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And Trump won over 12% of them, a 5-point increase from 2020, including a 12-point increase among Black men. No Democratic nominee has won North Carolina since Barack Obama in 2008. Before Obama came along, the last Democrat to capture North Carolina was Jimmy Carter in 1976. Follow 2024 election live updatesTrump’s victory in North Carolina underscores the resilience of his MAGA political movement. A couple of unexpected developments threw the outcome in North Carolina into doubt.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Harris, Trump, Barack Obama, Obama, Mitt Romney, Jimmy Carter, MAGA, Harris ’, Hillary Clinton, Hurricane Helene, Biden, Roy Cooper, Mark Robinson, Robinson, “ Martin Luther King, Josh Stein Organizations: North, NBC News, NBC, Democratic, North Carolina, GOP, CNN, Republican Locations: North Carolina, Washington, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Hurricane, Asheville

☆ Trump wins North Carolina, a critical victory in the politically competitive Southern battleground
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-06 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Donald Trump has won North Carolina, according to the AP and CNN. AdvertisementFormer President Donald Trump has won North Carolina, according to the Associated Press and CNN. Both candidates worked hard to reach voters throughout North Carolina, making frequent stops in the state to rev up support among their respective political bases. Western North Carolina, including Asheville, was hit especially hard by Hurricane Helene. Related storiesRelated VideoTrump won North Carolina in 2016 and 2020, but in both instances the margins of victory were under 4 points.

Persons: Donald Trump, Harris, Trump, —, Hurricane Helene, Josh Stein, Mark Robinson, Robinson, Stein, Martin Luther King Organizations: North, AP, CNN, Service, Associated Press, Trump, North Carolina, Democrat, Gov, Republican Locations: North Carolina, Raleigh, Charlotte, Asheville, Hurricane

☆ Trump's election victory sparks dismay — and defiance — among architects of the Paris climate accord
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-06 | by ( Sam Meredith | In Samuelmeredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Donald Trump's election victory on Wednesday sparked a palpable sense of dismay among the climate community, with two key architects of the landmark Paris Agreement warning that the result will stall global efforts to protect the environment. The 78-year-old, who has called the climate crisis "one of the great scams," has pledged to ramp-up fossil fuel production, pare back outgoing President Joe Biden's emissions-limiting regulations and pull the country out of the Paris climate accord — again. The 2015 Paris Agreement is a critically important framework designed to reduce planet-heating greenhouse gas emissions. Laurence Tubiana, a key architect of the Paris Agreement, said Trump's election victory "is a setback for global climate action, but the Paris Agreement has proven resilient and is stronger than any single country's policies." Tubiana, a French economist and diplomat who now serves as CEO of the European Climate Foundation, said the context today is "very different" to Trump's first election victory in 2016.

Persons: Donald Trump, Hurricane Helene, Donald Trump's, Kamala Harris, pare, Joe Biden's, Laurence Tubiana, Trump's Organizations: Democratic, White, NBC, European Climate Foundation Locations: Hurricane, Valdosta , Georgia, Paris, French

☆ Americans are probably getting another interest rate cut 2 days after the election
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-06 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates by 25 basis points on Thursday. It follows a 50-basis-point rate cut in September — the first cut in four years. CME FedWatch, which forecasts interest rate changes based on market predictions, estimated an all-but-certain 25 basis point cut as of Wednesday afternoon. "Borrowers should understand that 'falling interest rates' are not the same as 'low interest rates,'" Greg McBride, Bankrate's chief financial analyst, said in a commentary. AdvertisementWhat are your financial plans if the Fed makes another rate cut?

Persons: —, Donald Trump, Trump, Jerome Powell, Powell, Helene, Milton, Cory Stahle, Julia Pollak, Greg McBride Organizations: Federal, Service, FedWatch, Boeing, BLS, Federal Reserve, PCE, Fed, asheffey

Here's a look at some of the key counties to watch across the seven presidential battleground states, ordered by the state's final poll closing time (in Eastern Standard Time). Mitt Romney won more than 80% in Forsyth in 2012, but Trump won just two-thirds of the vote there eight years later. In 2020, Joe Biden won this county by only 4 points over Trump, while Hillary Clinton carried it by 13 points in 2016. While Trump won it by 3 points in 2016, Biden won Maricopa by 2 points four years later. And that Democratic gain helped the party flip Wisconsin in 2020, given that Biden won the state by just 20,000 votes.

