybe you’re not ready to commit to adding yet another social media account. No problem — you can still look around on Bluesky without signing up because all posts and profiles are public. You might get a sense of deja vu because the platform’s look and feel are very similar to X. That should be no surprise because Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey was an early Bluesky champion. (Dorsey’s no longer involved with Bluesky, which is owned and run by its executive team as a public benefit corporation.) If you take the plunge and get an account, you’ll need a username. You’ll notice Bluesky handles are a little bit different because they end by default in the site’s domain, .bsky.social. You can personalize your handle to make it more memorable, by using your own website’s domain or buying a custom one through Bluesky. But it might not be something most newbie users need or want to do right away. Bluesky boasts that it gives users “algorithmic choice” to tailor the content they’re shown instead of leaving it up to the whims of a centralized system. “Our online experience doesn’t have to depend on billionaires unilaterally making decisions over what we see,” it says . Related Articles What it means is that you can follow custom feeds set up by other users, or design your own. If you tap #Feeds in the menu on the left, you’ll see some default offerings like Cat Pics and Gardening. My Bangers is a list of your most popular posts by likes and Catch Up shows the site’s most popular posts from the past 24 hours. You can find more by doing a search and tapping the Feeds button. There’s also the usual “Discover” feed of suggested posts and a chronological feed of accounts that you follow. To help new users settle in, Bluesky has starter packs of recommended feeds and accounts to follow, which anyone can create and share. They don’t show up in Bluesky’s search results but can be found in directories online . Or someone might share one with you. After I signed up, a colleague pointed me to one for major news outlets . There are tens of thousands of starter packs, ranging from broadly appealing topics like Taylor Swift to niche interests like cargo bikes or U.K. comedians . You can follow the whole pack or scroll down the list to choose individual accounts. What about people you followed on X? There’s a browser extension tool called Sky Follower Bridge that will help you find X users who’ve migrated to Bluesky. But check before clicking the follow button to make sure it’s not a different user using the same display name or handle. Ready to join the conversation? You can write posts or reply to others but keep it short because there’s a limit of 300 characters — 20 more than on X. You can also upload photos and videos, though videos can’t be longer than 60 seconds. GIFs and emojis are, of course, available too. You can still @ people by typing in their username, like posts by tapping a heart icon or use hashtags to highlight a theme. Bluesky has added a menu to hashtags, so when you click on one you’ll get different options for seeing, or muting, posts on that topic. Bluesky’s decentralization ethos extends to the content control options it offers. For starters, users can choose in their settings menu whether to see replies, reposts or quote posts in their feed. Specific words or tags can be muted temporarily, or forever, while accounts can be muted or blocked individually, or in bulk by adding them a moderation list. You can even fine tune the level of adult content that shows up in your feed. Related Articles Bluesky has a team of content moderators to police the site for material that’s illegal or breaks the rules. But it’s also taking a different approach by open sourcing its content moderation system in an attempt to resolve problems with traditional moderation services which it says “lack transparency and user control.” So, individuals or groups can set up their own content filters, or labelers, that go beyond what Bluesky offers. These labelers can be used to categorize content or users, which can then be blocked or hidden. But they could also be used for informational or creative purposes, like curating or verifying content. There are labelers to identify images generated by artificial intelligence or to fact check news posts. You can find lists of labelers online. After I subscribed to a U.S. politics labeler, some posts in my feeds were flagged “!Donald Trump” or “!Democrat politician” and hidden unless I click Show. Follow Kelvin Chan on Bluesky Is there a tech challenge you need help figuring out? Write to us at onetechtip@ap.org with your questions.DAVIDSON, N.C. 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ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan Sunday suspended mobile and internet services “in areas with security concerns” as supporters of imprisoned former premier Imran Khan geared up for a protest in the capital . The government and Interior Ministry posted the announcement on social media platform X, which is banned in Pakistan. They did not specify the areas, nor did they say how long the suspension would be in place. “Internet and mobile services will continue to operate as usual in the rest of the country,” the posts said. A spokesperson for the Interior Ministry was not immediately available for comment. Meanwhile, telecom company Nayatel sent out emails offering customers “a reliable landline service” as a workaround in the areas suffering suspended cellphone service. Khan has been in prison for more than a year and has over 150 criminal cases against him. But he remains popular and his political party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf or PTI, says the cases are politically motivated. His supporters rely heavily on social media to demand his release and use messaging platforms like WhatsApp to share information, including details of events. Pakistan has already sealed off the capital Islamabad with shipping containers and shut down major roads and highways connecting the city with PTI strongholds in the provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The government is imposing social media platform bans and targeting VPN services , according to monitoring service Netblocks. On Sunday, Internet-access advocacy group, Netblocks said live metrics showed WhatsApp backends are restricted in Pakistan, affecting media sharing on the app. The U.S. embassy issued a security alert for Americans in the capital, encouraging them to avoid large gatherings and warning that even “peaceful gatherings can turn violent.” Last month, authorities suspended the cellphone service in Islamabad and Rawalpindi to thwart a pro-Khan rally. The shutdown disrupted communications and affected everyday services such as banking, ride-hailing and food delivery. The latest crackdown comes on the eve of a visit by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko .

