The populist online investor uprising to punish Wall Street traders by propping up shorted stocks hit a wall on Thursday when retail brokerage firm Robinhood announced that customers could, for now, sell but not buy eight turbulent securities. “In light of recent volatility, we are restricting transactions for certain securities to position closing only, including $AMC, $BB, $BBBY, $EXPR, $GME, $KOSS, $NAKD and $NOK,” the firm said in a blog post earlier today. Robinhood also said that it had increased the margin requirements for certain securities – the equity required to buy a stock with borrowed funds. The online brokerage appears even to be closing out certain positions for some of its customers without their permission, action specifically allowed under section 31 of Robinhood’s Customer Agreement [PDF]. Other online trading firms, such as Alpaca Securities, TD Ameritrade, Schwab, and Merrill Lynch, also restricted trading in this group of unusually active stocks. The forbidden symbols refer to: AMC Entertainment Holdings, BlackBerry, Express, GameStop, Koss Corporation, Naked Brand Groups, and Nokia Oyj. Earlier this week, online activists, amateur investors, and others weaponized shares in these companies for various reasons that amount to an insurgency against the financial establishment and the status quo. Hackers? Leap day? Nope, just plain old internet hysteria took down stock-trading-for-noobs app RobinHoodThe Reddit forum WallStreetBets, where the GameStop retail investor army mustered, briefly went private on Wednesday. Discord, a chat service, also shut down a separate but related WallStreetBets server for community guidelines violations, supposedly unrelated to overenthusiastic investing in moribund businesses. But WallStreetBets is once again public on Reddit – and Discord said a new chat server has been created, and it is helping moderators keep a grip on the discourse. We note that the GameStop stock fell from almost $470 per share around 1000 US Eastern Time to around $230 per share, with a brief stop at $492 per share at 1410 before dropping down to $193 a share at time of writing. Just as we were about to publish this article, Robinhood said in a new blog post it plans to allow people to buy the stocks again on Friday albeit with restrictions: Starting tomorrow, we plan to allow limited buys of these securities. We’ll continue to monitor the situation and may make adjustments as needed. To be clear, this was a risk-management decision, and was not made on the direction of the market makers we route to. We stand in support of our customers and the freedom of retail investors to shape their own financial future. Democratizing finance has been our guiding star since our earliest days. We will continue to build products that give more people—not fewer—access to our financial system. We’ll keep monitoring market conditions as we look to restore full trading for these securities. Despite the Bitcoin-style exhortations from various interested parties to “hold the line” and not sell – in order to keep share prices high, and totally screw the hedge funds that heavily shorted the stock – some people involved in the GameStop insurrection still complained about their potential losses due to Thursday’s stock sale restriction. The brokerage lockdown has prompted calls for an investigation by US House Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY 14), and saw possibly her first proposal to be endorsed by Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), support that Ocasio-Cortez quickly rejected. “I am happy to work with Republicans on this issue where there’s common ground, but you almost had me murdered three weeks ago so you can sit this one out,” she said via Twitter, in reference to the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), meanwhile, proposed stronger intervention by regulators. For years, the same hedge funds … have treated the stock market like their own personal casino while everyone else pays the price “For years, the same hedge funds, private equity firms, and wealthy investors dismayed by the GameStop trades have treated the stock market like their own personal casino while everyone else pays the price,” said Warren in a statement on Thursday. “It’s long past time for the SEC and other financial regulators to wake up and do their jobs – and with a new administration and Democrats running Congress, I intend to make sure they do.” In a phone interview with The Register, Michael Purves, CEO of Tallbacken Capital Advisors, said there have been many investing manias before. “What’s different now is that we have these social media platforms that allow for instantaneous communication around the world and a high level of anonymity,” he said. Professional investment entities like hedge funds, he said, have ganged up to achieve specific goals. The situation with GameStop, he said, can be seen as a