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☆ Tesla's unique approach to sales is giving it headaches
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The big storyFor saleGetty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BIOne of Tesla's biggest assets is its willingness to try new things, but its unique approach to sales is also what's giving it headaches. AdvertisementA key issue is Tesla's inability to evolve its sales tactics as the EV market rapidly changes . Business Insider's Grace Kay spoke to more than a dozen current and former employees in Tesla's sales division about how the company has tried to kick-start its sales unit . Not unlike its cars, Tesla's sales approach is innovative compared to the rest of the automotive industry. It's a great strategy when the cars sell themselves — which Teslas did for a while — since you don't need to maintain a traditional sales structure.

Persons: —, Jenny Chang, Rodriguez, It's, Elon Musk, Insider's Grace Kay, There's, Teslas, Justin Sullivan, Fintechs, chatbots, Rebecca Zisser, Goldman Sachs, James Knightley, Andy Jassy, Mike Blake, Chelsea Jia Feng, Venu, Dan DeFrancesco, Jordan Parker Erb, Hallam Bullock, Annie Smith, Amanda Yen Organizations: Service, Business, EV, Tech, Citadel, ING Economics, Big Pharma, Pfizer, Novo Nordisk, Department of Labor, Chevron, ExxonMobil Locations: New York, London

☆ In Aspen, a New Art Fair Follows the Money
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Ray Mark Rinaldi | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A down art market? None of that matters in Aspen, Colo. At least, that is the theory behind a new art fair in the city when the global arts industry is in a slump. Aspen is both rich and spendy, with one of the highest concentrations of ultrawealthy homeowners in the country. The record was broken again with another Aspen deal just a week later. “All those bursting wallets and bare walls add up to a consistent demand for paintings and sculpture, enough for Rebecca Hoffman, the founder of the Aspen Art Fair, to plunge ahead confidently with her event, even when trade reports show international art spending down more than 10 percent in 2023.

Persons: Doug Leibinger, ” Leibinger, Rebecca Hoffman Organizations: Aspen, Aspen Art Fair Locations: Aspen, Colo, Colorado, U.S

☆ What to watch at Olympics today: Track and field picks up, while Léon Marchand returns to the pool
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Lukas Weese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

Team events continue, with men’s soccer beginning its quarterfinals. Canada is one of a handful of countries that could challenge the U.S., the reigning Olympic gold medalist in men’s basketball. GO DEEPER Argentina to play France in Olympic men's football quarter-finalsThursday highlightStop what you’re doing right NOW and watch Simone Biles on floor! It marked Biles’ sixth Olympic gold — the most of any U.S. gymnast. Brazil’s Rebecca Andrade claimed silver and the United States’ Suni Lee, who won Olympic gold in the event at the Tokyo Games, took bronze.

Persons: Celine Dion, —, Brian Pintado, Yang Jiayu, Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei, Cheptegei, Jacob Kiplimo, Gudaf, Nia Akins, Allie Wilson, Juliette Whittaker, Athing Mu, Marchand, Smith, Regan Smith, Kaylee McKeown, Léon Marchand, RJ Barrett, it’s, Lionel Messi, Thierry Henry, Alexandre Lacazette, Jean, Philippe Mateta, Julian Alvarez, Nicolás, Simone Biles Organizations: Olympics, Stade de France, NBC, La Defense, Frenchman, Spain, Getty, Toronto Raptors, Olympic, Australia, Games, Saint, Argentina –, Telemundo, Argentina, France Locations: Paris, Tokyo, Ethiopia, France, Canada, men’s, Sydney, basketball, Spain, Montigny, Morocco, Argentina, Argentina – France, United States, The U.S, Olympic

☆ L'Oréal is fighting a small-time salon owner, trying to force her to rename her product range
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Hannah Abraham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

L'Oréal asked the owner of UK salon to drop an attempt to trademark her "NKD" product line. L'Oréal argued its product, branded "Naked," should take precedence in case "NKD" confused people. Salon owner Rebecca Dowdeswell is pushing back, saying she spent some $38,000 on the lopsided legal fight. AdvertisementL'Oréal is taking on the owner of a small British hair salon over a product line it says is too much like its own. The company objects to a product line from the NKD salon in Leicester, England, run by Rebecca Dowdeswell.

