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Yahoo
5 days ago
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Shas spiritual leader: Edelstein should have stayed in USSR
'His [Edelstein's] soul is an abomination, he was a Prisoner of Zion and came to the land [of Israel], it is too bad he came, he should have remained there," Yosef said. Former Prisoner of Zion and current Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman MK Yuli Edelstein (Likud), who is responsible for the bill proposal to regulate haredi IDF service, should have 'stayed' in the USSR, Shas spiritual leader and former Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef said at a conference in Beit Shemesh on Thursday morning. Yosef's comments, a recording of which was published by Kol Berama Radio, could not be independently verified by The Jerusalem Post. In the recording, Yosef is heard saying, 'His [Edelstein's] soul is an abomination, he was a Prisoner of Zion and came to the land [of Israel], it is too bad he came, he should have remained there. He is causing trouble for yeshiva students … Edelstein and Netanyahu, all this [political] right-wing is a lie. Evil villains!' The comments came hours before Edelstein was set to meet with former Shas minister Ariel Atias and Government Secretary Yossi Fuchs at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, to continue negotiating over the content of the bill. The three met a number of times this week in an attempt to find a solution that will end what appears to be a spiraling political crisis, following haredi threats to topple the government if the bill does not advance. Members of Shas, which has publicly taken a hardline stance and demanded that the bill exempt a majority of eligible men from service, have taken a more pragmatic approach in private. The prime minister is concentrating his efforts on reaching an agreement with Shas, since even if its Ashkenazi counterpart, United Torah Judaism's seven MKs, leave the coalition, the coalition will still enjoy a 61-59 majority in the Knesset. Shas's Council of Sages will meet at the beginning of next week to decide on the party's next steps. The equivalent of UTJ's Hassidic faction, Agudat Yisrael, will meet on Thursday night for the same purpose. Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch, spiritual leader of UTJ's Lithuanian faction Degel Hatorah, said on Wednesday that he was 'close' to ordering the faction's MKs to quit the government and support a bill proposal to disperse the Knesset. The FADC's legal team has been working on formulating the text of a new bill, which will reach the committee in the coming weeks. However, this may not leave enough time for the bill proposal to pass into law by the end of the Knesset summer session in late July, in which case the current law, which requires that all eligible haredi men serve in the IDF, will continue to apply as is at least until October. In any case, if the Knesset disperses, the bill cannot proceed. The bill proposal will likely include draft quotas from the haredi sector that will increase annually, eventually reaching 50% of each graduating class, as well as sanctions on individuals who ignore draft orders. Despite the fact that the previous legal exemption expired in June 2024, a vast majority of the approximately 24,000 draft orders to haredi men since then have been ignored. The IDF has already stated that it will not meet the goal it committed to in the High Court, of 4,800 haredi draftees in the 2024-2025 draft year, which will end on June 30. Supporters have argued that the bill will lead to an immediate increase in the number of draftees and bring thousands more haredim into the army. Critics, however, have countered that there is no guarantee that even with new sanctions, those who receive orders with the new law in place will actually respect them; and that there is no legal justification to enable 50% of haredim to continue being exempt from service, while secular and religious-Zionist Israelis do not enjoy the same privilege. A recording of a conversation between Netanyahu and Rabbi Hirsch from March, which was published by Channel 13's Lior Keinan on Wednesday, revealed that the prime minister had requested to receive more time in order to ensure that the bill's legislative process remains legally sound. The prime minister also told Hirsch that removing former defense minister Yoav Gallant and former Chief of Staff Herzi Halevy from their positions served as proof that he had acted to 'remove barriers' hindering the bill.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Meet the 10 CFOs on Fortune's 2025 Most Powerful Women in business list
