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| Work Aerospace Corp's CEO talks literal moonshots and Space Agenda 2025 Theresa Loconsolo is an audio producer at TechCrunch focusing on Equity, the network’s flagship podcast. Before joining TechCrunch in 2022, she was one of 2 producers at a four-station conglomerate where she wrote, recorded, voiced and edited content, and engineered live performances and interviews from guests like lovelytheband. Theresa is based in New Jersey and holds a bachelors degree in Communication from Monmouth University. |
| Work Elon Musk acknowledges something that was obvious about the new Twitter: It's no longer a good place for links For anyone who posts links on X, it's been intuitively clear that since Elon Musk took over, posts with links don't get the same reach as they used to. On old Twitter, a tweet with a link to a news article would often go viral or get a lot of engagement. |
| Work To Become A General Manager Tomorrow, Build These 3 Skills Today Ask any C-suite executive, and they'll say that one of their most important jobs as a leader is developing people. And, more specifically, developing future general managers: the people who will lead the business tomorrow. Unfortunately, reality often falls far short of aspirations. |
| Work Should You Still Learn to Code in an A.I. World? He was 36, a father of two, and felt time was running out to find a career that would offer higher pay and more stability. "I've always been doing jobs that require physical labor," he remembers thinking. "What if I start using my brain for once?" An Army veteran, Mr. |
| Work Bristol Myers is the latest drug company to sue HHS over payment terms for 340B hospitals In its lawsuit, Bristol argued that the 340B Drug Discount Program is rife with waste and abuse. The program was created three decades ago to help hospitals and clinics care for low-income and rural patients. Drug companies that want to take part in Medicare or Medicaid must offer their medicines at a discount — typically, 25% to 50%, but sometimes higher — to participating hospitals and clinics. |
| Work The biotech news you need to read today “While MariTide is clearly effective and will offer less frequent dosing, the bar for efficacy in the class continues to move higher and tolerability for the drug will likely remain a question until more data at the lower titration doses is available,” said J.P. Morgan pharma analyst Chris Schott, in a research note. |
| Work Key Fed inflation gauge shows PCE 'going sideways' Additional inflation data before the Fed's interest decision on Dec. 18 will influence the Fed's decision. Capital Economics deputy chief North America economist Stephen Brown wrote in a note to clients that the incoming CPI and PPI data for November, which will be out prior to the Fed's December meeting, will be "pivotal for the Fed's decision." |
| Work Ask an Advisor: I Inherited My Sister's IRA. How Can I Minimize Taxes When I Don't Need Distributions Yet? Please note that Brandon is not a participant in the SmartAsset AMP platform, nor is he an employee of SmartAsset, and he has been compensated for this article. Questions may be edited for clarity or length. |
| Work Where Will Rivian Be in 3 Years? Will Ebiefung has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Tesla. The Motley Fool recommends General Motors and recommends the following options: long January 2025 $25 calls on General Motors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. |
| Work NBA Great James Harden Spills The Tea On Building A $400 Million Investment Portfolio With Kobe Bryant Although Kobe Bryant was born in Italy, he became an all-time NBA great in his adopted hometown of Los Angeles. In the process, he mentored a generation of young LA hoopers on and off the court. One of them was all-star James Harden, who credits Kobe ... |
| Work Billionaire Jeff Yass Reduced Susquehanna's Stake in Nvidia by 29% and Bought 2 Million Shares of This Other Artificial Intelligence (AI) Semiconductor Stock Instead Billionaire Jeff Yass Reduced Susquehanna's Stake in Nvidia by 29% and Bought 2 Million Shares of This Other Artificial Intelligence (AI) Semiconductor Stock Instead was originally published by The Motley Fool |
| Work Are IONQ, FORM, and IBM Stocks Buys Ahead of the Quantum Revolution? Sadly, none of these stocks currently scream buy to me. However, quantitive metrics, which I tend to favor, can be prone to missing new opportunities in emerging sectors. Nonetheless, my feeling is that these companies are still some distance away from truly commercializing quantum systems and that makes it challenging to invest today, given the execution risk. |
