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☆ Spirit Airlines, known for no-frills flying, will offer business-class seats
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Spirit Airlines, the ultra-low cost carrier known for charging bargain-hunting passengers for anything and everything, is introducing business class seating. Farther back in the plane Spirit will also allow passengers to pay more for seats in rows where the middle seat will not be sold. Spirit looked at merging, first with another ultra low cost carrier, Frontier Airlines, and then with JetBlue Airways. Last week Southwest Airlines, the nation’s older lower fare carrier, announced it would end its open seating policy it has used throughout its history and let passengers reserve seats for the first time. However, Southwest has not announced any plans to offer wider, business class seats.

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Washington CNN —Secret Service acting Director Ronald Rowe provided new details about the assassination attempt of Donald Trump on Tuesday, delivering forceful testimony at a Senate hearing about the agency’s failures earlier this month in Butler, Pennsylvania. But at the joint hearing of the Judiciary and Homeland Security committees, Rowe also highlighted the missteps of local law enforcement on July 13, when the former president was shot. Moving forward, Rowe told the committees, his agency will avoid assuming local law enforcement agencies are fully capable of fulfilling their role in protecting an event. Rowe told the lawmakers that local law enforcement was positioned in a nearby building and should have had a clear line of sight of Crooks on the roof. Tobra claimed that the account in question was “pro-Biden.”The Gab account has also not been conclusively connected to Crooks.

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☆ AI spending is in the crosshairs in a 'make-or-break' week that determines where Big Tech heads next
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF (MAGS) currently sits 11% off its highs. MAGS YTD mountain Magnificent Seven ETF performance This backdrop sets the tone for a "make or break week" coinciding with the Federal Reserve's July rate decision Wednesday, according to Wolfe Research's Chris Senyek. Now, more than 18 months after the launch of groundbreaking ChatGPT, Wall Street wants results. Some Wall Street analysts believe strong quarterly results may not be enough to reverse the pullback in tech shares. "My gut is that the tech earnings are going to come in better than people expect."

Persons: Morgan, Roundhill, Wolfe, Chris Senyek, Jay Woods, Sundar Pichai, Deutsche Bank's David Folkerts, Baird's Ted Mortonson, Senyek, Rowe Price, Dominic Rizzo, CNBC's Organizations: Nasdaq, Federal, Microsoft, Meta, Apple, Freedom Capital, Deutsche, Tech, Fed, Trump

☆ Spirit Airlines is trying to go upmarket with snacks, Wi-Fi and checked bags included
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Free Wi-Fi? Free checked bag? Free snacks? "Go Savvy" fares come with either a checked bag or a carry-on. Then there's just "Go," essentially Spirit's original product, with just a seat and fees for checked bags, cabin luggage, seat selection, Wi-Fi and snacks.

Persons: Ted Christie Organizations: JetBlue, Airbus, CNBC Locations: Florida, U.S

☆ Trump tells followers to 'GO AFTER' Meta and Google, citing censorship allegations shared by Elon Musk
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Geoff Weiss | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewDonald Trump is again railing against Big Tech, accusing both Meta and Google of censoring content about him in "another attempt at RIGGING THE ELECTION!!!" In a post Tuesday on Truth Social, Trump referenced a photo taken after his assassination attempt that a Facebook communications exec previously acknowledged had been mistakenly fact-checked across the social network. The New York Post also reported Monday that after asking about the assassination attempt, Meta's AI assistant had responded that the event had never happened. Still, Trump urged his followers on Truth Social Tuesday to "GO AFTER META AND GOOGLE. Zuckerberg had called Trump a "badass" for surviving his assassination attempt, but that didn't stop Trump from threatening to send the Facebook cofounder to prison if he's elected.

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We've compiled a comprehensive guide on where to watch Emmy-nominated shows, including series from the outstanding drama and comedy categories. With Succession over and out of the running, the best drama series category has opened up for a new potential champion. Slow HorsesWhile Apple TV+ shows often fly under the radar, three programs snagged best series nominations across both drama and categories this year. 3 Body Problem received six nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series and five technical categories. Reservation DogsThe punchy and poignant Reservation Dogs finally picked up an Outstanding Comedy nomination in its third and final season.

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☆ I take my wife and 5 kids with me to war zones as a crisis volunteer. People think I'm crazy, but we work as a family.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

I sent them an email about the possibility of work, and we left within a week and a half. Most of these people still had family members that were just captured by ISIS, and who were very traumatized. Home life in warMy wife is very connected to the work and its mission. And we'd come back to a big house where we take showers, there's a functioning family and hot food. The kids do miss out on having a steady community, but their community is always there when they get back.

