#Hiring Financial Analyst

[goteamphilippines]

We’re Hiring: WFH Financial Planning Analyst!

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[probablyasocialecologist]

After nearly 15 years, Uber claims it’s finally turned an annual profit. Between 2014 and 2023, the company set over $31 billion on fire in its quest to drive taxi companies out of business and build a global monopoly. It failed on both fronts, but in the meantime it built an organization that can wield significant power over transportation — and that’s exactly how it got to last week’s milestone. Uber turned a net profit of nearly $1.9 billion in 2023, but what few of the headlines will tell you is that over $1.6 billion of it came from unrealized gains from its holdings in companies like Aurora and Didi. Basically, the value of those shares are up, so on paper it looks like Uber’s core business made a lot more money than it actually did. Whether the companies are really worth that much is another question entirely — but that doesn’t matter to Uber. At least it’s not using the much more deceptive “adjusted EBITDA” metric it spent years getting the media to treat as an accurate picture of its finances. Don’t be fooled into thinking the supposed innovation Uber was meant to deliver is finally bearing fruit. The profit it’s reporting is purely due to exploitative business practices where the worker and consumer are squeezed to serve investors — and technology is the tool to do it. This is the moment CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has been working toward for years, and the plan he’s trying to implement to cement the company’s position should have us all concerned about the future of how we get around and how we work.

[...]

Uber didn’t become a global player in transportation because it wielded technology to more efficiently deliver services to the public. The tens of billions of dollars it lost over the past decade went into undercutting taxis on price and drawing drivers to its service — including some taxi drivers — by promising good wages, only to cut them once the competition posed by taxis had been eroded and consumers had gotten used to turning to the Uber app instead of calling or hailing a cab. As transport analyst Hubert Horan outlined, for-hire rides are not a service that can take advantage of economies of scale like a software or logistics company, meaning just because you deliver more rides doesn’t mean the per-ride cost gets significantly cheaper. Uber actually created a less cost-efficient model because it forces drivers to use their own vehicles and buy their own insurance instead of having a fleet of similar vehicles covered by fleet insurance. Plus, it has a ton of costs your average taxi company doesn’t: a high-paid tech workforce, expensive headquarters scattered around the world, and outrageously compensated executive management like Khosrowshahi, just to name a few. How did Uber cut costs then? By systematically going after the workers that deliver its service. More recently, it took advantage of the cost-of-living crisis to keep them on board in the same way it exploited workers left behind by the financial crisis in the years after its initial launch. Its only real innovation is finding new ways to exploit labor.

[swisccfinds]

50 ONE LEVEL CAREERS: Storytelling careers megapack by isy's the snake

Here is yet another career mod pack, but this one has no promotions, you just work and your job level stays at 1. As the title say this mod is best for story telling!

creator's notes-

This mod requires XML Injector by Scumbumbo. You can find it here. Pay attention if you don't already have it for another mod! In that case, you do not need to re-install it. Be sure it is updated for the last patch.

XML Injector is a mod required for some mods to work. So, you install it as any other mod in your Mods folder, no more than one subfolder deep.

This mod has been updated for the version 1.99.305 of the game (second update after Horse Ranch).

It doesn't required any DLC to work. Base game compatible

I've adopted this mod from the amazing ItsKatato who, due to her hiring at EA, couldn't continue to mod. I have made some changes: • I have changes all the pics of the careers — now they all show Sims (please check the credits paragraph at the end to see who was the amazing raccoon who helped me); • I have updated the mod for the Horse Ranch patch; • I have cleared ALL the tuning errors; • Fixed the description of some careers who appeared to be missing.

Now, here we go with the explanation of the mod (originally written by ItsKatato, edited by me):

Katato said: "Have you ever had a story planned out for your sims but you can't find the perfect career for them? Most of the time when I find the career it ends up being a complicated career with a bunch of promotion tasks and extra stuff. Well, I've made a pack of a bunch of single-level careers. All your sim has to do is go to work, that's it. This is perfect for the non-important sims in your life, like the forgotten children of your legacy challenge." In short: those are 50 careers you can use for NPCs Sims or random Sims you do not want to care about. As Amethyst said: "Go to work, make money, leave me alone". Your Sims won't need any task to perform to upgrade and get a promotion, as well as they do not really need an ideal mood to go to work since it won't change their performance. They just go and do their job. And now the list of all careers:

1. Anesthetiologist 2. Cartographer 3. Chiropractor 4. Compliance Officer 5. Data Scientist 6. Dental Hygienist 7. Dentist 8. Diagnostic Medical Sonographer 9. Financial Advisor 10. Financial Manager 11. Genereal Surgeon 12. Genetic Counselor 13. Home Health Aide 14. Information Security Analyst 15. IT Manager 16. Interpreter And Translator 17. Lawyer 18. Marriage And Family Therapist 19. Massage Therapist 20. Mathematician 21. Mechanical Engineer 22. Medical And Health Services Manager 23. Nurse Anesthetist 24. Nurse Practitioner 25. Obstetrician And Gynecologist 26. Occupational Therapist 27. Operations Reasearch Analyst 28. Optometrist 29. Oral And Maxillofacial Surgeon 30. Orthodontist 31. Orthotist And Prosthetist 32. Paralegal 33. Pediatrician 34. Personal Care Aide 35. Phlebotomist 36. Physical Therapist 37. Physical Therapist Assistant 38. Physician 39. Physician Assistant 40. Pilot 41. Podiatrist 42. Prosthodontist 43. Psychiatrist 44. Registered Nurse 45. Respiratory Therapist 46. Software Developer 47. Speech-Language Pathologist 48. Statician 49. Substance Abuse And Behavioral Disorder Counselor 50. Veterinarian 51. Web Developer 52. Wind Turbine Technician 

lets give some of our love and support to isy!

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[deadmandead10845]

Billy is a senior financial analyst on Wall Street. He is tired of working 80 hour weeks and he wants a change of pace. He finds a farm that he thinks is an outstanding investment opportunity and he jumps on it. He packs his life up and leaves the city for some small town in Iowa. He buys up 200 acres of land and hires someone to seed the land and prepare it for him.

It was his first autumn and this is Billy standing in front of his first harvest of corn. He is so excited and is surprised at how well everything came out. The cost of seeding new land came very high compared to what he got back in his investment. He decided he might as well start to work his land as well. He didn’t have much to do as the closest big city was a 4 hour drive, the nightlife was nearly nonexistent, and his home had dismal internet connection.

Billy liked how therapeutic working the land was and he definitely was getting tan. This harvest was fantastic and he made a lot more back than last year.

Through the winter, he ate like crazy and with no one around to tell him no and no boys to tell him he was too fat, he didn’t really check on his weight. When he was back in the city, he would be called fat if he ate a big meal and got bloated. Now he had a healthy beer belly and no one to tell him off about it. Billy was probably 225lbs at this point but he never bothered to weigh himself.

He knew he was in trouble when he had to buy a few new flannels at a size XL. When he would get out of the shower he would run out of the bathroom before the fog would go away because it reminded him that he’d put on a lot of weight. He decided to order some equipment to the house and start to work out. He weighed in at 270lbs.

The effort paid off… but his eating and drinking never stopped so he never lost a pound. Billy though had broadened his shoulders and developed some significant muscle on his arms. He was starting to like the burly cornfed farmer look now and weighed 300lbs.

Billy hired a photographer to take his new headshots for him as it had been a few years since he updated his, and since the last time he wore a suit was his last day at the bank, he was shocked to find not one part of it fit. He made light of it and took the photos anyways. He printed it and put it on his photo wall. Seeing himself happy and smiling in a photo where he looked so fat made him feel so much more confident. Four years ago he would have never imagined his once muscular physique would have soften and expanded to the great size of 350lbs. He was self conscious but no one from back in the city knew he had blown himself up.

Now that he had gotten so big, he liked it. He would get excited especially when he would eat a big dinner every night for a week and then feel his flannel buttons get tighter against his belly. He was quickly losing his stamina and had to hire farmhands again to take care of his fields. He would oversee each harvest but walking out to inspect them would wind him beyond belief.

Now that he was gaining weight on purpose the pound were piling on. By the start of the next season he had blown himself up to a staggering 475lbs. He knew by this time next year he probably would be having some issues. He called up his buddies from the bank and asked for a little reunion the next summer.

Billy truly was a cornfed hog at this point. By the end of his harvest season he was 525lbs. He had to order all his clothes online as nothing near him had something close to his size which was now 7XLT. He was waddling through the field and sweating even though it was getting chilly outside.

The next summer, Billy arrived back in the city. Not one of his friends recognized him. One of them even gasped and said “holy shit Billy you’re huge.” Billy pretended to be offended but liked the teasing as he did this on purpose. Billy was 580lbs and had to get his shirt made from scratch for this drink happy hour. He stayed with his single friend who was straight and had the extra bed space. Billy laid down on his friend’s bed, and CRRRRACK the bed frame collapsed under his weight. The two of them went to a hotel for the night and Billy once again broke the bed frame. He was really missing his industrial strength metal frame from home at this point.

Flash forward just a little over a year, it’s the start of Billy’s last harvest that he is going to oversee. He was now 760lbs, and had little interest in what was going on outside his house. He was more looking forward to when his next grocery delivery would bring him four gallons of heavy cream to snack on. He was nearly immobile and could not wait to be.

