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☆ Stanley and other drink cups contain lead. Should you be worried?
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Madeline Holcombe | Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —First, Stanley cups were all over social media because so many people wanted them. Videos on social media sites such as TikTok show people breaking out a lead testing kit and trying it on their Stanley cups and other travel flasks. And Stanley cups are everywhere. Stanley cups are in the hands of beauty bloggers, the cars of parents at school pickup, and even on the Christmas lists of many kids this past year. The main source of lead exposure in the United States comes from inhaling dust or eating particles contaminated by paint chips.

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The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has scheduled oral arguments in the case for March 27 in Atlanta. Attorneys for father and son Greg and Travis McMichael and their neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, are asking the court to throw out hate crime convictions returned by a jury in coastal Brunswick in 2022. Bryan joined the chase in his own truck and recorded Travis McMichael shooting Arbery at close range with a shotgun. The McMichaels and Bryan stood trial on hate crime charges in U.S. District Court less than three months after all three were convicted of murder in a Georgia state court. Also pending are appeals by all three men of their murder convictions in Glynn County Superior Court.

Persons: Ahmaud Arbery, Greg, Travis McMichael, William “ Roddie ” Bryan, Bryan, Arbery, Greg McMichael, Travis McMichael's, Julian Bond, ”, McMichaels Organizations: 11th Circuit U.S, Appeals, Prosecutors, Blacks, Court Locations: SAVANNAH, Ga, Georgia, Atlanta, Brunswick, Arbery, U.S, Glynn County

☆ Gauging when Tesla may hit bottom and using options to trade it
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Michael Khouw | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

I'll describe how options traders will bet the bottom is in and the levels they may find attractive to do so. Tesla's margins of nearly 11% are twice those of the 2 biggest U.S. automakers, but a bear will point out that Porsche margins are 13%. Even still, it's not clear that the legacy automakers can compete long term with Tesla or China's BYD. Apple, Amazon, Costco, Lululemon, Nike, Yeti and Tesla are, if the actual dollars spent are measured, high on this list. TSLA YTD mountain Tesla YTD Sometimes, whether it's a fast car, or a fast-moving stock, the best thing to do is wait.

Persons: Gene Munster, it's, Tesla, Tesla's, it's Ford Organizations: Deepwater Management, Ford, GM, Toyota, U.S, Apple, Costco, Lululemon, Nike, Holly Locations: …

Herbert Coward, known for his "Toothless Man” role in the movie “Deliverance,” died Wednesday in a crash on a western North Carolina highway, according to authorities. The crash happened Wednesday afternoon as Coward and Bertha Brooks, 78, left a doctor’s appointment, North Carolina Highway Patrol Sgt. Coward and Brooks as well as a Chihuahua and pet squirrel were killed, he said. Coward, who lived in Haywood County, was famous locally for having a pet squirrel, he said. Authorities don’t believe speed or distraction were factors in the crash, Owens said.

Persons: Herbert Coward, ”, Coward, Bertha Brooks, M.J, Owens, Brooks, John Boorman’s, Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox Organizations: Patrol Locations: North Carolina, Chihuahua, Haywood County, Georgia

☆ Not even Tesla can dodge the EV sales slowdown
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

While EV sales are continuing to grow, they are doing so at a slower pace, research shows. Elon Musk warned a slowdown in sales growth was coming when Tesla reported earnings on Wednesday. The Warren Buffett-backed EV maker, which sells its vehicles in more than 60 countries and recently overtook Tesla on global EV sales, put an early focus on affordable models such as the $10,000 Seagull. EV sales surged 40% year-on-year in the last three months of 2023 —a "strong result by any measure," as the industry research noted. Aran Waid, senior analyst at Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, said growth in EV sales globally was continuing but that it had "fallen short of automaker expectations."

Persons: Tesla, —, Elon Musk, Musk, China's BYD, Warren Buffett, BYD, Kelley, Aran Waid, Josh Lefkowitz, Mary Barra, Nora Naughton, Suzuki Organizations: EV, Service, Tesla, Getty Images, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, Ford, General Motors, Hertz, BMW, Toyota, Honda, Nissan Locations: Europe, Japan

He said shots suddenly hit the back of the truck, striking Abdel Jabbar. Hafeth Abdel Jabbar said that when he arrived, he found his son’s lifeless body in the pickup, amid shattered glass and blood stains. They jumped in the family truck and headed out, he said, but realized they'd forgotten charcoal. Later Tuesday, investigators took the truck, Abdel Jabbar said. Also Tuesday, Abdel Jabbar said, he accompanied Salameh to provide witness testimony to Israeli investigators.