Persons: Donald Trump, Mitt Romney, Anson, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris, Hurricane Helene, Trump, Romney, Nikki Haley, Nash, Biden, It's, Dave Wasserman, Amy Walter, Barack Obama, they've, Harris, Clinton, Dane Organizations: NBC News, Trump, Cobb, Black, Democratic, Republican, The, NBC, Clinton, Biden, Democrats, Maricopa, Arab American, University of Wisconsin, Republicans, Biden’s, GOP Locations: . Georgia, County, Forsyth, exurbs, Marietta, Gwinnett, Atlanta, North Carolina, Henderson, South, Asheville, Raleigh, North Carolina . Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philly, Erie, Buffalo, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Lake Erie, Lackawanna, Scranton, Northampton, Arizona, Maricopa, Michigan, Kent, Grand Rapids, Wayne, Detroit, Traverse City, . Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Waukesha, Washington

☆ Investors are better off keeping politics at the polls. Here’s why
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Still, investors don’t appear to be letting their jitters get to them — at least not entirely. “Valuations at the market level and individual stock level are always the key to long-term performance. You may have a lot of noise in the short term, but for long-term investors, it’s always going to be all about valuation,” he said. An election year analysis from Danny Noonan at Morningstar Wealth found that investors are significantly better off in the long run if they ignore politics. For investors, that suggests the best strategy may be to keep calm, trade on — and leave the politics at the polling place.

Persons: ”, Keith Lerner, Wall, Helene, Milton, Lerner, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Brent Schutte, Dave Sekera, it’s, Danny Noonan, Noonan Organizations: New, New York CNN, Federal Reserve, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company, Morningstar, Morningstar Wealth, Democrat, Republican, they’d Locations: New York, United States

☆ Google and Meta are blocking political ads to combat misinformation. Some experts say it’s too late
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Meta last week began blocking advertisers from creating or running new ads about US social issues, elections or politics across its platforms, including Facebook and Instagram. But experts say that previous moves by social media companies — such as cutting their own internal safety teams — could undercut their current efforts. Former President Donald Trump and many of his supporters have already made repeated false claims that Democrats are cheating in the election. But since then, those companies have made cuts to those teams and walked back policies designed to restrict false claims about politics and elections. Last year, they said they would no longer remove false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.

Persons: TikTok, Elon Musk, Donald Trump, What’s, Twitter, Musk, we’ve, ”, Sacha Haworth, ” Imran Ahmed, “ It’s, —, Trump, Helene, Harris, Ahmed’s CCDH, Ahmed, ” Ahmed, Leslie Miller, ” Mann, X, Biden, Kamala, Kamala Harris Organizations: New, New York CNN, Facebook, Google, Meta, Capitol, Tech, Center, CNN, Biden, Trump, YouTube, ” Meta, Associated Press, Integrity Locations: New York, Milton, U.S

☆ Tropical Storm Rafael to become a hurricane before Cuba landfall Wednesday
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Hanna Park | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —While Tropical Storm Rafael winds remained consistent Monday night, the storm is forecast to strengthen Tuesday and become a hurricane Wednesday, bringing destructive winds and heavy rainfall to the western Caribbean and southern Florida by midweek. Tropical storm watch alerts were issued for the Florida Keys on Monday, joining the existing warnings for Cuba, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. The Cuban provinces of Cienfuegos, Villa Clara, Sancti Spiritus, and Ciego de Avila, are under Tropical Storm Warnings after being upgraded from Tropical Storm Watch. Ilda Gallardo and her daughter Marley Millian watch a local TV news program as Tropical Storm Rafael approaches, in Playa Baracoa, Cuba, November 4, 2024. Tropical Storm Rafael will also create rough seas and significant storm surges, with expected inundation of up to 3 feet in the Cayman Islands and as much as 9 feet in western Cuba above normal tide levels.