Just two years later, Billy would be contacted by the world record book and photographed as the fattest living man. He weighed just shy of 1100lbs and was completely immobile. He now had a husband who found him through a news story showing his farm off and could not believe how big he was. His husband was a feeder and helped him reach such a staggering weight. They truly lived the happiest lives together.

[itsbansheebitch]

More thoughts

I get both sides, but I feel a little confused they couldn't find four people in their +25 employees

Data analyst (Are you seriously telling me you couldn't personally email or even just HIRE matpat's team who do data analytics as part of Theorist Media to help??? The man would be overjoyed to help???)

Editor (Put the first $6 towards a can of coffee grounds, dude)

PR Team (Even, like, a single person, please, for the love of god)

Business Major (Or literally anyone that has taken a home ec/budgeting/personal finance class)

First, the Dish Granted series was started when gold leaf burgers were novel, now it's seen as tone deaf (for obvious reasons) it should have shifted to something like interviews with people who make that kind of food or local businesses (like parmesan cheese shops in Parma, Italy) or the history of food (like talking about the history of modern Native American slavery on Californian wine vinyards). Not to mention the untapped potential of Food Fraud topics. Either shift it, or scrap it. Any data analyst or chronically online person could tell you that.

Second, why did you keep "anyone can afford $6 a month" in? Are the editors asleep at the wheel? Are they overworked? What is going on? You know damn well to not make generalizations about what people can afford. That's NEVER a good idea, especially when you KNOW (because YT gives you analytics) that most of your viewers are young (16/18-30/35 range, I'd guess) who probably, either 1, are still in school and either arent paid well/dont have jobs OR 2, arent paid well and tired of people's shit, like people who own businesses talking about "tough financial decisions." To them, Watcher isn't going to look different from the other people talking like that, because this was so sudden, with no input from fans, and in the video you hear shit like "anyone can afford [X]." To be frank, it wouldn't really matter what the amount is, because that generalization goes against the message they have stood by for years. THAT is a slap in the face.

Third, what are yall doing with the budgeting? Every artist has a right to make art that they are proud of. Every artist deserves to have their work seen if they so choose. Every artist deserves to make a living. HOWEVER, there are MANY options online when it comes to making money, especially on YT. You could get into marketing, data analysis, expanding your demographic, looking at what people are interested in right now VS what will stand the test of time (not gold leaf burgers), etc.

You have to either have these skills, develop these skills, or hire someone to do it for you. It's understandable that you would want a team behind the production, but I find +25 employees to be WAY too many people, especially in LA. Bailey Sarian has a Dark History section on her YT (and Spotify podcast) where she has hired historians to help make sure her episodes are as accurate as possible. You've caught heat before from Puppet History's missing & incorrect info, you should do the same. She has about three (3) "intermissions" per episode for ad breaks. I never see anyone complain. People WOULD listen to yall talk for that long (+1 hour videos), tbh, though that's not necessary.

Why are yall out here with Teslas, expensive food, new gear, scripts (where there weren't scripts before, PH is different, that makes sense), and "better than TV" level sets??? I need to put your accountant in this week's church prayer list what the actual hell??? Ya'll, this video is literally the meme:

Guys help me budget:

LA Rent: 2K per month

Videos: 100K per vid

+25 Employees: God only knows

New stuff for videos: Don't get me started

Like, are you serious?

You have a right to do whatever you want with your art. You have a right to charge whatever you'd like for that art. You have a right to make a living from your art and you have a right to ask your fans for money.

Your fans have a right to be angry when they've been supporting yall for, what, almost 10 years? They have a right to choose when and where to spend their money even when you've made an impact. They have a right to feel betrayed, especially when there are better options (like Nebula or consulting with Theorist Media).

Fans DO NOT have a right to be racist to any members of Watcher, now that they have made a decision they do not agree with.

I personally, think this is a really silly decision and could have been solved (haha solved) with a simple YT poll, but apparently we had to get... this. I respect their decision, I just don't think it was a smart one. I wish them the best, and I hope they find a better solution. Any further comment from me will depend on what steps they take next.

[darkmaga-retard]

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com 

Legendary financial and geopolitical cycle analyst Martin Armstrong predicted less than a month ago that there would be another assassination attempt on Donald Trump’s life, and the Deep State was going to do everything possible to start a war with Russia.  He was right on both counts.  All the chaos, debate fraud and push for World War III comes down to the Deep State knows it cannot cheat enough to put Kamala Harris into the White House in November.  Forget the phony polls where they all say Kamala is running neck and neck with Trump.  Armstrong says his “Socratees” computer program shows Kamala’s real approval rating is around 10%, and all his computer models say Kamala is going to lose big in November no matter how much they cheat. Armstrong says, “Just about everybody in politics looks at Socratees now because its track record on politics has been phenomenal for 30 years.  They know what is going on.”