democratization of that sort of behavior. “A swarm of locusts can take down an antelope,” he said. “That seems to be what’s happening here.” What happens when the internet realizes the stock market is basically a casino? They go shopping at the MallPurves said the various brokerage firms taking action to limit trading can be seen as trying to cool the party down before the cops arrive. While he expects that these firms have legal cover to intervene through their terms-of-service agreements, which no one ever reads, he allowed that lawsuits may follow – as they have. Brendon Nelson, for one, has sued Robinhood in New York for breach of contract, acting in bad faith, and negligence. At the same time, he said, these firms might be exposed to even more litigation down the road if they failed to act. The fact that so many brokerages took action to limit trading looks a bit like they’re taking comfort in the herd, he said. “Probably their own risk management systems are going haywire,” Purves said, noting that there were over 1bn Nokia shares traded yesterday, compared to typical volume of around 60m shares. “That’s insane.” Purves suggested that the salient question is whether this is a blip or the new normal? “The question is, does the ganging up on a heavily shorted stock or a commodity become more of a source of returns,” he said. A Tallbacken research note provided to The Register, framed the issue in a slightly different way, asking whether the retail investor army (and its allied professional cadre) will continue to play a game of chicken with the hedge funds that have staked out short positions for days, weeks, longer still? And if this army tries to sustain itself, how will it hold together and how ready will it be to take losses? Seeing this only as a populist battle against the establishment ignores the fact that short seller targeted in this affair, Melvin Capital, was bailed out by other financial giants, Citadel LLC and Point72 Asset Management, which invested $2.75bn in the stricken hedge fun. In other words, it was an intra-establishment power move, too. A spokesperson for America’s financial watchdog – the Securities and Exchange Commission – was not available for immediate comment. ® from https://taxi.nearme.host/robinhood-plays-sheriff-of-nottingham-as-it-pauses-gamestop-amc-blackberry-etc-stock-sales-gets-sued-the-register/
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Neal Ardley responds as Notts County boss quizzed over Callum Roberts Nottinghamshire Live1/29/2021
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Neal Ardley admits he has “no idea” when Callum Roberts will be back for Notts County as the winger attempts to return from injury. The former Newcastle winger underwent surgery to strengthen his stomach lining as the club hoped to put an end to issues with inflammation in his groin and hip. But despite being back in rehabilitation, he is yet to return to full training with Notts eager to see the winger back in action having missed his creative spark. However, Ardley has refused to put a timescale on when Roberts may be available again. Asked when Notts could expect the former Blyth wideman to be back in action, Magpies boss Ardley said: “I’ve got no idea. “Honestly, I will tell you if I did. “It’s kind of two steps forward and one step back a little bit and vice versa. “The moment we start getting him on the training pitch, consistently training and we don’t have any issues at that time, then I’ll get my hopes up.” Roberts was a revelation for Notts last season after arriving from Blyth for a nominal fee and played an integral role as they reached the National League play-offs. He has played six games so far this term with his last appearance for the club coming in their sensational 3-2 win at Chesterfield back in November. The winger’s ability has had a detrimental impact on the goals for column this season which hasn’t been helped by Kristian Dennis’ exit to St Mirren in the summer, plus Wes Thomas’ unavailability. Ardley admitted that he is trying to find a way of improving Notts’ output in front of goals but admitted the trio have been a big miss considering the amount of goals they scored between them last term. “I look at everything that we’re trying to do and we want to try and get on a roll and start putting the ball in the back of the net more regularly,” he said. “That part of the game is something that we’ve worked really hard on the last few weeks. “But without having Wes (Thomas) all of the season without having Callum Roberts virtually all of the season and losing Kristian Dennis, you’re kind of taking 35 to 40 goals out of the team there. “And although we’ve signed some really good players, it would be remiss of me to expect them to come in and be banging in the same goals as those players I’ve mentioned. “That’s probably where we’re just trying to improve that area.” from https://taxi.nearme.host/neal-ardley-responds-as-notts-county-boss-quizzed-over-callum-roberts-nottinghamshire-live/ Sign up to get all the news from Mansfield in your inbox every day!