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☆ Ukraine's IT army is a 'world first' in cyberwarfare — but it's a major gamble for the government, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Cameron Manley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementIn Russia, however, "they have the expertise but not necessarily the service providers who sit in front of organisations to detect and deflect DDoS attacks," Woodward added. AdvertisementSuch attacks may also help "support defensive movements of the Ukrainian army," said Vasileios Karagiannopoulos, an associate professor in cybercrime and cybersecurity at the University of Portsmouth. Advertisement"The IT Army is managed by the SBU and the Ukrainian MoD," Soesanto said, adding that they receive support from Ukraine's Ministry of Digital Transformation. Ted told BI that "the MoD does not run the IT army, but there is collaboration to ensure efforts are synchronized." Ukraine's Ministry of Defense did not respond to a request for comment from BI on the nature of its relationship with the IT army.

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☆ How the Harris 2024 shake-up could affect House and Senate races
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | Simone Pathe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

It could also have a major impact on House and Senate races. We talked by email about the state of play for the House and Senate and how the shake-up in the presidential race might change things. PATHE: House races are typically more nationalized than Senate races because the candidates are lesser known; therefore, it’s harder for them to separate themselves from their party and the top of the ticket. WOLF: The presidential primary process is over, but we’re still in the thick of statewide primaries for House and Senate races. WOLF: If there’s one Senate race that could be a bellwether for the country as a whole, which one is it and why?

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☆ What Kamala Harris' latest financial disclosure reveals about her investment portfolio
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Lorie Konish | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Harris For President Campaign | Via ReutersFinancial experts describe Vice President Kamala Harris' investment style in one word: Boring. In her role as vice president, Harris filed a public financial disclosure report for 2023, which was signed in May. Carolyn McClanahan, a certified financial planner and founder of Life Planning Partners in Jacksonville, Florida, who also reviewed Harris' financial disclosure, said it makes her "heart sing" to see Harris investing in low-cost passive investment strategies. Since 2020, mortgage rates have increased substantially, which means the couple missed their chance to lock in a low rate for a longer term. McClanahan said she urged everyone to lock in the record low mortgage rates that were available back then.

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☆ Credit Card Rewards Are Making Us Jerks, Causing Fights Among Friends
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Emily Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

He's not doing all this out of the kindness of his heart; he's doing it because he wants the credit-card rewards. In a recent poll from Ipsos, 71% of Americans surveyed said they had some sort of rewards, points, or cash-back card, and 80% of those with such a card said they valued their rewards. But maybe we love our credit-card rewards too much, to the point that it's making us act in less-than-ideal ways toward those we hold near and dear. But credit-card rewards are, indeed, making things uncomfortable. I recently booked a fight with a friend who remarked she'd gotten some $300 in travel credit from her rewards card.

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CNN —Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic nomination for president during a news conference in Washington on Tuesday. “Kamala Harris and her candidacy has excited and energized the House Democratic Caucus, the Democratic Party and the nation,” he said. One source told CNN that Schumer and Jeffries, both of New York, have spoken to Harris. However, Schumer and Jeffries did not immediately endorse Harris, at first stating that they “look forward to meeting in person with Vice President Harris shortly as we collectively work to unify the Democratic Party and the country.”Many of Harris’ potential challengers, such as Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, endorsed the vice president, giving her a clear path to the nomination.

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CNN —Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey will resign his seat effective August 20, according to a copy of his resignation letter obtained by CNN. Menendez had faced mounting pressure from within his own party to resign or face the threat of expulsion from the Senate. Receipt of Menendez’s resignation letter was announced Tuesday on the Senate floor in a brief exchange between Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Presiding Officer Sen. Peter Welch, a Democrat from Vermont. “In light of this guilty verdict, Senator Menendez must now do what is right for his constituents, the Senate, and our country, and resign,” Schumer said in a statement. Menendez stepped down as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last year, but had long rejected calls to resign his US Senate seat.

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☆ RuPaul says his 10th grade teacher taught him 'the most valuable lesson I ever learned'
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

RuPaul might never have never tried drag if not for advice he got while he was in high school. "He said 'RuPaul, do not take life too seriously,''" the star, whose full name is RuPaul Andre Charles, told the crowd. RuPaul went on to explain that he flunked his first attempt to get through the 10th grade before succeeding on his second try. "Of all the time I spent in school, that was the most valuable lesson I ever learned," RuPaul said. Dressing up became an outlet for his creativity and helped him embrace the advice he got in the 10th grade.

