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☆ The Apple of One Business Reporter’s Eye
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Josh Ocampo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Tripp Mickle, however, focuses on just one company: Apple. Despite having a specific beat, Mr. Mickle’s work still finds a wide audience. “It’s this incredible company that has such influence in our lives,” Mr. Mickle said in an interview. “And it’s a fortress of secrecy.”Before writing for The Times, he dabbled in other topics, including NASCAR for Sports Business Journal, and the tobacco and alcohol industries for The Wall Street Journal. It was during his time at The Journal that Mr. Mickle decided to take a bite of the Apple beat.

Persons: Tripp Mickle, there’s, Mickle, Mickle’s, “, ” Mr Organizations: Apple, Business, The New York Times, The Times, NASCAR, Sports Business, Wall Street Locations: California, Glen Park, San Francisco

☆ Time to dump CDs? 6 experts share 6 investing moves to make as the Fed prepares to cut rates in September.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( William Edwards | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Certain areas of the stock market that benefit from lower rates could see a boost. AdvertisementInstead, plug some money into longer-duration bonds to lock in higher returns while they're still around, Milan said. In addition to tying down solid returns, longer-duration bonds could also appreciate when rates fall, he said. AdvertisementLook at rate-sensitive areas of the stock marketCertain areas of the stock market should also benefit from Fed rate cuts. But investors should keep their eye on the labor market the more the Fed cuts rates, Young Thomas said.

Persons: —, Daniel Milan, they're, Ed Mahaffy, Mahaffy, Robert Phipps, Bernstein, Liz Young Thomas, Shmuel Shayowitz, Kristy Kim, Young Thomas Organizations: Service, Federal Reserve, Business, Cornerstone Financial Services, Treasury, ClientFirst Wealth Management, Corporate, Per Stirling Capital Management, Bloomberg, Bond, Index, Fed, Vanguard, ®, Schwab, Fidelity Locations: Michigan, Milan, TreasuryDirect, TomoCredit

☆ Americans aren't spending like they used to, and it's forcing a reckoning for companies from Starbucks to Whirlpool
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Alex Bitter | Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewShoppers are slowing down spending on everything from burgers to dishwashers, and that's bad news for a growing number of companies. While inflation has since cooled, Americans are still stuck with higher prices for many of the things they buy. Shoppers are slowing down food spending — even at grocery storesThe spending slowdown has hit restaurant chains, which have launched new deals to get customers in the door. Over the past two years, income growth has helped consumer spending beat expectations, Jefferies analyst Corey Tarlowe said in a note on Monday. One bright spot in consumer spending: Cruises, which are seeing record demand.

Persons: —, McDonald's, Burger, Taco, Jefferies, ETIENNE LAURENT, Laxman Narasimhan, It's, Dirk Van de, Van de, Andrew M, Watterson, Michael Liersch, Wells, Corey Tarlowe, Horacio Villalobos, dreuter@businessinsider.com Organizations: Service, PepsiCo, UPS, Business, Shoppers, Burger King, Taco Bell, Starbucks, Getty, Walmart, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Unilever, Whirlpool, Airlines, Jefferies, Costco Locations: Pellegrino, North America

☆ DuPont's recovery gains speed with another catalyst for the stock still looming
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

DuPont's water and protection segment may have seen a year-over-year decline in sales, but what matters most is that revenue was up 8% sequentially. Notably, DuPont's Water Solutions and Tyvek medical packaging businesses in China — an economy that's lately been a thorn in the side of so many companies — helped drive the quarter-over-quarter expansion. While there's been speculation that DuPont's water business is attracting interest from peers, management said the company has not had conversations about an outright sale. The range for operating EBITDA was raised to $3.06 billion to $3.11 billion, up from $2.9 billion to $3.05 billion previously. DuPont's third-quarter guidance of roughly $3.2 billion in sales, $815 million in operating EBITDA and adjusted EPS of $1.03 essentially matched expectations.

Persons: FactSet, EBITDA, DuPont's, Jim Cramer, —, It's, Ed Breen, Breen, DuPont, there's, Jim Cramer's, Jim, Jim Graham Organizations: DuPont, PPG Industries, Club, Devices, Solutions, Federal Reserve, Wall, Electronics, Semi Tech, CNBC, Bloomberg, Getty Locations: China, Asia Pacific

☆ The chip industry uses as much water as the city of Hong Kong. Now factories are working to be more sustainable.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Helen Li | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

According to an S&P Global analysis, the global semiconductor industry consumed as much water in 2021 as the city of Hong Kong. Water consumption for chip fabs and data centers will rise as the demand for chips grows. The chip fabs stored the TCE underground, but tanks sometimes ruptured, leaking the chemical into the local groundwater and soil. Now, chip fabs must work with local governments to meet water management and waste disposal requirements. Several researchers are investigating ways to reduce and recycle water in chip manufacturing.

