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☆ CNN debate stage set with Trump and Biden going head-to-head
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Cnn Staff | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are set for a historic showdown, with the stage now set for CNN’s June 27 presidential debate. The showdown will make history as the first debate between a sitting president and a former president. ET on Thursday, with Biden and Trump meeting the constitutional, ballot qualification and polling thresholds set by the network. Biden and Trump were the only candidates to meet those requirements. Debate rulesThe debate will include two commercial breaks, according to the network, and campaign staff may not interact with their candidate during that time.

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☆ Two beluga whales evacuated from Ukraine arrive in Spain
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Two beluga whales have been rescued from the besieged city of Kharkiv in Ukraine and taken to an aquarium in Valencia, Spain, in a complex operation. A multinational team involving marine mammal care experts from Oceanogràfic de Valencia, the largest oceanarium in Europe; Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta; and SeaWorld were involved in the high-risk journey. The pair of belugas – a 15-year-old male named Plombir and a 14-year-old female called Miranda – arrived in “delicate health” Tuesday evening after a “grueling journey,” according to Georgia Aquarium. “The city is facing increasing threat from artillery fire, which has intensified in recent weeks, with bombs dropping within a few hundred meters of the aquarium,” Georgia Aquarium said in a press release. The journey began Monday when the team first removed the whales from Ukraine’s NEMO Dolphinarium and drove them 12 hours from Kharkiv to Odesa.

Persons: Oceanogràfic de, Miranda –, Ukraine’s NEMO Dolphinarium, “, ”, Keith Yip Organizations: CNN, Oceanogràfic, Georgia Aquarium, SeaWorld Locations: Kharkiv, Ukraine, Valencia, Spain, Oceanogràfic de Valencia, Europe, Georgia, Atlanta, Ukraine’s, Russia, Russian, Odesa, Moldova, Moldovan, Chisinau

☆ Trump gets the final word at CNN debate after coin flip
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Eric Bradner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Former President Donald Trump will get the final word when he debates President Joe Biden on CNN next week, after a coin flip to determine podium placement and the order of closing statements. Trump’s campaign then chose for the former president to deliver the last closing statement, which means Biden will go first at the conclusion of the debate. Biden and Trump are set to make history on June 27 in the first presidential debate between an incumbent and a former president. For Trump, delivering the final closing statement in CNN’s debate is a notable difference from his New York criminal trial and conviction last month. The debate qualification window closed just after midnight Thursday, with only Biden and Trump meeting the constitutional, polling and ballot qualification requirements CNN laid out in May.

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“The president has gotten increasingly punchier in recent remarks about Trump and plans to carry that theme through to the debate,” one Biden campaign official said. (CNN debate rules stipulate that each candidate will have a pen, writing pad and a bottle of water at the podium.) Biden’s former chief of staff, Ron Klain, is taking the lead to help the president get ready to debate Trump, a Biden campaign official told CNN. In the last cycle, Biden aides were particularly sensitive to Trump attacking members of Biden’s family on the debate stage. But that doesn’t mean Trump shouldn’t, or isn’t preparing,” said a person close to Trump, who requested anonymity to speak candidly.

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☆ I drove a Tesla for the first time. It's perfectly fine — but still left me underwhelmed.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Chris Johnston | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewRegular readers of Business Insider know that we write rather frequently about Elon Musk and Tesla, his electric car maker. That's because he's a fascinating character, Tesla is a fascinating company — and we know you like reading about both. I downloaded the Tesla app on my iPhone and the owner added me to his account, meaning no physical key was needed. The trunk of the Tesla Model 3 could fit quite a lot of luggage. If I had to sum it up in a sentence, it'd be this: the Tesla was just a bit boring.

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☆ Trump Tries to Set Expectations, and Floats Excuses, for His Debate With Biden
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Shawn Mccreesh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

He repeatedly mused about the potential scenarios, lowering expectations that he would dominate Mr. Biden and then, as if he couldn’t help himself, raising them again. Mr. Trump, 78, has spent months casting the 81-year-old Mr. Biden as a husk of a man who can barely walk or formulate complete sentences. Republicans have pumped out a stream of videos of Mr. Biden walking stiffly — some deceptively edited — that are meant to be proof of Mr. Biden’s decline. “Biden can’t stand up!” one woman yelled during Mr. Trump’s speech. She stood near another woman who wore a T-shirt with a picture of Mr. Biden that read, “Impeach me.