Persons: Rafael, Villa Clara, Sancti, Ciego de Avila, Ilda Gallardo, Marley, Norlys Perez, Milton, Michael Lowry Organizations: CNN, National Hurricane Center, Islands, Hurricane, Wednesday, Florida, Tropical Storm, NHC, Reuters, Radio Jamaica News, Tropical Locations: Caribbean, Florida, Kingston , Jamaica, Grand, Jamaica, Cuba, Cayman, Cayman Islands, Gulf Coast, Cuban, Cienfuegos, Islands, Playa Baracoa, Mexico

After leaving the workforce during the pandemic because she couldn’t find affordable child care, Longenecker said her family has been economizing. But her husband recently got a new job that pays more per hour and with lower health care costs. Her husband’s side gig has been “flourishing,” giving them steady monthly income and a glimpse of a future beyond waiting tables. Her monthly retirement income of around $7,600 is comfortable, but homeowners insurance, utilities and long-term care costs are weighing on her. Keys said Harris has put forth clearer economic policies, like her plan to offer first-time homebuyers $25,000 in downpayment assistance.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Harris, Stefanie Longenecker, Longenecker, she’s, I’m, they’re, ”, ” Longenecker, Stefany Serna, He’s, “ We’ve, ” Serna, Serna, “, Serna isn’t, Lucy Haverfield, ” Haverfield, Hurricane Milton, Helene, Milton, Trump, “ I’m, Nancy Breland, hasn’t, Breland, “ I’ve, Otis Keys, ” Keys, Keys, Becky Melvin, Trump’s “, multibillionaire Tesla, Elon Musk, —, Melvin Organizations: NBC, Biden, Pa ., Trump, YouTube, ” Times, Social, Social Security, UPS, Teamsters Locations: Palmyra, Pa, Palmyra , Pennsylvania, China, Coral Gables , Florida, Alva , Florida, Hurricane, Florida, Alva, Fla, Canada, Georgia, Dallas, Jacksonville, America, Jacksonville , Florida

☆ The 10 most livable cities in the U.S. where costs are low, incomes are growing and there's plenty to do
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Kamaron Mcnair | In Kamaronmcnair | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

If you're looking for a livable city with a lower cost of living that offers a solid work-life balance and abundant recreational opportunities, consider Portland, Maine. Portland earned high marks for both quality of life and location and community. Cities in this region generally scored highly on cost of living. In Lincoln, Nebraska, for example, residents enjoy a cost of living about 6% lower than the national average, RentCafe found. But Portland's high quality of life may make up for the cost of living and give it an advantage in the overall rankings.

Persons: You'll, RentCafe, Portland , Maine Lincoln , Nebraska Des Moines , Iowa Minneapolis , Minnesota Ann, Pittsburgh Green Bay , Wisconsin Harrisburg , Pennsylvania RentCafe, Hurricane Helene, It's Organizations: Portland, Council for Community, Economic, D.C, Midwest . Cities, CNBC Locations: New York, Los Angeles, Portland , Maine, U.S, Portland, RentCafe, Portland , Maine Lincoln , Nebraska Des Moines , Iowa Minneapolis , Minnesota, Portland , Maine Lincoln , Nebraska Des Moines , Iowa Minneapolis , Minnesota Ann Arbor , Michigan Milwaukee , Wisconsin Washington, Pittsburgh Green Bay , Wisconsin Harrisburg , Pennsylvania, Asheville , North Carolina, Hurricane, , Wisconsin, Midwest, Lincoln , Nebraska, Des Moines , Iowa, Des Moines, Minneapolis

☆ Tropical Storm Rafael is coming soon. It poses an uncertain threat to the US Gulf Coast
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Mary Gilbert | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Tropical Depression Eighteen formed in the Caribbean Sea on Monday morning and is forecast to strengthen and become Tropical Storm Rafael Monday afternoon. Anyone from the US Gulf Coast and the northeastern Mexico coast will need to monitor updates closely. Potential Tropical Cyclone Eighteen, now called Tropical Depression Eighteen, churns in the Caribbean at sunrise Monday morning. CIRA/RAMMBEarly forecasts from the hurricane center show the system’s center reaching the US Gulf Coast later this weekend anywhere from the Florida-Alabama border to Louisiana. Hurricane and tropical storm alerts are already in effect early Monday for Cuba, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands.