Persons: —, Prakash Govindan, Steve Proehl, Packard, Govindan, he's, fabs, Paul Westerhoff, TSMC, Jensen Huang, Huang, Anuradha Murthy Agarwal, Agarwal Organizations: Service, Business, Intel, AMD, Philips, Hewlett, Environmental, Agency, Arizona State University, Micron, Nvidia, MIT's Materials Research Laboratory Locations: Hong Kong, Taiwan, American, Santa Clara , California, Valley's Santa Clara County, . Arizona, Colorado, Phoenix, Denver

☆ How Soter Analytics uses AI to assess hazards, risks, and violations for 90 companies
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Erica Sweeney | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Ninety companies are using the AI, which can detect violations from uploaded photos and videos. This article is part of "CXO AI Playbook" — straight talk from business leaders on how they're testing and using AI. But Goetsch said Soter's AI platform could identify hazards, risks, and violations within about 30 seconds. Soter said about 90 companies were using SoterGenius, including Delta Air Lines, Ramp Health, Boston Children's Hospital, and the insurance brokerage Marsh. For example, Goetsch said one company using SoterGenius recently purchased electric forklifts and installed charging stations.

Persons: —, We've, Soter, Mike Goetsch, Goetsch, SoterGenius, it's, What's Organizations: Service, Ikea, DHL, Occupational Safety, Health Administration, Federal Aviation Administration, Delta Air Lines, Health, Boston Children's Hospital Locations: London

☆ 'You have to be invested': 6 hot stocks to buy as US markets rebound to record highs by Labor Day
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. In a little over a week, the index sank from near 5,670 to under 5,400 as the mega-cap tech stocks that drove the market higher suddenly sold off. Advertisement"You have to get involved in stocks; you have to be invested in the US equity market," Salama told Business Insider. However, the trader isn't abandoning his bullish view on mega-cap tech stocks. AdvertisementStoltzfus agrees that the market's favorite stocks, including those tied to artificial intelligence, aren't wildly overvalued, as some bears have argued.

Persons: —, John Salama, he's, Salama, There's, John Stoltzfus, who's, Stoltzfus, I've, Trump, Biden, Harris, Parris, it's Organizations: Service, Business, Labor, Oppenheimer Asset Management, House, Shmump, Dell Technologies

☆ We're upgrading Microsoft after earnings. The stock has pulled back enough lately
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

Microsoft delivered an overall strong quarter after Tuesday's market close, but a miss on Azure revenue growth put shares under pressure in extended-hours trading. Office Consumer Products and Cloud Services revenue grew 3% as Microsoft 365 Consumer subscriptions grew 10% to 82.5 million. Windows Commercial Products and Cloud Services revenue increased 11%, driven by demand for Microsoft 365. Despite the solid fiscal Q1 outlook for Intelligent Cloud revenue, management guided Azure's constant currency revenue growth to 28% to 29%. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks during the Microsoft Build conference at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on May 21, 2024.

Persons: We're, Satya Nadella, Nadella, Amy Hood, Hood, That's, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Jason Redmond Organizations: Microsoft, Revenue, Nvidia, Broadcom, Devices, AMD, Investors, Products, Cloud Services, Consumer Products, Dynamics Products, Enterprise Mobility, Activision, Windows, —, Xbox, Management, CNBC, AFP, Getty Locations: OpenAI, pare, Redmond , Washington

☆ We're raising our Stanley Black & Decker price target on the stock's earnings rally
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Stanley Black & Decker on Tuesday morning delivered solid quarterly results — enhanced by strong cash flow performance, allowing management to raise its full-year guidance. Stanley Black & Decker Why we own it: Stanley Black & Decker is in the later innings of a multi-year restructuring plan. Stanley Black & Decker, which also makes fastening and assembly systems, jumped 7.5% on Tuesday's release following last week's 9.7% gain. Full-year organic sales in Tools & Outdoor are projected to be down about 1% at the midpoint, with year-over-year margin improvement. To honor the occasion, Donald Allan, Jr., President & CEO of Stanley Black & Decker, joined by Chris Taylor, NYSE Global Head of Advisory, rings the Opening Bell®.

