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☆ CNN reveals America’s Best Towns to Visit in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Cnn Travel | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

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Persons: Dolly Parton —, Frederik Meijer, Ai Weiwei, Peter McDaniel, Michigan’s, James Beard, You’ll, Dale Chihuly, Virginia –, ” –, it’s, Marnie Hunter, Forrest Brown Organizations: CNN, Empire, CNN Travel, Lake Superior, University of Tennessee, Nashville, Sculpture, Beer, San, Lowell Observatory, Golden State, San Luis Obispo, SLO, Puget Sound, Rainier, Tacoma, of, Rhode Island School of Design, Richmond, Richmond Folk Festival Locations: Venice, Italy, Richmond, Chicago, San Francisco . Big, United States, downtowns, Lakes, Duluth, Amity, Knoxville, Tennessee, Memphis, Grand Rapids, Beer City, Grand, Macon, Flagstaff, San Francisco Peaks, California, Southern California, Golden, San Luis, Puyallup, Virginia

☆ New York trial of Donald Trump: an unusual request on trial Day 1
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Of the first group of 96 potential jurors who crammed into the courtroom, more than half were immediately excused for saying they could not be fair and impartial. A Manhattan jury also found Trump’s business, the Trump Organization, guilty of tax evasion, although Trump was not personally named in that case. And here is an excellent visual timeline of the entire hush money scandal. It was Cohen who orchestrated the hush money payments and who pleaded guilty to federal charges of violating campaign finance law, for which he served time in prison. Trump is accused by New York of falsifying business records when he paid Cohen back for the hush money scheme.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, CNN’s Kara Scannell, Jeremy Herb, Scannell, “, ” Scannell, Jeffrey Abramson, ”, ” Abramson, Jean Carroll, Abramson, Judge Juan Merchan, Kellyanne Conway, Rudy Giuliani, Stormy Daniels, Karen McDougal, CNN’s Kaanita Iyer, McDougal – She’s, Trump’s, Melania, Barron, Merchan, Carroll –, Carroll, Michael Cohen, Cohen, Maggie Haberman, Jake Tapper Organizations: CNN, America, Democracy, New, Trump, Trump Organization, National Enquirer, Trump . ►, Enquirer, – Prosecutors, New York Times Locations: Manhattan, sidebars, New York, Trump

Polls in the states she is expected to visit this week, including Colorado, Minnesota, North Carolina, Utah and Virginia, show her lagging far behind Mr. Trump. Hours before the last ballots were cast in South Carolina, Ms. Haley appeared to suggest a winding down could be in sight. The rest will be allotted at its convention on Saturday in a process likely to advantage Mr. Trump. Mr. Trump focused on the voting in Michigan in his efforts to subvert the 2020 election. Mr. Trump has since maintained a chokehold on the state’s Republican Party, as it has fallen into a political maelstrom of warring factions.

Persons: Nikki Haley, Donald J, Trump, Haley, ”, Joseph R, Biden, Richard Czuba, Haley’s, Koch, bode, “, Denise McDonald, Biden’s, “ He’s, “ We’re, Nicole Craine, Dennis Darnoi, Darnoi, Donald Trump, ” Mr Organizations: Republican, Democratic, PAC, Prosperity, Michigan Republicans, Trump, Biden, Republican National Committee, Mr, The New York Times Michigan, state’s Republican Party, Liberal, Hamas Locations: Michigan, Detroit, South Carolina, Troy, Mich, Lansing, New Hampshire, Colorado , Minnesota, North Carolina , Utah, Virginia, Kiawah, Israel

☆ Opinion: Donald Trump defeats Nikki Haley in South Carolina. She should continue fighting
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Opinion Geoff Duncan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Immediately after the polls closed on Saturday night, CNN projected that the former South Carolina governor had come up short to Trump. During the fourth quarter of 2023, Haley out-raised Trump, $24 million to $19 million. In January 2024, as the rest of the GOP field winnowed, Haley’s fundraising again bested Trump’s, $9.8 million to $8.8 million. To her credit, Haley has taken dead aim at both Trump and Putin, accusing the former of emboldening the latter. During the 2016 South Carolina primary, there were still six serious candidates in the GOP race.