Persons: L'Oréal, Rebecca Dowdeswell, —, Dowdeswell Organizations: Service, Business Locations: British, Leicester, England

☆ Chevron, in Snub to California, to Move Its Headquarters to Houston
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Rebecca F. Elliott | More About Rebecca F. Elliott | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Chevron, the second-largest U.S. oil company, is moving its headquarters to Houston, from California, formalizing a long-expected breakup with a state that has pushed aggressively to address climate change. The company’s ties to California date to the 1870s. Chevron said it already had roughly 7,000 employees in the Houston area and around 2,000 at its current headquarters in San Ramon, Calif., near San Francisco. The State of California sued Chevron and other large oil companies last year, claiming that they misled the public about the risks of fossil fuels, the extraction of use of which are a leading cause of climate change. Chevron’s chief executive, Mike Wirth, criticized the lawsuit last year, saying in a Bloomberg Television interview that litigation was not the right approach.

Persons: Mike Wirth Organizations: Chevron, Calif, Bloomberg Television Locations: Houston, California, San Ramon, San Francisco, The State

☆ Harris' running mate search nears the finish line: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

In today’s edition, we report on how Vice President Kamala Harris' search for a running mate is nearing the finish line. Harris' VP search nears the endBy Yamiche Alcindor, Julie Tsirkin and Rebecca ShabadThe vetting team for Vice President Kamala Harris has met with six potential running mates as her selection process nears its end, two sources familiar with the campaign said. Shapiro met with Harris’ vetting team on Wednesday, according to a source familiar with the meeting. The vice president was not present, the source said. Read more →The Democratic National Committee’s virtual roll call to officially nominate Harris for president began at 9 a.m.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Jonathan Allen, Donald Trump, Harris, Yamiche Alcindor, Julie Tsirkin, Rebecca Shabad, Andy Beshear, Pete Buttigieg Arizona Sen, Mark Kelly Illinois, JB Pritzker, Josh Shapiro Minnesota, Tim Walz, Joe Biden, Shapiro, Manuel Bonder, ” Bonder, Kelly, ” Pritzker, Walz, “ I’m, ” Walz, Read, Allan Smith, →, hasn’t, Ohio Sen, JD Vance, Kamala Harris ’, Trump, ” That’s, ”, Scott Olson, Vance, Joe Biden —, Archie Bunker, Harris doesn’t, that’s, —, Sen, Rea, sid e nt began, m. E, mary day in Organizations: NBC, White House, Capitol, Mark Kelly Illinois Gov, Hamptons, PAC, NBC News, Democratic, National Association of Black Journalists, GOP, ’, Trump, SC O Locations: Kentucky, Philadelphia, Wisconsin, Detroit, Raleigh , North Carolina, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Savannah , Georgia, Israel, Gaza, Chicago, Indian American, Michigan , Wisconsin , Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia, —

☆ Kamala Harris has a murky antitrust record. Wall Street sees an opportunity
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally at the Georgia State Convocation Center on July 30, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. Wall Street dealmakers said they believe Vice President Kamala Harris, if she were to win the November presidential election against Donald Trump, is a clean slate on antitrust regulation and a prime opportunity to loosen the Biden antitrust regime. "I don't think Harris will go that far. So far, Harris has stayed silent on antitrust enforcement, a cornerstone of the Biden administration's big-business crackdown. The Harris campaign did not respond to a request for comment on the vice president's antitrust position.

