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☆ Putin's new nuclear-powered cruise missile, one of his so-called 'super weapons,' is unnecessary but not totally useless, nuclear weapons expert says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

If it works, the weapon's utility is debatable, and a nuclear weapons expert said it's likely for political show. The weapon isn't much of an addition beyond the nuclear strike options Russia already has in its arsenal, a nuclear weapons expert told Insider. Will it have "the ability to bypass interception lines" and be "invulnerable to all existing and future missile defense and air defense systems" as he has claimed? The missile, essentially a very-long range cruise missile, can't be intercepted by missile defense systems that are designed to counter ICBMs, meaning it could theoretically penetrate key enemy air defenses to strike its target. The agreement was designed to limit the use anti-ballistic missile systems intended to defend against nuclear attacks.

Persons: Putin, it's, —, Vladimir Putin, Pavel Podvig, Podvig, haven't, George W, Bush, Sergei Karpukhin Organizations: Service, RIA Novosti, Ministry of Defense, Russian, Russian Navy, US, Technology, Ballistic, National Missile Defense, Putin Locations: Russia, Moscow, Russian, Sochi, Ukraine, Avdiivka, Crimea

Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) and North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum... Acquire Licensing Rights Read moreWASHINGTON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Republican presidential contenders are scheduled to face off in a third primary debate on Nov. 8. Those early states are Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina, all of which are among the first to hold nominating contests. The Republican National Committee has laid out several requirements for surveys to count toward this requirement, including that they must take place after Sept. 1. Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina also appear to have a solid shot of being there, according to recent polls. The November debate could make a difference for some candidates, but is unlikely to change the fundamental dynamics of the race.

Persons: Asa Hutchinson, Chris Christie, Mike Pence, Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, Doug Burgum, Adrienne Arsht, Donald Trump, DeSantis, Trump, Tim Scott of, Haley, Gram Slattery, Nathan Layne, Susan Heavey, Ross Colvin, Deepa Babington, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Former Arkansas, New, U.S, South Carolina, North Dakota, Republican, NBC News, Adrienne, Adrienne Arsht Center, Performing Arts of Miami, Dade, Florida, Democrats, WHO, Republican National Committee, Trump, RNC, United, North, Thomson Locations: New Jersey, Florida, U.S, WASHINGTON, Miami, Dade County, Iowa , New Hampshire, South Carolina, Iowa, New Hampshire , Nevada, Tim Scott of South Carolina, North Dakota, California, Wisconsin

☆ 5 tips on how to buy property in a high-interest-rate environment from 5 real-estate investors who started with little or no money down
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Laila Maidan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate hit a whopping 7.43% on Monday, a level unseen in the US in almost two decades. That same setup would cost $2,222 a month with today's mortgage rate. Regardless of which direction the pendulum swings, investors can still navigate their way through the housing market with a few tips. If a buyer were to purchase it today, with a 20% down payment, monthly mortgage costs would be $3,350, according to Insider's mortgage calculator. He then secured the remainder of $910,000 from a bank at an interest rate of 6.5%.

Persons: Sam Primm, Lucas Walls, Primm, there's, Sharon Tseung, Tseung, Chris Gerbig, couldn't, Gerbig, he's, Matthew Tortoriello, Tortoriello, Ana Snider Organizations: Primm, San Francisco Bay Area, MLS, Federal Housing Administration, Department of Veteran Affairs, Department of Agriculture Locations: Primm, San Francisco Bay, Jacksonville , Florida, Lemoore , California

The best Google Pixel 8 screen protectors provide dependable protection against chips, cracks, and scratches. Our top overall pick for protecting the Pixel 8's screen is the Zagg InvisibleShield Glass Elite screen protector. Learn moreFAQsDoes the Google Pixel 8 need a screen protector? See our guide to the best Google Pixel 8 cases. No, a Pixel 7 screen protector will not fit a Pixel 8 because the newer model has a smaller screen.

☆ A woman's chance for equal pay plummets when she has a kid — and never recovers, says the newest Harvard economist to win the Nobel Prize
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Harvard professor Claudia Goldin just won the Nobel Prize in economics, the third woman to do so. Goldin has been studying women's labor and the gender wage gap for decades. We know this thanks to decades of research by Claudia Goldin, who just won the Nobel Prize in economics. Mothers can make up ground relative to non-mothers, Kerr said, but "the gender gap is just way too large between parents." AdvertisementAdvertisement"There are lots of people doing such research now, and I think that this means that they'll see that it is important and that it's recognized," Goldin said.