Persons: Stanley Black, Decker, we're, Don Allen, DeWalt, Pat Hallinan, —, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Donald Allan , Jr, Chris Taylor Organizations: Revenue, Bosch, Techtronic Industries, Federal Reserve, Management, Stanley, Aerospace, CNBC, The New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Global Locations: Europe, France, Italy, Latin America

☆ Starbucks online ordering returns after app outage
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Erika Tulfo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A Starbucks app outage on Tuesday left customers unable to place a mobile order, delaying caffeine fixes for millions of coffee lovers until the app returned to service later in the day. Starbucks’ outage woes come as mobile app and drive-thru orders make up more than 70% of Starbucks sales across approximately 9,500 stores nationwide. Starbucks app is seemingly down nationwide, leaving millions of customers unable to place mobile orders. “The Starbucks app not working on my birthday is so rude come on,” wrote X user @syndey_fields1. The Tuesday Starbucks outage took place at the same time that Microsoft reported its Azure cloud computing servers were down.

Persons: Jaci Anderson, “ We’re, ”, @StarbucksCare, “ Organizations: CNN, Starbucks, Microsoft Locations: New York, Boston, Washington, Chicago, Dallas

☆ Buy this 'cheap' REIT — it's set to offer a yield of nearly 7%, Morningstar says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Weizhen Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

It's commonly believed that assets related to real estate, such as REITs, benefit from lower interest rates. A lower interest rate environment also increases the attractiveness of this investment in terms of the higher rental income yield offered by real estate. The rate of office use is set to increase over time , which will in turn lead to a recovery in office real estate demand, he said. "A focus on technology and life sciences market clusters should benefit Kilroy in the long run as we expect buoyant growth in these areas. "The remote work dynamic is probably the biggest source of uncertainty for the office real estate industry.

Persons: Morningstar, Suryansh Sharma, Morningstar's, Dave Sekera, Kilroy, Sharma, Sekera Organizations: U.S . Federal, Kilroy Realty, Morningstar, Apple Locations: REITs, U.S

☆ CrowdStrike shares plunge 11% to lowest level of the year on report that Delta may seek damages
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Katie Bartlett | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

CrowdStrike shares fell tumbled 11% on Tuesday to their lowest level of the year following a report that Delta Air Lines hired prominent attorney David Boies to seek damages from the security software vendor. CrowdStrike fell $28.98 to $228.83 as of early afternoon trading. Late Monday, CNBC's Phil Lebeau reported that Delta hired Boies, chairman of Boies Schiller Flexner, to seek compensation from CrowdStrike and Microsoft . No suit has been filed, Lebeau reported, and Delta didn't respond to a request for comment. The Department of Transportation said last week that it's investigating Delta due to the widespread flight disruptions and service failures.

Persons: CrowdStrike, David Boies, CNBC's Phil Lebeau, Boies, Boies Schiller, Lebeau, Harvey Weinstein, Elizabeth Holmes Organizations: Delta Air Lines, Microsoft, Delta, Department of Transportation, U.S, Hollywood

☆ It’s not the end of the world if the Fed doesn’t cut rates tomorrow
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Elisabeth Buchwald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —The Federal Reserve is all but certain to hold interest rates steady at its meeting this week. That’s why Torsten Slok, Apollo Global’s chief economist, is maintaining his prior forecast that the Fed won’t cut rates at all this year. “There are still two more CPI releases before the September 18 [Fed] meeting, so we have to wait and see if the downtrend in inflation continues,” he told CNN. Fed officials have signaled that September will be when they finally lower interest rates. The difference between a few months for that initial cut “really doesn’t matter unless there’s some big shock that hits the economy in that time,” Fed Governor Christopher Waller said earlier this month.

Persons: Alan Blinder, Paul Krugman —, Blinder, what’s, Brandon Bell, Torsten Slok, Apollo, ”, Sean Snaith, it’s, Christopher Waller, Waller Organizations: New, New York CNN, Federal, CNN, ” University of Central, ” Locations: New York, ” University of Central Florida, Iran, Israel

☆ Jim Cramer: Merck is a buy after the drugmaker's post-earnings dip — here's why
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Matthew J. Belvedere | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Merck : The drugmaker reported a better-than-expected quarter. It raised its full-year sales outlook but was still a little short of estimates. Jim Cramer said Tuesday he would take advantage of the dip and buy Merck ahead of the benefit from this drug. Pfizer : Better-than-expected sales and adjusted earnings, as well as a full-year outlook raise, were not enough to keep the stock higher. PayPal : The digital payments company reported a better-than-expected quarter.

