All posts tagged: Pitches

Mark Carney pitches Canada to global investors amid US trade war | Business and Economy News

Mark Carney pitches Canada to global investors amid US trade war | Business and Economy News

Published by Sam Flores

For decades, one of Canada’s biggest selling points to foreign investors was its access to the world’s largest economy next door. Prime Minister Mark Carney is now trying to sell something bigger — to bet on Canada itself. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list On Monday and Tuesday, hundreds of global investors will gather in Toronto for the Canada Investment Summit. The invitation-only meeting will bring some of the world’s largest pension and sovereign wealth funds and asset managers together with corporate executives, Canadian premiers and federal officials. Carney, a former central banker with deep ties to the global investment world, wants them to put money into everything from mines and pipelines to ports, artificial intelligence and advanced manufacturing. It is part of a much bigger push to catalyse $1 trillion in investment in Canada over the next five years, with about $280bn in public investment and government incentives to help draw in private and institutional capital. The summit comes just days after another escalation in Canada’s trade war with the United States …

Scratch of the day: local football season postponed due to ‘rock hard’ pitches | Drought

Scratch of the day: local football season postponed due to ‘rock hard’ pitches | Drought

Published by Jenni Sidey

This summer’s record drought has forced a football league to delay the start of its season because “rock hard” pitches are a danger to its players. The 2026/27 season in the Anglian Combination League of 85 amateur teams in Norfolk and Suffolk was due to start next weekend. But on Friday after an urgent meeting, the league’s board announced it had unanimously decided to postpone the start of the season until the end of August, because most of the clubs’ pitches are dried out and too dangerous to play on. It said a number of pre-season friendlies have had to be cancelled because of the drought and matches that have gone ahead have led to “many injuries”. In a statement addressed to all leagues clubs, players and officials, it confirmed the start of the season will be delayed until 29 August. “The rationale behind this decision is to protect the welfare of players, officials and all associated with the match day, in what has been the driest and hottest July since records began in 1836,” …

Trump pitches ballroom as “military center” after appeals court halts construction

Trump pitches ballroom as “military center” after appeals court halts construction

Published by Sam Flores

Donald Trump‘s planned $400 million White House ballroom got an upgrade after the D.C. district court ordered the president to halt construction. Trump rebranded the ballroom as a “military center” in a post to Truth Social that blamed the order on liberal activist judges. He said the addition’s security measures would keep future presidents and guests safe from attacks on the White House. “Two Obama and Biden Appellate Court Judges just voted against the desperately needed Military Center, required for the National Security of Washington, D.C., and our Country, itself,” he wrote. “The Military and Secret Service are viewing this horrendous, politically motivated, and unlawful ruling as a National Security threat to our Nation in that the entire Complex is being built for the protection of our Country and, additionally, all future Presidents.” In their decision, the D.C. court said that Trump’s construction project was unprecedented. They said that Trump needs the approval of Congress to make such significant changes to the White House. “Each President is a temporary tenant, not the owner, of the …

Barstool’s Dave Portnoy pitches overhaul to ‘Americanize and fix soccer’ after World Cup controversies

Barstool’s Dave Portnoy pitches overhaul to ‘Americanize and fix soccer’ after World Cup controversies

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy has proposed a number of changes to the rules of football, or soccer, following the conclusion of the FIFA World Cup. Spain defeated Argentina 1-0 after extra time in the final Sunday, bringing to an end a wildly popular tournament that was jointly hosted by Canada, the United States and Mexico. There were several on-field controversies in the game, including a disallowed goal for Spain’s Nico Williams that was ruled out due to an earlier foul by Mikel Merino, who was judged to have stepped on the foot of Argentine defender Nicolás Otamendi. Speaking on talk show Wake Up Barstool, Portnoy argued that the fact Spain did go on to win the game “avoided a near-international incident.” He continued: “That goal that they called back against Spain was an awful call. That was a brutal call. …

