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Before that, on Friday, Elon Musk’s super PAC, America PAC, published a video to X calling Harris the “C-word” before going on to call her a “Communist.” The advertisement was deleted from America PAC’s X account Monday. Musk and America PAC did not respond to requests for comment. The video shared by America PAC and Musk is watermarked with the creator’s online handle. And in an advertisement published Friday, America PAC repeatedly emphasized that Harris is a “C-word” — alluding to a vulgar term for women — before going on to call her a “Communist.”“Kamala Harris is a ‘C-word.’ You heard that right, a big old ‘C-word,’” the America PAC video says. Kamala Harris, the ‘C-word’ America simply can’t afford.”America PAC has spent nearly $140,000 on political ads endorsing Trump’s campaign or attacking Democrats, according to the nonprofit OpenSecrets.

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☆ Google's been on an efficiency drive. Its new CFO said it can 'push a little further.'
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Google's new CFO, Anat Ashkenazi, signaled the company can do more to save money and move faster. She said leaders had done good work cutting costs, and they could "push a little further." Google is ramping up its spending on AI, and Wall Street analysts want more details. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Ashkenazi name-checked Google CEO Sundar Pichai and former CFO Ruth Porat for doing "really good work" in starting to rework Google's cost base.

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☆ Parenthood — and the choice to be childfree — is at stake this election. 3 Americans explain how it's impacting their vote.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Allie Kelly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Ahead of Election Day, Business Insider spoke with voters about how family and reproductive healthcare access will influence their decision. Along the spectrum of support for abortion access, one common thread stood out: The cost of raising a family. In terms of abortion access, Trump has bragged about his role in overturning Roe v. Wade — a decision that led to 41 states with bans. In her first time voting for president, Sark said she plans to vote third party, likely for Green Party candidate Jill Stein. "I don't think that there's really anything that we can do about abortion in this election," Sark said.

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☆ Martial arts masters rate 76 fight scenes in movies and TV
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Carter Thallon | Korey Isbell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Champion martial arts experts rate fight scenes in movies and television shows for realism. Master Wong, who has over 35 years of experience practicing and teaching Wing Chun, rates Wing Chun techniques in "The Way of the Dragon," starring Bruce Lee, and "Sherlock." Eight-time Muay Thai world champion Miriam Nakamoto dissects Muay Thai scenes from "Ong-Bak," starring Tony Jaa, and "Furious 7." Capoeira practitioner and fight choreographer Amen Santo rates nine capoeira scenes in movies and TV shows for realism in "Black Panther," "The Batman" (2022), and "Blade." Boxing legend "Sugar" Shane Mosley, three-division world champion and Boxing Hall of Famer, rates every "Rocky" and "Creed" movie for realism.

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☆ Influencers are playing a big role in the 2024 election. There’s no way to tell who’s getting paid for their endorsements
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Clare Duffy | Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Angelo was paid by a Democratic political action committee for the post, a fact that’s clearly noted in the caption. Campaigning moves to social mediaIn 2024, political content posted by social media creators has become just as important as traditional celebrity endorsements — if not more. Together, the two organizations paid 15 social media creators to produce content encouraging Latinos to vote. Election advertisements are overseen by a different agency, the Federal Elections Commission, which lacks a similar disclosure rule for individuals who are paid to make endorsements on social media. Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has since 2020 allowed paid political content from influencers, so long as the organization paying for it is registered in its ad library.

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☆ Delphi murders: For years, the case went cold. Then a volunteer found a file with an interesting piece of information
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Zoe Sottile | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Carroll County Sheriff Tony Liggett said despite the tip, Allen “got lost in the cracks,” according to CNN affiliate WLFI. Family members cried and other members of the audience were visibly shaken, according to CNN affiliate WRTV. Libby would have bled to death from her wounds within five to 10 minutes, Kohr testified, according to WRTV. While Abby’s body was discovered fully clothed – in Libby’s clothes – Libby was discovered nude, Kohr testified, according to WRTV. Allen’s defense attorneys filed a new motion on October 23, arguing for their alternate killer theory to be allowed in court, according to CNN affiliate WTHR.

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Trump’s Changing Messages on Abortion, in 660 Quotes Donald Trump has softened his rhetoric, contradicted himself and nearly dropped “pro-life” from his vocabulary. Trump’s Statements on Abortion Before and After Dobbs The way Donald Trump has talked about abortion changed after the Dobbs decision. Below, a comparison of the themes Mr. Trump mentioned most in his public statements, based on a Times analysis. Abortion is an important issue Times Trump said abortion is an important issue, by quarterAfter he was elected, Mr. Trump kept many of his promises to the anti-abortion movement. For much of this campaign, Mr. Trump declined to say whether he would veto a federal abortion ban.