Persons: Geoff Duncan, CNN — Nikki Haley’s, Donald Trump, Trump, Haley, Trump’s, Haley —, Joe Biden, Time, Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Alexey Navalny, Vladimir Putin, Putin, “ Vladimir Putin, there’s Organizations: CNN, GOP, America’s Conservative Party, South, Trump, ABC, White, Republican, PBS, Marist, NATO Locations: South Carolina, Egypt, Mexico, Hungary, Turkey, month’s, Hampshire, Russia, Carolina

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Jurors in the trial of two men charged with killing Young Dolph will come from outside of Memphis because of intense media coverage of the fatal shooting in the rapper’s hometown, a judge ruled Friday. A jury will be be brought to Memphis from outside of Shelby County for the June 3 trial of Johnson and Cornelius Smith Jr. Both men have pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder charges in the daytime ambush of Young Dolph, who was buying cookies at a Memphis bakery when he was gunned down in November 2021. Young Dolph, whose real name was Adolph Thornton Jr., was a rapper, producer and independent music label owner. A neighborhood street was named after Young Dolph after his death.

Persons: Young Dolph, Jennifer J, Mitchell, Justin Johnson’s, Johnson, Cornelius Smith Jr, ” Mitchell, Adolph Thornton Jr, Luke Evans, Evans, Paul Hagerman, Hagerman, ” Hagerman, “ We're, Hernandez Govan, Jermarcus Johnson, Smith, Justin Johnson Locations: MEMPHIS, Tenn, Memphis, Shelby County, “, Castalia

But a proposed resolution to declare Trump the presumptive nominee has been removed from the agenda before the committee is scheduled to meet in Las Vegas this week, party officials said. What was expected to be an uneventful RNC winter meeting in Las Vegas this week briefly gained heightened attention last week after the resolution, introduced by Maryland Committeeman David Bossie, to name Trump the presumptive nominee became public. Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesWithin hours of the resolution's leak, Trump batted down the proposal, which some members of the committee criticized publicly as premature. There is no formal RNC rule barring the party from declaring a presumptive nominee. In 2016, then-RNC Chairman Reince Priebus declared Trump the presumptive nominee after the Indiana primary, though that was in May and Trump had battled Texas Sen. Ted Cruz for three months since Cruz finished first in the leadoff Iowa caucuses ahead of second-place Trump.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Nikki Haley, Maryland Committeeman David Bossie, Bossie, ” Trump, Reince Priebus, Texas Sen, Ted Cruz, Cruz, Ronna McDaniel, Haley, Joe Biden, ” McDaniel, ” “, ” Organizations: Republican National Committee, Republican, Trump, Maryland, Congress, U.S . Capitol, Indiana, The Associated Press, Democrats, 23 New Hampshire, Fox News, New, RNC Locations: Las Vegas, Iowa, 23, New Hampshire

☆ DeSantis Bows Out, the New Hampshire Primary, Trump Back on Trial: The Week in Cartoons Jan. 22-26
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Jan. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: 1 min

DeSantis Bows Out, the New Hampshire Primary, Trump Back on Trial: The Week in Cartoons Jan. 22-26The field has been winnowed further for the GOP nomination, and the former president may testify in a civil case against him.

Organizations: New, Trump, GOP Locations: New Hampshire

☆ This Again? In Frozen Iowa, the Press Corps Ponders a Slog of a Campaign.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Michael M. Grynbaum | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Maybe it was the apocalyptically cold weather, with wind chills reaching minus 43 Fahrenheit. Or the winnowed field of candidates and an anxiety-addled electorate that is dreading the prospect of the first rerun election since the Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson rematch of 1956. For whatever reason, the usual media circus that accompanies the Iowa caucuses has felt smaller this year, literally and spiritually. The number of credentialed journalists fell to 1,200, from 2,600 four years ago. The attenuated vibe was best summed up by a T-shirt on sale in the hotel gift shop:“Election 2024: Welp, I Guess We’re Doing This Again.”