| Work Jim Cramer: Reddit Is 'Fabulous,' Dow Is A 'Tough' One What's more, Alpine Note — Basecamp can be rolled into another Alpine Note for compounding returns, or into another of EquityMultiple's rigorously vetted real estate investments, which also carry a minimum investment of just $5K. Basecamp is exclusively open to new investors on the EquityMultiple platform. |
| Work Yahoo Finance - Stock Market Live, Quotes, Business & Finance News At Yahoo Finance, you get free stock quotes, up-to-date news, portfolio management resources, international market data, social interaction and mortgage rates that help you manage your financial life. |
| Work Prediction: 2 Stocks That Will Be Worth More Than Apple 10 Years From Now What could dethrone Apple in the coming decade? A couple of experienced challengers look ready to outgrow the world's largest stock. |
| Work This Magnificent Stock Has Made Many Millionaires, and Could Make More Harsh Chauhan has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Accenture Plc, Nvidia, and Salesforce. The Motley Fool recommends the following options: long January 2025 $290 calls on Accenture Plc and short January 2025 $310 calls on Accenture Plc. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. |
| Work Yahoo Finance - Stock Market Live, Quotes, Business & Finance News At Yahoo Finance, you get free stock quotes, up-to-date news, portfolio management resources, international market data, social interaction and mortgage rates that help you manage your financial life. |
| Work Dell stock sinks after company warns AI spending 'will not be linear' Overall, Dell’s third quarter results for the three months ended Nov. 1 were mixed. Its earnings of $2.15 per share were above the $2.05 expected, but its quarterly revenue of $24.4 billion fell below the anticipated $24.6 billion, according to Bloomberg consensus data. |
| Work Here's How To Reach $3.6 Million By Age 65, According To Dave Ramsey--'It Really Is That Simple' Studies show 50% of consumers think Financial Advisors cost much more than they do — to debunk this, this company provides matching for free and a complimentary first call with the matched advisor. |
| Work Yahoo Finance - Stock Market Live, Quotes, Business & Finance News At Yahoo Finance, you get free stock quotes, up-to-date news, portfolio management resources, international market data, social interaction and mortgage rates that help you manage your financial life. |
| Work Yahoo Finance - Stock Market Live, Quotes, Business & Finance News At Yahoo Finance, you get free stock quotes, up-to-date news, portfolio management resources, international market data, social interaction and mortgage rates that help you manage your financial life. |
| Work CEO Jensen Huang Just Delivered Fantastic News for Nvidia Investors On rare occasions, our expert team of analysts issues a “Double Down” stock recommendation for companies that they think are about to pop. If you’re worried you’ve already missed your chance to invest, now is the best time to buy before it’s too late. And the numbers speak for themselves: |
| Work Elon Musk Is Responsible For Palantir Stock Rally, Jim Cramer Says In October 2024, Arrived sold The Centennial, achieving a total return of 34.7% (11.2% average annual returns) for investors. Arrived aims to continue delivering similar value across our portfolio through careful market selection, attentive property management, and thoughtful timing in sales. |
| Work 49-Year-Old Makes $5,180 a Month in Dividends With 'Helps Me Sleep at Night' Portfolio - Top 10 Stocks You Can't Miss What's more, Alpine Note — Basecamp can be rolled into another Alpine Note for compounding returns, or into another of EquityMultiple's rigorously vetted real estate investments, which also carry a minimum investment of just $5K. Basecamp is exclusively open to new investors on the EquityMultiple platform. |
| Work Scaling startups is top priority as EU reboots its top team | TechCrunch Natasha is a senior reporter for TechCrunch, joining September 2012, based in Europe. She joined TC after a stint reviewing smartphones for CNET UK and, prior to that, more than five years covering business technology for silicon.com (now folded into TechRepublic), where she focused on mobile and wireless, telecoms & networking, and IT skills issues. She has also freelanced for organisations including The Guardian and the BBC. Natasha holds a First Class degree in English from Cambridge University, and an MA in journalism from Goldsmiths College, University of London. |