Persons: Tropical Storm Rafael, Rafael, Helene, Milton, Michael Lowry, Robert Shackelford Organizations: CNN, Tropical Storm, National Hurricane Center, Coast, Gulf, Florida -, Atlantic Locations: United States, Cuba, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf, Mexico, Caribbean, Florida, Florida - Alabama, Louisiana, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Hispaniola, Haiti

☆ Americans are probably getting another interest rate cut this week — just days after the election
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates by 25 basis points on Thursday. It follows a 50-basis-point rate cut in September — the first cut in four years. CME FedWatch, which forecasts interest rate changes based on market predictions, estimated an all-but-certain 25 basis point cut as of Friday afternoon. Advertisement"Borrowers should understand that 'falling interest rates' are not the same as 'low interest rates,'" Greg McBride, Bankrate's chief financial analyst, said in a commentary. What are your financial plans if the Fed makes another rate cut?

Persons: —, Jerome Powell, Powell, Helene, Milton, Cory Stahle, Julia Pollak, Greg McBride Organizations: Federal, Service, FedWatch, Boeing, BLS, Federal Reserve, PCE, Fed, asheffey

☆ Booze sales fall back to earth — except for one retailer
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

That has forced Remy Cointreau, whose stock has fallen 50% for the year, to slash its full-year guidance and expects another year of double-digit declines in sales. The declines are a “normalization” within the industry, with alcohol sales nearing their pre-Covid levels, according to Marten Lodewijks, IWSR’s president for the US division. Cheaper private labels have had a boon in sales, mirroring a larger trend of customers seeking more affordable options in all aspects of their life. Aldi’s lineup is growing double digits in sales, bucking the broader industry trends of declines, Arlin Zajmi, director of national buying for adult beverages, told CNN. Aldi has seen its wine and beer sales soar.

Persons: Remy Cointreau, Pernod Ricard, Jose Cuervo, Proximo, ” Lisa Hawkins, ”, Luca Marotta, Remy Cointreau’s, Jameson, Kahula, Hélène de Tissot, Marten Lodewijks, bottlers, Arlin Zajmi, Scott Olson, it’s, ” Zajmi, ” Bryan Roth Organizations: New, New York CNN, Anheuser, Busch, CNN, Spirits, Consumers, Aldi Locations: New York, United States

Whoever is elected the 47th president of the United States will start with a rare and clear advantage: a remarkably solid economy. Tuesday’s election will show how much that all matters to voters, who will soon decide which candidate they want to entrust the economy to from here. But to regular American households, it’s more of a “Yes, but” economy: Yes, the job market is strong, but my boss wants me in five days a week, and that doesn’t work for me anymore. Yes, inflation has fallen, but I can’t afford day care. Prices across the rest of the service economy were 4.7% higher overall, and medical care was up 3.9%.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Spencer Platt, Yuki Iwamura, they’re, Helene, Milton, Patrick T, Fallon, Harris, ”, Greg Valliere, Joe Biden wasn’t, Trump, Karoline Leavitt, “ Kamala Organizations: Investment, Stock, Getty, Consumer, Bloomberg, CNBC, First Street Foundation, NBC, AGF Investments, Biden Locations: United States, Ukraine, Israel

☆ Meet the Press – November 3, 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +55 min

KRISTEN WELKER:As the 2024 election nears the finish line, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump make their last appeal to voters. Vice President Harris and former President Trump and their surrogates are making their closing arguments. North Carolina was the state former president Trump won in 2020 by the smallest margin and both candidates held events there on Saturday. I asked, what is his message to women who are thinking about voting for Vice President Harris. Today, Vice President Harris is in Michigan working to shore up the blue wall, her simplest path to winning the White House.