Persons: Kamala Harris, dealmakers, Donald Trump, Biden, Harris, George Paul, it's, Bill Kovacic Organizations: Democratic, U.S, Center, Wall, Biden, Kroger, Albertsons, Federal Trade Commission Locations: Georgia, Atlanta , Georgia

How Simone Biles Won the Olympic Women’s Gymnastics All-Around Gold1 USA Simone Biles 59.131 2 BRA Rebeca Andrade -1.199 points behind points behind 3 USA Sunisa Lee -2.666Simone Biles earned her sixth Olympic gold medal, and her ninth Olympic medal overall, in Paris on Thursday, clinching a win in the women’s gymnastics all-around final by more than a full point. The competition began with a commanding lead for Biles, who scored 15.766 for her namesake Yurchenko double pike, the hardest vault in the world. And Sunisa Lee, the defending Olympic all-around champion, trailed after the first three rotations but came back to win the bronze with a solid performance on floor. With Andrade at her heels, Biles took to the floor to perform the last routine of the competition. Since the first Olympic all-around competition in women’s gymnastics in 1952, only nine gymnasts had ever managed to win two medals of any color.

Persons: Simone Biles Won, Simone Biles, Rebeca Andrade, Sunisa Lee, Biles, Kaylia, Andrade, Nemour, Lee, Bedel, Jeremy White, Biles’s, Cheng, Alice D’Amato of, Simone Biles’s, Weiyi Cai, ” Biles, ”, “, ’, Scott Reinhard, “ I’m, I’ve, Joe Ward “, Larisa Latynina, Vera Caslavska, Nadia Comaneci Organizations: Sunisa, Olympic, Soviet Union, Games Locations: Paris, Brazil, Algeria, Andrade, Biles, Tokyo, Alice D’Amato of Italy, Pak salto, Italy, Soviet, Czechoslovakia

☆ Diners in Dubai are obsessed with these supper clubs
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Rebecca Cairns | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Kamala Harris gets support of more than 100 VCs and tech execs in online pledge
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Lora Kolodny | In Lorakolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally at the Georgia State Convocation Center in Atlanta on July 30, 2024. More than 100 VCs on Wednesday pledged their support to Vice President Kamala Harris, the de facto Democratic nominee, as she ramps up her campaign to take on Trump in the November election. The group, calling itself VCs for Kamala, is made up of investors and entrepreneurs from a range of established and rising funds, and different demographic groups. "We spend our days looking for, investing in and supporting entrepreneurs who are building the future," the group said in its pledge. The VCs for Kamala list highlights a deepening political divide in Silicon Valley and the broader tech industry.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Kamala, Vinod Khosla, Reid Hoffman, Mark Cuban, Aileen Lee, Rebecca Kaden, Elon Musk, VCs Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, Trump, Musk, Shaun Maguire, 8VC's Joe Lonsdale, Musk's, David Sacks, Hoffman, Greylock, Harris, Erika Lucas Organizations: Republican, Democratic, Trump, Khosla Ventures, LinkedIn, Dallas Mavericks, Cowboy Ventures, Union Square Ventures, America PAC, Sequoia, Craft Ventures, Republican National Convention, Musk, Convention Locations: Georgia, Atlanta, Silicon Valley, Chicago

☆ Opinion | Trump’s Ideas Threaten the Foundation of America’s Economy
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Rebecca Patterson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It determines the cost of your day-to-day life, such as your mortgage, credit card bills and business loans. You might not know it’s there, but you’ll sorely miss it if it ever goes away. The $27 trillion U.S. Treasury market, the largest government bond market in the world by multiples, is the starting point for the cost of capital. Policy proposals from Donald Trump and his circle threaten the huge advantages the United States enjoys from this market. Still, the potential fallout from this particular set of ideas would be a significant disruption to the Treasury market and everything that depends on it, including interest rates.