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☆ I have 5 kids and can't pay for their college. I decided not to do a 529 plan, and here's how we are helping them out instead.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Kate Wehr | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Instead of going with 529 plans, we went with UTMA custodial accounts instead; here's why. Here's why we decided UTMA accounts were best for our family situation. UTMA accounts are flexibleWhile 529 plans must be used for education-related expenses, the options for UTMAs are much broader. Like 529 plans, UTMA account contributions are post-tax, meaning that income taxes have already been paid on the money being deposited. AdvertisementWe realize 529 plans would give us more direct control over our children's spending, but sooner or later, they're going to have to grow up.

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☆ Volkswagen targets layoffs and 10% pay cuts amid plans for German plant closures, union says
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Sophie Kiderlin | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Volkswagen is considering widespread pay cuts and layoffs as well as the closure or size reduction of its plants in Germany, the company's works council said Monday. The Volkswagen management recently presented plans to the council that include a 10% reduction in pay across the board, as well as wage freezes in 2025 and 2026, according to Daniela Cavallo, head of the works council. All factored in, the body estimates workers will suffer pay cuts of around 18% over the period. Volkswagen also intends to shut three factories and downsize all other plants in Germany, Cavallo said. She warned that sweeping job cuts were part of carmaker's plans, noting that tens of thousands of jobs were at risk.

Persons: Daniela Cavallo, Cavallo Organizations: Volkswagen, VW Locations: Germany

☆ Analysts give this Chinese tech stock 40% upside — but one CIO warns it could be a 'one trick pony'
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Amala Balakrishner | In Amala-Balakrishner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Chinese tech company Baidu garnered interest among investors following a 28% year-to-date drop in its share price — but one market watcher is unimpressed. For comparison, the Nasdaq Composite is up around 25.4% year-to-date, while the benchmark S & P 500 index is around 22.5% higher. According to FactSet data, of the 46 analysts covering the stock, 35 give it a "buy" or "overweight" rating, at an average price target is $125.41. BIDU YTD mountain Year-to-date shares in Baidu Among the reasons for Hsu's skepticism, is that Baidu as an internet search engine "is a one trick pony." "Baidu was riding high for a short while but ... the AI story may have sunset on Baidu and it will go back to being a one trick pony."

Persons: that's, Jason Hsu, CNBC's, Ernie Bot, Hong, Hsu —, —, Hsu, Baidu Organizations: Baidu, Rayliant Global Advisors, Nasdaq, China Equity ETF Locations: China

☆ Trump headlines Madison Square Garden rally after vulgar, racist remarks from allies
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Madison Square Garden, in New York, U.S., October 27, 2024. Andrew Kelly | ReutersRepublican presidential candidate Donald Trump headlined a rally at New York's Madison Square Garden on Sunday that began with a series of vulgar and racist remarks by allies of the former president. Danielle Alvarez, a senior adviser to the Trump campaign, told Reuters that the joke about Puerto Rico "does not reflect the views of President Trump or the campaign." Harris's campaign in an email said the Madison Square Garden rally was "mirroring the same dangerously divisive and demeaning message" as Trump. Trump's 2016 presidential opponent, Democrat Hillary Clinton, has accused him of "re-enacting" a pro-Nazi rally that was held at Madison Square Garden in 1939 on the eve of World War Two.

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☆ People paid $50,000 to reserve Tesla's new Roadster nearly 7 years ago. Its launch date remains a mystery.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Elon Musk recently said Tesla's Roadster takes a back seat to more pressing projects. Nearly seven years after first unveiling the new Roadster, its release date remains a mystery. During Tesla's third-quarter earnings call, Elon Musk thanked the "long-suffering deposit holders," many of whom paid $50,000 in 2017 to reserve the much-delayed electric sports car. Related storiesMusk first announced the new Tesla Roadster in November 2017 and said it would be "the fastest production car ever made, period." The interior design of the Tesla Roadster was shown off in November 2017.

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Caleb Berry, masked, at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. It was wrong.”Mehta sentenced Berry to three years probation, the sentence requested by federal prosecutors due to his extensive cooperation. He’s also promised to pardon an undefined number of Jan. 6 rioters, even as new arrests continue to roll in. "Jeremy Michael Miller, the FBI said, fought with police officers on the west side of the Capitol on Jan. 6. Screenshot of body worn camera footage showing Reynold Voisine (yellow square) throwing a rod at police officers.