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The Summary FEMA and NOAA have become politicized as the frequency and severity of natural disasters have increased. With the neck-and-neck 2024 election just days away, the futures of the federal agencies responsible for weather forecasting, climate change research and disaster recovery hang in the balance. And with it, they’ve become a target for some conservatives who are skeptical of climate change and want to slash government budgets. “Climate change is a very unique problem in that, like most environmental problems, it doesn’t respect our political boundaries and it doesn’t respect our state boundaries,” he said. “We need centralized federal agencies to respond to climate change, agencies that can handle big, significant, multistate disasters at the appropriate scale.”

Persons: they’ve, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Trump, ”, Craig Fugate, Obama, It’s, “, Helene, Milton . Trump, Jared Moskowitz, Ron DeSantis, Hurricane Michael, ” Moskowitz, Rick Scott, Milton, Hurricane Milton, Pete Beach, Tristan Wheelock, Fugate, ” Matthew Sanders, ” Sanders, Matthew Burgess, ” Burgess, DeNa Carlis, Sanders Organizations: FEMA, NOAA, Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Heritage Foundation, Trump, NBC, National Weather Service, Emergency Management, Gov, North, Hurricane, Bloomberg, Getty, Environmental, Stanford University, College of Business, University of Wyoming, ”, NWS Locations: United States, Milton, U.S, Florida, ”, North Carolina, St, Pete Beach , FL

When asked why, a Trump campaign official put it bluntly. “If there’s one state that could bite you in the a--, it’s North Carolina,” the official said. Yet he’s made a plan of returning to North Carolina each day until the election. While Harris campaign aides on social media chided Trump for holding a defensive posture in a state that hasn’t gone blue since 2008, the Trump campaign cast the repeated visits to North Carolina as an aggressive, cover-all-the-bases strategy. “North Carolina, I’m here to ask for your vote.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, he’s, Kamala Harris ’, ”, Trump, Harris, ” Trump, “, Hurricane Helene, —, Joe Biden, Morgan Jackson, Jackson, Roe, Wade, ” Jackson, …, Donald Trump Organizations: Sun, Trump, Gastonia, Silver State, Republicans, Republican, Democratic, optimist, North, North Carolina Democrats, Democrats, Obama Locations: North Carolina, it’s North Carolina, Virginia, New Mexico, Greensboro, Gastonia, Charlotte, Kinston, Raleigh, Gastonia Saturday, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada, Silver

☆ How Donald Trump is laying the groundwork to dispute the election results – again
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Jeremy Herb | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

Election officials warn they’re outmatched and struggling to combat the wave of falsehoods coming from Musk and his platform. Manipulating early voting numbersIn 2020, Trump attacked early voting and mail-in voting, claiming they were used to cheat. Election officials have been inundated with threats of violence since the 2020 election. But Trump and his allies have been laying the groundwork to try to dispute the election should he lose. In Georgia, conservatives sought to allow county election officials to refuse to certify the election results, though the effort was blocked by a state judge.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, He’s, he’s, Kamala Harris, “, ”, Ben Ginsberg, you’re, they’re, Justin Levitt, ” Levitt, hasn’t, Elon Musk, they’re outmatched, Musk, it’s, –, Kathy Boockvar, Boockvar, Athena, doesn’t, Elon, what’s, Jocelyn Benson, ” Musk, Benson, Lara Trump, CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan, Ruth Greenwood, Harris, Michael Morley, ” Trump, Glenn Youngkin, They’ve, Andy Harris, Hurricane Helene, Ginsberg, ” CNN’s Yahya Abou, Ghazala, Sarah Boxer, Pamela Brown, Ethan Cohen, Marshall Cohen, Zachary Cohen, Devan Cole, Daniel Dale, Curt Devine, Danny Freeman, John Fritze, Brian Fung, Majlie, Puy, Holmes, Lybrand, Sean Lyngaas, Sara Murray, Paula Reid, Fredreka Schouten, Tierney Sneed, Donie O’Sullivan, Casey Tolan Organizations: CNN, noncitizens, Republican, Loyola Law School, Biden White, Elon, Democrat, Benedictine, Republicans, Republican National Committee, Trump, Harvard Law School, RNC, Democratic, Florida State University College of Law, ” Republicans, Virginia Republican Gov, Justice Department, FBI, Department of Homeland Security, Capitol, Maryland GOP, North, GOP, Republican National Locations: American, Florida, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, Allentown , Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Erie County, Erie, Bucks, Michigan, Texas, Alabama, Georgia, Allegheny County, Portland , Oregon, Vancouver , Washington, Maryland, North Carolina, Hurricane