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☆ Copa America 2024 squad guides: Everything you need to know about the teams
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( The Athletic Staff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

There are just a few days to go until the 2024 Copa America gets up and running. A total of 32 matches will be played across 14 cities in the United States, with 16 nations in action. So how are the teams that will duke it out at the 2024 Copa America — CONMEBOL’s 10 members in South America as well as six nations from CONCACAF — shaping up? This is your hub for all of The Athletic’s Copa America 2024 squad guides. GO DEEPER Copa America 2024 squads: All 26-man selections from the 16 competing nationsFollow live coverage of Argentina vs Canada in the opening match of the 2024 Copa America todayHow to follow Euro 2024 and Copa America on The Athletic…Group AArgentinaPeruChileCanadaGroup BMexicoEcuadorVenezuelaJamaicaGroup CUSMNTUruguayPanamaBoliviaGroup DBrazilColombiaParaguayCosta Rica(Top photo: Omar Vega/Getty Images)

Persons: Omar Vega Organizations: Copa America, Copa, Argentina, Mercedes, Benz, —, CONCACAF, America, Canada, The Athletic, Argentina Peru Chile Canada Group B, Argentina Peru Chile Canada Group B Mexico Ecuador Venezuela Jamaica, C, Uruguay Panama Bolivia Group D Locations: United States, Canada, Atlanta, Miami Gardens , Florida, South America, Argentina, America, Argentina Peru, Argentina Peru Chile Canada Group B Mexico Ecuador Venezuela, Uruguay, Colombia Paraguay Costa Rica

☆ I wear bold outfits and my natural Afro to the office. People who say Gen Z can't dress for the workplace are wrong — we just do things differently.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Elle Hardy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I've heard people say Gen Z doesn't know how to dress for the workplace. Gen Z fashion is fun and quirky, and we're into self-expression. 40% of Gen Z and millennial consumers say that environmental impact is an extremely or very important factor when purchasing. People in my industry tend to have colorful or eclectic ways of dress, and I don't have a problem with that. AdvertisementIf older generations want to dress in more traditional business attire, it's none of my business.

Persons: —, Maya Penn, I've, Penn, It's, We're, Zers, I'm, Z, Gilberto Tadday, there's, haven't, we're Organizations: Service, Business, Fortune, Penn Locations: Atlanta, TEDWomen, Etsy, California

☆ Jon Stewart says the POTUS race is boiling down to Biden and Trump accusing the other of 'having soup where there should be brain'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Jon Stewart came out swinging on Monday about how he thinks the POTUS race has devolved. Stewart said it's now "boiled down to each candidate accusing the other of having soup where there should be brain." download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . In his Monday monologue on "The Daily Show," Stewart kicked off his segment by giving a "quick state of play." "I guess the election has basically boiled down to each candidate accusing the other of having soup where there should be brain," Stewart quipped.

Persons: Jon Stewart, Stewart, it's, Biden, Trump, —, Jon Stewart isn't Organizations: CNN's Atlanta, Service, Business

☆ Willie Mays: One of baseball’s most electrifying and complete players has died at 93
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Wayne Sterling | Kevin Dotson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

AP From left: Monte Irvin, Willie Mays, and Hank Thompson hold bats on their shoulders in Yankee Stadium in 1951. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Mays, then a physical training instructor at Fort Eustis, Virginia, leads soldiers through a calisthenics session on February 19, 1953. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Mays plays stick ball with kids in New York's Harlem neighborhood in 1954. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Mays makes a leaping, one-handed catch off the Los Angeles Dodgers' Duke Snider on August 15, 1954. JR/AP Mays, then of the San Francisco Giants, plays catch with 14-month-old Herbert Henderson, at the home of Henderson's parents, in San Francisco, California on November 14, 1957.

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☆ One private equity firm controls more than a dozen of the biggest restaurant chains
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementThere's a good chance that just one private equity firm owns one of your favorite restaurant chains. Over the last quarter-century, Roark Capital Group has bought up nearly 20 restaurant brands in the US. Its latest acquisition happened last year when it acquired Subway, which operates the most stores out of any restaurant chain in the US. AdvertisementThe private equity firm also has investments in The Cheesecake Factory, which is publicly traded, as well as midwestern burger chain Culver's. AdvertisementWhile Roark owns a lot of restaurant brands, it's hardly the only private equity player in the industry.

