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Daily Advisory 10/09/18

Today’s Daily Advisory 11:00 am, Community Matters with Jay Fidell, in an episode called How far are the tax fraud claims against Trump likely to go? – Income and Estate Tax Fraud by Donald Trump with guest Roger Epstein. View playlist for earlier shows. 12:00 pm, Pinoy Power Hawaii with Emmie Ortega-Anderson, in an episode […]

Africa – Land of Opportunities (The Global Report)

The Global Report Featuring Johan Burger, Director, Center for African Studies, Nanyang Technological University at the Africa-Singapore Business Forum (2018). Despite Trump’s derogatory reference to African nations, Africa is truly a region abound with vast opportunities. Besides the traditional sweets spots of oil, gas and urban infrastructure, what are some of the present and future […]

Current Developments in Energy and Politics in South East Asia (Energy 808: The Cutting Edge)

What can be learned from South East Asia’s energy initiatives? Marco has just returned from an energy rich trip to South East Asia, and we will discuss what he learned about energy initiatives and progress in the various countries he visited. The hosts for this episode are Jay Fidell and Marco Mangelsdorf. ThinkTech Hawaii streams […]

President of Ryukyu Koten Afusoryu Ongaku Kenkyu Choichi Kai USA (Konnichiwa Hawaii)

This show will be broadcast in Japanese :この番組は日本語での放送です。 In this all-Japanese broadcast, host Chikako Nago interviews Mr. Grant Murata, and President of Ryukyu Koten Afusoryu Ongaku Kenkyu Choichi kai USA and Ryukyu Koten Ongaku Afusoryu Genseikai Hawaii Shibu 今回の放送は、沖縄の文化である琉球古典音楽を次の世代活動される村田グラントさんにお話をお伺いします。 The host for this episode is Chikako Nago. The guest for this episode is Grant Murata […]

Cyber-Insurance to help protect your business (ThinkTech Tech Talks)

Purchasing Cyber-Insurance With October being National Cyber Security Awareness Month, It seems like every other week brings another news story about a business being hacked, with related warnings to customers about their private information being compromised. The most recent hacking affecting possibly 50 million users of Facebook. But along with breach of personal and confidential […]

Daily Advisory 10/08/18

  ThinkTech United 2018 October is ThinkTech United month to raise $30,000. Help us produce great shows and keep us on the air.   Mahalo! Today’s Daily Advisory 11:00 am, Beyond the Lines with Rusty Komori, in an episode called Women Speaking Out Hawaii Founder Juliet Lighter –  Beyond Domestic Violence  with guest Juliet Lighter. […]

Today’s Headlines

  • NYT > Top Stories
  • BBC News
  • Deutsche Welle
  • NPR Topics: News
  • Washington Post
- Ben Protess, William K. Rashbaum and Jonah E. Bromwich
Trump Will Appeal Conviction, but Has Few Ways to Overturn Decision

The judge in Donald J. Trump’s case closed off many avenues of appeal, experts said, though his lawyers might challenge the novel theory at the case’s center. [...]

- Jesse McKinley and Maggie Haberman
New York, Once Trump’s Playground, Is Now the Scene of His Indignities

Donald J. Trump was for decades a creature of New York. But in recent years, the city that helped make him seems more eager to break him. [...]

- Jesus Jiménez and Aaron Boxerman
What We Know About Israel’s Cease-Fire Proposal Backed By Biden

President Biden outlined a road map put forward by Israel that would begin with an immediate, temporary cease-fire and work toward a permanent end to the war and the reconstruction [...]

- Ben Hubbard and Sergey Ponomarev
In the West Bank, Guns and a Locked Gate Signal a Town’s New Residents

Since the war in Gaza began, armed Israeli settlers, often accompanied by the army, have stepped up seizures of land long used by Palestinians. [...]

- John Eligon
South Africa Election: ANC Loses Majority for the First Time in 30 Years

The African National Congress received less than 50 percent of the national vote for the first time since gaining power 30 years ago, setting the nation on an uncharted course. [...]

South Africa's ANC has to share power after election blow

Ramaphosa has led the ruling ANC to its worst result since it won the first democratic election in 1994. [...]

Tories pledge cash for towns as Labour pitch benefits plan

The two main parties unveiled their battlebuses as the campaigns focused on the economy. [...]

No Gaza ceasefire until Israel war aims achieved, Netanyahu says

Israel's PM says war in Gaza will not end until Hamas is defeated and all hostages returned. [...]

Trump's White House bid goes on, lawyer tells BBC

Donald Trump's lawyer Alina Habba tells the BBC he would run for president even if he was in jail. [...]

'The death of Slim Shady': Controversial legacy of Eminem's peroxide-blond alter ego

The star claims he will kill off his alter ego on his forthcoming album, The Death of Slim Shady. [...]

Germany's Interior Ministry has reported a "serious" cyber attack targeting the center-right Christian Democrats (CDU). The news comes barely a week before European Parliament elections. [...]

In Germany, Protestant and Catholic churches, as well as Jewish communities have offered asylum to refugees for decades. But German authorities have increasingly been intervening. [...]

Mexicans go to the polls on June 2 to vote in a historic election that will set the country's political course for years. Migration, violence and social problems loom large [...]

The ANC's three-decade dominance of South African politics has ended, and the party is now seeking coalition partners. [...]

The southern states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg have been inundated, causing dam bursts and prompting dramatic rescues. States of emergency have been declared in several areas with more heavy rain [...]

- Juliana Kim
Ticketmaster hack may affect more than 500 million customers

A group of hackers claimed this week to have stolen 1.3 terabytes of Ticketmaster user data, including names, addresses and credit card information. [...]

- Caitlin Tan
Display of a captured wolf in a Wyoming bar brings outrage

All of Wyoming is facing criticism after a man there displayed a wolf he captured in a bar. [...]

- Emmanuel Akinwotu
In a historic election, South Africa's ANC loses majority for the first time

In South Africa, a seismic moment comes as the ruling African National Congress party loses its absolute majority for the first time. [...]

- Scott Horsley
Discounting is back in fashion, as Americans get tired of paying more

Consumer spending rose only slightly in April, as shoppers pushed back against rising prices. [...]

- Jan Johnson
A trailblazing feminist says Mexico’s ‘triumph’ of a first female president is no surprise

What does the prospect of Mexico's first woman president and feminism in the country mean for Elena Poniatowska? [...]

- Howard Fendrich | AP

A pigeon landed on the court during a French Open match, leading the chair umpire to use a towel to rescue the fallen fowl [...]

- A. Camden Walker

Clouds noticeably increase near sunset and overnight tonight ahead of tomorrow’s rain chances. [...]

- Sari Horwitz, Dana Hedgpeth, Emmanuel Martinez, Scott Higham, Salwan Georges

Taken from their families and sent to remote boarding schools, Native American children often faced sexual abuse by priests, brothers or sisters who ran the facilities. [...]

- Associated Press

Pulitzer Prize-winning Associated Press photographer Ron Edmonds has died [...]

- Sophia Tareen | AP

A crowd of students protesting the war in Gaza walked out of the University of Chicago’s commencement [...]

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