☆ Trump and Harris' frantic final 2024 campaign stops show why North Carolina matters
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Trump spent Friday in Michigan and Wisconsin, Saturday in North Carolina, and today will be in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Georgia. If Harris won Michigan and Wisconsin, she would still need to add Georgia or North Carolina to her column. "Donald Trump is worried about losing North Carolina," Harris spokesperson Ammar Moussa wrote on X under two siren emojis. AdvertisementDoug Sosnik, a longtime advisor to Bill Clinton and a North Carolina native, doesn't see Harris' path there. North Carolina is "not a level playing field" for Democrats, Sosnik said, pointing to Democrats' struggles there except for Obama.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, —, Harris, Trump, Sen, JD Vance, Obama, Biden, Trump's, Ammar Moussa, Doug Sosnik, Bill Clinton, it's, Sosnik, she's, he's, Karoline Leavitt, Susan Roberts, Hurricane Helene, Roberts Organizations: North, Service, Republican, Des Moines Register, Trump, Congressional, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Democratic, Davidson College, Census Bureau, State Management Locations: Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Arizona, New Mexico, Virginia, New Hampshire, Iowa, Michigan , Wisconsin , Nevada, Arizona, Charlotte, New York, Black, Florida, Texas, Hurricane, Carolina, Western North Carolina

☆ Rescuers find body of final worker missing from Tennessee factory after Hurricane Helene flooding
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

ERWIN, Tenn. — Rescue workers in Tennessee said Friday they have recovered the body of the final person still missing after massive flooding from Hurricane Helene hit a plastics factory there. Rosa Andrade, 29, was one of six employees killed after they were unable to escape the rising waters around Impact Plastics in Erwin, a small town in East Tennessee. Normally running 2 feet deep, the river rose to a record 30 feet that day, with more than 1.4 million gallonso of water running downstream each second — twice as much as Niagara Falls. Relatives of some of those who were killed have sued Impact Plastics and its owner, Gerald O’Connor. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is probing the allegations involving Impact Plastics at the direction of the local prosecutor.

Persons: ERWIN, Hurricane Helene, Rosa Andrade, Andrew Harris, Gerald O’Connor, Johnny Peterson, O’Connor, Helene Organizations: —, Plastics, Impact Plastics, Tennessee Bureau Locations: Tenn, Tennessee, Hurricane, Erwin, East Tennessee, Niagara, U.S

☆ 4 retail stocks that look good even if the holiday shopping season is soft
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

The holiday shopping season is upon us, and our retail stocks are well-positioned to thrive, according to Wall Street research firm Telsey Advisory Group. Telsey Advisory expects value-seeking to be a key theme among shoppers this year, which puts companies with reputations for good deals on solid ground. Overall, the firm expects holiday retail sales up between 3% to 3.5% this year, compared with 4.6% growth last year and a 5.4% increase in 2022. Costco has had a good year so far, and that should continue in the final months of 2024, Telsey Advisory argued. Big picture Telsey Advisory selecting these four Club stocks as preferred names this holiday season reflects their competitive chops within their respective categories.

