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☆ From Oprah livestream to house parties, Black women marshal unprecedented outreach for Kamala Harris
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Fredreka Schouten | Rene Marsh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

“There is a real clear understanding that this election is a monumental election,” Win With Black Women founder Jotaka Eaddy told CNN. Juliana Yamada/APGroups led by Black women also are launching new political ventures to aid Harris. And she was among the Black women who publicly urged Biden to remain in the race, following his poor June 27 debate performance. Black female organizers in the state also are extending their reach far beyond other Black women. “At the end of the day, what you’re not going to do is blame Black women for not doing their job,” she said.

Persons: DeJuana Thompson, Kamala Harris, “, ”, Thompson, Harris, Oprah Winfrey, Joe Biden, Jotaka Eaddy, Juliana Yamada, Black, Jack, Jill of America, Daria Dawson, “ There’s, ” Hillary Holley, Stacey Abrams, Georgia’s, Holley, –, ” Holley, We’ve, Andrew Harnik, Biden, Obama, Melanie Campbell, Campbell, ” Campbell, Steve Phillips, Harris ’, Win, Kamala, Winfrey, Anna Moneymaker, Donald Trump, Doug Jones, Barack Obama, Janice Robinson, Robinson, Nervahna, Hillary Clinton, Mary Starkey, Clinton, you’re, we’re Organizations: CNN, Democratic, America, YouTube, Win, Women, ”, Black Women, Alpha Kappa Alpha, AP, Howard University, sorority, Delta Sigma Theta, National Council of Negro Women, National Domestic Workers Alliance, Democratic National Convention, Biden, White, Black College and Universities, Red Wine, North Locations: Chicago, Birmingham , Alabama, Pleasanton , California, American, Georgia, Atlanta, Arizona , Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, Charlotte , North Carolina, Carolina, Alabama, Black, Charlotte, Delaware

The tragedy is sadly far from unique; extreme heat is turning ordinary activities deadly. Heat is the deadliest type of extreme weather, and the human-caused climate crisis is making heat waves more severe and prolonged. What heat does to your heartVideo Ad Feedback A rise in heat and humidity pushes the heart rate up. In extreme heat, your heart must work much harder to keep your body’s internal temperature stable. Blood flow to your brain decreases in extreme heat as breathing speeds up and blood vessels constrict inside your neck and skull.

Persons: Philip Kreycik, Kreycik, Santiago Mejia, Taylor, We’ve, ”, Matthew Huber, Damian Bailey, Bailey, “, ” Bailey, Laura Paddison, Catharina Giudice, Harvard T.H, it’s, Pope Moseley, ” Moseley, Moseley, they’ve, Giudice, Purdue University’s Huber, ” Huber, Richer, Jane Baldwin, Bharat Venkat, Venkat, Jen Christensen, Mary Gilbert, Angela Dewan, Angela Fritz , Mark Oliver, Henry Zerkis, Angelica Pursley , Yukari Schrickel, Elisa Solinas, Lou Robinson Organizations: CNN, Police, San Francisco Chronicle, Purdue University, Olympic Games, University of South, Harvard, of Public Health, Arizona State University, Purdue, University of California, World Health Organization, UCLA, Mary Gilbert Story Locations: Pleasanton, California, Mecca, Paris, University of South Wales, Chan, West Africa, South Asia, University of California Irvine

☆ Prenatal marijuana use linked to serious risks for mother during pregnancy, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —More and more people are using marijuana before or during pregnancy to ease nausea, pain, stress and help with sleep. What about the potential danger to the mother if she uses cannabis before or during early pregnancy? People who used marijuana in early pregnancy also had a “19% greater risk of placental abruption,” Young-Wolff said. Using at least once a month or more was linked to a greater risk of placental abruption, the study found. “More studies are needed to understand whether and how cannabis use in pregnancy may impact risk for gestational diabetes,” Moore said.

Persons: CNN —, ”, Kelly Young, Wolff, ” Young, Brianna Moore, Moore, ” Moore, Dr, Deborah Ansley, “, Young Organizations: CNN, Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, Colorado School of Public Health, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Kaiser, Kaiser Permanente Locations: Pleasanton , California, Aurora , Colorado, Northern California, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, California, United States

☆ Workday cuts full-year subscription revenue forecast
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Human resources software provider Workday cut its annual subscription revenue forecast on Thursday, citing concerns about lower customer headcount growth as a hiring slowdown and IT budget cuts soften demand for its payroll services. The company sees subscription revenue for fiscal year 2025 in the range of $7.70 billion to $7.73 billion, down from its prior forecast of $7.73 billion to $7.78 billion. "Our updated subscription revenue guidance reflects the elevated sales scrutiny and lower customer headcount growth we experienced during the quarter," said Workday CFO Zane Rowe. For the second quarter, Workday expects subscription revenue of about $1.90 billion, nearly in line with analyst estimates, according to LSEG data. Subscription revenue rose 18.8% to $1.82 billion in the quarter.