Persons: Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Cramer, Alex Chriss, Anthony Noto Organizations: CNBC, Club, Merck, FDA, Pfizer, PayPal, Aerospace

☆ Family offices are giving top staff equity and profit shares in battle for talent
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Robert Frank | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Family offices, the private investment arms of single families, are also shifting to profit shares as a way to better align the incentives of the staff with the family. "Family offices are competing for talent against each other, and against traditional private equity, hedge funds and venture capital." Family offices are increasingly offering lucrative shares of equity and deal profits to staff amid a growing battle for talent, according to a top family office attorney. They often pair co-investments with profit shares to create both upside and potential downside to staff. Because they serve a single family, family offices have more flexibility than many companies when it comes to designing pay plans.

Persons: McCurry, Patrick McCurry, McDermott Will, Emery, they're, Robert Frank, that's Organizations: UBS, Office Locations: Chicago

Delta Air Lines has hired prominent attorney David Boies to seek damages from CrowdStrike and Microsoft following an outage this month that caused millions of computers to crash, leading to thousands of flight cancellations. CrowdStrike shares fell as much as 5% in extended trading on Monday after CNBC's Phil Lebeau reported on Delta's hiring of Boies, chairman of Boies Schiller Flexner. On July 19, a software update from CrowdStrike led to a historic outage of Microsoft systems, knocking numerous industries offline. While no suit has been filed, Delta plans to seek compensation from Microsoft and CrowdStrike, Lebeau reported. Insurance startup Parametrix estimated that the CrowdStrike incident resulted in a total loss of $5.4 billion for Fortune 500 companies, not including Microsoft.

Persons: David Boies, CNBC's Phil Lebeau, Boies Schiller, CrowdStrike, Lebeau, Delta hasn't, Harvey Weinstein, Elizabeth Holmes Organizations: Delta Air Lines, Microsoft, Airlines, Department of Transportation, Delta, U.S, Hollywood, Insurance, Fortune

☆ How 5G technology is helping curb carbon emissions and waste at the Paris Games
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Chris Stokel-Walker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Installing and using 5G technology could help minimize the Olympics' environmental impacts. Sustainability initiatives also extend to the 5G technology powering the Olympic Games. Orange, the telecommunications provider for the Paris Games, has set itself the goal of limiting its carbon emissions to 10,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide. Environmentally friendly technology that can support more fansThough 5G systems require infrastructure installation, their technology is more sustainable than older connectivity systems like analog distributed antenna systems, Swank said. Recycling 5G equipment for more sustainabilityTo work toward its carbon-emissions goal for the Paris Games, Orange decreased its equipment manufacturing and infrastructure-deployment footprint.

Persons: —, Kevin Swank, Swank, CommScope, Kelvin Chaffer, Chaffer Organizations: Service, Games, Janeiro Games, Social Sciences, Paris Games, Olympic Games, T, Dallas Cowboys, Paris Olympics, Software Locations: Rio, France, Germany, Arlington , Texas, Orange

☆ Rapid renewable energy growth leads FBI to warn hackers will hit new, vulnerable power supply
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Michelle Castillo | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Government incentives, including the Inflation Reduction Act, have encouraged individuals and private ownership groups to invest in clean energy systems. The renewable energy industry's rapid expansion in the U.S. in some cases is occurring without traditional utility protocols and regulations. The boom in renewable energy has also led manufacturers of products and services to ramp up their offerings. Inverters connected to the internet, in particular, could be controlled by hackers to reduce output or overheat home energy systems. Other major players in the U.S. utilities and renewable energy sector, including Next Era Energy, Constellation, Enphase Energy, First Solar and Sunrun, did not respond to requests for comment.

Persons: Jim Hempstead, SEIA, Bheshaj Krishnappa, Freddie Mac, Moody's, Jim Guinn Organizations: FBI, U.S . Energy Information Administration, Metropolitan Washington Council, Governments, Department of Defense, U.S ., Solar Energy Industries Association, Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office, Constellation Energy, Corporation, cybersecurity, Cybersecurity, GE Vernova, Constellation, Enphase Energy Locations: U.S, California , Utah, Wyoming, United States, China, Russia, Iran, cyberattacks

☆ Big Tech is preparing to report its earnings. The results could make or break the AI rally.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewFor a while now, AI stocks have seemingly had the ability to defy gravity. This week, tech companies central to the generative AI boom, including Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Meta, report earnings at a time when the market rally they've helped drive teeters on the brink of a correction. If its Big Tech peers also struggle to tell investors that AI isn't just sucking up cash, we might see the AI rally lose some steam. AI hype faces a major testThe rationale behind why AI stocks have been able to defy gravity is pretty simple. Since March, gains in the S&P 500 have been driven by chip firms like Nvidia and the so-called "Fab Five" AI Big Tech stocks, including Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Meta.