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The Rogan interview is a continuation of Trump turning to nontraditional media outlets, including podcasts, in the weeks leading up to Election Day. Rogan also invited Vice President Kamala Harris to do an interview, but her campaign has declined. Later in the interview, Rogan seemed to foreshadow the fact that Trump’s Lee comment could get him criticized. Vice President Kamala Harris had also been in talks to do an interview with Rogan but it didn’t pan out. As the third hour of the interview approached, Trump said he realized he needed to get to a scheduled rally in Michigan, which he was late for because of the length of the Rogan interview.

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☆ What Trump's own words tell us about what a White House win could mean for Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-26 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Trump's comments on the war in Ukraine have raised questions about how he'd handle it if he won reelection. Here are the possible scenarios in the war should Trump win the White House again. AdvertisementFormer President Donald Trump talks a lot about Russia's war in Ukraine, often making bold assertions about what he would do if he again won the White House. Mick Ryan, a retired major general and a prominent Ukraine war watcher, said many options are on the table. She also said that "if Donald Trump were president, Putin would be sitting in Kyiv right now."

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☆ A mega-earthquake could strike the Pacific Northwest any day — and we're not prepared
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-26 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

People along the coast now have 10 to 30 minutes to reach high ground before a giant wave engulfs the Pacific Northwest. The scene above is a worst-case scenario of a megaquake striking the Pacific Northwest. "It's ominously quiet," Harold Tobin, Washington's state seismologist and the director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, told BI. The Pacific Northwest, by contrast, only found out about the danger posed by the Cascadia subduction zone in the 1980s. The Cascadia subduction zone pushed those mountains up about 10 million years ago, carving the mountain range that makes the Pacific Northwest so stunning.

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☆ SpaceX Polaris Dawn crew reveals impacts of history-making mission
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

His crewmate Anna Menon, a SpaceX engineer who was the Polaris Dawn mission’s medical officer, said she was struck by space adaptation syndrome. The Polaris Dawn crew poses in space, from left: Sarah Gillis, Jared Isaacman, Scott Poteet and Anna Menon. Sarah Gillis wears a special contact lens in this photo taken prior to the Polaris Dawn flight on April 29. In all, the Polaris Dawn team carried out 36 experiments on behalf of 31 partner institutions, including universities and NASA. Courtesy TIME StudiosAnother experiment that the Polaris Dawn crew underwent to understand in-space ailments involved a series of MRI scans just before liftoff and immediately after returning to Earth.

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☆ Breakfast with Ohtani: In Japan, watching this World Series may be the national pastime
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Rustin Dodd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +14 min

At World Series Media Day on Thursday, no one was a bigger draw than Ohtani. Ninomiya, 59, grew up in the city of Oita, obsessing over books about Japanese baseball history. The comings and goings of Mamiko Tanaka and Ohtani are regular fodder for Japanese morning shows. In Japan, Ohtani is the face of countless advertising campaigns. Ohtani’s presence — along with starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto — could help the Japanese World Series audience approach those heights.

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☆ House Freedom Caucus chair suggests North Carolina Legislature could assign electors before votes are tallied
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Curt Devine | Lauren Fox | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

“With North Carolina, I mean, it’s legitimate. And despite concerns that hurricane damage could suppress turnout in Western North Carolina, state data suggests that voters have not been widely disenfranchised. And on Wednesday, the day before Raiklin’s presentation, USPS put out a statement stating that all North Carolina processing facilities and most retail locations are open. North Carolina Rep. Patrick McHenry told reporters Friday, “It makes no sense whatsoever to prejudge the election outcome and that is a misinformed view of what is happening on the ground in North Carolina. Bless his heart.”And National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Richard Hudson, who is also from North Carolina said candidates should focus on turning out the vote.

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☆ Obama again feels the ‘fierce urgency of now’ as Trump eyes return to power
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Stephen Collinson | Jeff Zeleny | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Drew Angerer/AFP/Getty ImagesObama is fired up and ready to goObama is feeling “the fierce urgency of now” again. “We do not need to see what an older, loonier Donald Trump looks like with no guardrails,” Obama said this week in Detroit. No president, no vice president, no senator, no governor is going to solve every problem,” Obama said in Madison, Wisconsin, this week. I think it should happen.”Yet for all his political skills, Obama has sometimes been unable to transfer his idiosyncratic appeal to other leaders. Former first lady Michelle Obama – who has become a female icon – will campaign with Harris on Saturday in Michigan.