Persons: —, Carl's Jr, Dunkin, Tyler Le, Roark, Jimmy John's, Auntie Anne's, Howard Roark, Ayn, TriArtisan Organizations: Buffalo Wild Wings, Roark Capital Group, Service, Business, Roark Capital, Hooters, TriArtisan Capital, Bay Capital Locations: Subway, Arby's, Carl's, Atlanta, Ayn Rand's, Nestle, Mars

☆ Biden campaign slams Trump as ‘convicted criminal’ in first ad seizing on former president’s legal woes
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Arlette Saenz | Sam Fossum | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

“In the courtroom we see Donald Trump for who he is. “And a president who is fighting for your family.”For months, Biden and his team refrained from using Trump’s legal woes in their arguments against him. The campaign has leaned into using the verdict as further evidence the former president is unfit for office and has branded him a “convicted felon” in statements. “For the first time in American history, a former president is convicted – a convicted felon. The ad push comes 10 days before Biden and Trump will appear on the debate stage at a CNN studio in Atlanta for the first in-person showdown of the 2024 campaign.

Persons: CNN —, Biden, ”, “, Donald Trump’s, Joe Biden’s, Trump, Donald Trump, He’s, –, ” Biden, Barack Obama, “ Trump, Michael Tyler Organizations: CNN, Biden Locations: Manhattan, New York, Connecticut, Los Angeles, Atlanta

☆ Biden vs. Trump: The 2024 presidential race turns to candidates’ bids for Black voters and the Supreme Court
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Bitter tensions are escalating between Joe Biden and Donald Trump over race and the future of the Supreme Court as they gear up for the most critical presidential debate clash in years. This is why Trump spent Saturday in Michigan, seeking to take advantage of signs of waning enthusiasm for Biden among Black voters. According to CNN exit polls in 2020, Trump won about 1 in 10 Black voters. But a recent New York Times/Siena College poll found the ex-president winning more than 20% of Black voters in battleground states. But the Biden campaign seemed keen to show the president in an informal setting with Obama and stars including Julia Roberts and George Clooney.

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☆ Man Plotted Mass Shooting in Atlanta to Incite ‘Race War,’ Officials Say
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-16 | by ( Orlando Mayorquín | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

An Arizona man who planned to commit a mass shooting at an Atlanta rap concert as a way of inciting a “race war” has been indicted by a federal grand jury on hate crime and firearm charges. The man, Mark Adams Prieto, hatched a plan in several discussions with two people working with the F.B.I. who posed as racist extremists to carry out a mass shooting targeting Black people and other people of color at a concert in Atlanta on May 14 and May 15, the Justice Department said on Tuesday. Mr. Prieto intended for the shooting to incite a “race war” before the presidential election, prosecutors said in a news release. Mr. Prieto, 58, was reported to the authorities last year by an acquaintance who said he had made concerning comments calling for mass shootings targeting Black people and others, according to officials.

Persons: ”, Mark Adams Prieto, Mr, Prieto Organizations: Justice Locations: Arizona, Atlanta

☆ The first debate between Biden and Trump won't feature opening statements in what will be a stricter forum compared to 2020
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-16 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewIn 2020, the first presidential debate between then-President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden devolved into a political grudge match, filled with insults. Trump largely disregarded the intended format of the debate by constantly interrupting Biden. But the 2024 election debates between Biden and Trump are poised to be much more structured and less chaotic. And microphones will be muted for both Biden and Trump when the opposing candidate is speaking. The debate will also be held just a few weeks before Trump, 78, is due for his sentencing in Manhattan.

Persons: —, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Trump, Biden, Chris Wallace, Jake Tapper, Dana Bash, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Stormy Daniels Organizations: Service, Fox News, Business, Biden, CNN, Trump, New York Times, The Times Locations: Atlanta, Arizona , Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Israel, Manhattan

☆ Election Updates: Biden goes to Hollywood, Trump surrogates go to the Sunday shows.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-16 | by ( Maggie Astor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

“He was the one with the super predators,” Mr. Trump said of Mr. Biden. A New York Times/Siena College poll of battleground states in May showed 23 percent of Black voters supporting Mr. Trump, a record level. In Detroit, Mr. Trump highlighted the funding bill that he signed for Black higher education institutions, which Congress passed. At the church, Mr. Trump stuck to the themes that have animated his outreach to Black voters. He again tried to seize on pessimism over the economy by blaming Mr. Biden for inflation and high rents.