So, is the Biden Administration panicking with this second clumsy attempt to assassinate Trump while playing golf?  Is our own government trying to kill Trump because they know they cannot win?  Armstrong says, “I believe so. . . . Look, these people have been warmongers. . . . This is their power.  They have gotten so close to destroying Russia, which is their end goal here.  Handing long-range missiles to Ukraine, this is like hiring somebody to kill your spouse and then saying, well, he shot, I didn’t. . . . Trump and RFK Jr. are against war. . . . My concern here is they need to create war before January, if not even before the election.  I think this is what all this stuff is about with the long-range missiles to shoot into Russia.  If Trump does get in, they have to trap him into war.  The whole nonsense about Russia Gate and all the rest was because Trump is against war. . . . The neocons called Trump Putin’s puppet because Trump will not engage in war against Russia.  This is what this is all about.”

Will the demonic Deep State try yet another assassination of Trump?  Armstrong says, “I would not put it past them.  Maybe next time they use Monkey Pox or Bird Flu.  Look, Trump represents a real threat to their power.  If Trump gets in, the neocons are out.  Who wrote that recent article for the Washington Post that said Trump would be a “dictator”?  It was Victoria Nuland’s husband.  Why?  Because Victoria Nuland was thrown out of Trump’s Administration.  She has been in every administration except Trump’s. . . . This is the neocons against the American people.  The computer has been showing that this may be the very last election we have.  Just look at the chaos that has been going on at this stage.”

[skellydun]

I'm a different anon from the 24 year old anon looking for resume stuff. I'm a 29 year old anon! And I love my resume! But finding a (new) job is hard.

In your experience, how long does it usually take from posting a job to actually filling the role? I've applied a few places and I'm wondering how long I should wait before giving up on hearing back from them.

Also, are applications preferred from 3rd party sites or direct from the company website? Or both?

hi 29 year old anon! so you might not like my answer but it honestly depends.

how complex is the position? an office clerk might be easier to fill than a chemical operator which is easier to fill than a senior financial analyst which is easier to fill than the VP of communications. those timelines to fill might be shorter / longer with more complex requirements meaning the recruiter has to take longer to view each resume / be pickier with who they present. the recruiter might have 7 openings or 27. every company operates differently, but in my opinion I'd give it 2 weeks (excluding weekends and if you apply at 9pm then count the next day as day one). they might reach out afterwards if they had interviews with their first round of selections and none of the hiring managers liked them. the thing a lot of people don't know is that you probably won't get dispositioned until the end of the process. you might laugh that it's 3 months later and you're getting an email. unfortunately not every recruiter takes the time to disposition every candidate once they're not selected. also from my experience from where you apply doesn't matter. my ats tells me, but it doesn't...make me like you more if you apply from our company site? just if you do a quick apply via LinkedIn or Indeed make sure your resume / page is updated and ready to be viewed. i will say that sometimes a company's site is a more reliable site to view jobs bc some job sites just farm for job postings and they might not be active anymore or a company could be using that weeks allowance to heavily promote certain jobs on indeed vs others so. again all my opinion! do with that what you will! which is probably nothing bc i really didn't answer much lol

[kittywriites]

INTRODUCING ;; The League of ExtraHorny Gentlemen

(see what I did there?)

Under the cut is a list of test muses, so to speak, created for the sole purpose of fulfilling my debauchery age gap desires. Feel free to give this post a *like* and I will selectively come to you about which muse and idea you're interested in!

James Warren. 35-40. Financial Analyst.

&& Married for money in college. Has the 9-5, the picket fence, the beautiful wife, and 2.5 kids, and he's bored out of his skull. o.liver j.ackson cohen. Give Him ; nannies/babysitters, maids, wife's estranged little sister, eager office interns, etc.

Elijah Stone. 46-50. CEO.

&& Married to his work. His priorities are money and sex, in that order. Zero time for fantasies like romance, and while he has no problem dipping his pen in the company ink, he's never exchanged promotions for any kind of sexual favors. He might just not make that clear beforehand. i.dris e.lba. Give him ; Sugar babies, office clerks, eager interns, employee's daughters, etc.

Henry St. James. 50-55. Professor.

&& Art History professor who preaches 'free love', but is actually just kind of a noncommittal perve that favors eager 20-somethings. Notorious around campus for picking a favorite girl ( or two ) each semester. e.than h.awke. Give him ; STUDENTS <3, sultry lil vixens that throw themselves at him, AND shy lil doves not used to the attention. also friend's daughters.

Richard Boone. 53-58. Rancher.

&& Owns a large and profitable ranch, has a penchant for hiring hot young things to work around the place just for the eye candy. Mostly. Generally an agreeable man, but expects things done his way. j.effrey d.ean m.organ Give him ; Live in chefs/maids/employees, friend's daughters, girlfriend's city brat daughters, etc.

Owen Cole. 45-50. Mechanic.