Persons: Claudia Goldin, Goldin, —, Lawrence Katz, Marianne Bertrand, Z, that's, they're, Sari Pekkala Kerr, Claudia Olivetti, Kerr, she's, it's, " Goldin Organizations: Service, Pew Research, Wellesley College Locations: Harvard

None looked to have a reasonable birdie chance until List poured in his putt and slammed his fist in celebration. Still with a one-shot lead, he was in the left rough when he pulled his approach to the 18th hole near the grandstands. Mark Hubbard stood over a 12-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole to take the lead. He three-putted for bogey, took bogey on the final hole and shot 67 to miss the playoff by one shot. But he came up well short of the 18th hole, made bogey and shot 72 to miss the playoff by one shot.

Persons: JACKSON, Luke, Ben Griffin, Griffin, Ludvig Aberg, Henrik Norlander, Scott Stallings, “ It's, “, It's, ” Griffin, ”, Norlander, Stallings, ” Aberg, Mark Hubbard, Carl Yuan, ___ Organizations: Sanderson, Country Club of Jackson, PGA, Torrey Pines, The Locations: Miss, Swedish, Kapalua

Advocates for comprehensive sex education say the restrictions in early education may prevent kids from getting age-appropriate foundational knowledge that they build on each year, said Alison Macklin, director of policy and advocacy at the progressive sex education organization SIECUS. To comply with the new law in Kentucky, for example, the state’s education agency advised schools eliminate fifth-grade lessons on puberty and reproductive body parts. Twenty-eight states require sex education, and 35 require HIV education, according to tracking by the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights. Massachusetts, for example, recently announced new sexual health education guidelines, which were last updated in 1999. She remembers just one optional day of sex education in middle school.

Persons: Anne, Marie Amies Oelschlager, Alison Macklin, “, Macklin, aren't, ”, David Walls, Kathleen Ethier, Ethier, don’t, ” Ethier, Hope Crenshaw, aren’t, ” Crenshaw, Kayla Smith, ” Smith, Holly Ramer, Rebecca Boone Organizations: DES, Republican, Seattle Children's Hospital, The, Foundation, Guttmacher Institute, U.S . Centers for Disease Control, U.S . Department of Health, Human Services, Public Health, HHS, New, PREP, CDC’s, Adolescent, School Health, CDC, Teen Health Mississippi, University of Mississippi, Associated Press Locations: DES MOINES, Iowa, Seattle, Indiana, Arkansas, In Kentucky, Florida, Kentucky, ”, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Alabama, Colorado , Florida , Idaho , Iowa, South Carolina, Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville, Miami, agency’s, Mississippi, U.S, Concord , New Hampshire, Boise , Idaho

☆ My husband and I paid off our mortgage more than 15 years early by following a simple money rule we learned from our parents
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Marisa Palmieri Shugrue | Stephanie Hallett | Read More | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

This July, my husband and I sent in our final mortgage payment. Why we decided it made sense to pay off our mortgage earlyAn early mortgage payoff had been a major financial goal of ours since 2016. After doing some research and calculations, we realized a combination of investing and paying off our mortgage early would give us the more flexible lifestyle we had in mind. We have not had a car payment in five years. It led us to paying off our mortgage early, which has allowed us both to choose more fulfilling work and spend more time with our daughters.

Persons: it's, We've, didn't Organizations: Ohio National Guard Locations: Cleveland

Is ancient Roman concrete better than today's? Most modern concrete starts with Portland cement, a powder made by heating limestone and clay to super-high temperatures and grinding them up. The ancient builders mixed materials like burnt limestone and volcanic sand with water and gravel, creating chemical reactions to bind everything together. Now, scientists think they’ve found a key reason why some Roman concrete has held up structures for thousands of years: The ancient material has an unusual power to repair itself. Even though Roman concrete lasted a long time, it couldn't hold up heavy loads: “You couldn’t build a modern skyscraper with Roman concrete,” Oleson said.