Persons: Zane Rowe Organizations: U.S Locations: Pleasanton , California

☆ 3 catalysts we learned from earnings that should push our industrial stocks higher
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-05 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

The industrial-focused names in the Club's portfolio wrapped up a pretty solid earnings season last week, but their stocks were largely not rewarded. AI spending First, a surge in AI investments was welcomed news for Eaton, DuPont and Linde. "Everything was about as perfect as you can get this quarter," Jim Cramer said after the print. LIN YTD mountain Linde (LIN) year-to-date performance Linde posted mixed a quarterly Thursday — an earnings beat but a revenue miss. Destocking Destocking, or whittling down excess inventory, was important at Stanley Black & Decker, DuPont, and Honeywell.

Persons: toolmaker Stanley Black, Linde, DuPont, Eaton, Craig Arnold, Jim Cramer, Ed Breen, Jim, Sanjiv Lamba, Stanley Black, Decker, Wall, SWK, destocking, Vimal Kapur, Kapur, Lamba, Matthew White, Price, we're, Jim Cramer's Organizations: Honeywell, Eaton, DuPont, Linde, Electrical, workloads, Club, de Nemours, Management, LIN, The, Stanley, Supply, Technologies, CNBC, Power Locations: Eaton, U.S, Pleasanton , California

☆ Storms in California hit homeowners already facing an insurance crisis
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Anna Bahney | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Washington, DC CNN —The storms pummeling California this week hit a part of the US already being battered by a home insurance crisis. With insurers strained by climate change and inflation, many are demanding higher premiums, making it much harder to find affordable (or any) home and fire insurance. But it is not just California; homeowners in other areas prone to weather events like Florida, Louisiana, and Texas are also facing challenges. Meanwhile, in hurricane-battered Florida, Farmers Insurance deemed it too risky to continue insuring homes and pulled out of that market entirely. “This isn’t just climate change, it is climate-change-plus,” Bach said.

Persons: ”, Amy Bach, United, Michael Monaghan, Sellers, you’ve, Jennifer Branchini, Bach, Hurricane Andrew, ” Bach, mitigations Organizations: DC CNN, Allstate, Farmers Insurance, Coldwell, California Association of Realtors, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, Hurricane, FAIR, California Department of Insurance Locations: Washington, California, Florida , Louisiana, Texas, San Francisco, California’s, Golden State, Florida, Vermont, Colorado, Pleasanton, United, “ Florida, Louisiana

☆ Workday raises annual subscription revenue forecast on steady product demand
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Nov 28 (Reuters) - Workday (WDAY.O) raised its annual subscription revenue forecast and beat estimates for quarterly profit and revenue on Tuesday, benefiting from an easing macro environment and strong demand for its cloud-based software services. Shares of the Pleasanton, California-based company rose 3.2% in extended trading. The company now expects full-year subscription revenue of $6.598 billion, compared with its previous expectation of $6.570 billion to $6.590 billion. The company reported third-quarter total revenue of $1.87 billion, higher than analysts' estimates of $1.85 billion, according to LSEG data. Workday's subscription revenue rose 18.1% to $1.69 billion.

Persons: Carl Eschenbach, Zaheer Kachwala, Maju Samuel Organizations: ADP, Accenture, Thomson Locations: Pleasanton , California, Bengaluru

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: NetApp, Workday, Leslie's, Las Vegas Sands and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Workday notched adjusted earnings of $1.53 per share on $1.87 billion in revenue, while analysts surveyed by LSEG, formerly known as Refinitiv, expected $1.41 in earnings per share and $1.85 billion in revenue. Leslie's is calling for an adjusted loss of 21 cents to 20 cents per share, compared to analysts' expectations for a loss of 16 cents per share, according to FactSet. Fourth-quarter adjusted earnings were also below expectations. Las Vegas Sands — The casino operator slipped 3.5% after it announced that Miriam Adelson would sell $2 billion in shares. Daily Journal — Shares of the Daily Journal are expected to be active.