Persons: —, they've, robotaxis, Sundar Pichai, Jensen Huang, Tim Cook, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Satya Nadella, OpenAI, Dan Ives Organizations: Service, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Nasdaq, Tesla, Google, Business, Big Tech, Apple Intelligence, Nvidia Locations: Silicon

☆ Ford, GM, Stellantis face a daunting second half of 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon Ford, GM and Stellantis shares"Investors who think autos can outperform on + earnings beats and buybacks should think again. GMFor GM, investors balked at pullbacks in growth businesses, waning upside during the second half of the year, and fear that the automaker's earnings power has peaked, according to Wall Street analysts. Selling more EVs is one reason that GM, which has raised its annual financial guidance twice this year, expects the second half to underperform the first. The new Ford F-150 truck goes through the assembly line at the Ford Dearborn Plant on April 11, 2024 in Dearborn, Michigan. StellantisTransatlantic automaker Stellantis arguably faces the most challenging second half of the year, particularly regarding its U.S. operations.

Persons: Ram, Joe Raedle, Morgan Stanley, Adam Jonas, Jonas, Stellantis, GM's, Mary Barra, Ford, Ford doesn't, Joseph Spak, Bill Pugliano, John Lawler, Lawler, Carlos Tavares, Remo Casilli Organizations: Dodge Chrysler, Getty, DETROIT, Ford, Detroit automakers, GM, Wall Street, Analysts, Street, UBS, Ford Dearborn Plant, Ford Pro, Transatlantic, Stellantis Locations: Miami , Florida, U.S, China, Dearborn , Michigan, Atessa, Italy

☆ 3 reasons why US manufacturing is coming back— and how to invest in a reindustrializing economy
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Christine Ji | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementAccording to Osterweis, investors should expect increased cyclicality going forward. Now, with increased investment in AI and several initiatives to revitalize domestic manufacturing, Osterweis believes the US could see a return to shorter expansion periods. AdvertisementInvestors can buckle up for more frequent economic fluctuations by increasing their concentration in quality growth equities. Investing in quality growth businesses not only drives strong returns but also protects against the ups and downs of business cycles. Osterweis also sees AI as a sustainable trend and recommends investors continue holding semiconductor companies.

Persons: —, John Osterweis, Goldman Sachs, Management Offshoring, Osterweis Organizations: Service, Business, Capital Management, Osterweis, Infrastructure Investment, Jobs, Bank of America, Companies, Big Tech, Microsoft, Management, Nvidia, VanEck Semiconductor, Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor Locations: Rust, Mexico, China, East Asia, reindustrialization

☆ Meet the mastermind behind 'Mamma Mia!' — the musical that's been playing in London for 25 years
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Chris Johnston | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

"Mamma Mia!" AdvertisementBjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson at the London premiere of "Mamma Mia! "Mamma Mia!" Dave M. Benett/Getty ImagesThe film's huge success meant a sequel was always on the cards — and "Mamma Mia! musical, Craymer had a stint as chair of Universal Music that spanned its stock market debut in September 2021.

Persons: —, Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Judy Craymer, Mia, Craymer, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Abba, Tim Rice, Cramer didn't, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Wiktor Szymanowicz, Catherine Johnson, Phyllida Lloyd, Johnson, Lloyd, Andersson, Ulvaeus, I'm, — I'm, they're, Streep, Donna, Bertolt Brecht's, Courage, Ashley Lilley, Amanda Seyfried, Stellan Skarsgård, Julie Walters, Dominic Cooper, Dave M, Cher, Mamma Mia, Meryl, Pierce, Cameron Mackintosh, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Bruce Milton Miller, Richard East, Taylor Swift, Lucian Grainge, Michael Buckner Organizations: Service, Business, London, Cher, London's Guildhall School of Drama, Fairfax Media, Universal, Variety Locations: London, Swedish, New York, Cannes, North America, Sweden

☆ The 'great rotation' faces its biggest test yet: earnings from Microsoft, Meta, Apple and Amazon
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +15 min

That will be the case in this jam-packed week , with the earnings from Microsoft on Tuesday, Meta Platforms on Wednesday, and Apple and Amazon on Thursday. If Alphabet said it cut back on data-center spending, then it would be alleged the company is falling behind Amazon and Microsoft in the AI race. The company also is now dogged by another competitor in search engines after ChatGPT creator OpenAI announced a prototype of SearchGPT . Apple reports on Thursday, and if you think the cloud-computing heavyweights are spending on too much AI, then you should be buying Apple. President Joe Biden always chose to have his agencies wear down tech companies.

