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☆ Daytona 500: how to watch and what to know about Monday’s race as storms loom
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-18 | by ( Travis Caldwell | Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —The Daytona 500 has been postponed until Monday for just the third time in its history due to “inclement weather,” organizers announced Sunday. Consistent rainfall washed out Saturday’s lower-division Xfinity Series race and Sunday’s forecast is far from sunny. 6) exits the garage area during Daytona 500 practice on Friday. A two-time series champion and 2015 Daytona 500 winner, Joey Logano took the pole position with an average qualifying lap speed of 181.947 mph and will be a favorite to run up front throughout the day. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., the defending race champion and often competitive at superspeedways, will start 35th in the No.

Persons: Dwayne “, ” Johnson, –, Brad Keselowski, Mike Ehrmann, Joey Logano, Michael McDowell, McDowell, Toyotas, Sean Gardner, Ryan Blaney, Chase Elliott, Denny Hamlin, Bubba Wallace, Michael Jordan, William Byron, Kyle Larson –, Kyle Busch, gunning, Jimmie Johnson, Richard Petty, Ross Chastain, Pitbull, Ricky Stenhouse, Ryan Blaney's, Jared C, Tilton Organizations: CNN, NASCAR, Netflix, Daytona, FOX, Ford, Fords, Getty, Los Angeles Coliseum, Toyota, Hamlin, Chevrolet, of Famer Locations: Florida, Martinsville, pileups

☆ Louisiana ‘Superfog’ Blamed for at Least Seven Deaths in Car Pileups
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Does AI ‘Think’? We’re Still Figuring That OutGenerative artificial intelligence technology is still in the early stages of development. WSJ tech columnist Christopher Mims says this is one reason the approach to developing AI models will need to change. Zoe Thomas hosts. Using Midjourney Ai

Persons: Christopher Mims, Zoe Thomas, Ai

A dense “super fog” hovered over New Orleans on Monday, shrouding the area in an impenetrable mist that led to traffic pileups involving dozens of vehicles and leaving at least seven people dead, the authorities said. At least 158 vehicles were involved in a series of crashes, which began just before 9 a.m. on Interstate 55 northwest of New Orleans, the Louisiana State Police said, noting that fog had been a “contributing factor.” An additional 25 people were injured, some of them critically, the police said. After the accidents, which involved vehicles in both the north- and southbound lanes, some of the vehicles caught fire, according to the police. A tanker truck carrying “hazardous liquid” was being removed, the police said, adding that it was possible that “additional fatalities could be located.” The State Police urged anyone with a missing family member to contact the agency. Aerial images posted to the State Police’s Facebook page show several pileups on Interstate 55, including some cars and trucks that appeared to be charred.

Organizations: Louisiana State Police, State Police, State, Facebook Locations: New Orleans

At Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC), a set of tire chains and a taxidermy rat landed in lost-and-found. The aptly named Lost and Found Software serves many U.S. and international airports as well as public transportation systems. Despite their differences, each provider promises to help customer service workers not only connect more lost items with their owners but to speed up returns as well. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), Southwest Airlines, JetBlue, Delta Air Lines and others use NetTracer, which has been operating since 2004. Boomerang recently landed two airport customers: Savannah/Hilton Head (SAV) and New York’s Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR).

☆ Four troubling global trade trends flashing consumer weakness for a market already fearing recession
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Lori Ann Larocco | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The flow of trade is a real-time and forward-looking indicator of consumer spending and the economy because it shows supply, demand, and consumption. 1: Warehouse inventory and ratesWarehouse inventory is a good indicator of the health of the consumer because it gauges how much product is sitting in storage. The more product sitting in storage, the more it takes up valuable space and increases the price of storage. "Based on the inventory, we see more consumers purchased online rather than in-store," said Jordan Brunk, chief marketing officer of WarehouseQuote.com. "We had more e-commerce inventory from the warehouse than inventory heading to the brick-and-mortar stores."

☆ Fashion brands can't keep up with the latest trends because of supply-chain chaos — and it's one more reason everything's on sale
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Emma Cosgrove | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Victoria's Secret execs said supply-chain woes meant it couldn't chase trends, adding to the pileup. Brands like Nike, Kohl's, and Ralph Lauren were laser-focused on shaving days and even weeks out of their lead times to be more responsive to consumer preferences. In 2017, Nike was trying to get 60-day lead times down to 10 days. Brands can't chase trends successfully if they lack any semblance of certainty on when goods will arrive — the pandemic certainly stripped that away. Victoria's Secret's chief financial officer, Tim Johnson, said on a Thursday earnings call that the company should regain the supply-chain confidence to chase trends next year.

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