Persons: Dwight Eisenhower, Adlai Stevenson, ” Organizations: Des, Des Moines Marriott Downtown Locations: Iowa, Des Moines, Washington, Manhattan

☆ Election 2024 Frozen Iowa Is Set to Vote as G.O.P. Presidential Contest Gets Underway
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Adam Nagourney | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

Traditionally, Iowa caucuses are squeakers, so close that Democrats failed to produce definitive results in the chaotic 2020 contest. Ms. Haley had 20 percent and Mr. DeSantis 16 percent — a separation at the edge of the survey’s margin of error. Traditionally, the Iowa caucuses have winnowed out the also-rans. (Mr. Burgum endorsed Mr. Trump at the Indianola rally.) But depending on their performance Monday, it remains to be seen whether they will drop out and pick a side: Mr. Trump, or anyone else.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, Donald J, Trump, Nikki Haley, Mr, Trump’s, Biden, Haiyun Jiang, Will, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Haley, Maansi Srivastava, Chris Christie, Haley’s, Charles, David Koch, Ted Cruz, “, Vivek Ramaswamy, There’s, Asa Hutchinson of, Ryan Binkley, Asa Hutchinson, Hilary Swift, Mike Pence, Tim Scott of, Doug Burgum, Burgum, Ramaswamy, Hutchinson, Iowans Organizations: Gov, New, Republican, The New York, Iowa, PAC, Des Moines Register, NBC, New York Times, Mr, CBS, Iowa Republicans, Siena, Times, ., The New York Times, Republicans, Prosperity, Xavier University Locations: Florida, Grimes , Iowa, Iowa, South Carolina, New Hampshire, York, Iowans ., New Jersey, Washington, Siena, Ted Cruz of Texas, Indianola , Iowa, Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas, Texas, Des Moines, Tim Scott of South Carolina, North Dakota, Indianola

Traditionally, Iowa caucuses are squeakers, so close that Democrats failed to produce definitive results in the chaotic 2020 contest. Ms. Haley had 20 percent and Mr. DeSantis 16 percent — a separation at the edge of the survey’s margin of error. Ms. Haley, in the Times/Siena poll, had the support of just 3 percent of those voters. (Mr. Burgum endorsed Mr. Trump at the Indianola rally.) But depending on their performance Monday, it remains to be seen whether they will drop out and pick a side: Mr. Trump, or anyone else.

☆ Everything you need to know about the 2024 Iowa Republican caucuses
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The 2024 Iowa Republican caucuses are just days away. As they have for decades, Iowa Republicans will kick off actual voting with a series of caucuses around the state's 99 counties. And yet, no candidate will have anywhere near the number of delegates needed to become the Republican presidential nominee. As for the winners, the last three winners of a competitive Iowa Republican caucus, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, and former Arkansas Gov. As smaller states, Iowa and New Hampshire are supposed to offer candidates with less money or name recognition the chance to compete.

Persons: Iowans, Donald Trump, —, Grover Cleveland, Sen, Bob Dole, George H.W, Bush, Tom Harkin, Harkin, Trump, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, he's, they've, caucusgoers, Ricky Bobby, John McCain, Ted Cruz, Rick Santorum, Mike Huckabee Organizations: GOP, Service, Iowa Republicans, Nature, Iowa Republican, Florida Gov, Democratic, Democratic National Committee, Iowa, Republican Party of Iowa, New, New Hampshire Republicans, Journalists, Republican, Arkansas Gov Locations: Iowa, New Hampshire, Florida, Ted Cruz of Texas, New Hampshire , Nevada, South Carolina

☆ See the best evening gowns at the 2023 Miss Universe competition
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Alex Rees | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Benjamin Askinas/Courtesy Miss Universe Miss Bolivia, Estefany Rivero. Benjamin Askinas/Courtesy Miss Universe Miss Brazil, Maria Brechane. Benjamin Askinas/Courtesy Miss Universe Miss Bulgaria, Yuliia Pavlikova. Benjamin Askinas/Courtesy Miss Universe Miss Slovakia, Kinga Puhová Benjamin Askinas/Courtesy Miss Universe Miss South Africa, Bryoni Govender. The 2023 Miss Universe pageant also marks longtime Miss Universe Organization President Paula Shugart’s last year.