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☆ This one private equity firm owns over a dozen of your favorite restaurants
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementThere's a good chance that just one private equity firm owns one of your favorite restaurant chains. Its latest acquisition happened last year when it acquired Subway, which operates the most stores out of any restaurant chain in the US. But Roark's holdings include other restaurants that you've probably visited before:Roark Capital owns almost 20 restaurant brands, from Carl's Jr. to Dunkin'. AdvertisementThe private equity firm also has investments in The Cheesecake Factory, which is publicly traded, as well as midwestern burger chain Culver's. AdvertisementWhile Roark owns a lot of restaurant brands, it's hardly the only private equity player in the industry.

☆ Biden and Trump campaigns agreed to mic muting, podiums among rules for upcoming CNN debate
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Cnn Staff | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —With less than two weeks until the first presidential debate of the 2024 election cycle, CNN has released additional details on the parameters agreed upon by the Trump and Biden campaigns. Both candidates agreed to appear at a uniform podium, and their podium positions will be determined by a coin flip. In order to meet CNN’s qualifications for the debate, candidates must satisfy the requirements outlined in Article II, Section 1 of the US Constitution to serve as president. Both Biden and Trump meet those requirements, as do Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Cornel West and Jill Stein, who are running on non-major-party tickets. Though not impossible in Kennedy’s case, it is less likely that candidates other than Biden and Trump will meet those requirements.

Persons: CNN’s Jake Tapper, Dana Bash, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Cornel West, Jill Stein, Trump, Kennedy Organizations: CNN, Trump, Biden, Federal, Commission, ABC News, CBS News, Fox News, Marquette University Law School, Monmouth University, NBC News, The New York Times, Siena College, NPR, PBS, Marist College, Quinnipiac University, The, Street, The Washington Post, Electoral Locations: Atlanta

☆ Trump, Biden and CNN Prepare for a Hostile Debate (With Muted Mics)
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Shane Goldmacher | Reid J. Epstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump will each have two minutes to answer questions — followed by one-minute rebuttals and responses to the rebuttals. Red lights visible to the candidates will flash when they have five seconds left, and turn solid red when time has expired. The two men are readying themselves for the debate in ways almost as different as their approaches to the presidency itself. The Biden operation is blocking off much of the final week before the debate, after he returns from Europe and a California fund-raising swing, for structured preparations. Mr. Trump has long preferred looser conversations, batting around themes, ideas and one-liners more informally among advisers.

Persons: Biden, Donald J, Trump, — Organizations: CNN, The New York Times, Republican National Committee Locations: Atlanta, Europe, California

☆ There may not be many of them. But these Southern lesbian bars are still finding ways to thrive
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Leah Asmelash | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

While not an official tally, the Lesbian Bar Project aims to amplify and keep track of these spaces, which can register with the project. In the South, The Lipstick Lounge, Tennessee’s only bar registered with the Lesbian Bar Project, is in Nashville’s hip East End neighborhood. By the end of Burton’s trip, she found that the narrative of “dying lesbian bars” was maybe not totally accurate. “Sometimes it’s a physical shift from a lesbian bar to a bar that sometimes holds … queer or lesbian nights,” Burton said. Though the two are married, they don't classify their bar as a lesbian bar.

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☆ I'm a veteran who voted for Trump twice and then supported Nikki Haley. I'm seriously considering Biden over the 'autocrat.'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Roger, who is affiliated with the Haley Voters Working Group. The group is comprised of former primary supporters of UN Ambassador Nikki Haley who are supporting President Joe Biden in the general election or considering supporting the president. I'm an old-school Reagan fan, and Nikki Haley is a genuine Republican. Voters know that President Trump is the only person who will beat Joe Biden and take back the White House. President Trump will put America First instead of getting into more wars and more conflict like Biden has done."

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☆ Caitlin Clark: WNBA star says people weaponizing her name is ‘disappointing’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —As she adjusts to life in the WNBA, rookie phenom Caitlin Clark is also having to navigate becoming a lightning rod for societal discourse. “It’s disappointing,” replied Clark ahead of the Indiana Fever’s home game against the Atlanta Dream. Her rivalry with fellow star Angel Reese, for example, has triggered discourse about race in the US. Clark has had a mixed start to her WNBA career so far, showing flashes of her brilliance but struggling initially with the physicality of the professional game. “Nobody’s apathetic about the WNBA because we’ve brought in so many new fans into what we call the fan funnel this year.”