&& Ex-con who keeps to himself, because he gets in trouble when he doesn't. Hot-headed, protective, and impulsive. Definitely liable to break a guy's arm just for looking at you too long. j.oe m.anganiello Give him ; basically THIS plot, innocent church girls on some outreach program, boss/coworker's daughter, neighbor chick spying on him while he works out, idk!

[pan-uvu]

HEY Yesterday I made my DSAF ocs finally yayayayy

Meet Oswald (Green) and Evan (Red) It was a blast to make these lil guys

I got some of their background on my mind so i’ll just put it here

ajem ajem…

Oswald Cord, a financial analyst and Evan Moretti, a biology scientist were 2 very close friends who always dreamed of open up a business of their own, so after some thinking, and a few calls they decided to open up their very own; Freddy Fazbear Pizza place.

they even got a phone guy!

His name is Stan Campbell, he works for them as the manager and has bpd, Evan helps him with some counseling and medicines to not explode in front of customers.

Now these 2 being the creative mad men they were they decided to slightly change the theme of the restaurant to make it a dance pizzeria late at night.

These men were making lots cash and FAST, having the place open almost 24 hours at day was fun and all, but it sure had them tired, they realize that they needed to hire more people.

One day right before changing the pizzeria kid fun setting to the fun neon light night, a pair of odd looking man came in, they were a fat old pink man and a tall aubergine guy, they came in asking for a job offer on the dayshift.

Now Evan advise Oswald not to take their offer, but Oswald was getting desperate, they couldn’t find anyone else who wanted to work for the dayshift, so Oswald hired them, mysteriously, a week after hiring them 5 children disappeared, Evan knew it was a bad idea to have those two in their place.

One day Oswald caught the two of the men disposing of the children’s body’s, Oswald attempt to catch them but he couldn’t manage both of them.

Evan later found Oswald lying lifeless inside of the safe room, he was devastated, his business partner and closest friend was gone, days later the place got set on fire, the police couldn’t find the guys who committed these crimes.

drowning in grief, Evan could simply not let go of their dream, so he fixed up the pizzeria and turned it into a horror attraction, he would move objects and scare teens and young adults behind a big screen, alone and in pain.

years later in a cold and lonely night, Evan was drinking to the verge of insanity, that night he went to the morgue, he stole Oswalds body, dragged his heavy friend to the pizzeria’s kitchen and put all of his biological knowledge and surgical skills to work.

after many hours gone by Evan had created a humanoid cryptic like creature, it’s dark green flesh covered his slender and boney body, the creature had a line of clumsy stitching across both his face and ridiculously long neck, Evan looked at his creation, “it’s perfect, you are finally back old friend” with this he drunk hugged the creature and collapsed on top of him.

the next morning he woke up in the kitchen, with a massive headache and stains all over the robe he was wearing, he went home and found his green cryptic friend in his old roommate’s bed, trying to read Oswald’s diary.

E:”W-WHO ARE YOU?!”

O: ow0?

E:”omfg what have I done”

O: 0wo?

E: ”god i’m so attached to you that I brought you back to life, the power of vodka and whisky mixed irresponsibly”

from there on the new Ozwald worked as a scare actor, scaring the soul out of people at night, and also in the day sometimes.

[beardedmrbean]

California is facing a record $68 billion budget deficit.

This is largely attributed to a “severe revenue decline,” according to the state's Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO).

While it’s not the largest deficit the state has ever faced as a percentage of overall spending, it’s the largest in terms of real dollars — and could have a big impact on California taxpayers in the coming years.

Here’s what has eaten into the Golden State’s coffers.

Unprecedented drop in revenue

California is dealing with a revenue shortfall partly due to a delay in 2022-2023 tax collection. The IRS postponed 2022 tax payment deadlines for individuals and businesses in 55 of the 58 California counties to provide relief after a series of natural weather disasters, including severe winter storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides.

Tax payments were originally postponed until Oct. 16, 2023, but hours before the deadline they were further postponed until Nov. 16, 2023. In line with the federal action, California also extended its due date for state tax returns to the same date.

These delays meant California had to adopt its 2023-24 budget before collections began, “without a clear picture of the impact of recent economic weakness on state revenues,” according to the LAO.

Total income tax collections were down 25% in 2022-23, according to the LAO — a decline compared to those seen during the Great Recession and dot-com bust.

“Federal delays in tax collection forced California to pass a budget based on projections instead of actual tax receipts," Erin Mellon, communications director for California Gov. Gavin Newsom, told Fox News. "Now that we have a clearer picture of the state’s finances, we must now solve what would have been last year’s problem in this year’s budget.”

The exodus

California has also lost residents and businesses — and therefore, tax revenue — in recent years.

The Golden State’s population declined for the first time in 2021, as it lost around 281,000 residents, according to the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC). In 2022, the population dropped again by around 211,000 residents — with many moving to other states like Texas, Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona.