☆ How Haley could eclipse DeSantis to become the Trump alternative
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Ron Brownstein | Analysis Ronald Brownstein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

But many Republican strategists believe that DeSantis’ struggles to connect with voters, and his choice to run at Trump solely from the right, have opened a lane for Haley to eclipse the Florida governor. An array of recent polls, both nationally and in the battleground states, signal that DeSantis and Haley have separated themselves from the rest of the candidates chasing Trump. “Absolutely, Nikki Haley has more upside than DeSantis if they are both viable after the first two,” argued Alex Stroman, a former executive director of the South Carolina GOP. DeSantis, Ayres argued, has “has tried to appeal to some of the ‘always Trump’ voters, but the ‘always Trump’ voters are always Trump for a reason. Nikki Haley seems to have figured out the job is to consolidate the ‘maybe Trump’ voters who supported Trump twice but now … want a different style and different temperament.”Republicans sympathetic to DeSantis argue that it is Haley who has boxed herself in.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Trump, “ You’ve, ”, Tom Rath, Donald Trump, DeSantis, Haley, Republican pollster Whit Ayres, Alice Stewart, Chris Christie, Vivek Ramaswamy, South Carolina Sen, Tim Scott, Scott, Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum, Ted Cruz, Kim Reynolds, Huckabee, Santorum, Cruz, John McCain, Mitt Romney, ’, Ayres, Rath, George W, Bush, “, ” Dante Scala –, –, Scala, GOPers, ” Haley, McCain, Linus, ‘, ’ ”, he’s, Newt Gingrich, Alex Stroman, DeSantis “, ” Ayres, Ayres ’ “, tellingly, MAGA —, dethroning, ” Scala, Mike Murphy, who’s, Joe Biden, ” Murphy, There’s, Sen, Gary Hart parlayed, Hart, Walter Mondale, Chris Sununu, DeSantis ’, Yogi Berra, ” Rath Organizations: CNN, GOP, Florida Gov, South Carolina Gov, ”, Republicans, Trump, Republican, Washington Post, New, New Jersey Gov, South, Huckabee, New Hampshire GOP, University of New, Romney, South Carolina GOP, “, dethroning Trump, Democratic Locations: Florida, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Iowa, New Jersey, Granite State, University of New Hampshire, After New Hampshire, Gaza, DeSantis, Haley, Iowa , New Hampshire

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Republican Party’s once-crowded 2024 presidential primary field has suddenly shrunk to just a handful of viable candidates. Instead, the fight between Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis for a distant second place appears to be intensifying. Political Cartoons View All 1244 Images“Now I’m hoping the field clears and it’s Nikki Haley one-on-one with the former president,” Druckenmillier told The Associated Press. Scott entered the 2024 campaign to much anticipation — especially in Iowa — as a close friend to Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst and a devoted evangelical Christian. And his modest share of support in late-summer Iowa polls shrunk by late fall as DeSantis and Haley appeared more viable.

Persons: Republican Party’s, Sen, Tim Scott of, Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Iowa's Jan, Haley, Scott's, Stanley Druckenmillier, Scott, ” Druckenmillier, Andrew Romeo, Mike Pence, ”, DeSantis, Kim Reynolds, Tim Scott, ” Romeo, “, Nikki Haley’s, Trump, Vivek Ramaswamy, Christie, Doug Burgum, Asa Hutchinson, they're, Pence, Privately, Ron DeSanctimonious, Nikki ‘ Birdbrain ’ Haley, ‘, Tim, ’, ’ ”, Iowa Sen, Joni Ernst, Republican bundler Eric Levine, ” Levine, “ It’s Nikki, Devin O’Malley, Pence’s, He’s, ” O’Malley, ___, Beaumont Organizations: COLUMBIA, Republican, GOP, United Nations, Associated Press, Iowa Gov, New, New Jersey Gov, Christie . North Dakota Gov, Arkansas Gov, Trump, South, Fox News, AP, Iowa GOP, ___ Peoples Locations: Tim Scott of South Carolina, Scott's South Carolina, Florida, Iowa, Alabama, New Jersey, Christie ., New Hampshire, South Carolina, New York, Des Moines , Iowa

Instead, they addressed terrorism and the Middle East conflict as well as domestic issues such as Social Security and abortion. On foreign policy, Haley offered an unapologetic and determined vision, saying America needs to stand by its ally Israel and support Ukraine. On Social Security, both Haley and Christie said the retirement age needed to be raised for younger workers, though neither would state a specific age. Christie also called for means-testing, saying rich people did not need Social Security as a safety net. "As governor of Florida, I know a few people on Social Security," DeSantis quipped.