| Work TuSimple co-founder demands liquidation, sues company for control of his shares | TechCrunch Rebecca Bellan covers transportation for TechCrunch. She’s interested in all things micromobility, EVs, AVs, smart cities, AI, sustainability and more. Previously, she covered social media for Forbes.com, and her work has appeared in Bloomberg CityLab, The Atlantic, The Daily Beast, Mother Jones, i-D (Vice) and more. Rebecca studied journalism and history at Boston University. She has invested in Ethereum. |
| Work Trumpa??s picks for new administration are focus of bomb threats and a??swattinga?? Both incidents prompted the campaigns of both Trump and his rival, the Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, to adopt heightened security for the duration of the race. After the Pennsylvania shooting, Trump frequently appeared at rallies behind bulletproof glass. |
| Work New York City found in contempt over conditions in city jails They said correction officers still use head strikes on inmates and use prohibited techniques such as chokeholds, body-slamming and inflicting force on people in restraints, and that agency leadership has failed to respond to problems or outside monitors. |
| Work Democrats criticize Harris for a??self-congratulatorya?? review of election loss "If I were running a 2028 campaign and I had some little snot-nosed 23-year-old saying, 'I'm going to resign if you don't do this,' not only would I fire that motherfucker on the spot, I would find out who hired them and fire that person on the spot," Carville said in a foul-mouthed video rant posted on social media. "I'm really not interested in your uninformed, stupid, jackass opinion as to whether you go on Joe Rogan or not." |
| Work Trump picks Keith Kellogg to serve as special envoy to Ukraine and Russia Some Ukraine supporters have voiced concerns that Trump’s steps to end the war could be detrimental to the country’s security or see Ukrainian land ceded to Russia, while Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, says he is certain the war with Russia will “end sooner” than it otherwise would have once Trump takes office. |
| Work Republican senator introduces bill to abolish US Department of Education “Across the board, what we’re seeing is already people in the Trump administration and some Republicans really trying to walk back some basic civil rights victories that happened in the 60s and 70s to support students with disabilities, low-income families, English learners,” DeMatthews said. “I think if the public understood it and knew about it, they wouldn’t be for taking away supports to help some of the most marginalized children in our country.” |
| Work Democrats win California House seat from Republican incumbent a?? US politics live Separately, Pod Save America released an episode yesterday with several Harris campaign officials which has received pushback for failing to hold the campaign to account for its decisions and saw the aides defensive rather than reflective of any mistakes. |
| Work Transgender people have right to be recognised in legally acquired gender, court hears Intervening for the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Jason Coppel KC said that, while agreeing with Scottish ministers on how gender recognition law should be currently interpreted, the case highlighted the need for parliament to consider amending the Equality Act to specify biological sex. |
| Work Storm Conall brings train cancellations and warning of possible power cuts By early afternoon on Wednesday, Conall had largely departed the UK. Rain totals from 10pm on Tuesday to noon on Wednesday included Calbourne on the Isle of Wight at 43.3mm; Warnford, Hampshire at 37.4mm; and Harbertonford, Devon at 37.1mm. |
| Work Constituencies that elected Reform UK candidates blighted by poor roads, report finds There was, however, one potential benefit to this for mainstream parties seeking to counter populists, he said: “The A1(M) not being upgraded since 1961 is a very specific and real concern that you can address in a very specific way. Even if it isn’t the only, or even the most important driver of this kind of support, it is something that politicians can actually grip. |
| Work Mohamed Al Fayed may have raped and abused more than 111 women, say police A Met spokesperson said: “The Metropolitan police is committed to thoroughly reviewing all information relating to historical allegations in the case of Mohamed Al Fayed, which includes our Directorate of Professional Standards assessing any indication of police misconduct. |