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☆ Hillary Clinton says Trump is ‘more unhinged, more unstable’ than in 2016
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Piper Hudspeth Blackburn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that former President Donald Trump is now “more unhinged, more unstable” and more dangerous than when she faced him in the 2016 presidential election. “I think that she’s running her campaign based on a lot of the lessons that we have learned over the last eight years. First and foremost, how incredibly dangerous Donald Trump is. That wasn’t maybe as clear as it should have been back in 2016. “Well, first of all, I don’t think she has Jim Comey in the wings waiting to kneecap her.

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☆ 33+ best gift ideas for men in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( Cory Fernandez | Cory Fernandez Is A Commerce Editor For Select On Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +22 min

Brainstorming great gift ideas for men in your life, whether it’s your husband, boyfriend, dad or brother, goes a long way in making their holiday memorable. To find the best gift ideas for men, I gathered a long list of products and even got recommendations from my fellow NBC Select editors and writer, who tests hundreds of products every year. SKIP AHEAD The best tech gifts for him | The best food and home gifts for him | The best fitness and wellness gifts for him | The best apparel and accessories gifts for him | Why trust NBC Select? The Amazon Echo Dot is a great gift idea for someone who wants to have a “smart home” but doesnt know quite where to start. The Theragun Mini Massage Gun is a great gift idea for someone who regularly works out and wants to improve their recovery time.

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☆ Trump says he’d fire Jack Smith quickly if he wins another term in office
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( Kate Sullivan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

It’s so easy,” Trump said when asked by conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt whether he would “pardon yourself” or “fire Jack Smith.”“I would fire him within two seconds,” Trump said. But Trump has suggested on multiple occasions he would weaponize the justice system against his political rivals if reelected. Trump, who frequently rails against Smith on the campaign trail, told Breitbart last July that he “wouldn’t keep” the special counsel if he were reelected. “I wouldn’t keep him,” Trump said when asked if he would fire Smith. Why would I keep him?”Trump has routinely on the campaign trail suggested he would weaponize the justice system to go after his political opponents if reelected.

Persons: Donald Trump, Jack Smith’s, he’s, “, ” Trump, Hugh Hewitt, Jack Smith, ” “, Smith, General Merrick Garland, Trump, slimmed, Trump’s, Hewitt, Breitbart, “ Jack Smith, Joe Biden, Adam Schiff, Nancy Pelosi “, Kamala Harris, ” Organizations: CNN, Trump, Trump . Trump, Department of Justice, Democratic Locations: United States, New York, ”

Musk is now worth about $269 billion, according to Forbes, putting him more than $50 billion ahead of good friend and former Tesla board member Larry Ellison, who remains the largest shareholder in Oracle . Tesla shares soared 22% at the close, their second-biggest gain since the company's IPO in 2010. Prior to the earnings announcement, Tesla shares had been slumping and were headed for their worst month since January. But the stock erased its loss for the year and is now up 5% in 2024, compared to the Nasdaq's 23% gain. Tesla reported earnings per share of 72 cents, topping the average analyst estimate of 58 cents.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, Larry Ellison, Tesla's, Tesla Organizations: Forbes, Oracle, SpaceX, Twitter Locations: Los Angeles , California, U.S, FSD

☆ Industrial AI play Dover falls on a noisy quarter. Here's why we'd buy the dip
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Dover on Thursday reported weaker-than-expected third-quarter results, pressuring shares of the industrial conglomerate with ties to AI data centers. Dover Why we own it : We own Dover as an industrial turnaround story with exposure to mega-themes, most notably the data center buildout to support artificial intelligence computing. That created headlines that implied Dover cut its full-year guidance, but in reality executives warned in advance that sales growth and earnings projections would be altered. To be sure, we are restricted from trading Dover's stock for the next 72 hours because Jim Cramer on Thursday mentioned the company on CNBC TV. Dover considers those areas its "growth platforms," and their increasing share of the portfolio carries positive implications for Dover's margins.

Persons: We're, Ingersoll Rand, Dover, Richard Tobin, Tobin, Jim Cramer, DOV, Dover's, —, Danaher, Jim Cramer's, Jim, Jason Marz Organizations: IDEX Corp, Management, CNBC, Dover, Mizuho Securities, Club Locations: Dover, Veralto, Europe

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