Persons: Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Chris Christie, Sen, Tim Scott of, Mike Pence, Vivek Ramaswamy, Ramaswamy, Haley, winnowed, Israel, Putin, Scott, DeSantis, Joe Biden, Christie, Trump, Ronna McDaniel, Dick Cheney, we've Organizations: GOP, Social Security, Former South Carolina Gov, Florida Gov, Former New Jersey Gov, Trump, Miami, Ukraine, Capitol, Senate, Republican Locations: Israel, Ukraine, Former, Tim Scott of South Carolina, Ramaswamy, America, New Jersey, Virginia , Kentucky, Ohio, Florida

☆ Ready to Retire? Consider Your Family First.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Joanne Kaufman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But unable to make a final decision she asked her elder daughter, a college administrator in Richmond, Va., to come north and weigh in. Her daughter did as requested, only to suggest that her parents consider another option altogether: a senior living community in Richmond. “I asked her, ‘Why on earth would I do that?’” recalled Mrs. Genoni, now 79. “And then she told us, ‘Sooner or later one or both of you are going to need an advocate,’” Mrs. Genoni recalled. “‘Why would you make me worry about you from a distance when you could be living near me?’”

Persons: Marta Genoni, Kenneth, “, ’ ”, Genoni, ‘, ’ Organizations: New York City Ballet, New York Philharmonic, ‘ Sooner Locations: Westfield, N.J, Richmond , Va, Richmond, New Jersey

☆ ‘The Six’: Stories of NASA’s first women astronauts revealed
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Catherine E. Shoichet | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

But the journalist started wondering about the other women who had trained alongside Ride in NASA’s first coed astronaut class. More than 1,500 women applied to become astronauts between 1976 and 1977, Grush writes. "The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts" by Loren Grush is out September 12. NASAWhy these astronauts’ experiences resonate todayWhile Ride was first, ultimately every member of The Six flew on a space shuttle. In her book, Grush chronicles their journeys, including the 1986 Challenger disaster that killed Resnik on her second space shuttle flight.

Persons: Sally Ride, “, crewmates, Loren Grush, ” Grush, —, “ I’m, ”, Grush, Arabella, Anita —, Miss Baker —, Ruth Bates Harris, Simon, Schuster, Judy Resnik, Kathy Sullivan, Shannon Lucid, Anna Fisher, Rhea Seddon, Seddon, Fisher, Resnik, Sullivan, NBC’s Tom Brokaw, George Abbey, Abbey, Ride, Bob Crippen, Crippen, Sally wasn’t, ” Sullivan, “ NASA’s, Artemis Organizations: CNN, Bloomberg, NASA, Johnson Space Center, Space Center, Kennedy Space Center, ”, The, Challenger Locations: Houston, NASA's, Florida

☆ The advertising winter may finally be starting to thaw
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The long advertising winter could be coming to an end in the second half of this year. There are tentative signs that the advertising winter is starting to thaw. Meta, which derives more than 98% of its revenue from advertising, reported revenue well ahead of analysts' estimates for the second quarter. To be sure, some pure-play advertising companies remain challenged. Indeed, on Thursday, the US Commerce Department said the US economy grew by 2.4% in the second quarter, which was up from 2% in the first quarter.

Persons: spenders, Kimberly, Clark, Brian Wieser, Groupe, IPG, Arthur Sadoun, It's, they're Organizations: Companies, Meta, Google, PepsiCo, Wall, Tech, Microsoft, US Commerce Department Locations: Madison

☆ The $25,000 electric vehicle is coming, with big implications for the auto market and car buyers
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( Tim Mullaney | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

And as the Biden administration pushes changes that seek to aggressively remake the car market in favor of EVs more quickly than previously anticipated. Tesla's lowest-priced model today is the Model 3 base MSRP of $41,990. There are also more financing options available in the auto loan market designed specifically for environmentally friendly cars. "There's nothing wrong with having a basic car as a first car. Tesla said its overall efforts have driven the cost of drive units, which include the car's electric motor, as low as $1,000.