| Work Doctors hail first breakthrough in asthma and COPD treatment in 50 years Dr Samantha Walker, director of research and innovation at Asthma and Lung UK, welcomed the findings, but said: “It’s appalling that this is the first new treatment for those suffering from asthma and COPD attacks in 50 years, indicating how desperately underfunded lung health research is.” |
| Work Counter-terrorism police arrest seven in London raids connected to PKK The PKK is a separatist group that wants an independent Kurdish state in south-east Turkey. It has been banned in the UK since 2001. The group has been fighting against the Turkish state since the early 1980s. |
| Work Pakistan army and police accused of firing on Imran Khan supporters The violence of Tuesday’s protest drew criticism from human rights groups. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan called on PTI and the Sharif government to enter into a dialogue. “It is high time they agree on a peaceful way forward instead of inciting their supporters and bringing the country to a standstill,” a statement said. |
| Work a??Thank God we are homea??: Lebanese return south after ceasefire with Israel As the afternoon light began to fade, the southern villages emptied out once again. Just a few people sat and watched as cars passed, heading northwards. Dogs feasted on the corpse of a horse next to a stable, which seemed to have been abandoned some months prior. A Hezbollah Katyusha rocket launcher sitting in the back of a truck lay empty and unattended, its munitions spent and its tubes broken. |
| Work Israela??s ceasefire with Lebanon makes peace in Gaza ever less likely It is a dilemma that Netanyahu will try to escape in the weeks to come. One way out for him could be to step up the merciless barrage on Gaza to appease the far right, so that the peace he offers Trump is the silence of the cemetery. |
| Work Biden administration claims win for Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire a?? but will it hold? "After October 7, Israel is far less trusting of deterrence and more of a believer in keeping its enemies weak," he wrote. "It may view limited strikes as a way of sending a message, and this may work - but such strikes always come with a risk of escalation and renewed war." |
| Work Thousands return to southern Lebanon amid uneasy ceasefire Announcing the Lebanon ceasefire on Tuesday night, the US president, Joe Biden, said his administration would now push to renew ceasefire talks in Gaza, but the delinking of the two fronts is likely to strengthen Israel’s hand in the Palestinian territory. |
| Work Dominique Pelicot has split personality caused by trauma, defence argues The public prosecutor has asked for sentences of between 10 and 18 years for the men accused of aggravated rape. Lawyers for the defence will address the court over the next three weeks. The verdicts are expected by 20 December. |
| Work French sovereign borrowing costs rise to highest premium in 12 years Macron appointed Barnier, a veteran conservative and the former EU Brexit negotiator, in September after July’s snap elections. The president had gambled that a shock poll could help strengthen his hand after being roundly defeated by the far right in the European parliamentary elections in May. |
| Work Romania regulator calls for TikTok suspension amid vote interference fears In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Georgescu insisted he did not want Romania to leave Nato or the EU. “What I want, however, is to take a stance, not to kneel over there, not to take everything. Like I said, we should do everything in our national interest,” he said. |
| Work France says Netanyahu is immune from ICC warrant as Israel is not member of court “Should those named seek to come into our country that doesn’t allow me any discretion, I will issue that, transmit that to the courts, and then the courts will make their determination under our law,” Lammy told parliament’s foreign affairs committee. |
| Work Russiaa??s sabotage of western targets a??could trigger Nato defence clausea?? "To meet this target, you don't need to send tank armies westwards, it is enough to dispatch little green men to the Baltics to protect allegedly threatened Russian minorities or adjust borders on [the Norwegian Arctic archipelago] Svalbard." |
| Work Swedish PM says Baltic sea now a??high riska?? after suspected cable sabotage In a resolution, they wrote: "Russia's illegal war of aggression against Ukraine and increased use of hybrid measures have harmed peace and stability in the Euro-Atlantic area and seriously undermined global security." |