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☆ Opinion | Biden Is Right: End Lifetime Tenure on the Supreme Court
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( David Firestone | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

It wasn’t that long ago that many Republicans fully supported the most compelling of Biden’s ideas: term limits for justices. Term limits were also supported by Senator Marco Rubio, and Senator Ted Cruz proposed putting justices up for election every eight years. But an 18-year maximum tenure for justices, as Biden and many others have proposed, shouldn’t be ping-ponged around by whatever faction is dissatisfied with the current court. Through the 1960s, the average term on the court was around 15 years; after 1970, it became about 26 years. The founders did not fully anticipate how a justice might become insulated from reality after serving on the court for many decades.

Persons: Mike Johnson, Biden’s, Josh Hawley, John Roberts, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Biden, It’s, —, Clarence Thomas — Organizations: Republicans don’t, Republicans, Republican, it’s Locations: Missouri

☆ The appeal of being an influencer is so strong that half of US adults would quit their jobs if they could make a living from social media
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Shriya Bhattacharya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewCreating content online is more alluring than a traditional job for many people, new data by influencer marketing and technology platform IZEA found. AdvertisementThe industry can be financially unstable though, and some full-time influencers BI spoke with recently have pivoted back to the corporate world. "The idea of full-time content creation is often more glamorous than reality," creator Mitchie Nguyen previously told BI. A few months ago, the New York-based influencer left her full-time position at Johnson & Johnson to scale her social-media business. Consumers who spend more than five hours per day on social media are 4.4 times more likely to be compensated.

Persons: —, IZEA, Gen Zers, Ted Murphy, influencers, Emarketer, Mitchie Nguyen, Ariana Nathani, influencer, Johnson, Murphy Organizations: Service, Business, Johnson, BI, Consumers Locations: New York, today's

☆ Boeing 'disappointed' customers but is on the path to 'transformational change,' commercial jet CEO says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Pope said Boeing is on the right path to improving its manufacturing quality, safety and predictability of deliveries, a "transformational change" that she said will take years. "It still doesn't take away the reality that we've disappointed" our customers, she said at a press conference before the Farnborough Airshow, outside of London. "This plan is not a three month plan," said Pope. As part of the leadership shakeup that promoted Pope to head the commercial unit, Boeing's CEO Dave Calhoun said he would step down by year's end. Boeing reports quarterly results on July 31 and is set to report charges from that unit, Colbert said at the same press conference.

Persons: Stephanie Pope, Max, Pope, haven't, Dave Calhoun, Ted Colbert, Colbert Organizations: Boeing, MAX, LONDON, Federal Aviation Administration, Farnborough, FAA, Air Force One Locations: Renton , Washington , U.S, London

☆ Investment banking is back — and the recovery is just getting started
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Investment banking was the rock star of big bank earnings this season. For Club stock Morgan Stanley, investment banking revenues surged 51% year over year with equity underwriting fees jumping over 56%, and advisory fees increasing over 30% from the year-ago period. Wells Fargo's investment banking revenues, which fall underneath its corporate and investment banking (CIB) division, jumped 38% year over year. "The investments we have been making allowed us to take advantage of the market activity in the quarter with strong performance in investment advisory, trading and investment banking fees." And good news for investors, it doesn't look like the rebound in investment banking is slowing anytime soon.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Wells, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Morgan, We've, Morgan Stanley's, NII, Charlie Scharf, Ted Pick, we're, David Solomon, Donald Trump, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, JPMorgan Organizations: JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citigroup, Citi, Investment, IB, Federal Reserve, Wells, CNBC, CIB, Morgan, Wall, Citibank, JPMorgan Chase, Reuters Locations: Wells Fargo, Wells, U.S

☆ Timeline: How the CrowdStrike outage unfolded
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Washington, DC, public transportation services — including trains and buses — begin experiencing delays, according to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. At 5:30 a.m., US cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike tells customers that it was “aware of reports of crashes” of its software on Microsoft Windows operating systems, according to a company advisory viewed by CNN. Australian lenders ANZ and Westpac were also impacted, according to Downdetector, a website that tracks cyber outages. Other states also report impacts to their driving services, including Georgia, North Carolina, Texas and Tennessee. CrowdStrike would take steps “to prevent anything like this from happening again,” according to a statement on the company’s website.