Read more: 'It's not taxed at all': Warren Buffett shares the 'best investment' you can make when battling inflation

“Housing costs loom large in this dynamic,” according to the PPIC, which found through a survey that 34% of Californians are considering moving out of the state due to housing costs.

Other factors such as the post-pandemic remote work trend — which has resulted in empty office towers in California’s downtown cores — have also played a role in migration out of the state.

Poor economic conditions

In an effort to tame inflation in the U.S., the Federal Reserve has hiked interest rates 11 times — from 0.25% to 5.5% — since March 2022. These actions have made borrowing more expensive and have reduced the amount of money available for investment.

This has cooled California’s economy in a number of ways. Home sales in the state are down by about 50%, according to the LAO, which it largely attributes to the surge in mortgage rates. The monthly mortgage to buy a typical California home has gone from $3,500 to $5,400 over the course of the Fed’s rate hikes the LAO says.

The Fed’s rate hikes have “hit segments of the economy that have an outsized importance to California,” according to the LAO, including startups and technology companies. Investment in the state’s tech economy has “dropped significantly” due to the financial conditions — evidenced by the number of California companies that went public in 2022 and 2023 being down by over 80% from 2021, the LAO says.

One result of this is that California businesses have had less funding to be able to expand their operations or hire new workers. The LAO pointed out that the number of unemployed workers in the Golden State has risen by nearly 200,000 people since the summer of 2022, lifting the percentage from 3.8% to 4.8%.

Fixing the budget crunch

The LAO suggests that California has various options to address its $68 billion budget deficit — including declaring a budget emergency and then withdrawing around $24 billion in cash reserves.

California also has the option to lower school spending to the constitutional minimum — a move that could save around $16.7 billion over three years. It could also cut back on at least $8 billion of temporary or one-time spending in 2024-25.

However, these are just short-term solutions and may not address the state’s longer term budget issues. In the past, the state has cut back on business tax credits and deductions and increased broad-based taxes to generate more revenue.

Mellon did not reveal any specifics behind the state’s recovery plan in her comments to Fox News. She simply said: “In January, the Governor will introduce a balanced budget proposal that addresses our challenges, protects vital services and public safety and brings increased focus on how the state’s investments are being implemented, while ensuring accountability and judicious use of taxpayer money.”

[goteamphilippines]

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[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

May 7, 2024

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

MAY 08, 2024

The past two days of former president Trump’s criminal trial for falsifying business records to hide a $130,000 payment to adult film actress Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, to silence her before the 2016 election have been illuminating in different ways.

Yesterday, witnesses established that the paper trail of payments to Trump fixer Michael Cohen, who forwarded the money to Daniels, had been falsified. That paper trail included invoices, checks, and records. Witnesses also established that Trump micromanaged his finances, making it hard to believe he didn’t know about the scheme. 

That scheme looked like this: Former Trump Organization employee Jeffrey McConney said that Trump’s former financial chief Allen Weisselberg, who has gone to jail twice in two years for his participation in Trump’s financial schemes and is there now, told him to send money to Cohen. Cohen had paid Daniels $130,000 from a home equity loan in 2016 to buy her silence about a sexual encounter with Trump. Cohen received 11 checks totaling $420,000 in repayment, including enough money to cover the taxes he would have to pay for claiming the payments as income for legal services, and a bonus. 

Nine of those checks came from Trump’s personal bank account. His team sent the checks to him at the White House for his personal signature. 

A number of observers have suggested that the evidence presented through documents yesterday was not riveting, but historians would disagree. Exhibit 35 was Cohen’s bank statement, on which Weisselberg had written the numbers to reflect the higher payment necessary to cover Cohen’s tax bill for the money. Exhibit 36 was a sheet of paper on which McConney had recorded in his own hand how the payments to Cohen would work. The sheet of paper had the TRUMP logo on it. 

“It’s rare to see folks put the key to a criminal conspiracy in writing,” legal analyst Joyce White Vance wrote in Civil Discourse, “but here it is. It’s great evidence for the prosecution.” 

Today, Daniels took the stand, where she testified about how she had met Trump, he had invited her to dinner but greeted her in silk or satin pajamas, then went on to describe their sexual encounter. The testimony was damaging enough that Trump’s lawyers asked for a mistrial, which Judge Juan Merchan denied, noting that the lawyers had not objected to much of the testimony and must assume at least some responsibility for that. 

The case is not about sex but about business records. But it is hugely significant that the story Daniels told today is the one Trump was determined that voters would not hear before the 2016 election, especially after the “grab ‘em by the p*ssy” statement in the Access Hollywood tape, which was released in early October 2016. While his base appears to be cemented to him now, in 2016 he appeared to think that the story of him having sex with an adult film star while his wife had a four-month old baby at home could cost him dearly at the ballot box. 