Persons: you’ll, Donald Trump Organizations: Treasury, Federal Locations: United

How Team U.S.A. Won the Olympic Women’s Gymnastics Gold1 United States 171.296 2 Italy -5.802 points behind 3 Brazil -6.799The United States took the gold medal in the women’s gymnastics team final at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, beginning with solid vaults from Simone Biles and Jade Carey and ending with a bringing-down-the-house routine by Biles on the floor exercise. Team Italy took the silver, its first Olympic team medal in women’s gymnastics since 1928. And despite wobbles on the beam by Brazilians Flavia Saraiva and Rebeca Andrade — both during a skill called a switch ring leap — their team placed third for its first-ever Olympic team medal. China suffered in the rankings after Zhou Yaqin’s beam routine and Qiu Qiyuan’s bars, expected to be powerhouse events for the country, both included serious mistakes. VaultHow each team scored on the vaultCarey, who had been expected to compete on both vault and floor when she was named to the Olympic team, ended up competing only on vault on Tuesday after spending much of the past week sick.

Persons: Simone Biles, Jade Carey, Biles, Simone Biles’s, Joe Ward, Weiyi Cai, Jordan Chiles, Sunisa Lee, Chiles, Cheng, Flavia Saraiva, Rebeca Andrade —, Becky Downie, Zhou, Qiu Qiyuan’s, Carey, Lee, Jeremy White, — Lee, Bedel Organizations: United States, Paris Olympics, Italy, Olympic Locations: Italy, Brazil, United States, Tokyo, China

☆ Harris Atlanta rally will test her momentum on the ground in a key swing state
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at a campaign event in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on July 27, 2024. Georgia Democratic lawmakers such as Williams and U.S. Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock will also be there, along with Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams. In the week since President Joe Biden dropped out of the race against former President Donald Trump, Harris has enjoyed a surge of grassroots momentum and high-dollar donations. Megan Thee Stallion performs during the Times Square New Year's Eve 2024 Celebration in New York City on Dec. 31, 2023.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Stephanie Scarbrough, Harris, Megan Thee Stallion, Nikema Williams, Greg Bluestein, Gov, Geoff Duncan, Williams, Jon Ossoff, Raphael Warnock, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, Stacey Abrams, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Biden, You've, Dan Kanninen, Megan Thee, Noam Galai Organizations: Reuters, Georgia State University, Biden, U.S . Rep, Democratic, Atlanta, Republican, Georgia Democratic, Sens, Atlanta Mayor, Times, Getty Locations: Pittsfield , Massachusetts, Atlanta, U.S, Georgia, Black, New York City

☆ Potential Harris VP pick Shapiro will join Yellen to announce free tax filing in PA
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Josh Shapiro speaks at his swearing in as Governor of Pennsylvania at the State Capitol Building on January 17, 2023 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro will join Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to announce that Pennsylvania, a key election battleground, is the next state to get access to the Internal Revenue Service's new free tax filing system. With Harris set to select her running mate some time in the next 10 days, the event will offer Shapiro an opportunity for to co-sign the Biden-Harris economic agenda as he jockeys to become Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate. On Sunday, Shapiro is set to attend a lunch with big-ticket Democratic donors in the Hamptons, CNBC reported Monday.

Persons: Josh Shapiro, Janet Yellen, Harris, Shapiro, Kamala Harris, Brendan Boyle, Mary Gay Scanlon, Tim Walz, Arizona Sen, Mark Kelly, JB Pritzker, Andy Beshear, Pete Buttigieg, Roy Cooper Organizations: State, Building, Pennsylvania, Internal Revenue, Biden, Taxpayers, Minnesota Gov, Illinois Gov, Kentucky Gov, Pete Buttigieg . North Carolina Gov, Hamptons, CNBC Locations: Pennsylvania, Harrisburg , Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Arizona, Illinois, Kentucky, Pete Buttigieg .