Persons: Don Forst, There's, hadn't, OpenAI, Tesla, Elon Musk, —, Russell, Mark Zuckerberg, Nvidia's Jensen Huang, It's, Zuckerberg, EssilorLuxottica —, EssilorLuxottica, Andy Jassy, Stanley Black, Decker, it's, Kamala Harris, Tony West, Joe Biden, Harris, Biden, Biden couldn't, Gina Raimondo, Raimondo, Donald Trump, Sen, JD Vance, Vance, Trump, Xi Jinping's, Abbott, Jim Cramer's, ABT, Jim Cramer, Jim, Sebastien Bozon Organizations: Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Microsoft, Apple, Google, YouTube, Amazon, Nvidia, Siggraph, Federal Reserve, Mohawk Industries, Fortune Brands, Club, Democratic, Uber Technologies, titans, Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission, Department of Commerce, Republican, Big Tech, Republican Party, Trump, Abbott Laboratories, Drug Administration, CNBC, AFP, Getty Locations: Los Angeles, Denver, Ray, California, U.S, Ohio, Taiwan, St, Louis , Missouri

☆ Venezuelans vote in crucial election as opposition challenges Maduro
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Tara John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Venezuelans headed to the polls on Sunday to vote in a highly consequential presidential election where the country’s longtime strongman, Nicolas Maduro, will face one of his greatest political challenges yet, say analysts. Of the nine other candidates running for the presidency, his biggest challenger is a unified opposition movement that overcame their divisions to form a coalition known as the Democratic Unitary Platform. The opposition movement has maintained its momentum despite sustained government repression, in which their first-choice candidate, María Corina Machado, was disqualified from running. The government has also created significant impediments for the millions of Venezuelans abroad to vote, including widely unattainable passport and residency requirements. But several international election observers have announced this week that they will no longer travel to Venezuela to monitor the vote.

Persons: Nicolas Maduro, Maduro, Hugo Chavez’s, María Corina Machado, Machado, Edmundo González Urrutia, Matias Delacroix, –, Laboratorio de, Jimmy Carter –, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, ” Laura Cristina Dib, CNN’s Stefano Pozzebon, David Shortell, Michael Rios Organizations: CNN, Democratic, International Monetary Fund, European Union, The Carter, Washington Office Locations: Venezuela, Latin America, Caracas, United States, Laboratorio de Paz, Venezuelan, America, WOLA

☆ America's demand for skilled electricians is entering a boom cycle
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Bob Woods | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Every year, nearly 10,000 electricians either retire or change careers, but only about 7,000 new ones enter the field. "We're benefitting from a generation that's looking past high school and is not seeing a career going through the traditional four-year college pathway. Contributing to that shift are high school guidance counselors like Steve Schneider, who has advised students for 28 years, currently at Sheboygan South High School in Wisconsin. It offers high school students hands-on training alongside workers from local companies, introducing them to skilled trades and other occupations, which can lead to an apprenticeship after graduation. Among LATTC's 12,000 students, 4,600 are currently enrolled in electrician training, he said, adding that tuition is around $1,000 a year.

Persons: —, David Long, They're, Adrian Sauceda, We've, Sauceda, Thayer Long, IEC's Thayer Long, Steve Schneider, Schneider, Kohler, NECA's David Long, Bill Elarton, Selig, Alan Marzullo, Marzullo, NECA's Long Organizations: Bureau of Labor Statistics, BLS, National Electrical Contractors Association, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Independent Electrical Contractors, IEC, Sheboygan South High School, Rockline Industries, Inspire Wisconsin, NECA, Electrical Training Alliance, Department of Labor, Los Angeles Trade, Technical College, Syracuse University's College of Professional Studies, Consortium, Micron Technology, Local, Micron Locations: U.S, Wisconsin, Sheboygan, America, Clay , New York

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