The other election-related cases involving Trump indict him for his determination to cling to power after voters had turned him out in 2020. This case, from before he took office, illuminates that his willingness to manipulate election processes was always part of his approach to politics. 

Joyce White Vance is right that it’s rare to see folks put a criminal conspiracy in writing, but it is not unheard of. In our own history, the big ranchers in Johnson County, Wyoming, organized as the Wyoming Stock Growers’ Association, decided in 1892 to clear out the smaller cattlemen pushing their animals onto the federal land and the railroad land the ranchers considered their own. They hired 50 gunmen in Texas to kill their competitors, and they gave them a written list of the men they wanted dead. 

The gunmen killed four of the smaller cattlemen after cornering them in a cabin, but outraged settlers surrounded the gunmen and threatened to hang them all. Local law enforcement sided with the small cattlemen, and the Wyoming Stock Grower’s Association appealed to the governor for help in restoring order. The governor, in turn, appealed to President Benjamin Harrison, who sent troops to rescue the stock growers’ men from the angry settlers and lawmen. The expense of keeping the stock growers’ men imprisoned nearly broke the state.

Witnesses became mum, and the cases against the Texas gunmen fell apart. The stock growers had first intimidated and then killed those who tried to challenge their monopoly on the Wyoming cattle industry. Then, thwarted by local lawmen, they called in the federal government, and those stock growers involved in the Johnson County War actually got away with murder.

This evening, Judge Aileen Cannon vacated the May 20, 2024, trial date for the criminal case of Trump’s retention of classified documents and declined to set a new date. With so many remaining issues unresolved, she wrote, it would be “imprudent” to set a new trial date. 

This is the case in which the U.S. government accuses Trump of retaining hundreds of classified documents that compromised the work of the Central Intelligence Agency, which provides intelligence on foreign countries and global issues; the Department of Defense, which provides military forces to ensure national security; the National Security Agency, which collects intelligence from communications and information systems; the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, which provides intelligence from imagery; the National Reconnaissance Office, which operates satellites and reconnaissance systems; the Department of Energy, which manages nuclear weapons; and the Department of State, including the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, which provides intelligence to U.S. diplomats. 

These are the documents the Federal Bureau of Investigation later recovered from Mar-a-Lago, where they were stored in public spaces, including a bathroom, after Trump first retained them, then denied he had them, and then tried to hide them. 

The U.S. government charges that “[t]he classified documents TRUMP stored in his boxes included information regarding defense and weapons capabilities of both the United States and foreign countries; United States nuclear programs; potential vulnerabilities of the United States and its allies to military attack; and plans for possible retaliation in response to a foreign attack. The unauthorized disclosure of these classified documents could put at risk the national security of the United States, foreign relations, the safety of the United States military, and human sources and the continued viability of sensitive intelligence collection methods.” 

Today, Trump's trial for his retention of these classified documents is indefinitely postponed.

Trump appointed Cannon to the bench, and the Senate confirmed her after he lost the 2020 presidential election. She has seemed to be in no hurry to bring the case to trial before the 2024 election, a case that, if he is reelected, Trump will almost certainly quash. 

LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

[rjzimmerman]

Excerpt from this story from Inside Climate News:

Tesla, you may have heard, is going through a rough patch, and the company represents a large enough share of U.S. electric vehicle sales that its problems could lead to a down year for the entire market.

But that hasn’t happened—at least not yet—partly because several other brands’ EV sales have risen to take the sting out of Tesla’s decline.

Ford is looking especially good, with year-to-date sales through April of 28,252 EVs, an increase of 97 percent from the same period last year. That makes Ford the country’s second-leading EV brand, although Tesla still outsells Ford’s EVs at a rate of about seven to one.

Ford’s shift to an electric future is far from a smooth ride. The company’s EV division posted a $1.3 billion loss in the first quarter, and has a long way to go before this part of the business is profitable. It’s a familiar situation for legacy automakers who must invest billions of dollars for research and development and to retool factories and sometimes need years to see an adequate return on those investments.

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Ford’s EV sales surge is being led by the Mustang Mach-E, a crossover SUV, of which 14,482 were sold, an increase of 107 percent, as of April, compared to the prior-year period. The F-150 Lightning pickup also gained momentum with sales of 9,833, an increase of 75 percent. Ford’s other EV, the E-Transit van, had sales of 3,927, an increase of 128 percent.

A lot of the company’s sales gains can be attributed to a price cut for the Mach-E that Ford announced in February. After cuts of $3,100 to $8,100, the model’s prices range from $39,895 to $57,395. (The Mach-E is not eligible for the federal tax credit of up to $7,500 because the model is assembled at a plant in Mexico.)

“The bottom line is that we’re more competitive and doing well in the marketplace,” said John Lawler, Ford’s chief financial officer, speaking about EV sales in an April 24 conference call with analysts.