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Almost 100 new council homes are in the pipeline in Mansfield as the council looks to spend more than £20 million on affordable homes. The homes will come as part of two separate developments totalling 99 council properties, aimed at both older people and families. One of the schemes will see the expansion of the Poppy Fields development at Centenary Road, with 77 homes built for older people and families. This project will cost around £14.8 million, and is the third and final phase of Mansfield District Council’s flagship council house project. The first two phases of the development, which brought 64 extra-care homes and 20 properties for older people, completed in 2016. Work on the third phase is expected to start in late 2021, with 29 ‘general needs’ homes and apartments, and 48 apartments or bungalows for older people. The second project of social homes is on the Bellamy Road estate, where Mansfield District Council plan to knock down shops and flats off Egmanton Road in favour of 22 homes and a ‘village green’. The council has set a budget of £5.7 million for the Bellamy Road development. Final approval for the funding of the schemes will be taken by the councillors during the full council meeting on January 27. Councillor Marion Bradshaw, portfolio holder for safer communities, housing and wellbeing, said: “These are significant schemes which we are very proud of and will deliver a variety of much needed affordable new council housing for both families and older people. “In particular, one of them will help address a district-wide shortage of two-bedroom bungalows. “Among the themes of this strategies are targets to develop a better and wider mix of housing across the district. “All the homes will be built to a higher specification than is currently required to future proof them for expected new housing standards and make them flexible living spaces that can adapt to tenants’ changing needs over their lifetime. “They will not only offer an excellent quality of the life for the tenants who will live in these new homes, but deliver improvements that will benefit the wider neighbourhoods around these schemes, too. “The construction of them will also provide work and supply chain opportunities for local people and businesses at a time when we need to support our local economy as much as possible in the midst of the terrible effects of the coronavirus pandemic.” All the homes will be offered for affordable rents and will be owned and managed by Mansfield District Council. from https://taxi.nearme.host/projects-to-build-almost-100-council-homes-unveiled-in-mansfield-nottinghamshire-live/ It’s more important than ever to stay informed – Get free LeicestershireLive alerts direct to your inbox
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Rowley Fields Farm is so plush it has 18-carat gold fittings in the downstairs loo. The garage has been designed to fit in four Bentleys and the 12-acre estate even has its own lake with nesting geese. Everything about the place drips in luxury. The house, which is fully automated with a central control system, has just about everything you could think of – and a little more. For the price tag of a few pounds short of £3 million on Zoopla you get this country mansion with eight bedrooms, eight bathrooms, 10 showers, a separate annexe, a spa, a sauna, a library, a recording studio, a cinema, a pool, a gym and a tennis court. The security-conscious can rest assured as the CCTV system covers the whole estate and the three separate entrances to the grounds. In all the bathrooms and WCs, the floor and wall tiling throughout is either marble, limestone or travertine, and worktops throughout are of natural stone. The garden room has an original well at its core, which has been glassed over and lit internally to produce a centrepiece. There is a 10-seat soundproofed cinema with electrically operated Lazy Boy reclining seating and a recording studio. Across the corridor is the swimming pool complex which has a sauna, spa and two walk-in showers. A circular staircase leads to a gym above which has Apple iPod docking stations and, together with the pool, a Bower & Wilkins speaker system fitted. The balcony is accessed by both of the principal bedrooms, both of which have large bay windows, panoramic views of the lake and grounds and benefit from built in automated up and down TV screens built into the joinery. Upstairs, the principal suite, has an en suite bathroom and dressing room with fitted cupboards. In addition to the principal bedroom, there are a further seven bedrooms, three of which have dressing rooms and six of which have en suites. Housed within the garage is a plant room