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Ice baths are now the coolest must-have in the boardroom By EMILY HAWKINS Updated: 16:50 EST, 28 December 2024 e-mail View comments Porsches, private jets, a phalanx of personal assistants, seafood kitchens and even personal advisers on acquiring fine art – they are all among the status symbols flaunted by chief executives. The latest trophy will appear rather less appealing to many: an ice bath. But having a cold water tub in your penthouse or mansion in which to plonk your shivering self is, believe it or not, a badge of prestige. Celebrity fans of 'cold water immersion' – the fancy term for dunking yourself in freezing water – include pop stars Lady Gaga and Madonna. The trend has taken hold in boardrooms and on trading floors. The craze for cold water includes freezing showers and ice baths, where users dip into a low-temperature, sauna-style box or inflatable pod for a few minutes. Trying it on for size: Hugh Wahla, former boss of fashion chain Urban Outfitters, is a fan of the big freeze Like many a fad in the business world, it seems to have started in Silicon Valley. Twitter founder Jack Dorsey says he starts his days at 5am with an ice-cold bath, just before he embarks on a five-mile walk to work. A cold dip is part of Richard Branson's morning routine on his Necker Island. Brewdog founder James Watt, who has an ice bath on the balcony of his luxury London apartment, claims it is the 'single most important thing' he does for his health. Devotees claim there are plenty of physical benefits. Exposure to the cold when alternated with a hot shower or a sauna, they argue, can improve circulation, which is beneficial for heart health. The cold can also help to numb pain receptors for those experiencing joint or muscle pain. Bosses also believe it boosts their resilience to uncomfortable experiences, thus training their brains to better manage stress. 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James McMaster, boss of protein shake maker Huel, says daily cold showers make him 'a better CEO' while weekly ice baths help him to build mental endurance. Managers at his company even took a communal dip together at an office party last year. One UK technology firm founder says ice baths are popular with his thirty-something peers as a way to combat work stress. Chilling out: Richard Branson taking a dip on Necker Island It is even a thing on Wall Street. Vito Sperduto, head of RBC Capital Markets US, has said he hasn't used hot water for years – even despite harsh New York winters. Cold-water immersion can release 'feel-good' chemicals in the body. Krissie Claire, who runs a marketing agency Kollectify, says she takes cold dips in the morning. 'It's self care, meditation, challenging, anxiety reducing, recovery for the muscles after exercise, a safe space and a place to overcome fear to prepare you for whatever comes at you,' she says. Many follow the teachings of Wim Hof, a Dutch motivational speaker dubbed 'the Iceman', who has popularised cold water immersion. However, admiration for him has been clouded in recent weeks after accusations from his former partner that he abused her and her children for years. Hof denies these claims. Ice baths come with health warnings, including a risk of hypothermia or frostbite should someone linger too long. But anyone wishing to bathe like a boss can buy a cheap ice tub for less than £50 at High Street retailers, while fancier ones cost closer to £4,500. Other City types head to venues such as Hackney Wick Sauna Baths in East London, which have barrels of freezing water. Or you could just take a cold bath or shower at home. 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