Persons: they’ve, ”, Carlos Rodriguez, Navarro, John Oleson, Vitruvius, Admir, Rome —, Marie Jackson, Jackson, ” Jackson, Rodriguez, Cecilia Pesce, They’d, ” Pesce, Thirumalini Selvaraj, Selvaraj, Oleson, Masic Organizations: —, Spain’s University of Granada, University of Victoria, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Utah, University of Sheffield, Vellore Institute of Technology, Army Corps of Engineers, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: Canada, Portland, Rome, Copan, Honduras, England, India

☆ Rice, beer, and urine mixed into ancient structures could help explain how they're still standing after millennia
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementIs ancient Roman concrete better than today's? Her research has found that the key could be in the specific volcanic materials used by the Romans. According to Selvaraj's research, in humid areas of India, builders used local herbs that help structures deal with moisture. Even though Roman concrete lasted a long time, it couldn't hold up heavy loads: "You couldn't build a modern skyscraper with Roman concrete," Oleson said. Instead, researchers are trying to take some of the ancient material's specialties and add them into modern mixes.

Persons: —, they've, Carlos Rodriguez, Navarro, John Oleson, Domenico Stinellis, Vitruvius, Admir, Rome —, Marie Jackson, Jackson, Rodriguez, Moises Castillo, Cecilia Pesce, They'd, Pesce, Mark Schiefelbein, Thirumalini Selvaraj, Selvaraj, Oleson, Masic Organizations: Service, Spain's University of Granada, University of Victoria, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Utah, AP, University of Sheffield, Vellore Institute of Technology, Army Corps of Engineers, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Science, Educational Media Group Locations: Canada, Portland, Rome, Copan, Honduras, England, India

☆ Inspired Europe make dream start to Ryder Cup as Americans stunned
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Martyn Herman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

A thrilling fourballs session was going the way of the Americans as they led in three matches deep into the back nine. But Viktor Hovland, Jon Rahm and veteran Justin Rose ensured Europe won it 2-1/2 to 1-1/2, with three matches that went all the way to the 18th. "That was my moment there on the 18th -- I've made us a lot of points but I haven't had many moments like that so that was immense," Rose, playing his sixth Ryder Cup, said. Hovland was majestic as he and Aberg, the first Ryder Cup player not to contest a major, proved too hot for Homa and Harman to handle in match two. Matt Fitzpatrick, playing with McIlroy, earned his first Ryder Cup point in stunning fashion with four birdies and an eagle in an early blitz that Morikawa and Schauffele never recovered from, losing 5&3.

Persons: Ryder, Marco Simone Golf, Europe's Ludvig, Guglielmo Mangiapane, foursomes, Rahm, Marco Simone, Luke Donald's, Zach Johnson's, Viktor Hovland, Jon Rahm, Justin Rose, Donald, Putts, Viktor, Jon, Rosie, Spaniard Rahm, Tyrell Hatton, Brooks Koepka, Scottie Scheffler, Norway's Hovland, Hatton, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Rose, Max Homa, Wyndham Clark, haven't, Johnson, Thomas, Ludvig Aberg, Brian Harman, Scheffler, Scottie, Sam Burns, Aberg, Harman, Shane Lowry, Sepp Straka, Collin Morikawa, Rickie Fowler, Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood, Fleetwood Mac, Patrick Cantlay, Xander Schauffele, Koepka, Nicolai Hojgaard, Matt Fitzpatrick, McIlroy, Schauffele, Martyn Herman, Toby Davis, Pritha Organizations: Country Club, REUTERS, Marco Simone Country Club, Europe, U.S, Ryder, Swedish, British, Thomson Locations: Rome, Italy, ROME, Europe, U.S, Peter's, Homa

☆ After Taking Away Critics’ Citizenship, a Country Takes Their Houses
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Frances Robles | More About Frances Robles | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The campaign is a throwback to the leftist party’s first time in office in the 1980s, when the Sandinistas expropriated homes, setting off yearslong legal disputes. Mr. Ortega was beaten at the ballot box in 1990 but after changes to the constitution that made it possible for him to win, Mr. Ortega reclaimed the presidency in 2007. He spent the next decade chipping away at the country’s democracy by interfering with the National Assembly, elections and the Supreme Court. Tens of thousands of people rose up against Mr. Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, in 2018, accusing them of becoming exactly what they had once fought against: leaders of a dictatorial family dynasty. The move to start seizing properties in recent days follows the confiscation of a prominent Jesuit university and the arrests of several priests.