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☆ Global IT outage leaves thousands stranded at airports amid chaos at hospitals, government agencies and 911 systems
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Dalia Faheid | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

All flights were grounded for United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and Allegiant Airlines on Friday. Meanwhile, thousands of companies around the world are struggling with payment processing after the outage brought down systems across a wide range of businesses. Airlines, banks, TV channels and other businesses were disrupted worldwide on Friday following a major computer systems outage linked to an update on an antivirus program. In addition to hospitals, blood donation centers have experienced challenges and are altering blood shipment methods due to flight delays. The Social Security Administration closed its local offices to the public on Friday after the outage shut down numerous services.

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Opinion Meet the Flip-Flop Club: 7 Republicans Who Kissed the RingClaire Merchlinsky/The New York Times; Images by Mary981, via Getty ImagesYou could call it a glorious moment of party unity. Either way, the Republican Party’s nominating convention was an impressive show of force by its undisputed leader, Donald Trump, who has vanquished all comers to rally his party around the MAGA flag. Heading into the primary elections, plenty of Republicans were desperately casting about for a Trump alternative, and plenty of challengers were auditioning for the position. But you can’t fight the base, and as it became clear that Republican voters were going to stick with Mr. Trump, his skeptics and critics fell into line one by one. is Mr. Trump’s party, now more than ever.

Persons: Who, Claire Merchlinsky, Donald Trump, Trump, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, Ted Cruz, Elise Stefanik, JD Vance, Trump’s, MAGA, Nikki Organizations: New York Times, Getty, Republican

☆ Tipping culture keeps creeping into ever more parts of daily life — and some people are resisting it
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

"Everyone is thinking they deserve a tip," Pam — who asked to go by her first name for privacy, but whose identity has been verified with Business Insider — said. Advertisement"I just don't think tipping is a good thing to do," Sandberg told BI. AdvertisementFor instance, Sandberg doesn't see tipping as necessary if he's buying something himself because "there's no extra service." "If I have to stand up to order my food or to buy my product, you're not getting a tip," Sandberg said. AdvertisementMeanwhile, there are services Pam doesn't tip for and ones she does.

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☆ Trump has long been criticized for his public treatment of women. The ones in his life argue he’s different in private
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Arit John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Trump has long been known for the brash, even vulgar way he sometimes speaks about women. “President Trump championed my journey, empowering me to be who I became today,” Habba said. “The media’s negative portrayal of President Trump and his treatment of women is entirely false,” Karoline Leavitt, the Trump campaign’s national press secretary, said in a statement. “Every attack on President Trump only strengthens our movement,” said Habba, who represented Trump in the Carroll defamation suit. “Sham indictments and baseless allegations will not deter us, because the only crime President Trump has committed is loving America.”

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☆ Words Used at the Republican National Convention
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Jonathan Corum | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

J. Scott Applewhite/Associated PressWords Used at the Republican National ConventionSpeakers at the Republican National Convention used more than 110,000 words over four boisterous days. The selection of speakers and their choice of words reflected both the pointed campaign rhetoric and the rewritten platform of the Republican Party in 2024. Excluding common and routine words, the most frequently spoken words were:Words on the EconomyJoe Raedle/Getty ImagesEconomic concerns were a recurring theme of the convention. Frequently used words when talking about the economy included:Words on ImmigrationReuters/Brian SnyderSpeakers described “millions of illegal aliens” crossing the southern border, promoting the idea of a migrant crime surge with descriptions of “murderers and rapists” and “criminals and terrorists.”Some of the words frequently used when discussing immigration:Words From Notable SpeakersCircles show the number of times that these selected speakers used the following words. The only known Republican acceptance speech with a comparable word count was William Howard Taft’s in 1908.

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That suggests Crooks may have been looking to carry out a high-profile shooting, and the Trump event’s proximity and timing offered the most accessible opportunity, federal officials have speculated. Crooks had also searched for information on another recent mass shooter who shot and killed four classmates at a Michigan high school in 2021. Obtained by CNNBut there are also significant differences between Crooks’ behavior and that of a typical mass shooter. Nearly seven years after America’s deadliest mass shooting, investigators still do not know why Paddock pulled the trigger. You want every detail you can find.”CNN’s Scott Glover, Allison Gordon and Holmes Lybrand contributed to this report.

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