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☆ Tesla shares plunge to wipe out $71 billion in market value, after dour earnings call
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Anna Cooban | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

London CNN —Shares in Tesla plunged as much as 11% after the market opened Thursday, wiping $73 billion off the company’s market value hours after it warned of slowing growth in electric car sales and an existential threat from Chinese rivals. While it reported a sizeable 38% increase in deliveries last year compared with 2022, Tesla had previously targeted a 50% annual growth rate averaged over several years. At the time, investors were worried about the outlook for Tesla’s sales and profitability, as well as the health of the US economy. Dan Ives, an analyst with market research firm Wedbush, said Tesla’s earnings call provided investors with “minimal answers” to the company’s shrinking margins. China’s BYD beat Tesla in the final three months of last year, selling more cars than Elon Musk’s carmaker for the first time.

Persons: Tesla, Thursday’s, Qilai Shen, Dan Ives, Musk, ”, China Tesla, China’s, Elon Musk’s carmaker, ” Garrett Nelson, Ben Barringer, Chris Isidore Organizations: London CNN —, Bloomberg, Getty, Elon, CFRA Research Locations: Shanghai, China, Cheviot

Washington CNN —The United Auto Workers union on Wednesday endorsed President Joe Biden, a long-awaited announcement that is an important pickup for the president. Biden won the endorsement of the UAW in the 2020 campaign, even though many rank-and-file members supported Trump. Ahead of endorsing Biden, UAW President Shawn Fain said the choice union workers face in 2024 “isn’t about who you like. … Donald Trump stands against everything we stand for as a union – as a society.”The choice between Trump and Biden, Fain said, was clear. Trump has found support among the rank-and-file of the UAW despite Fain’s strong criticisms and union leadership’s consistent support of Democratic candidates.

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☆ The Cybertruck's steel exterior could need extra protection from winter road salt
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Graham Rapier | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read previewNew Tesla Cybertruck owners might want to wash winter road grime off their pickup as soon as possible. Manuals for other Tesla models also advise immediate removal of corrosive substances — but "to prevent damage to the paint," rather than the exterior metal itself. Road salt is one of the biggest culprits of corrosion in cars, but typically, the undercarriage is most at risk since paint can protect the body panels. Chevrolet warns salt may damage the paint of its Silverado if it remains on the exterior for extended periods of time. Of course, depending on who you ask, the Cybertruck's lack of a finish on the steel may be a feature instead of a bug.

Persons: —, Tesla, Lars Moravy, Tesla's, there's Organizations: Service, Business

The bus station in Agadez, a remote city of low mud-brick buildings in the West African nation of Niger, is buzzing again. For years, this portal was closed, at least officially. The country’s government, friendly to Europe, outlawed migration out of Agadez, and in exchange the European Union poured hundreds of millions of dollars into Niger’s coffers and the local economy. But last summer, after generals in Niger seized power in a military coup, the European Union suspended financial support to the government — and in response, the generals severed the migration arrangement with the European Union in November. The gate is once again open, and a fresh flock of hopeful migrants is once again passing through, to the relief of many locals.

Organizations: European Union Locations: Agadez, West African, Niger, West, Central Africa, North Africa, Europe

☆ Auto CEO: There will be a 'bloodbath' if every company engages in Tesla's price war
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Graham Rapier | Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

CEO Carlos Tavares says the company's new large platform is flexible enough to handle batteries and electric motors, gas-electric hybrids and internal combustion engines. The company can also build midsize to large vehicles on those underpinnings, including sedans, crossover vehicles, SUVs and even off-road Jeeps. Electric vehicle sales growth is already slowing in many countries with consumers balking at the added cost as well as limited range and too few charging stations. On Friday, Ford said it was cutting production of the F-150 Lightning electric pickup after weaker-than-expected electric vehicle sales growth. A midsize vehicle platform announced by the company last year has similar flexibility, the company said.

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☆ Gold holds steady as traders anticipate US economic data
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Spot gold edged 0.1% lower to $2,026.39 per ounce by 0348 GMT. U.S. gold futures fell 0.1% to $2,028.00. The odds of a Fed rate cut in March have dropped to 49% from about 71% two weeks ago, according to LSEG's interest-rate probability app IRPR. The U.S. dollar index fell 0.1%, while yields on benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury notes slipped from a more than a month high to 4.1111%. Spot silver fell 0.2% to $22.55 per ounce, platinum was steady at $898.95, and palladium fell 0.1% to $945.88.

Persons: Matt Simpson Organizations: Federal, U.S, PMI Locations: Singapore, U.S

☆ How our banks Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo performed against peers this earnings season
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Here's how our financial names, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo, stacked up against their peers. Morgan Stanley reported a fourth-quarter exceeded estimate on adjusted earnings-per-share (EPS) of $1.13, excluding a few one-time charges. MS YTD mountain Morgan Stanley (MS) performance year-to-date On earnings day last week, Morgan Stanley shares came under pressure on CEO Ted Pick's conservative macro outlook and the firm's Wealth Management number. Money center banks Then, there are money centers and traditional lenders like Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase . Overall, the quarter didn't discourage our long-term bull case on Wells Fargo as a multiyear recovery play.