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☆ I'm an only child who was raised by my grandmother. My childhood was lonely, but I'm still choosing to be child-free.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Marissa Higgins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I´m in my 30s, but I joke that I´ve been a grandma since birth. I'm an only child, and my grandmother raised me while my parents were out of the picture. My grandmother's house was on a peninsula, a seven-mile stretch of the Atlantic on the south shore of Massachusetts. I'd never been able to see my grandmother from the water and dreaded seeing her become a blurry speck on shore. I also don't trust myself to teach someone about the world when I´ve barely figured it out myself.

Persons: I'm, aren't, ´, couldn't, I'd, —, I've, Lasik, It's, wouldn't Organizations: Service, Pride Locations: Massachusetts, New York, Boston, Atlanta, Seattle, Caribbean, Iceland, Montreal, France

☆ Dancing by Taylor Swift fans in Edinburgh registers as seismic activity
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

John Shearer/TAS23/Getty Images Swift performs in Glendale, Arizona, during the opening weekend of "The Eras Tour" in March 2023. John Shearer/TAS23/Getty Images Fans wait in line to buy tour merchandise outside Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, in April 2023. Hector Vivas/TAS23/Getty Images Swift performs "Midnight Rain" in Edinburgh, Scotland, in June 2024. John Shearer/TAS23/Getty Images Swift sings "I Can Do It With a Broken Heart" in Paris in May 2024. John Shearer/TAS23/Getty Images In pictures: Taylor Swift's 'Eras Tour' Prev NextMonitoring stations around the city registered the activity during all three performances.

Persons: London CNN — Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift, Kevin Mazur, Swift, Natasha, Ethan Miller, John Shearer, Kevin Winter, Benjamin B, Braun, Jutharat, Phoebe Bridgers, Bridgers, Raymond James, Zack Wittman, Hector Vivas, Gareth Cattermole, Don Arnold, TAS24, Rachel Wisniewski, Terence Rushin, Haim, Jeff Kravitz, Erin Clark, Sarah Yenesel, Sabrina Carpenter, William West, Christopher Polk, Bob Levey, TAS23, Allen J, Taylor, ‘, ”, Harry Styles, Callum Harrison, we’ve Organizations: London CNN, British Geological Survey, Murrayfield, Swift City, Pittsburgh, MetLife Stadium, New York Times, Department, Lincoln Financial, Washington Post, Ticketmaster, Boston Globe, Getty, Penske Media, Los Angeles Times, Scottish Rugby Locations: Edinburgh, Scottish, East Rutherford , New Jersey, Chicago, Las Vegas, Nashville , Tennessee, Glendale , Arizona, Glendale, Swift, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, East Rutherford, Paris, Nashville, Tampa , Florida, Mexico City, Scotland, Sydney, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Santa Clara , California, Foxborough , Massachusetts, Kansas City , Missouri, Coney, Melbourne, AFP, Lyon, France, Houston, Inglewood , California, Cincinnati, ”

☆ CNBC Daily Open: Apple shares pop, Musk drops OpenAI lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Abid Ali | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Musk drops OpenAI suit Elon Musk dropped his lawsuit against OpenAI, CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman, which alleged breach of contract and fiduciary duty. Apple pops Apple 's shares rose to a record high a day after it announced its push into artificial intelligence. Get the CNBC Daily Open report in your inbox every morning and keep up to date with the markets wherever you are. For more, CNBC's Jeff Cox explains there could be a huge impact from the consumer price index and the Fed meeting.

Persons: Paul Jacobson, Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Siri, OpenAI, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, David Malpass, Dennis Lockhart, Jeff Cox, — CNBC's Lim Hui Jie, Lisa Kailai Han, Alex Harring, Spencer Kimball, Hayden Field, Samantha Subin, Ashley Capoot, Michael Wayland Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, CNBC, General Motors, GM, OpenAI, Microsoft, Apple, Apple Intelligence, Federal Reserve, Brent, Bank, Biden, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Atlanta Fed Locations: New York City, U.S, San Francisco

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