Persons: NetApp, FactSet, Jabil, Miriam Adelson, Adelson, Charlie Munger, Berkshire Hathaway, — CNBC's Contessa Brewer, Darla Mercado Organizations: Wall, LSEG, Vegas Sands, Las Vegas Sands, Daily, Daily Journal, Berkshire Locations: Pleasanton , California, Vegas, Las Vegas

☆ Homeowner insurance and climate have become major factors in real estate
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Anna Bahney | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Farmers Insurance deemed it too risky to continue insuring homes in Florida and pulled out of the market there entirely. The average cost for homeowners’ insurance in the United States is about $1,820, according to an analysis by NerdWallet, but there are many variables. As climate risks continue, a standoff has developed over who should pay the cost of insuring homes against ever-growing risks. And for many of the properties that are on the market you can’t obtain insurance? “We’ll have to see some creative solutions in the near term to create that competitive marketplace for insurance,” she said.

Persons: Michael Monaghan, Sellers, “, ’ ” Monaghan, ”, Monaghan, Will, Amy Bach, United, Hurricane Andrew, ” Bach, mitigations, Bach, Jennifer Branchini, Branchini Organizations: DC CNN, Coldwell, Allstate, . Farmers Insurance, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, Hurricane, FAIR, California Department of Insurance, California Association of Realtors, State Farm, Farm, “ Locations: Washington, California, Bayside, ”, Florida, Monaghan, United States, “, San Francisco, “ Florida, Louisiana, WUI, Pleasanton

We are buying 100 shares of Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), at roughly $88.90 apiece. Following Tuesday's trade, Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust will own 500 shares of SWK, increasing its weighting to 1.58% from 1.27%. With the market falling Tuesday afternoon — the S & P 500 was down around 0.27% — we are dipping into our large cash position and putting more money to work by buying up shares of Stanley Black & Decker . The purchase comes just a day after adding to our position in this industrial-tools-and-household-hardware manufacturer at a similar price. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

Persons: Stanley Black, Decker, Jim Cramer's, Lowe, Lowe's, Stanley –, Stanley, Jim Cramer, Jim, David Paul Morris Organizations: Stanley, SWK, CNBC, Bloomberg, Getty Locations: U.S, Pleasanton , California

☆ SpaceX’s 14-year-old recruit says his mom will drive him to work until he’s old enough to get a license
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Kairan Quazi, who's only 14, has landed a job at SpaceX as a software engineer for Starlink. He'll still need his mom to drive him to work until he's old enough to get a license himself. Quazi told Insider he wants other companies to be aware of "biases" in their hiring policies. Kairan Quazi may have landed a job at SpaceX as a software engineer – but he's still going to need his mom to drive him to work. Quazi told Insider: "My mom's going to have to drop me off until I can start driving."

Persons: Kairan, Quazi, he's, Lisa Robinson, I've Organizations: SpaceX, Elon Musk's, Santa Clara University, Intel Labs, LinkedIn Locations: Pleasanton , California, Redmond , Washington, American

☆ Meet the newest employee at Elon Musk's SpaceX. He's 14.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

SpaceX has hired a young prodigy to join its Starlink division as a software engineer. The latest recruit at SpaceX is a software engineer who passed its "technically challenging" and "fun" interview process. He's planning to make the move from Pleasanton, California with his mother to start work at SpaceX in Redmond, Washington, per the report. "I felt like I was learning at the level that I was meant to learn," he told the LA Times. Starlink is SpaceX's satellite internet service and started operating in January in Nigeria – its first African market.

Persons: Santa Clara University's, he'd, BrainGain, Quazi, Starlink Organizations: SpaceX, Santa Clara University, Morning, Santa Clara, Seattle Times, Los Angeles Times, LA Times, Intel Labs, ABC7, Nigeria – Locations: California, Santa, Pleasanton , California, Redmond , Washington, Nigeria

☆ Here's what you can do now to be ready to buy a home this spring
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Anna Bahney | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Mortgage rates have been ticking down, yet remain volatile. If you are ready and able to buy a home, the day-to-day movements of rates should matter less than finding a home you can afford. Borrowers can also lower monthly payments by paying more upfront to buy down their mortgage rate. Buyers can then use that money to buy down the interest rate on their mortgage and reduce their payments. Mortgage rates are trending down, but it’s not going to be a perfect downward curve, said Melissa Cohn, regional vice president of William Raveis Mortgage.

☆ Home Depot posts better-than-expected quarter despite inflation
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Lillian Rizzo | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A customer wearing a protective mask loads lumber onto a cart at a Home Depot store in Pleasanton, California, on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Home Depot reported Tuesday its third-quarter revenue increased nearly 6% to $38.9 billion, beating analyst expectations, as the retailer continued to beckon customers despite rising costs and macroeconomic pressures. The company posted a profit of $4.3 billion, or $4.24 per diluted share, up from $4.1 billion, or $3.92 billion, from the same quarter last year. The company also expects comparable store sales to grow about 3% and an operating margin of approximately 15%. Home Depot said that while its customer transactions were down slightly more than 4%, its average ticket prices rose about 9% to $89.67.

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