Good morning. Fortune has released its Most Powerful Women (MPW) list for 2025, featuring 100 businesswomen from companies around the world. The list, compiled by Fortune editors, is based on company size and health, as well as each executive's career trajectory, influence, innovation, and efforts to make business better. No. 1 is General Motors CEO Mary Barra, who is among several Fortune 500 and Fortune Global 500 CEOs represented. As strategic partners to the CEO, the role of CFOs has also evolved far beyond traditional financial stewardship and reporting. Finance chiefs are now expected to be operational leaders, business partners, and key drivers of growth and innovation. Meet the 10 CFOs on the Fortune 2025 MPW list:—, deputy chairwoman, rotating chairwoman, CFO of Huawei, No. 10 Meng Wanzhou, daughter of company founder Ren Zhengfei, is Huawei's CFO. Meng's terms as chair have coincided with the release of Huawei's new iPhone-beating smartphones. Huawei is now part of China's chip plans as Washington tries to limit China's access to foreign-made semiconductors. Nvidia now considers Huawei a 'strategic competitor.' The company reported $118 billion in revenue for 2024, close to its 2020 record. —, CFO of Meta Platforms, No. 41 At age 39, Susan Li is among the youngest finance chiefs in the Fortune 500, but she spent nearly two decades at Meta, helping guide the company to a market cap exceeding $1 trillion. Li joined Meta (then Facebook) in 2008 and became CFO in 2022 after serving as vice president of finance. Li will oversee the company's full-year 2025 capital expenditures, projected to be in the range of $64 billion to $72 billion, with a significant portion directed toward infrastructure hardware and data-center investments to support its AI efforts. —, CFO of Nvidia, No. 44 Colette Kress has led Nvidia through unprecedented demand for products like Blackwell GPUs, which power AI-related computing tasks. She joined Nvidia as CFO in 2013 after senior finance roles at Cisco and Microsoft. During Kress's tenure, Nvidia has become one of the world's most valuable companies, with its market cap reaching a high of almost $3.5 trillion and currently hovering near $3 trillion. For fiscal 2025, Nvidia posted record results, with revenue reaching $130.5 billion—more than the $60.9 billion earned the previous year. —, SVP and CFO of Alphabet and Google, No. 51 Anat Ashkenazi became CFO of Alphabet and Google in July 2024. One of her strategic priorities as finance chief of the $2 trillion company is to integrate AI within its processes to boost efficiency and productivity, with cost reductions helping to fund AI innovation. Ashkenazi will oversee Alphabet's investment of approximately $75 billion in capital expenditures in 2025. She previously had a 23-year career at Eli Lilly and Company, culminating in her appointment as CFO in 2021. Ashkenazi supported the development of groundbreaking weight loss drugs Zepbound and Mounjaro. —, EVP and CFO of Microsoft, No. 56 As Microsoft's first female finance chief, Amy Hood is tasked with ensuring a historic AI investment spree keeps the world's most valuable company a step ahead. Microsoft is set to shell out $80 billion during its current fiscal year. During her 12 years as EVP and CFO, revenue has more than tripled and is expected to hit $275 trillion this year, per Visible Alpha. —, CFO of ByteDance, No. 81 ByteDance may be the world's most important social media company—what other startup could claim to be going toe-to-toe with U.S. presidents? Amid a geopolitical battle over its TikTok unit's future in the U.S., CFO Julie Gao is keeping an eye on the Chinese startup's monster finances. A hotly anticipated IPO is likely also on Gao's mind. ByteDance is one of the planet's most valuable startups, with investors valuing it as high as $312 billion. —, CFO of Shell, No. 86 Sinead Gorman stepped into the role of CFO at Shell, Europe's largest energy company, in 2022. Since joining Shell in 1999, Gorman also served in other key finance leadership positions, including EVP of finance for Upstream. In 2024, cash flow from operations was $54.7 billion, the second highest in Shell's history. Adjusted earnings were $23.7 billion, and revenue and other income amounted to $289 billion. —, CFO of Temasek, No. 87 Png Chin Yee is chief financial officer for Temasek, Singapore's massive state investment company. Png joined Temasek in July 2011, serving in roles such as head of financial services and senior managing director for China investments. For its most recent full financial year, which ended March 2024, Temasek increased its net portfolio value to $301 billion. —, CFO of DHL Group, No. 97 A trained physicist with a master in business from INSEAD, Melanie Kreis joined the logistics specialist DHL Group in 2004. She soon made a name for herself leading the €5.5 billion acquisition of U.K. logistics firm Exel and later the phased, multi-year sale of DHL's Postbank retail lender to Deutsche Bank. Kreis was promoted to the C-suite in 2014 and two years later became CFO. Last year Kreis helped DHL outgrow rivals FedEx and UPS to become the largest by revenue, at €84 billion. —, SVP and CFO of Exxon Mobil, No. 99 Kathryn Mikells joined Exxon Mobil in 2021 as SVP and chief financial officer. She previously spent six years as CFO of London-based Diageo. Mikells is Exxon's first official CFO; before her appointment, the finance duties were shared across a range of executive roles. Mikells is the first woman to join the management committee of Exxon. For the full year 2024, Exxon Mobil reported total revenue of $349.6 billion, up 1.5% year over year. Sheryl This story was originally featured on Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Forbes