Ford also is emphasizing gas-electric hybrids as an option for customers. The company sold 56,418 hybrid vehicles as of April, an increase of 47 percent.

[arbitrarydelight]

My ruthless corporate BL visual novel is out on Itch.io! It's an 18+ story about bad ideas and even worse office affairs.

Hart Lovelace is a secretary who will never get anywhere. Bitter from not achieving the life he wanted, he curses every financial analyst, investment banker, and fresh-faced new hire. His boss is no good and neither is anyone else, so no matter how hard he works, his efforts are more worthless than trash. He still tries, anyway. Evil Batlet—full name Eveline, but call him Evil—is a financial analyst. Smug, satisfied, and utterly secure in himself, he lives like Hart wishes he could. Evil has a bright future, with a ladder to climb and promotions to look forward to. So when Evil approaches him with a thinly veiled proposition, Hart sees his chance. To pull himself up or drag Evil down, they'll find out.

[emahriel]

larian is hiring animation programmers currently & you're super talented

LOL thank you anon, alas I know absolutely nothing about animation programming (I wish though). I am but a mere financial analyst who likes to draw and learn new things in her spare time (I may know how to do a bunch of things, but I am not proficient at any of them ;_;)

[dan6085]

Top 20 spy thriller movies of all time:

1. **"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" (2011)** - This film, based on John le Carré's novel, delves into the Cold War era as retired spy George Smiley investigates a Soviet mole within British intelligence. Known for its intricate plot and stellar performances.

2. **"The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" (1965)** - Adapted from John le Carré's novel, this film explores espionage, betrayal, and moral ambiguity during the Cold War, featuring Richard Burton's standout performance as Alec Leamas.

3. **"Bridge of Spies" (2015)** - Directed by Steven Spielberg, this true story-based film follows an American lawyer negotiating a prisoner exchange between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the Cold War, showcasing diplomacy and espionage.

4. **"The Bourne Identity" (2002)** - Introducing Jason Bourne, this film follows an amnesiac CIA assassin discovering his true identity while evading capture and uncovering dark agency secrets.

5. **"Mission: Impossible - Fallout" (2018)** - Ethan Hunt and his team navigate international espionage, double-crosses, and a race against time to prevent a global catastrophe, showcasing high-stakes missions.

6. **"North by Northwest" (1959)** - Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, this classic follows an innocent man caught in espionage and mistaken identity, featuring a thrilling cross-country chase.

7. **"Skyfall" (2012)** - James Bond faces personal and professional challenges while confronting a cyberterrorist threatening MI6, delving into his past and loyalty to M.

8. **"Argo" (2012)** - Based on true events, this film follows a CIA agent orchestrating a daring rescue mission during the Iranian Revolution by posing as a Hollywood producer.

9. **"Zero Dark Thirty" (2012)** - A gripping portrayal of the hunt for Osama bin Laden, focusing on a CIA analyst's relentless pursuit leading to the compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

10. **"The Hunt for Red October" (1990)** - A Soviet submarine captain defects to the U.S. triggering a tense naval standoff and a race against time in this adaptation of Tom Clancy's novel.

11. **"Casino Royale" (2006)** - The Bond series reboot introduces Daniel Craig as a raw and gritty Bond facing off against a terrorist financier in a high-stakes poker game.

12. **"Three Days of the Condor" (1975)** - A CIA analyst on the run after colleagues are assassinated delves into government secrets and corruption while evading capture.

13. **"The Lives of Others" (2006)** - Set in East Germany before the Berlin Wall's fall, a Stasi agent surveils a playwright leading to moral dilemmas and personal transformations.

14. **"The Manchurian Candidate" (1962)** - Cold War paranoia unfolds as a Korean War vet uncovers a plot involving brainwashing and assassination.

15. **"Body of Lies" (2008)** - A CIA operative navigates Middle Eastern espionage and counterterrorism, delving into deception and alliances.

16. **"Munich" (2005)** - A secret Israeli squad tracks down those responsible for the Olympic massacre, exploring moral dilemmas and revenge.

17. **"The Day of the Jackal" (1973)** - A master assassin is hired to kill French President de Gaulle, leading to a tense cat-and-mouse game.

18. **"Atomic Blonde" (2017)** - Set in the Cold War era, an MI6 agent navigates espionage, betrayal, and deadly encounters in Berlin.

19. **"Spy Game" (2001)** - A veteran CIA operative races to rescue his protégé, delving into past missions and espionage intricacies.

20. **"The Good Shepherd" (2006)** - Follows the early days of the CIA through the eyes of an agent dealing with loyalty, deception, and the cost of espionage.

These films stand out for their compelling narratives, complex characters, intense suspense, and exploration of espionage themes, contributing to the enduring popularity of the spy thriller genre.