☆ Liberal ‘White Dudes’ Rally for Harris: ‘It’s Like a Rainbow of Beige’
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Rebecca Davis O Brien | Ken Bensinger | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

First came the Black women, who had been meeting every week for four years and were ready to spring into action for Kamala Harris. Then came the Black men and South Asian Americans. There were also the white women, in a Zoom-busting paroxysm of solidarity and angst. On Monday night, the string of identity groups backing Ms. Harris reached its bizarre, and perhaps inevitable, apotheosis with the inaugural meeting of the aptly named “White Dudes for Harris.”“What a variety of whiteness we have here,” marveled Bradley Whitford, the “West Wing” actor, his tongue firmly in cheek as he opened his remarks to the 60,000 or so attendees who had gathered on a live video call to show their support and raise money for Ms. Harris’s nascent presidential campaign. “It’s like a rainbow of beige.”The call, put together by a few Democratic organizers (and not affiliated with the Harris campaign), was billed as a moment of solidarity, a chance to prove that former President Donald J. Trump doesn’t own the votes of white men or speak for them.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Harris, ”, ” marveled Bradley Whitford, Harris’s, “, Donald J, Trump Organizations: South Asian, Wing, Democratic

☆ How VC Stephen Hays scraped his life off rock bottom after addiction and a bipolar diagnosis to tackle mental health stigma
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Some parents had voiced concerns about Hays' "background," he told Business Insider. In 2020, he started What If Ventures, a venture firm focused on investing in mental health startups. Hays's new public persona as a staunch mental health advocate also puts a certain pressure on him to perform his recovery — "and I hate that," he said. He wants to show people struggling with their own mental health that working to get well is good enough. Advertisement"I don't just want to destigmatize addiction and mental health issues — I want to destigmatize the journey of getting better," he said.

Persons: —, Stephen Hays, Hays, couldn't, didn't, They'd, it's, Christine, he'd, Amit Etkin, Etkin, he'll, that's, Stephen, Christopher Kim, Kim, Hays doesn't, It's Organizations: Service, Little League baseball, Business, Neuroscience, Ventures, West, Space Ventures, Atlantic City, Magazine, Deep Space Ventures, Alto Neuroscience, BI, Argosy Strategic Partners, Argosy Locations: Dallas, Texas, Atlantic, Las Vegas, Colorado, Wickenburg , Arizona

☆ Biden rolls out plan to overhaul the Supreme Court
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. Supreme Court Justices attend as U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., March 7, 2024. President Joe Biden on Monday unveiled a three-pronged proposal to reform the Supreme Court, a policy area that he said will be a focus of his remaining months in office. Biden's proposed ethics code comes after several Supreme Court justices, including Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, were caught in scandals involving undisclosed financial gifts that posed major conflicts of interest. As he works to cement his legacy in the just under six months he has left as president, Biden said that overhauling the Supreme Court will be a priority. "I'm going to call for Supreme Court reform because this is critical to our democracy," Biden said in a national address from the Oval Office last Wednesday.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Donald Trump, Biden's, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Kamala Harris Organizations: Supreme, U.S, Capitol, Washington , D.C, Trump, Senate, LBJ Presidential Locations: Washington ,, Texas

☆ Kamala Harris campaign says it raised $200 million in its first week, mostly from new donors, adding to disputed $95 million from Biden
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Kamala Harris' campaign said it had raised $200 million in the last week. The campaign has also had 170,000 new volunteers sign up, it said. AdvertisementKamala Harris has raised $200 million and signed up 170,000 new volunteers in the first week of her presidential campaign, her deputy campaign manager said on Sunday. In a post on X, Rob Flaherty wrote: "There's 100 days til Election Day, so here's a fun one: In the week since we got started, @KamalaHarris has raised $200 million dollars." "A people-powered campaign for a people-powered presidency!"

Persons: Kamala Harris, Joe Biden's, —, Rob Flaherty, @KamalaHarris, We've Organizations: Service, Business

☆ A boomer with $50,000 in student loans voted for Trump in the last election. But with Biden's new repayment plan blocked, she's considering supporting a Democratic ticket.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

"I want to be able to just breathe, but retiring and having to pay for student loans when I'm not even working anymore and paying most of my Social Security to student loans, it's ridiculous. Hill said the uncertainty with her student loans is forcing her to push back her timeline to retire. She's a teacher and has loans because she went back to school in 2009 to get her teaching degree, which she funded through grants, scholarships, and student loans. AdvertisementThe Education Department has vowed to continue fighting for the SAVE plan in court. Are your student-loan payments influencing how you will vote in the election?