‘Toy Story 5’ Team Pitches Quentin Tarantino to Continue Franchise

‘Toy Story 5’ Team Pitches Quentin Tarantino to Continue Franchise

Published by Daniella Wilson

Toy Story 5, which premiered in Los Angeles on Tuesday night, is almost guaranteed to be both a critical and commercial success. However, there’s one vocal fan that still needs winning over: Quentin Tarantino. During several interviews over the last few years, the filmmaker has revealed himself to be a devoted lover of the Toy Story franchise, counting Toy Story 3 as one of his favorite movies of all time. During a 2024 chat with Bill Maher, though, Tarantino said he had no interest in watching beyond the third movie, as “You literally ended the story as perfect as you could, so no, I don’t care if it’s good. I’m done.” So what does the team behind Toy Story 5 have to say to Tarantino, and those like him, who may have dropped off along the way? “I would say the simple pitch of Pixar doesn’t put out bad stuff,” Tony Hale — who voices Forky, a character Taraninto hasn’t yet met as he was introduced in Toy Story 4 — told The Hollywood Reporter …

Apple’s New Ad Pitches Safari as a More Private Alternative to Chrome

Apple’s New Ad Pitches Safari as a More Private Alternative to Chrome

Published by skeptic

Apple has published a new ad to appeal to customers who prioritize privacy when browsing, suggesting that Safari is the one you should use if you want to “Keep data trackers off your back.” In a new Privacy on iPhone segment titled “Safari helps block data trackers,” the ad shows users of rival phones in everyday situations having to live with data trackers as they browse. The trackers are depicted as people in chrome-colored suits (get it?) who generally follow them around wherever they go to look at their screen – and in some cases literally sit on their shoulders to get a better view. Apple on its website calls privacy a “fundamental human right,” and highlights several features that Chrome doesn’t come with out of the box. Safari blocks third-party cookies by default, uses machine learning to combat tracking, removes tracking parameters from URLs in Private Browsing, hides your IP address from known trackers, prevents web extensions from accessing your browsing activity by default, and blocks known trackers in Private Browsing. Popular Stories Apple …

Journalists using AI to save time but don’t want it in pitches

Journalists using AI to save time but don’t want it in pitches

Published by Sam Flores

Picture: Shutterstock/Pixels Hunter For more than a decade, Cision has been taking the temperature of the journalism profession. This year’s State of the Media report, based on a survey of nearly 1,900 journalists across 19 markets, shows a newsroom under pressure and in transition. Journalists are dealing with smaller teams, overloaded inboxes, misinformation, and growing questions around trust. At the same time AI is changing the way they work for good. Like every industry adopting AI, journalism is seeing both the opportunity and the risk. The opportunity is speed. The risk is credibility. How are journalists using AI in 2026? Journalists are using AI to save time It’s clear that generative AI has moved from novelty to everyday newsroom tool. When we asked journalists whether they use AI tools, only 21% said they don’t – down from 33% just a year ago. In the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, that figure drops to just 11%. So how are journalists using it? For the most part, reporters are using AI for work around the story. The most common …

Laz Alonso Pitches ‘The Boys’ Spinoff, MM Influence’s on Spinoff

Laz Alonso Pitches ‘The Boys’ Spinoff, MM Influence’s on Spinoff

Published by Daniella Wilson

[This story contains spoilers from the fifth and final season finale of The Boys.] Laz Alonso’s character Mother’s Milk was one of the few characters that got out of The Boys unscathed (if unscathed meant not dying by the series finale). After saying goodbye to the rest of his fellow supe fighters after Billy Butcher’s funeral, Mother’s Milk returns home to life with his wife and daughter. But he doesn’t leave the group alone, as it’s revealed that Ryan, the son to supervillain Homelander and Billy Butcher’s late wife Becca, has gone with him. Alonso tells The Hollywood Reporter the decision for Mother’s Milk to take Ryan under his wing “was a symbol of breaking generational curses.”  “If we understand who Ryan is to MM, he’s very close to MM’s story, because he’s the grandson of Soldier Boy, the man that killed MM’s grandfather and sent him down this completely different life of spiraling out of control,” he says. “When [series creator Eric] Kripke explained to me the whole arc of the character, it just …