which contains the ground source heat pumps which provide, via the lake, the central heating and hot water for the house and minimise utility costs. The annexe consists of a large and open plan living kitchen with bifold doors, a bathroom and bedroom. The lake covers 0.84 acres and has a central island providing nesting for local wildfowl including Canada Geese and other resident wildlife. There are a number of stone terraces which offer sheltered areas for alfresco dining. One of these, adjacent to the annexe, features a fire pit and a BBQ area. Along the southern boundary, adjacent to a third entrance from the Arnesby Road, is a tennis court. For more information go to Zoopla. from https://taxi.nearme.host/stunning-8-bedroom-mansion-with-18-carat-gold-fittings-in-the-downstairs-loo-for-sale-leicestershire-live/ January transfer latest and Swans news sent straight to your inbox
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FREDDIE WOODMAN 7 Didn’t have a save to make in the opening half and did fairly well after the restart. Not much he could do about the goal. JOEL LATIBEAUDIERE 7 Made plenty of clearances and impressed in the opening half. A slight wobble after the restart but ended strongly. RYAN BENNETT 9 On his return from injury, Bennett commanded things at the back and made stacks of clearances to ensure Woodman had a comfortable afternoon. Two great blocks after the restart as Forest pushed. Colossus of a man. MARC GUEHI 8 Made a few clearances and looked typically comfortable in possession too. Could have conceded a penalty before Anthony Knockaert’s goal and was subbed late on. CONNOR ROBERTS 8 Had a really enjoyable afternoon and was unfortunate not to get himself a goal before half-time. Taken off late on as Swansea saw out the game. CONOR HOURIHANE 8 Quality from set-pieces was hugely impressive, and the Aston Villa man wasted no time in showing how good an acquisition he is. MATT GRIMES 9 In a deep-lying midfield role, Grimes gave the back three plenty of cover and made it 2-0 with a stunning strike from distance. Cool from the penalty spot too before being subbed. Wonderful display. RYAN MANNING 8 Offered a real threat on the left flank and made plenty of interceptions when it came to defending. Made a string of vital tackles and blocks in the second half too. Great assist for Cullen’s second. A really good shift. YAN DHANDA 8 Had some really good flashes in the final third in truth. The others took the limelight, but he can be happy with his efforts. LIAM CULLEN – Star Man 9 Coolly volleyed home his first goal of the campaign to put Swansea ahead and took his second goal well too. A fine performance before being withdrawn through injury. Here’s hoping it’s not too serious. WAYNE ROUTLEDGE 6 A wonderful cross that led to Swansea’s opener, but he was forced off through injury not too long after. Jamal Lowe (for Routledge) – Spurned a fine chance moments after coming on, but complimented Swansea’s attacking options well. 6 Ollie Cooper (for Hourihane) – First senior goal for Swansea to cap off a fine win! 7 Jay Fulton (for Grimes) – Helped to see out the game. 6 Jake Bidwell (for Guehi) – As above. 6 Jordon Garrick (for Roberts) – Good work at both ends of the pitch as Swansea saw out the game. 6 from https://taxi.nearme.host/the-stunning-swansea-city-player-ratings-as-duo-dazzle-bennett-looks-unbeatable-and-aston-villa-loan-man-oozes-class-in-nottingham-forest-win-wales-online/ What would the Premier League table look like based on expected goals? By the 19-game mark last season, 70 per cent of teams were within two places of their final position. Only Manchester United (rising five places) and Crystal Palace (falling five places) moved more than three spots over the second half of the campaign – but those positions do not always reflect a team’s overall performances. Clearly, goals will always be the most important statistic in football but, a sign of a strong team is also one that continually creates chances while limiting their opponents. Some of those sides might simply have been let down by their strikers or goalkeeper more often than others, or just been more unlucky at decisive moments. By using Opta’s Expected Goals model to create an alternative Premier League table, rewarding sides who have dominated their opponents in terms of xG – creating more or better chances – we can get further insight into this. As for the title race, this table emphasises some of the struggles Chelsea and Liverpool have suffered in front of goal this season. Liverpool, in particular, might have been expected to win a number of additional matches with a more typical return in attack, underlined by their remarkable current run of 87 shots without a goal. In contrast, Manchester United have been far more clinical than their rivals which, if maintained, could prove decisive come the end of the season. While recent history suggests there