☆ Wall St Week Ahead Consumer stocks' earnings may offer clues on U.S. economy’s resilience
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( David Randall | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Companies in the consumer discretionary spending sector reporting next week include Tesla Inc (TSLA.O), Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) and AutoNation Inc (AN.N). Reuters GraphicsGrowing recession fears over the last year have already prompted many consumer discretionary companies to cut costs to boost margins, which may lead to positive earnings surprises this quarter, Melson said. Part of that expected growth comes from a job market that has remained robust, helping buoy consumer spending, said Jamie Cox, managing partner for Harris Financial Group. Meanwhile, U.S. consumer sentiment inched up in April, but households expected inflation to rise over the next 12 months. Sandy Villere, a portfolio manager at Villere & Co, has winnowed his holdings of consumer discretionary stocks in anticipation of a recession later this year.

☆ Karol G’s Songs Conquered the World. On a New LP, She Reveals Herself.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Jon Pareles | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Karol G, a global pop star from Colombia, said she wrote 60 songs, maybe more, for her new album, “Mañana Será Bonito” (“Tomorrow Will Be Beautiful”); eventually she winnowed them down to 17. Karol G, 32, wrote about feeling betrayed, about temptations and doubts, about partying away the pain, about no-strings sex with an ex. But eventually, she found herself writing wary love songs and counting her blessings. Just a few weeks before the album’s Feb. 24 release, she was wondering if she had been too candid. “I’m being really open with this album, and that gets me a little bit scared, because I’m not a perfect human,” she said from her office in her hometown, where she had just returned to meet her sister’s newborn.

Persons: Karol G, Anuel, “, “ I’m, I’m, ” Organizations: Puerto Rican, Anuel AA Locations: Colombia, Medellín

☆ Tech layoffs are not a bellwether for broader cuts in other industries, Morgan Stanley analysts say
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Rohan Goswami | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

In a research note sent out Thursday, Morgan Stanley analysts pointed to "idiosyncratic" hiring in tech relative to the rest of the labor market and the outsize market cap of tech firms as two factors in why tech layoffs have had an outsize impact on perceptions. But as the analysts noted, tech layoffs since December 2021 "only sum 187,000 [...] a sizeable number for the sector [but] barely more than 0.1% of total US payrolls." Aggressive hiring by tech companies resulted in payrolls at tech and tech-adjacent companies rising "sharply above [their] pre-pandemic level[s]," leading the broader market, which until recently lagged behind 2019 peak employment. Morgan Stanley analysts pointed out the simple reality: "the [U.S.] economy at large remains short-staffed." For now, though, tech layoffs are not yet "the canary in the coal mine."

Christopher Gregory/Getty ImagesDonald McGahn, Trump campaign counsel: I was at the top. Trump's 2016 campaign aides said they paid about 50 people, including part-time actors, to appear as supporters for his 2016 campaign announcement. Corey Lewandowski, Trump campaign managerCorey Lewandowski: I called my wife just as we were getting onto the plane. Stuff that would be from Mars on any other campaign was perfectly normal for the Trump campaign. Mark J. Terrill/AP photo Show less Trump at the Republican National Convention while Cruz speaks on July 20, 2016.

☆ The CNBC FA 100 ranking recognizes advisory firms that help clients navigate their financial lives
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-04 | by ( Kelli Grant | Cfp | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The top-ranked advisors on the CNBC list have an average 30 years in business and collectively have more than $300 billion in assets under management. The CNBC FA 100 recognizes those advisory firms that best help people navigate their financial lives. Working with an advisor has financial benefitsThe pandemic spurred consumer interest in working with a financial advisor. Yet reports indicate that many consumers aren't thinking about an advisor as their first choice for financial help. How, and how much, you pay for financial advice can also vary widely by advisor and the scope of services.

☆ Don't bet that the bottom is in for what were high-growth tech stocks, private equity investors say
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Eric Rosenbaum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

But the washout may not have reached its end game yet, according to two top private equity investors. Investors need to be able to model long-term growth rates and profitability, and that could take a while, he added. Both private equity leaders see consolidation among tech companies as a precondition to going public in the future. There were too many companies in many of the new tech niches where investors backed public offerings in recent years, Ford says. "Make the right investment decisions to fund long-term growth," he said.

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