Persons: party’s, Daniel Ortega, Ortega, Rosario Murillo Organizations: Sandinista, National Assembly, Jesuit, Harvard University

☆ Five-try Arundell stars as England thrash Chile 71-0
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Philip Blenkinsop | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

England, who made 12 changes from the starting line-up against Japan, scored 11 tries, including five for 20-year-old winger Arundell that equalled an England record, albeit against the lowest ranked team in the tournament playing at their first World Cup. Samoa and Japan have five, Argentina four and Chile are yet to register after three defeats. It was one-way traffic by then and Arundell got his fourth, chipping and gathering his own kick. Chile showed touches of ambition in the first half but never really threatened and were chasing shadows after the break. Their coach Pablo Lemoine, who scored a try for Uruguay against England in that 2003 match, said: "I'm not really disappointed, that's reality.

Persons: Winger Arundell, debutants Smith, Winger Henry Arundell, Steve Borthwick, Arundell, Owen Farrell, Marcus Smith, Smith, Marcus, Theo Dan, Bevan Rodd, Matias Dittus, maul, Dan, Elliot Daly, George Ford, Farrell, England's, Josh Lewsey, Rory Underwood, Daniel Lambert, Ford, Jack Willis, Borthwick, Freddie Steward, Pablo Lemoine, Philip Blenkinsop, Ken Ferris, Clare Fallon Organizations: England, LILLE, Japan, Wales, Samoa, Ford, Fiji, France, Thomson Locations: France, England, Chile, Marseille, Australia, Fiji, Samoa, Japan, Argentina, flyhalf, Uruguay

☆ Lewandowski and Cancelo strike as Barca snatch 3-2 win over Celta
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BARCELONA, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Robert Lewandowski scored a quickfire double before Joao Cancelo sealed a last-gasp 3-2 win for Barcelona over Celta Vigo in a LaLiga clash at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys on Saturday. The win provisionally moves Barcelona to the top of the league standings with 16 points from six games, one point ahead of Real Madrid who face local rivals Atletico Madrid on Sunday. We played with faith, with courage, although we were a bit sloppy at times," Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez said. Strand Larsen nearly doubled his tally just before half-time but the Norwegian's bullet header was thwarted by Ter Stegen. Cancelo then ghosted between two Celta defenders to get on the end of Gavi's inch-perfect cross to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat and seal a fifth straight league win for Barca.

Persons: Robert Lewandowski, Joao Cancelo, Lluis Companys, Xavi Hernandez, It's, Iago Aspas, Andre ter Stegen, Jorgen Strand Larsen, Ter, Luca de la Torre, Strand Larsen, Ter Stegen, Xavi, Lamine Yamal, Ronald Araujo, Tasos Douvikas, Lewandowski, Ivan Villar, Cancelo, Aadi Nair, Clare Fallon Organizations: Barcelona, Celta Vigo, Atletico Madrid, Sunday, Celta, Royal, Real Betis, Barca, Thomson Locations: BARCELONA, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Royal Antwerp, Ter Stegen's, Bengaluru

☆ A 19-year-old died after a concrete mixer he was inside cleaning was accidentally started up. His employers could have prevented his death, the Labor Department says.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A 19-year-old worker suffered "fatal injuries" after cleaning out a concrete mixer, the Department of Labor says. The machine restarted while he was inside, the DOL said. The DOL called his death a "preventable tragedy" and proposed penalties totalling $245,546. "As one of the workers left the mixer, the machine restarted with the other inside," causing him to suffer "fatal injuries," the DOL said. He called the worker's death a "preventable tragedy."

Persons: DOL, Jose A, Gonzalez Organizations: Department of Labor, Service, Foley Products Company, Safety, Health Administration, Transportation, City of Locations: Wall, Silicon, Cantonment, Florida, Georgia, Mobile , Alabama, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, City of Atlanta

☆ What’s Next for Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( German Lopez | More About German Lopez | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The types of routs that let Ukraine retake thousands of square miles in the northeast last year are rare. Fighting frequently involves chipping away at an enemy, like Ukraine’s retaking of a small but strategic village in the east yesterday. It was true most famously during the trench warfare of World War I but also in World War II, the Korean War and the U.S. Civil War. Ukraine is fighting one of the world’s strongest militaries. If Ukraine could succeed in forcing Russia to retreat in a significant way, it was always more likely to take years than months.