Persons: Dana Telsey, Milton, we've, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Thomas Trutschel Organizations: Telsey Advisory, Costco, TJX Companies, Telsey, Walmart, CNBC, National Retail Federation, Hurricanes, U.S, Amazon Prime, Photothek, Getty

☆ La Dolce Vita Orient Express: Eat your way around Italy in style
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Maureen O'Hare | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Editor’s Note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. La Dolce Vita Orient ExpressNew details have been teased about the hotly anticipated La Dolce Vita Orient Express train and the upcoming Orient Express hotels in Rome and Venice, the first for the relaunched brand. The brand’s first Orient Express hotel will be the Orient Express La Minerva in Rome, followed by Orient Express Palazzo Donà Giovannelli in Venice. That follows the international gang-bust in France and Italy last month over counterfeit French wine being sold for $16,000 per bottle. In Japan, the alcoholic drink doburoku was once illegal “moonshine,” but this once controversial drink is now making a comeback.

Persons: Heinz Beck, Nizza, Giovannelli, Fraudsters, doburoku, poitín, There’s Organizations: CNN, Vita Orient, Vita Orient Express, Orient Express, Montalcino, Orient, Carolina, Fuji, Delta Air Lines Locations: Antarctica, Rome, Venice, Italy, Da Nang, Hue, France, Japan, Ireland, Germany, Turkey, Antalya, Western, North Carolina, Hurricane, French

☆ Berkshire’s cash soars to $325 billion as Buffett sells Apple, BofA; operating profit falls
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Profit also rose at the BNSF railroad, which shipped more consumer goods, and Berkshire Hathaway Energy, where operating expenses declined. It has now sold more than 600 million of the iPhone maker’s shares in 2024, though Apple remained Berkshire’s largest stock holding, at $69.9 billion. The sales comprised a large portion of the $36.1 billion of stock, including several billion dollars of Bank of America shares, that Berkshire sold in the quarter. Operating profit from Berkshire’s dozens of businesses fell to $10.09 billion, or about $7,019 per Class A share, from $10.76 billion a year earlier. This more than offset a near doubling of underwriting profit at Geico.

Persons: CNN — Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, Hurricane Helene, Apple, Buffett, Helene, Whittaker Clark, Daniels, Greg Abel Organizations: CNN, Apple, Berkshire Hathaway Energy, Bank of America, Berkshire, Hurricane Milton Locations: Berkshire, Geico . Berkshire, Hurricane, Florida, Omaha , Nebraska

☆ Frustration grows as federal agency struggles to combat election lies spread by Americans
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Sean Lyngaas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Some internal proposals to support election officials’ efforts to combat disinformation have made little headway. Jen Easterly, director of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, in an interview in Washington, DC, on October 2, 2024. Ben Curtis/APThe agency has advised election officials on how to communicate clearly with voters and to prepare for security incidents. Some election officials interviewed by CNN were skeptical about the federal government’s ability to debunk election lies that are part of a broader rise of misinformation in America. The agency now has a team of former election officials who provide physical and cybersecurity services to election offices around the country.

Persons: Homeland Security’s, CISA, Jen, Ben Curtis, Sen, Mark Warner, “, Elon Musk, Hurricane Helene, ”, ‘, Cait Conley, Stephen Richer, Conley, we’ve, ” Conley, ” Adrian Fontes Organizations: CNN, The Department, Homeland, Agency, Infrastructure Security Agency, Senate Intelligence Committee, Virginia Democrat, Social, Republican, Capitol, Meta, Twitter, YouTube, US, FBI, Russian Locations: Washington ,, Virginia, America, Maricopa County

☆ Companies brace for Tuesday: Mentions of election surge on earnings conference calls
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Octavio Jones | ReutersExecutives at America's largest companies are talking publicly with investors about the presidential election more so than in recent cycles. The word "election" came up on 100 earnings calls of S&P 500 -listed firms between Sept. 15 and Oct. 31, according to FactSet. The U.S. presidential election is Tuesday Nov. 5. 'Prudent' clientsMultiple companies cited a feeling of unpredictability tied to the presidential race among consumers and business clients. To be sure, some of the "election" mentions this year were tied to unrelated events like enrollment periods for health care.

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