| Work Albanese government plan to raise tax on super balances over $3m all but abandoned It has secured the support of the Greens and some crossbenchers to pass some of its Future Made in Australia legislation, its bill to regulate “buy now, pay later” credit, and its RBA reforms, among other measures. |
| Work Australiaa??s a??boominga?? medicinal cannabis trade on track this year to quadruple 2022 sales On Wednesday, the Greens' bill to legalise cannabis was defeated. Senator David Shoebridge said the defeat demonstrated "Labor and the Coalition once again teaming up to vote down law reform the community wants". |
| Work Western Australiaa??s endangered cockatoo among worlda??s longest-living birds Carnaby's cockatoos have visibly shrunk in number during Mawson's lifetime. As a child he would see thousands of birds in a flock, he said. "Now, if you see more than a hundred birds in a flock, you're doing really well." |
| Work Nano-scale dinosaur made by Australian researchers from DNA building blocks “The results are a bit like using Meccano, the children’s engineering toy,” Wickham said. “As experimentalists, we spent a lot of time designing these on computers. And then we take the DNA and mix it together and it assembles itself.” |
| Work Australia politics live: Jacqui Lambie protest motion fails as Labor prepares to deploy guillotine on Senate debate But Thorpe was suspended by the Senate yesterday, and won’t be able to attend. The Greens opposed the motion, with Larissa Waters saying they did not condone the use of physical violence, and did not support Thorpe’s actions, but it would be unfair to deny her the chance to speak about her bill. |
| Work China releases three US citizens held for years in prisoner swap Harrison Li, the son of Kai Li, said at the hearing in September that the fact that there would be a new US president in January created a sense of urgency for Americans detained in China, because of the time it would take to reopen negotiating channels in the new administration. “The next few months before President Biden leaves office are thus a critical window for getting my dad home,” Li said. |
| Work Bombshell police report details alleged Bolsonaro plot to stage rightwing coup “Bolsonaro’s destiny will be decided by the right and I think the democratic right has already abandoned Bolsonaro,” Guedes said. “This democratic right may isolate Bolsonaro – and I think this is already happening.” |
| Work Record 225 tonnes of cocaine seized on new Australia trafficking route in joint effort “It’s going to help us a lot to identify containers or cargo vessels that could be contaminated as there are millions moving around the region every day and profiling the suspicious one is really hard if you don’t have the way to process all that information,” he said. |
| Work Amazon Black Friday deals bring three months of Audible down to only $3 To that end, there’s a whole lot of original content here for fans of different literary genres. James Patterson has an Audible Original that features a stacked voice cast, with Cobie Smulders and Reid Scott headlining. There’s also unique fare like sleep meditations and the like. |
| Work T-Mobile and SpaceX's satellite-to-phone service gets FCC approval T-Mobile and Starlink sent and received the first text messages using the technology back in January. In the months that followed, the FCC had given them permission to enable satellite texting in certain locations so that people could stay connected in hurricane-hit areas. |
| Work TikTok is limiting appearance altering effects for anyone under 18 Then there's the matter of finding and banning users under 13 years old. The company claims to removes six million accounts worldwide each month of users that it suspects are underage. Now, TikTok is also "exploring" how to use machine learning to technology to detect accounts run by individuals under 13 years old to then be sent to a moderator to confirm. A TikTok spokesperson confirmed to Engadget that the company will initially test this in the UK, while the filter restrictions and guidance should roll out globally in the coming weeks and months. |
| Work The 50 Black Friday tech deals worth shopping right now from Amazon, Walmart, Target, Apple and others You typically will not find cash discounts on Apple’s website for Black Friday, though it has offered various gift card bundles during Black Friday in recent years. You may be able to find local Apple store discounts on accessories, but Apple isn’t a retailer known for slashing prices on its products. However, you can find more traditional Apple Black Friday tech deals at other retailers like Amazon, Walmart, Target and Best Buy. |