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Hypebeast
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Hypebeast
Greg Girad's Ode to Old Hong Kong Lights Up M+ Museum Facade
Greg Girard's Hong Kong archive comes home inHK:PM, a new moving image commission, now on view on the facade of theM+ Museum. The Canadian photographer is the latest name to take over the 7,000-square-meter screen, lighting up the waters of Victoria Harbour with a tender tribute to the city's past. HK:PManimates analogue photographs from the artist's personal collection, shot in during his time in Hong Kong between the 1970s and the 1990s. The collection captures life in motion across the crowded streets of Central, the now-demolished Kowloon Walled City and neon-soaked nightclub scenes. 'This commission offers me the unique opportunity to revisit these photographs, transforming fragments of Hong Kong's recent past into a cinematic sequence,' the artist said in a recent statement. At last, Girard's works return to the context of their creation. The commission unpacks old Hong Kong to make anew, paying homage to the then, now and the endless now on view at the M+ facade every night through September 28.
USA Today
20-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Former Clemson star guard Joseph Girard III signs a contract to play overseas
Where Clemson ranks in CBS Sports 2025 most intimidating environments in college football After wrapping up his time in the NBA Summer League with the Toronto Raptors, former Clemson guard Joseph Girard III is headed overseas to continue his basketball career. Girard has officially signed with Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana, a professional club based in Slovenia. The veteran sharpshooter spent the 2023-24 season with the Tigers after transferring from Syracuse, where he played his first four years. He was instrumental in Clemson's run to the Elite Eight — the program's first since 1980 — averaging 15.1 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 2.9 assists per game. Girard also posted elite shooting numbers: 43% from the field, 41.3% from beyond the arc, and 93.5% at the free-throw line. As a player, Girard was always a guy with a lot of potential, but hasn't completely put it together the way many had hoped. He still has a high ceiling as a player, and will look to prove it overseas as he looks to develop into an NBA player. Contact us @Clemson_Wire on X, and like our page on Facebook for ongoing coverage of Clemson Tigers news and notes, plus opinions.
Newsweek
14-07-2025
- Business
- Newsweek
Austin Housing Market Given Ominous Warning
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. The vertiginous fall of home prices in Austin, Texas, seems to have no end in sight, according to experts who believe that steep declines are likely to continue in the coming months. A recent analysis by real estate intelligence platform Parcl Labs estimates that the Texas capital will see the biggest downturn in home prices in the country over the next year—even as the cost of buying a home in the city has already fallen drastically from its COVID-19 pandemic peak. Austin's housing market, according to Parcl Labs, is currently in "bear territory"—which means, essentially, that property values have been dropping for a consistent period of time—with home prices now over 20 percent down from their peak. Despite this dip, researchers at the company said, "we still expect home prices to decline 16.5 percent from current levels over the next 12 months. This is the largest expected decline in our coverage universe of 40 real estate markets nationally." Behind Austin's Housing Market Downfall According to Redfin, the median sale price of a home in May—the latest month for which reliable monthly figures are available—was $557,500, down 5 percent from a year earlier. At their peak in May 2022, home sale prices in the city had reached a median of $667,000—which means that buying property in Austin was over $200,000 more expensive than it had been before the pandemic, when it was around $400,000. In the same month, home sales in the city were down by 12.1 percent year-over-year, at 861, and those homes that went under contract spent an average of 48 days on the market, six more than in May 2024. Active listings in the Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area totaled 12,525, up from 9,902 a year earlier. Inventory was actually higher than pre-pandemic level and the highest going as far as 2016, according to data from "It's important to understand why these adjustments are happening and what they represent for the health of the market," Emily Girard, chief executive officer (CEO) of Unlock MLS and the Austin Board of REALTORS (ABOR), told Newsweek. "What we're seeing in Austin is a necessary and overdue normalization after an unprecedented period of price acceleration during the pandemic. It is a return to sustainability." Home prices skyrocketed during the pandemic homebuying frenzy unleashed by historically low mortgage rates. "In 2021 during the pandemic, more homes were sold in the Austin-Round Rock MSA than ever before, and sales dollar volume yielded more than a $23 billion impact on the Austin-area economy," Girard said. "The pandemic led to increased demand as buyers in the market had more disposable income and reevaluated their needs in a living space after spending months at home." She added: "That, combined with record-low interest rates at the time and an Austin economy that continued to make major company relocation announcements regularly, led to more homes being sold and prices increasing to an unsustainable level." The price declines that the city has been experiencing for the past couple of years represent "healthy adjustments," Girard said as the market "normalizes." And prices, as experts say, are continuing to fall. According to Redfin data, Austin was one of the metros reporting the biggest year-over-year declines in median sale prices, at -4.2 percent, in the four weeks ending July 6. Photo-illustration by Newsweek/Getty/Canva Buyers on Top The Austin housing market downturn does not mean that the city has now become undesirable for buyers—quite the opposite. "For buyers, this is one of the most favorable environments we've seen in years," Girard said. "Buyers have time to shop, compare and negotiate—luxuries that weren't available during the pandemic boom. They're in the market with more intention and more options, especially with increased affordability for first-time and moderate-income homebuyers." Sellers might have a harder time accepting that they no longer have the upper hand, and they may be forced to compromise on prices—especially as price declines are expected to continue. "Prices will continue to drop this year. That's because the last half of the year we always have more inventory. And if you ever look at the seasonal bell curve in Austin's selling season, prices always come down in the last half of the year," Austin-based realtor Jeremy Knight told Newsweek. "Yet, there are a lot of buyers on the sidelines. If we do see rates come down in the last half of the year, you'll see more closed numbers and buyers frantic in the market." Unfortunately, a majority of experts expect mortgage rates to continue hovering between the 6 and 7 percent marks through this year and 2026.