might not be drastic positional changes over the rest of the season, this table can help show which direction sides might move. If some of the surprise risers on this table can resolve their issues at both ends, the fact they are regularly creating better chances than their opponents should translate into a better return over time – and an improved standing in the Premier League table that actually matters. Brighton & Sheffield Utd underachieving? The most striking change belongs to Brighton who, based on how many times they have created significantly better chances than their opponents, might have been expected to have double their current points total. It also suggests they might have had the same amount of wins as Manchester United, given more typical levels of end product at both ends. A clear contributing factor to this has been the return of Brighton’s goalkeepers. Perhaps surprisingly, no Premier League side has faced fewer shots this season – a stat that would normally be associated with success. Unfortunately for the Seagulls, though, that’s accompanied by the fact they have the lowest save percentage in the division, of just 48 per cent, with the Premier League average being 67 per cent. Rather alarmingly, over half of their shots on target faced have been going in. This table also doesn’t consider Sheffield United as bad as their current position, though with more of those shortcomings associated with their forwards. The Blades’ shot conversion is just 5.7 per cent this season – meaning they have needed almost 18 shots for every goal scored – which is not great for a side averaging just nine per game. Southampton and Everton overachieving? At the other end of the scale, Everton and Southampton have enjoyed strong seasons so far, with their positions boosted by some of the most clinical finishing in the Premier League. Both are in the top four for shot conversion, needing around seven shots to score – but rank in the bottom seven for average shots per game. They also rank first and second in terms of shooting accuracy – the highest percentage of shots on target from their overall attempts – which helps propel them up this table. In terms of xG per game, Southampton actually rank in the Premier League’s bottom five, yet the form of Danny Ings and company have often compensated for this. from https://taxi.nearme.host/liverpool-top-xg-premier-league-table-ahead-of-man-city-chelsea-and-leicester-football-news-sky-sports/ This fast-paced and hilarious satire about multicultural Britain in the ’70s made a big splash when first released, deservedly winning the BAFTA for Best British Film. Starring the ever so brilliant Om Puri (alongside Linda Bassett and Jimi Mistry), the film takes a wry look at a Pakistani chip shop owner’s efforts to raise his children amid cultural tensions in 1970s Salford. Filled with film homages and an endlessly quotable script, Neil Marshall’s Dog Soldiers is a howling good horror that is bound to become your new favourite werewolf film. Griping that they are missing a crucial England vs Germany football match, a squad of British soldiers on a routine training exercise in Scotland soon find they have much bigger problems in the form of a pack of hungry werewolves. This understated, charming and bittersweet comedy from director, writer Simon Amstell received glowing critical response when released in 2018. The perfect blend of bellowing laughs and sci-fi thrills, Attack the Block was a breath of fresh air after a series of dull alien invasion films in the 2000s. We can also thank the film for kickstarting the careers of director Joe Cornish, John Boyega and composer Steven Price! When aggressive aliens pick a South London housing estate to invade, a group of teenagers venture into battle to protect their neighbourhood. David Lynch’s slow-paced, devastating but beautiful biographical film stands proud as one of America’s best road films. This affecting collection, featuring the best from the Iris Prize 2020 festival, celebrates emerging talent and LGTBQ+ stories. Pili (2017), dir. Leanne WelhamOriginally a documentary project, Leanne Welham’s compassionate drama was a collaboration between the filmmakers and local women, with 70% of the cast being HIV-positive. Rural Tanzania, Pili works in the fields for less than £1 a day to feed her two children and struggles to manage her HIV-positive status in secret. When she is offered the chance to rent a market stall, she is forced to make difficult decisions with ever-deepening consequences. Sweet Sixteen (2002), dir. Ken LoachPowered by a storming debut from Martin Compston (Mary Queen of Scots, Line of Duty), this gritty British drama is the second film in the unofficial Ken Loach and Paul Laverty trilogy, set in Scotland. Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager sets out to raise the money for a home in the only way he knows how – by stealing his stepfather’s drugs and selling them on the street. It might be famous for being the film shot exclusively on an iPhone 5s, but director Sean Baker’s tender comedy saw a significant leap for representation of transgender people on film. After hearing that her boyfriend-slash-pimp cheated on her while she was in jail, a prostitute (Kitana Kiki Rodriguez) and her best friend (Mya Taylor) set out to find him and teach him and his new lover a lesson. from https://taxi.nearme.host/11-great-films-that-are-on-all4-right-now-phoenix-leicester-blog/ Leisure centre in Nottingham to close as part of cost-saving measures | West Bridgford Wire1/26/2021 The council has set out more detail as to why it plans to close the John Carroll Leisure Centre, in Radford. It is being closed as part of the latest round of cuts announced yesterday. £15.6 million in savings have been proposed for the year starting in April, as well as a 4.99 percent rise in council tax. More than 270 job cuts are proposed, as well as cuts to the Linkbus service, increased charges for new bins, and around 20 fewer community protection officers. The closure of the leisure centre is technically open to consultation, but the council has said while it will listen to the consultation responses, the leisure centre is likely to close. It has also said it plans to find alternative, community uses for the building. Speaking yesterday, the city council’s head of finance Sam Webster, who represents the Castle ward for Labour, said: “One of the headline proposals will probably be the proposed closure of John Carroll Leisure Centre, in Radford. “It’s the least well used by far of all of our leisure centres. “We want to maintain a modern, fit for purpose, well used and well funded leisure centre network, but the subsidy that goes into the usage of the John Carroll Leisure Centre unfortunately is just not sustainable for us going forward. “So we are seeking alternative uses with other organisations for that building over the coming weeks and months.” Councillor Dave Trimble is the portfolio holder for leisure, and represents the Lenton and Wollaton East ward for Labour. He told a meeting on the budget yesterday (Tuesday, January 19): “It’s been a very difficult year and this is a very difficult budget. “We have looked at our leisure centre provision, and in particular John Carroll Leisure Centre. “It is the leisure centre that requires by far the highest subsidy, and has by a considerable way the lowest usage. “Also it does have the Djanogly Leisure centre nearby, it’s about a mile away, so service users don’t have to go too far in order to find an alternative. “It isn’t something that we want to do, but given we have to make savings, this is the option that I think helps to maintain the best possible leisure provision as we can in the city going forward.” Speaking about the wider budget, the leader of the council David Mellen said yesterday: “These are proposals we would rather not make. “We do understand however the need for financial stability, we are reluctantly putting these proposals forward for consultation.” from https://taxi.nearme.host/leisure-centre-in-nottingham-to-close-as-part-of-cost-saving-measures-west-bridgford-wire/ If you’ve binged Bling Empire already, then you’ll agree that Anna Shay is easily the most iconic person on the show. For those who might not be up to speed with who Anna Shay is or even the phenomenon that is , let me get you up to speed: Bling Empire is an eight-part reality series that follows the lifestyles of the wealthy Asian elites residing in Los Angeles. To make sense of it, your best off thinking of the series as the reality TV version of Crazy Rich Asians, Selling Sunset on steroids, and absolutely everything Real Housewives wishes it was. Amongst the cast is an array of Asian and Asian-American socialites who have each come into wealth in their own ways. For example, new money Christine Chiu is married to a popular plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills, who just so happens to be a direct descendant of the Song dynasty, too. Meanwhile, Kane Lim is the son of Singaporean billionaires, who beyond being in the real estate, shipping and oil sectors, also “own the shopping malls you go into in South East Asia”. For some balance, model Kevin Taejin Kreider is thrown into the mix to act as the everyman, who lives in a share house while his millionaire and billionaire friends casually drop $19,000 on hotel rooms. But then there is Anna Shay — the oldest, wisest, and, most importantly, the richest member of the cast, who is wildly entertaining without even trying. Whether it’s her whizzing off to Paris because she feels like dining at her favourite restaurant, or having penis pumps laying around her house be the only cause for her drama-fuelled storylines, Anna Shay is everything I want to be when I grow up. But what exactly makes Anna Shay so iconic? Let’s dissect. 