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☆ 9 new around-the-world cruises have joined Royal Caribbean's Ultimate World Cruise at sea. See what they're like — from a sold-out 6-month luxury cruise to a cheaper $21,100 option.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Regent Seven Seas Seas Cruises — NCLH's $73,500 ultra-luxury 4 ½-month cruiseThe Seven Seas Mariner in Kotor, Montenegro. AzamaraAzamara's sold-out 2024 world cruise departed on January 5 from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Silversea's fares started at $66,000 per person for the least expensive vista suite, cheaper than Regent Seven Seas' cruise of the same length. AdvertisementPrincess Cruises — Carnival Corp's almost four-month $21,100 vacationPrincess Cruises says its 2024 world cruise guests will have an overnight in Dubai and the opportunity to see 25 UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Holland America Line — the four-month roundtrip Florida cruiseThe Zuiderdam's world cruise itinerary includes overnights in places like Tokyo and Aqaba, Jordan.

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CEO Carlos Tavares says the company's new large platform is flexible enough to handle batteries and electric motors, gas-electric hybrids and internal combustion engines. The company also can build midsize to large vehicles on those underpinnings, including sedans, crossover vehicles, SUVs and even off-road Jeeps. On Friday, Ford said it was cutting production of the F-150 Lightning electric pickup after weaker-than-expected electric vehicle sales growth. Stellantis said vehicles built off the new large platform will be built at multiple North American and European factories. A midsize vehicle platform announced by the company last year has similar flexibility, the company said.

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☆ Deutsche Bank says these two cloud stocks are top picks for 2024, sees one rallying nearly 25%
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Technology stocks had a banner year in 2023, but Deutsche Bank thinks there could be even more upside ahead. Although these gains may seem hard to match, Deutsche Bank analyst Brad Zelnick and his team expect software stocks to outperform in the new year. In particular, the analyst listed buy-rated Salesforce and Oracle as his two top picks for 2024. Oracle stock has climbed 3.1% in 2024 , and shares popped 29% last year. ORCL YTD mountain ORCL YTD chart "We see the multiple recovering and the stock steadily making its way out of the penalty box in 2024," the analyst wrote.

Persons: Brad Zelnick, Zelnick, prem Organizations: Deutsche Bank, Software, Oracle Locations: Thursday's

☆ Preorders for Apple's $3,500 Vision Pro are already backed up a month
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Apple's Vision Pro became available to preorder on Friday at 8 a.m. AdvertisementPreorders launched for Apple's new Vision Pro early Friday morning, and it looks like customers were eager to snap up the first available units. The Vision Pro, with its sky-high price tag, was always expected to be a smaller launch than something like the newest iPhone. Earlier this month, analyst and Apple supply chain expert Ming-Chi Kuo predicted that the company would produce only 60,000 to 80,000 Vision Pro units for the initial launch. "Since the shipment is not large, I believe that Vision Pro will sell out soon after the release," Kuo wrote on X.

Persons: —, Preorders, Chi Kuo, Kuo, You'll Organizations: Apple, Service, Pro, Vision

☆ Tesla is taking the Cybertruck on a tour of China — but it won't be on sale
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tesla is taking the Cybertruck on a tour of China, per a company WeChat post reported by Reuters. However, it's unlikely to be on sale in China soon, with Elon Musk saying it'll be hard to make legal. It comes as Tesla tries to fight off a new wave of competition from Chinese EV makers such as BYD. Elon Musk's company is taking the Cybertruck on a tour of China to show off its futuristic pickup, according to a company post on WeChat reported by Reuters . Elon Musk has previously hinted at the plan, posting on X on Sunday that Tesla could ship some Cybertruck prototypes to China for display.

Persons: Tesla, Elon Musk, —, Elon, Frederic J . Brown, Warren Buffett, Xiaomi, Musk Organizations: Reuters, Service, Elon Musk's, Geely, Huawei, New York Times, Business Locations: China, North America, AFP

☆ Ford cuts electric F-150 Lightning truck production — again
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Graham Rapier | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read previewFord plans to cut production of its electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck once again, it said Friday, citing a problem nearly all automakers have struggled with in the past year: falling demand. About 1,400 employees will be impacted as the plant where Ford's flagship electric truck is produced, the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center, transitions to just one shift per day starting on April 1, Ford said. AdvertisementFord sold fewer than 25,000 of the F-150 Lightning pickup in 2023 as it scaled back production. That still notched it a spot in the top 10 EVs by sales but is dwarfed by traditional F-150 sales of more than 700,000. Ford has also struggled to get dealers on board with its electric sales program, requiring a substantial investment on their part to install chargers and receive new training.