Time Out
05-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out
The M+ façade is showing magical Hong Kong moments from analogue photos
The expansive, LED canvas of M+ façade is one of the largest media screens in the world, and it is now showing a brand-new series of work that highlights Hong Kong in all its magical, intimate, neon-drenched, lively moments. Named HK:PM, this commissioned art piece is by internationally acclaimed photographer Greg Girard, who is well-known for capturing cities in transformation, and how personal moments come together to shape collective history. Analogue photos from Girard's personal collection, shot in Hong Kong between the 70s and 90s, have been animated to show the beauty and complexity of our city's dense urban fabric in cinematic fashion. Wong Kar-wai may have inextricably linked us with neon-lit romanticism, but these new sequences show real-life Hong Kong in all its striking glory. Some of the scenes captured include rare images of the now-demolished Kowloon Walled City; workers and fashionable citizens going about their daily hustle in Central; airplanes flying over the dense city blocks near the old Kai Tak Airport; neon-lit streets; revellers making the city come alive at night; and also some celebrity moments. Catch Hong Kong's photographic memories and stories shown on the M+ façade every night from now until September 28. The best place to view this is from the harbourfront between the Central ferry piers and the Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park in Sheung Wan.
Yahoo
28-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
S&P 500 at new highs: Strategist says it's time to take profits
The S&P 500 (^GSPC) is trading at a new record high, but Girard chief investment officer Timothy Chubb thinks it may be time for investors to take some money off the table. Find out why in the video above. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Market Domination Overtime here. At the end of the day, I think this is a good time to take some profits. I mean, we have digested so much really since April 2nd, um from, you know, data to tariffs, you know, ultimately a strong earnings season, everything that you, you know, just been going through. But um, the market is starting to lose some steam. It's kind of been this melt up over the last several weeks. Uh we've seen breadth within the market really start to narrow quite a bit, as you're just discussing with the magnificent 7. Uh, really the AI trade has been, you know, keeping this uh, you know, rally going. And I wouldn't be surprised as we kind of turn the page into the second half of this year, uh investors kind of take a step back and, and, you know, again, take some of those profits and and look to um, ultimately the, you know, potentially diversify a little bit with fixed income, especially where, you know, rates are at currently. Hey, Q2 earnings season, those on deck, Tim, do you think that could, could that prove to actually be another positive catalyst for the market? It could be. I mean, earnings revisions were, were, you know, uh revised down quite a bit. Um we've started to see that, you know, moving the other direction more recently, but um, there's still so many cross currents that, you know, may ultimately be impacting some of these companies that removed guidance. I think about 20% of the S&P 500 uh removed guidance for the year. So uh, the bar might be a little lower than uh ultimately, you know, needs to be and and perhaps we, you know, jump over it. Um, as Julie mentioned, you know, it's going to be the uh lowest from a growth rate standpoint in quite some time, but um, still positive momentum. I think the AI capex story and and uh, you know, is really a durable uh investment uh opportunity for uh, you know, us as as well as, you know, these, these companies, you know, trying to raise and make sure that the rails of the AI railroad are are built as quickly as possible. What did you make, Tim? I'm just curious, you know, we talk about trade and tariffs a lot of course, as we should. So President Trump comes out today, uh throwing haymakers at Canada, clearly not happy, right? Making, making some, some threats there, saying, listen, new tariffs are on the way. What's interesting, Tim, about that is caught people off guard. The market did react a bit initially, but then you end the day up all, all green here, right? I mean every popular average in the green. What does that tell us, Tim, as investors? I, I think there's some complacency. I mean, this, this V-shaped recovery has been so hated, right? Um, you know, positioning was offside by a lot of the hedge funds, you know, we've seen that adjust a little bit, but, you know, ultimately it's been, you know, sort of this classic dual, you know, pain trade where we've had a short squeeze higher and then we've had the narrowing leadership more recently. Um, and ultimately, I, you know, I think, you know, retail certainly charging this uh, you know, rally quite a bit. Uh, but people are just, you know, fear missing out. And if we do get a pretty solid earning season here in Q2, maybe some of the tariff impact is not quite uh, you know, baked in the cake uh, just yet for, for some of these companies and and a relatively, uh, I'd say sanguin, you know, outlook for the back half of this year, uh markets continued, you know, could continue to grind higher from here. But, you know, I think the, the key point is why we're back at all-time highs is that we haven't had traded headlines. And so, uh if we start to see this, you know, as we get closer to, you know, July 9th, uh ultimately creep back into, you know, the, the um headlines quite a bit more, um I think the equity markets are vulnerable sort of priced for perfection and in a lot of ways and uh again, it's just been, you know, somewhat fragile, you know, just given the narrowing breath that we've seen recently.