Persons: ”, George Barros, “ It’s Organizations: U.S ., Institute for Locations: Ukraine, U.S . Civil, U.S, Russia

☆ Stock Market News Today: Dow, Nasdaq Close Lower; Arm, Disney Stocks in Focus
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

The S&P 500 fell 1.2%, while the Nasdaq Composite shed 1.6%. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq posted slim declines for the week, while the Dow eked out a small gain. The Nasdaq Composite led indexes lower with a 1.6% decline. The S&P 500 was down 1.2% and the Dow industrials fell 0.8%, or nearly 300 points. Adobe shares were among the biggest losers in the S&P 500 after earnings disappointed investors.

Persons: Stocks, Dow industrials, Oil, Brent Organizations: Nasdaq, Dow Jones Industrial, Dow, Tech, Adobe, Treasury

☆ Ukrainian forces press on in east, inflict casualties in south, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Russia's Defence Ministry said its forces had repelled eight attacks in the east in hotly contested areas south of Bakhmut. Ukraine's Deputy Defence Minister, Hanna Maliar, said Kyiv's forces were making gains around three villages south of Bakhmut - including Andriivka. Russian forces captured Bakhmut in May after months of battles left the city in ruins. Ukrainian forces have since been chipping away at Russian positions, notably south of Bakhmut. The drive southward is intended to split a land bridge created by Russian forces between the Crimean peninsula, annexed by Moscow in 2014, and areas they hold in the east, expanded by their full-scale invasion launched in February 2022.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Hanna Maliar, Maliar, Andriivka, Bakhmut, Oleksander Shtupun, Ron Popeski, Nick Starkov, Stephen Coates Organizations: Infantry Brigade, Armed Forces, Russia's Defence Ministry, Ukraine's, Defence, Russian, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Avdiivka, Donetsk region, Russian, Bakhmut, Azov, Moscow

☆ Ukrainian Forces Press on in East, Inflict Casualties in South-Officials
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Hanna Maliar, Maliar, Andriivka, Bakhmut, Oleksander Shtupun, Ron Popeski, Nick Starkov, Stephen Coates Organizations: Reuters, Russia's Defence Ministry, Ukraine's, Defence, Russian Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Donetsk region, Azov, Moscow

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Juan Soto hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the ninth inning, and the San Diego Padres rallied from an early five-run deficit for an 11-8 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday night. Manny Machado homered twice for the Padres, who beat their playoff-bound rivals for only the third time in 11 meetings this season. The victory was a rare moment of satisfaction for the underachieving Padres, who eliminated the Dodgers from last year's playoffs before regressing this season. Max Muncy also hit his 35th homer, but Los Angeles’ patchwork pitching staff squandered a 7-2 lead. Dodgers: RHP Wander Suero went on the 15-day injured list with lower back tightness, clearing a roster spot for Stone.

Persons: — Juan Soto, Manny Machado, Josh Hader, Chris Taylor, I've, Bob Melvin, “, ”, Machado, Soto's, Xander Bogaerts, ” Machado, ” Mookie Betts, burnishing, Max Muncy, Hader, J.D, Martinez, Kiké Hernandez, Taylor, Robert Suárez, Trent Grisham, James Outman, Outman, Dave Roberts, Roberts, ” Roberts, It's, ” Fernando Tatis Jr, Evan Phillips, Soto, ” Soto, We're, Gavin Stone, Julio Urías, Tony Gonsolin's Tommy John, Stone, ” Pedro Avila, Betts, Brady Anderson, Alfonso Soriano, George Springer, Soriano, Tim Hill, Nick Hernandez, Hill, . Machado, Wander Suero, Lance Lynn, Michael Wacha, ___ Organizations: ANGELES, San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers, Padres, underachieving Padres, Dodgers, ” Padres, The Dodgers, Diego's, Los, Washington, Stone, Miami Locations: Diego, Angeles, Los Angeles

☆ Oil prices are pressuring airline stocks. These options trades can take advantage, Barclays says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The spike in oil prices is weighing on airline stocks, and there is still time to for traders to take advantage of that relationship through options trades, according to Barclays. Such underperformance has been worse only 10% of the time in the past 25yrs," the Barclays note said on Tuesday. The options market does not appear to have priced in these risks, Pascale said, so Barclays recommended two short-term trades. This structure would lower the cost of the trade, though it would also limit the upside if the JETS ETF falls below the lower strike price. The Barclays note recommended using $18 and $17 as the strike prices.