2020 brought us Joe Exotic. It is now clear to me 2021 is going to be amazing. #blingempire pic.twitter.com/rlRakjxvXM — Kim Ber (@indiekimmy) January 18, 2021 Who Is Anna Shay And How Is She SO Rich?Anna Shay is one of the main cast members on Bling Empire, and, by a significant amount, the most wealthy of the group. The 60-year-old is American, Japanese and Russian, and the child of billionaires, Edward Shay and Ai-San Shay. Her parents found their wealth in arms trade, with their company being later sold in 2006 for $1.2 billion in cold, hard cash. Kane, a cast member on the show who is also the child of billionaires, described Anna as “super, super-wealthy” as “her money comes from weapons [with] her father selling bombs, guns, and defence technology [that’s] worth, like, a few billion”. after watching episode 1 of bling empire i’ve decided Anna Shay is who i want to be when i grow up — sexually active shut-in (@emoveganslut) January 15, 2021 Watching #blingempire I now realise that my ideal career is “daughter of an arms dealer”. — Camilla Blackett (@camillard) January 18, 2021 Specifically, Edward Shay founded, and created his billion dollar fortune through, Pacific Architects and Engineers (PAE) in 1955, which is described as an “architectural and engineering firm [that assisted] the US government effort to rebuild Asia in the wake of WWII”. After his death in 1995, Anna and her sibling inherited their father’s shares and sold them off to Lockheed Martin in 2006 in an all-cash deal. This means Anna Shay’s personal net worth sits around the $600 million mark, which is about $400 million more than the second-richest star on the show, denim empire heiress and the woman with the placenta Anna wanted, Cherie Chan. While Anna is not currently married, she’s been divorced four times (iconic) and has one son in Kenny Kemp, a 27-year-old with a $500,000 collection of glass bongs (also, very iconic). Icons breed icons, clearly. Why Is Anna Shay So Damn Iconic?I just wanna say: I C O N I C#blingempire #blingempirenetflix #annashay pic.twitter.com/jRPeEQz3I7 — Lady Trashington (@BigFabi_) January 18, 2021 When we first meet Anna Shay on Bling Empire, she is literally dressed in a ballgown and throwing a sledgehammer at her walk-in closet wall. But actions like this aren’t even a one-off — this chaotic introduction is basically the exact energy Anna Shay exudes throughout the rest of the series, too. If Anna Shay is one thing beyond being crazy rich, it’s being impressively unbothered about quite literally everything. Not once throughout Bling Empire does Anna ever seem troubled by the events happening around her — even when Kim Lee and Guy Tang snoop through her home and throw her penis pump out the window. The simple fact is Anna is so rich, so well-off, and so comfortable with her life that she doesn’t care what people think or do around her. For example, a huge storyline in Bling Empire is Anna’s “feud” with Christine, who seems adamant on proving she’s better than Anna for the entire season. Christine wears certain jewellery in an attempt to get a rise out of Anna, which fails. Christine tries to flex that she stays in a certain presidential suite when she’s in Paris, but Anna doesn’t care. Instead of giving Christine any of the reaction she wants, Anna simply calmly says in her confessional that “she cannot compete with what I was born into”. I mean, think about when, at her own dinner party when Christine is being annoying as hell, Anna simply moves her to the end of the table because she just can’t be fucked speaking to her or dealing with her drama. Iconic. “She can never compete with what I was born into”….This is what you call classy wealthy shade. Love her… Anna Shay is fast becoming a fav of mine and I’m only on episode 2 #BlingEmpireNetflix #blingempire pic.twitter.com/Vj8mRwqkd8 — Ms_LVW (@Vonn69) January 18, 2021 But beyond being an unbothered queen, Anna Shay is also extremely generous, a great friend to everyone on the show, and always delivers the best one-liners. Take, when it’s her friend Kelly Mi Li’s birthday, and Anna flies Kelly and her shitty boyfriend, Andrew, to Paris (first class, of course) just to eat at her favourite restaurant, for example. While in Paris, as Andrew sleeps off his jet lag, Anna takes Kelly out to buy her a friendship ring for her birthday, which causes drama. Andrew, who is basically just verbally abusing Kelly via speaker phone, ends up calling Kelly and berates her for leaving him as he slept. In response, Anna constantly tells Kelly she deserves better, and just puts it bluntly for everyone at home who may be in a similar situation: “There ain’t no dick that good”. Forget Emily in Paris, I want Anna in Paris. #BlingEmpire pic.twitter.com/yTYeO85s0E — Sophie Vershbow (@svershbow) January 18, 2021 And just like that: Anna Shay became reality TV gold. #BlingEmpire