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Paris Through The Lens Of Watercolor Artist Jessie Kanelos Weiner
Market haul, Jessie Kanelos Weiner. Jessie Kanelos Weiner I first discovered Jessie Kanelos Weiner a few years ago during a trip to Paris when a stunning watercolor of a croissant appeared on my Instagram feed. I soon learned that Weiner is an American illustrator (you've probably seen her work in Vogue or The New Yorker), brilliant food stylist, bestselling author, and stand-up comedian (!). Her work is often inspired by the beautifully delicious pastries, markets, and scenes from Paris—as well as the grimmer realities of the city, like unescapable pigeons and the expat experience of living in the City of Lights. If you haven't yet gotten lost in Paris in Stride: An Insider's Walking Guide,, co-authored by Weiner and Sarah Moroz, you're in for a treat. It's filled with dreamy watercolor maps and artist musings that perfectly capture the city's magic. Weiner's new book, Thinking in Watercolor: A Daily Practice to Unlock Your Creativity & Discover Your Inner Artist, reflects her passion for making art accessible and joyful. As she writes in her Substack, she created this book for the younger version of herself who was longing to find her voice. 'Little did I know that my primary resource, the contradictory new country I moved to, was indeed where I needed to begin,' she says. 'My new book is all about embracing the present moment at hand, living more artfully and trusting the creative process.' Naturally, I asked Weiner to dream up a mini-guide for Forbes on some of her favorite places to eat and drink that have inspired her work—accompanied by a few of her gorgeous watercolor. Check out her picks here: I love following the changing seasons by shopping at my local outdoor market. It's a delight to the senses and one of the sweetest aspects of my social life, bumping into the many artisans I have been frequenting for years now. Don't expect that on a first trip; these relationships take years in the making. Beware that not all vendors sell local goods. Look for the words producteur or maraîcher to know they are selling the good stuff. A few favorite markets include Bastille and Porte de Vincennes. I recommend taking a quick lap around the market to compare and contrast the prices and spot out what looks good before buying. I'm always on the lookout for cheap eats when I'm on my way to pick up supplies at my favorite art stores, my favorites being Passage Clouté and Le Géant de Beaux Arts. I frequent this tiny hole-in-the-wall bánh mì shop where tonton (or uncle) himself is a one-man band of Vietnamese sandwich making. I usually order the vegetarian bánh mì which layers peanut butter with lots of crispy pickled vegetables. I eat it in a very un-Parisian manner while walking back to the Metro. If I'm walking through Le Marais, I can't help but grab a few items to-go from the Ashkenazi institution La Boutique Jaune de Sacha Finkelsztajn. My husband's family has been stocking up on Jewish delicatessen here for decades and I've been adamant about passing this down to our son. Since nothing gets in the way of tradition, I've been instructed with the same order: pickle, tarama, caviar aubergine, a couple poppy seed bagels, killer apple strudel, and cheesecake. L'Amitié, Jessie Kanelos Weiner. Jessie Kanelos Weiner My new favorite restaurant and natural wine cave, L'Amitié, is just around the corner from my studio in Montreuil, declared by some as the Brooklyn of Paris for its high concentration of artist studios and creative people. Recently opened by American chef Kailey Hoyle (Mokonuts, Le Dauphin, Septime), Hoyle turns out generous food with impeccable ingredients for the artistic neighborhood crowd. It got the French husband's vote of approval. As much as I love French food, I'm always on the lookout for more exciting options for a rare lunch date. Kubri has been circulating on all my feeds and everything on the nouveau-Lebanese menu was equal parts delicious and surprising. I recall a succulent stuffed chicken leg with spiced rice and an iced halva studded with whole pistachios and a warm chocolate sauce. Boneshaker Paris, Jessie Kanelos Weiner. Jessie Kanelos Weiner As much as I love a croissant, there's nothing like revisiting the treat of my American youth, the doughnut. Owned and operated by my friend Amanda Bankert, she turns out vegan treats with American twists with flavors like the fluffernutter.
Time of India
26-04-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Google CFO Anat Ashkenazi on company's $90 billion Q1 25 revenue: Job cuts helps not just with cost but with…
Google 's aggressive team consolidation strategy is delivering on both cost reduction and operational speed, CFO Anat Ashkenazi reported during Q1 earnings call, where the company announced $90.23 billion in revenue, exceeding analyst expectations. "We've announced things such as consolidation of teams, which helps not just with cost but with velocity and speed," Ashkenazi said. "We're able to get things to market faster." The consolidation efforts, which include job cuts across multiple departments, come as Google continues implementing efficiency measures initiated by CEO Sundar Pichai in 2022. Ashkenazi, who joined Google last year, has maintained this focus, stating during her Q3 2024 debut that efficiency would be a "key priority" for her leadership. "I think any organization can always push a little further," Ashkenazi remarked in October 2024, signaling her intent to build upon efficiency work started by Pichai and former CFO Ruth Porat. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Google Brain Co-Founder Andrew Ng, Recommends: Read These 5 Books And Turn Your Life Around Blinkist: Andrew Ng's Reading List Undo Efficiency drive continues as Google invests $75B in AI infrastructure The latest consolidation moves appear strategically timed as Google balances substantial AI investments with operational efficiency. Despite cost-cutting measures, the company plans to invest approximately $75 billion in capital expenditures this year, primarily on data centers supporting Google Cloud and AI technology. "We always look at what's happening outside the organization as well as inside, but invest appropriately to drive both the short-term growth as well as the long-term growth," Ashkenazi explained. She emphasized that current efficiency initiatives would strengthen Google regardless of economic conditions: "The way we're doing this across the business to drive productivity and efficiency should help us have a more resilient organization irrespective of macroeconomic conditions." Recent months have seen Google implementing numerous cuts across Cloud strategy, ad sales, Trust & Safety, and Platforms and Devices units.
Yahoo
25-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Google Parent Alphabet's Stock Climbs as Analysts Raise Targets on AI-Driven Growth
Google parent Alphabet's shares rose Friday following first-quarter results that beat Street expectations. Several analysts raised their price targets for the stock, citing the growth of tools like AI Overviews. Google also "has data and distribution advantages' against generative AI rivals like OpenAI, Bank of America analysts of Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL) climbed Friday as several analysts raised their price targets for the stock after the tech giant delivered better-than-expected quarterly results and touted the early success of AI features. Alphabet's Class A shares were up close to 3% near $164 in recent trading, propelling it into the ranks of the best-performing stocks on the S&P 500 Friday. (Read Investopedia's live coverage of today's market action here.) Citi analysts raised their price target to $200 from $195, pointing to growing usage and monetization of AI features in Search, including AI Overviews, which Google said has reached 1.5 billion monthly users roughly a year after launch. 'We believe Google's GenAI search tools are gaining traction,' Citi said. Bank of America, which likewise raised its price target to $200, said Google also 'has data and distribution advantages' against rivals like ChatGPT developer OpenAI in terms of driving AI usage growth. Wedbush boosted its target to $200 as well, calling out Google's growth potential 'as investors gain more comfort related to the current macro environment, regulatory risk, and the impact of generative AI on Google Search.' Meanwhile, Jefferies analysts reiterated a price target of $200, while JPMorgan maintained a target of $195. CFO Anat Ashkenazi said during the company's earnings call Thursday that Alphabet still plans to spend $75 billion in capital expenditures this year, most of which is expected to go toward building out the company's AI infrastructure. The investments 'should help us have a more resilient organization, irrespective of macroeconomic conditions," Ashkenazi said. Read the original article on Investopedia Sign in to access your portfolio