Persons: —, Ford, Tesla Organizations: Service, Business, Rouge Electric Vehicle Center Locations: Wayne, Michigan

☆ Stellantis CEO says automaker won't sell EVs at a loss like other carmakers
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Carlos Tavares, CEO of Stellantis, poses during a presentation at the New York International Auto Show in Manhattan, New York, on April 5, 2023. Stellantis won't sell electrified vehicles such as hybrids and all-electric models at a loss like other automakers have, CEO Carlos Tavares said Friday. "Being in Europe as much as in the U.S., we are making money with the electrified vehicles," Tavares said during a roundtable Friday. "We are making money, and it is in our discipline to make sure that whatever we sell we make money with because, if not, then the company will not be sustainable." Stellantis currently has 25 EVs available globally and expects to launch another 23 through the end of this year.

Persons: Carlos Tavares, Stellantis, Tavares Organizations: New York, Auto, Fiat Chrysler, Jeep Locations: Manhattan , New York, Europe, U.S

☆ Ford's move to cut F-150 Lightning production will help the automaker optimize profitability
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Ford announced Friday it's reducing production of its F-150 Lightning all-electric pickup truck, starting April 1, due to slowing demand for EVs. The automaker said the Lightning cuts are being made to achieve the "optimal balance of production, sales growth and profitability." But since Ford is cutting back EV production, the automaker's goal of scaling up its EV buildout could be delayed. In fact, the Maverick Hybrid sales exceeded the F-150 Hybrid last year with a 67% increase to more than 52,300 vehicles. A Ford F-150 Lightning pickup truck is shown at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center on April 26, 2022 in Dearborn, Michigan.

Persons: Ford, Jim Cramer, Tesla, Jim Cramer's, Jim, Bill Pugliano Organizations: Rouge Electric Vehicle, Plant, CNBC, Ford, ICE, Ford Blue, Rouge Electric Vehicle Center, Getty Locations: Dearborn , Michigan, Michigan, Wayne, Rouge, EVs

☆ Ford cuts production of F-150 Lightning EV, adds jobs at Bronco and Ranger plant
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

DETROIT – Ford Motor is increasing production of its Bronco SUV and Ranger pickup, while cutting production of its all-electric F-150 Lightning, the automaker said Friday. Ford said the production changes are intended to match production with customer demand. They mark the latest cuts or delays to production of EVs amid slower-than-expected customer demand. Customers love the F-150 Lightning, America's best-selling EV pickup," Ford CEO Jim Farley said in a release. The automaker will be reducing production of the Lightning at its Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Michigan to one production shift from two, impacting approximately 1,400 employees.

Persons: Ford, America's, Jim Farley Organizations: DETROIT, CNBC, Electric Vehicle Center Locations: Michigan

☆ Sundance Diary: Buoy Meets Satellite
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Kyle Buchanan | More About Kyle Buchanan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The third wild film I saw at the Eccles on Friday was “Sasquatch Sunset,” a wordless comedy that follows a quartet of grunting Bigfoots as they trek through the forest for a year. Two of the Sasquatches are played, under heavy prosthetics, by Riley Keough and Jesse Eisenberg, though you’d never know it was them unless you were told beforehand. (Well, maybe some people could clock Eisenberg as the most high-strung Bigfoot, if forced to grade these performances on a sliding sasquatch scale.) What starts off as slapstick becomes weirdly moving as we watch some of the sasquatches succumb to natural disasters. In the ’90s, every independent filmmaker dreamed of launching their career at this festival as the likes of Quentin Tarantino and Steven Soderbergh had.

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☆ Ford is cutting back F-150 Lightning electric truck production
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Ford will shut down one of two production shifts in April at the Dearborn, Michigan, factory that builds the F-150 Lightning electric pickup. The move is part of “matching F-150 Lightning production to customer demand,” the company said Friday. While sales of electric vehicles increased in 2023, the growth was slower than many industry experts had expected. Ford still projects an increase in Lightning sales this year after a 55% jump to 24,000 trucks last year. The 24,000 in Lightning sales is still a small fraction of overall Ford F-series pickup sales.

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☆ A viral video appears to show Walmart Spark shoppers with perishable groceries waiting for a ride in the Arizona sun
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Alex Bitter | Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A viral video appears to show Walmart Spark workers leaving perishable groceries in the sun. Some Spark drivers appear to be using fraudulent identities, as Business Insider previously reported. Additionally, many Spark drivers appear to be using accounts with names other than their own. Walmart previously told BI that selling, renting, or borrowing accounts goes against its policies for Spark workers. Do you work for Walmart Spark and have a story idea to share?

Persons: —, Aaron, YouTube Aaron, Aaron said, wasn't, they've, he'd, dreuter@businessinsider.com Organizations: Walmart, YouTube, Arizona Walmart, Business, Service, Spark ., Spark Locations: Arizona, Chandler , Arizona

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