Persons: —, Rebecca Hill isn't, Hill, Joe Biden's, that's, I've, She's, she's, I'm, Trump, Biden's, Biden, Mitch McConnell, Bill Cassidy, Kamala Harris Organizations: Service, Trump, Business, Security, GOP, Circuit, University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, Democratic Party, Invest, Republican, Department, Public Locations: Wisconsin, PSLF

"For too long our government has violated the cardinal rule that every bitcoiner knows by heart: Never sell your bitcoin," Trump said at this year's Bitcoin Conference in Nashville. Kennedy went further than Trump, promising to establish a 4 million bitcoin strategic reserve to match the country's current stake in gold, some of which is held near the military base at Fort Knox. But Trump's reservation speaks to the complications of promising a bitcoin strategic reserve on par with the gold standard. An executive order would not be enough to bring a U.S. bitcoin reserve into existence. That existing bitcoin stockpile could act as the foundation for the bitcoin strategic reserve, which the U.S. government would build on by regularly buying a certain number of bitcoin.

Persons: Donald Trump, Marco Bello, Trump, Trump's, didn't, Tyler, Cameron Winklevoss, Kid Rock, Cynthia Lummis, Bill Hagerty, Marsha Blackburn, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Kennedy, bitcoin, Sen, Lummis, Per Sen, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Fred Thiel Organizations: Reuters NASHVILLE —, Republican, U.S . Marshals Service, Trump, U.S . Treasury, Bitcoin Conference, Saturday, Wyoming, U.S, Treasury Department, House, Independents, Democratic, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, U.S . Locations: Charlotte , North Carolina, U.S, Nashville, United States of America, Germany, Fort Knox, Washington, United States, bitcoin

☆ Elon Musk reposted a deepfake video of Kamala Harris on X — it may violate his own platform's policy
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewOn Friday evening, Elon Musk reposted a deepfake video of Vice President Kamala Harris on X — a move that may violate his own platform's policy on synthetic and manipulated media, The New York Times reported. In the video, the edited voice-over says, "I was selected because I am the ultimate diversity hire. And that may just run afoul of X's policy on synthetic and manipulated media, which states: "You may not share synthetic, manipulated, or out-of-context media that may deceive or confuse people and lead to harm ("misleading media")." This is a violation of @X’s policies on synthetic media & misleading identities. A video on social media appeared to show the president hitting out at his critics and cursing them.

Persons: —, Elon Musk, Kamala Harris, X, Harris, Biden, Musk, ake, abel, allen, linton Organizations: Service, New York Times, Democratic Party, Business Locations: ust

☆ Tiger populations in Thailand are bouncing back
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Rebecca Cairns | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —As Global Tiger Day rolls around, there’s good news for the big cats in Thailand. Thailand Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation/WCS ThailandThe DNP began working with WCS to “build and strengthen site-based protection,” says Jornburom. Thailand Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation/WCS ThailandA ‘conservation-dependent species’While Thailand’s success story offers hope, the outlook across the region is not so optimistic. This has left small, isolated tiger populations in Myanmar, Indonesian Sumatra, and peninsular Malaysia — the latter of which is worrying conservationists after a recent spate of tiger deaths. WEFCOM currently boasts most of the country’s tiger population, and has the potential to support up to 2,000 tigers, according to WCS.

Persons: It’s, Pornkamol Jornburom, she’s, ”, Pornkamol, WEFCOM, WCS, Stuart Chapman, they’ve, Chapman, Thailand Chapman, ” Stuart Chapman Organizations: CNN, Initiative, Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife Conservation Society, Tigers, Thailand Department of National Parks , