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Newsweek
02-06-2025
- Business
- Newsweek
Phillies Front Office Trends Suggest Ex-Yankees All-Star Could Be Bullpen Trade Target
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. The Philadelphia Phillies endured a surprising sweep at the hands of the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday and it prompted some big changes to the roster. As the team looks to recover from the loss of reliever Jose Alvarado after a harsh suspension, it made a series of moves in a surprising bullpen shakeup. The Phillies designated Jose Ruiz for assignment, called up Seth Johnson from Triple-A, moved starter Taijuan Walker to a relief role and brought young starter Mick Abel into the rotation. But even as the team looks to bounce back from the sweep with that series of changes, it seems unlikely they are finished addressing their relief corps. "The Phillies will shop in the reliever aisle," Scott Lauber reported for The Philadelphia Inquirer. "With (Dave) Dombrowski leading the front office, the Phillies dealt for a reliever at three of the last four deadlines." SEATTLE, WA - MARCH 28: President of Baseball Operations Dave Dombrowski of the Boston Red Sox reacts before the 2019 Opening day game against the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park on March 28, 2019 in... SEATTLE, WA - MARCH 28: President of Baseball Operations Dave Dombrowski of the Boston Red Sox reacts before the 2019 Opening day game against the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park on March 28, 2019 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston)Given that history and the team's need, Lauber suggested the Phillies could add Boston Red Sox closer Aroldis Chapman in a trade. "Even if the Red Sox don't fully wave the white flag, they could trade lefty closer Aroldis Chapman, who has provided a solid return (2.05 ERA, 8-for-9 in save chances through Thursday) on their $10.75 million, one-year investment," Lauber wrote. "He's throwing more strikes, too, reducing his walk rate to 9%, his lowest mark since 2020." Though Chapman is enjoying a resurgent season with the Red Sox, he's best known as a former superstar with the New York Yankees, for whom he earned three of his career seven All-Star nods as the best closer in all of baseball at the time. Though he's no longer on that level, his season in Boston so far is showing he could be a significant add for a team pushing toward the World Series. The Phillies are hoping to qualify as that kind of team, though they'll need to sort out their bullpen first. More MLB: Phillies' Bryce Harper Breaks Silence on Kyle Schwarber's Upcoming Free Agency
Bloomberg
30-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Lauber Family Office Eyes Three Stockholm Listings This Year
The Lauber family's investment firm is working on listing three portfolio companies in Stockholm this year, as the heirs to a real estate fortune seek to take advantage of liquid Nordic markets. The wealthy Swiss clan's Infinitas Capital is planning to float e-commerce aggregator Kanaan Sellers Group and Miami-based edtech business Storypod in Sweden this year, co-founder Robin Lauber said in an interview.
Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Shift4 turns to restaurants for future growth
This story was originally published on Payments Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Payments Dive newsletter. Dive Brief: Digital payment processor Shift4 singled out the restaurant industry as an avenue for future growth in an earnings call last week. 'We are focused on adding new merchants while simultaneously expanding our share of wallet in restaurants,' Shift4 President Taylor Lauber said in his prepared marks on the call Tuesday with analysts. Shift4 directors will vote on whether to appoint Lauber as the company's new chief executive if Jared Isaacman, the company's founder and current CEO, is confirmed by the Senate to lead NASA, Lauber said. The Commerce Committee on Wednesday advanced Isaacman's nomination to the full Senate, where a vote has not yet been scheduled. Dive Insight: Allentown, Pennsylvania-based Shift4 is known largely for working with athletic venues and professional sports teams, but Lauber said the company has lately experienced success partnering with restaurants, especially in Europe. 'We are making tremendous progress signing up restaurants, particularly in the U.K., Ireland and Germany,' he said on the call. 'Our momentum has picked up significantly this year. We're now signing up over 1,000 restaurants a month internationally.' Shift4 spokespeople did not respond to a message asking how many restaurants the company works with, or how that figure has grown in recent months. Analysts struck a cautious note about the dining strategy, given that much of Shift4's business already comes from sectors like sports and entertainment that rely on consumers' disposable income. 'The sensitivity of these industries to discretionary spending could result in cash flow volatility if the company's growth slows under recessionary periods,' analysts from the credit ratings firm Fitch Ratings said in a note to investors Tuesday. Analysts for investment bank Stephens were more optimistic but also struck a guarded tone. 'While consumer spending remains a concern, we note that (Shift4's) same store sales in hotels and restaurants have performed in line with expectations' in the first quarter, the analysts wrote in a note to investors Tuesday. Lauber insisted in the earnings call that consumers will continue to show up at restaurants, even if the economy sours. On another front, Lauber said Isaacman won't sell his shares when he leaves the company to become the head of NASA. Trump nominated Isaacman to lead NASA in December. The CEO faced numerous questions during a Senate confirmation hearing on April 9.
Yahoo
27-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
American censored by UN Human Rights Council, accused of using 'disrespectful language'
FIRST ON FOX — The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) abruptly cut off a video statement when the speaker mentioned the fate of Ariel and Kfir Bibas. The incident took place during an "Interactive Dialogue" regarding the UNHRC's consideration of U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk's report on "the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and the obligation to ensure accountability and justice." During an "Interactive Dialogue" experts are allowed to speak to the council about human rights issues being discussed during the regular session. Israel's Un Ambassador Slams Hamas' 'Evil And Depraved' Display Of Hostages' Coffins Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust Director Anne Bayefsky says she submitted a video statement to UNHRC, but was cut off after just a few seconds. President of the U.N. Human Rights Council Jürg Lauber stopped the video and declared that Bayefsky had used inappropriate language. Bayefsky begins by saying "The world now knows Palestinian savages murdered 9-month-old baby Kfir," and is almost immediately cut off by Lauber. Read On The Fox News App "Sorry, I have to interrupt," Lauber abruptly said as the video of Bayefsky was paused. Lauber briefly objected to the "language" used in the video, but then allowed it to continue. After a few more seconds, the video was shut off entirely. Lauber reiterated that "the language that's used by the speaker cannot be tolerated," adding that it "exceeds clearly the limits of tolerance and respect." 'No Sane Country Would Stand For This': Lawmakers Launch Effort To Withdraw Us From Un Bayefsky told Fox News Digital exclusively that U.N.-accredited NGOs are required to give transcripts and videos one day in advance of the "Interactive Dialogue." She believes the U.N. "stage managed" the incident, as the council had advanced access to her video and a transcript and knew what she would say. U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Spokesperson Pascal Sim did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment on Bayefsky's allegations. "It's a total farce. There is no free speech at the U.N. for any NGO that calls out U.N. antisemitism. This is not harmless censorship. This is a war that the U.N. has declared against Jews, against Americans, and against free speech," Bayefsky told Fox News Digital. Bayefsky explained to Fox News Digital that she started her video this way because she was allotted 1 minute and 30 seconds to address the council and wanted to "get right to the point." "The actual horrors of the extermination of the Bibas babies by Palestinians was off limits and pointing out the UN responsibility for their murder and torture was 'inappropriate,'" Bayefsky said. Bayefsky also contends that another part of her video may have been to blame for the censorship. "What U.N. officials knew, and the audience didn't, was that in my statement I demanded accountability for High Commissioner Türk himself - one of the world's primary drivers of Palestinian terrorism and antisemitism on a global scale," Bayefsky told Fox News Digital. In a transcript of the blocked video shared with Fox News Digital, Bayefsky calls Türk a "High Commissioner for Human Wrongs" and says he has "the blood of Jewish innocents on his hands." Critics, including Bayefsky, have slammed Türk for putting out a statement on Oct. 7, 2023, that appeared to equate Hamas' attacks with Israel's response. In the statement, Türk says he was "shocked and appalled" by the violent attacks before going on to condemn Israel. In response to a Fox News Digital request for comment on Bayefsky's video being cut off, Sim said that "the words of the President of the Human Rights Council speak for themselves." During the same hearing, Qatar was allowed to accuse Israel of being a "torturer," using "collective punishment," and attempting "to impose Judaism" in the West Bank and Gaza without any evidence or interruption. Multiple speakers were also allowed to accuse Israel of carrying out a genocide, also with no objection from Lauber. Additionally, Defense for Children International, which describes itself as a "local Palestinian child rights organization," claimed that "Israeli soldiers know that they can kill Palestinian children with impunity and not face any professional or legal consequences." No evidence was offered, and the council did not object to the accusations. "We know exactly why I was censored by knowing what the UN did not censor during this very same 'dialogue,'" Bayefsky told Fox News Digital. "There was no censorship, no cut microphones, no problem saying Israel was committing 'genocide against Palestinians'… The blood libels and incitement to hate and more violence was voluminous. And that was all just fine with the U.N." Bayefsky says it's time for the U.S. to cut off funding to the OHCHR. While President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order prohibiting the U.S. from participating in UNHRC, it did not address funding to OHCHR, Bayefsky explained. "The bulk of American funding for the U.N. in this context is for Türk and his kingdom at the 'U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights'… If ever Americans needed one more reason not to pay another cent for U.N.-driven lethal antisemitism, this is it."Original article source: American censored by UN Human Rights Council, accused of using 'disrespectful language'
Fox News
27-02-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
American censored by UN Human Rights Council, accused of using 'disrespectful language'
FIRST ON FOX — The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) abruptly cut off a video statement when the speaker mentioned the fate of Ariel and Kfir Bibas. The incident took place during an "Interactive Dialogue" regarding the UNHRC's consideration of U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk's report on "the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and the obligation to ensure accountability and justice." During an "Interactive Dialogue" experts are allowed to speak to the council about human rights issues being discussed during the regular session. Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust Director Anne Bayefsky says she submitted a video statement to UNHRC, but was cut off after just a few seconds. President of the U.N. Human Rights Council Jürg Lauber stopped the video and declared that Bayefsky had used inappropriate language. Bayefsky begins by saying "The world now knows Palestinian savages murdered 9-month-old baby Kfir," and is almost immediately cut off by Lauber. "Sorry, I have to interrupt," Lauber abruptly said as the video of Bayefsky was paused. Lauber briefly objected to the "language" used in the video, but then allowed it to continue. After a few more seconds, the video was shut off entirely. Lauber reiterated that "the language that's used by the speaker cannot be tolerated," adding that it "exceeds clearly the limits of tolerance and respect." Bayefsky told Fox News Digital exclusively that U.N.-accredited NGOs are required to give transcripts and videos one day in advance of the "Interactive Dialogue." She believes the U.N. "stage managed" the incident, as the council had advanced access to her video and a transcript and knew what she would say. U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Spokesperson Pascal Sim did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment on Bayefsky's allegations. "It's a total farce. There is no free speech at the U.N. for any NGO that calls out U.N. antisemitism. This is not harmless censorship. This is a war that the U.N. has declared against Jews, against Americans, and against free speech," Bayefsky told Fox News Digital. Bayefsky explained to Fox News Digital that she started her video this way because she was allotted 1 minute and 30 seconds to address the council and wanted to "get right to the point." "The actual horrors of the extermination of the Bibas babies by Palestinians was off limits and pointing out the UN responsibility for their murder and torture was 'inappropriate,'" Bayefsky said. Bayefsky also contends that another part of her video may have been to blame for the censorship. "What U.N. officials knew, and the audience didn't, was that in my statement I demanded accountability for High Commissioner Türk himself - one of the world's primary drivers of Palestinian terrorism and antisemitism on a global scale," Bayefsky told Fox News Digital. In a transcript of the blocked video shared with Fox News Digital, Bayefsky calls Türk a "High Commissioner for Human Wrongs" and says he has "the blood of Jewish innocents on his hands." Critics, including Bayefsky, have slammed Türk for putting out a statement on Oct. 7, 2023, that appeared to equate Hamas' attacks with Israel's response. In the statement, Türk says he was "shocked and appalled" by the violent attacks before going on to condemn Israel. In response to a Fox News Digital request for comment on Bayefsky's video being cut off, Sim said that "the words of the President of the Human Rights Council speak for themselves." During the same hearing, Qatar was allowed to accuse Israel of being a "torturer," using "collective punishment," and attempting "to impose Judaism" in the West Bank and Gaza without any evidence or interruption. Multiple speakers were also allowed to accuse Israel of carrying out a genocide, also with no objection from Lauber. Additionally, Defense for Children International, which describes itself as a "local Palestinian child rights organization," claimed that "Israeli soldiers know that they can kill Palestinian children with impunity and not face any professional or legal consequences." No evidence was offered, and the council did not object to the accusations. "We know exactly why I was censored by knowing what the UN did not censor during this very same 'dialogue,'" Bayefsky told Fox News Digital. "There was no censorship, no cut microphones, no problem saying Israel was committing 'genocide against Palestinians'… The blood libels and incitement to hate and more violence was voluminous. And that was all just fine with the U.N." Bayefsky says it's time for the U.S. to cut off funding to the OHCHR. While President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order prohibiting the U.S. from participating in UNHRC, it did not address funding to OHCHR, Bayefsky explained. "The bulk of American funding for the U.N. in this context is for Türk and his kingdom at the 'U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights'… If ever Americans needed one more reason not to pay another cent for U.N.-driven lethal antisemitism, this is it."