pic.twitter.com/0rpehfQ0JR — Angel Huracha (@AngelHuracha) January 15, 2021 Anna also buys Kevin a new wardrobe without a second thought, dishes out helpful advice only a 60-year-old daughter of an arms dealer can, and doesn’t even raise her voice when Kim and Guy disrespect her after she opens her home to them for a spa day. Instead, Anna simply expresses her disappointment in them and continues on her merry, unbothered, rich way. As she should. Is Anna Shay Really That Iconic In Real-Life?Simply put, yes. Anna Shay seems to be exactly who she is on camera in real-life. After Bling Empire started booming, Oprah Mag interviewed the star and Anna’s responses only worked to solidify her icon status. For example, when asked about what she did with her Netflix cheques from Bling Empire, Anna shared she was “confused” by the whole thing so she never even cashed them. Goals. “It was so confusing when I got the checks. I didn’t know what to do with them. I didn’t cash them, then I got in trouble for not cashing them,” Anna shared in her interview. “I have them in a savings account. I’d like to have a party some time. I don’t think the money belongs to me. I think it belongs to the crew that had to put up with me.” As Anna said herself on Bling Empire, her father never wanted her to have to work, which explains why she was so confused about the concept of working and getting paid for that work. Again, goals. Anna from #BlingEmpire is my new fav reality star pic.twitter.com/UmEOFtAM4o — Melissa Stetten (@MelissaStetten) January 17, 2021 In the same interview, Anna was asked about Crazy Rich Asians and the ways in which her upbringing was similar, but she shared that while she hasn’t seen the film, she acknowledges her privilege. “I didn’t watch it. I was going to say, ‘I live it’ but I thought that would be too snobbish,” she continued. “In the world I was raised in, ‘crazy’ is not a good word to put next to the lifestyle I was born into. I didn’t do anything except be born. My mother said, ‘You were born in a crystal ball with a silver spoon.’” But it’s the answers like this that makes Anna Shay so likeable despite her ridiculous amounts of money. She knows she’s wealthy, and owns it, yet it’s not her entire personality. I mean, that and her clear, but classy, distaste for Christine, of course. All in favour of skipping Anna Shay’s house when we eventually eat the rich, say I. You can stream ‘Bling Empire’ on Netflix now. Michelle Rennex is a senior writer at Junkee. She tweets at @michellerennex. from https://taxi.nearme.host/everyone-loves-anna-shay-bling-empires-uber-rich-unbothered-queen/ A strange message woke up Victoria Harbour Ferry general manager Barry Hobbis early Tuesday morning. “What are they doing, how come homeless people don’t stay here? This is so fun,” said a man on surveillance video after he broke into their dock. The break-in soon turned into a joyride. “My phone goes off saying someone is down at the docks, so I looked at the camera and I could hear something but not see anything and I finally saw one of the boats with all of the lights on and the motor starting up,” said Hobbis. He called in his mechanic who met police at the dock. “Right away we saw the boat, they went north and starting coming back under the Johnson Street Bridge,” said head mechanic Paul Gates. “So we jumped into my maintenance boat, which has a bit bigger horsepower engine on it.” It was a slow and strange pursuit as the man headed for open water. The ferries are only able to hit around five knots — about 10 km/h. “We followed him up to the empress,” recalled Gates. “He was honking his horn and flashing the lights, and spinning around in circles.” “Almost looked like he could have been one of our ballet drivers.” Eventually, with police in close behind, officers on the shoreline and the coast guard moving in, the man gave up. “The one thing I remember him shouting while they were arresting was that he regretted nothing,” said Gates. “The first time in 30 years anybody has ever managed to take one of our boats. So nothing surprises me now,” said Hobbis. Hobbis says the theft could have gone much worse, with the incident taking place close to Harbour Air and other expensive vessels. The harbour ferries alone cost more than $100,000. He was glad officers hitched a ride, as they usually have to wait for the coast guard to respond as their vessel had been decommissioned in 2014. “With the unbelievable increase in crime downtown, it’s just one more layer to add to the issue of lack of resources for the police department. They don’t have enough,” he added. Police are recommending charges of theft over $5,000, as for the ferries they have now been modified to prevent something like this from happening again. from https://taxi.nearme.host/spinning-around-in-circles-witnesses-recount-victoria-water-taxi-theft/ |
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