Persons: Stefano Pascale, Morgan Stanley, Pascale, CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Barclays, Futures, U.S, Texas, U.S . Global Jets ETF, JETS, Airlines, Tuesday, Delta Air Lines, Morgan, Jet, JETS ETF, DAL Locations: underperform

☆ GM and Ford are facing a 'nightmare situation' that could be great news for Tesla
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Nora Naughton | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tesla is already having a banner year for both sales and production. This is all "a potential nightmare situation for GM and Ford," Wedbush analyst Dan Ives said in a note to clients this month. AdvertisementAdvertisement"Tesla does not face similar issues which speaks to the complexity both GM and Ford face going up against the EV leader Tesla, while trying to satisfy rising union demands," Ives said. "If a strike happens then ultimately production and the EV roadmap could be pushed out into 2024 and delays would be on the horizon at this crucial period for GM, Ford, and Stellantis." Raising the stakes for GM and Ford: Tesla is already having a banner year for both sales and production, on track to hit its nearly 2 million-unit production target by the end of the year.

Persons: Tesla, Stellantis, Dan Ives, Ives, Farley, Elon, Barra Organizations: Detroit, Service, United Auto Workers union, UAW, Ford, General Motors, GM, Tesla, EV, Tesla Ford Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ What Courtney Dauwalter Learned in the Pain Cave
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Rebecca Byerly | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

After running for 60 miles through snow, up steep, root-filled switchbacks with thousands of feet of elevation gain, Courtney Dauwalter entered what she calls her pain cave. Scott Jurek won Western States seven times (most recently in 2005) but never once ran as fast as Dauwalter did this year. She beat a 1994 Western States record set by Ann Trason, who won the race 14 times, by more than two hours. Now she is trying to do something even the most accomplished ultrarunners would consider extraordinary: win three highly competitive 100-mile races in a single summer. She has won the race twice and currently holds the women’s record.

Persons: Courtney Dauwalter, —, Scott Jurek, Ann Trason, Mickey Mouse, billy Organizations: Western Locations: Sierra Nevada, ultrarunning, Moab , Utah, Western, Silverton, Colo, Blanc, Chamonix, France

☆ Apple, Microsoft, Tesla, and Meta see a combined $625 billion wipeout in market value amid August's stock slump
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Zahra Tayeb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Four Big Tech companies - Apple, Microsoft, Tesla, and Meta - lost a combined $625 billion in market value this month. Apple, Microsoft, Tesla, and Meta have seen a combined $625 billion slump in market value so far this month, Insider calculations show. Apple has led the market-cap declines with a $314 billion slump, followed by Tesla with a $117 billion drop, Microsoft with $114 billion and Meta, $80 billion. AdvertisementAdvertisementOther factors have also weighed on Big Tech stocks in recent months. While Microsoft, Tesla, Apple, and Meta all saw their market capitalizations take a hit, one tech company has notably defied the trend — Nvidia.

Persons: Tesla, Insider's Phil Rosen Organizations: Big Tech, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Service, Federal Reserve, Nvidia Locations: Wall, Silicon, America

The eight candidates who sparred in the GOP debate still face the tough challenge of chipping away at Trump’s lead in the race. NBC News’ Shaq Brewster watched the debate with a group of two-time Trump voters in Waukesha, Wis.. Asked to raise their hand if the debate made them interested in a candidate other than Trump, all four voters kept their hands down. Still, Benfield plans to support Trump’s campaign next year. Hoosier showdown: GOP Rep. Jim Banks’ Senate run got a boost during the GOP debate, with the conservative group launching an ad on Fox News supporting his bid.

Persons: Trump’s, Shaq Brewster, Scott, Trump, Mike Benfield, Brewster, Ramaswamy, “, ” Benfield, Benfield, ”, Biden, they’re, Peter Alexander, Elyse Perlmutter, Grace Jaworski, Megan Lebowitz, Ron DeSantis, fundraise, Donald Trump, DeSantis, Matt Dixon, David Sachs, Vivek Ramaswamy, Puck, ’ Ryan Reilly, Jim Banks, Banks, John Rust Organizations: GOP, NBC, Trump, New York, Florida Republican Gov, Florida Republicans, Senate, Fox News Locations: Waukesha, Wis, Reno, Nev, Florida, Atlanta, Fulton County

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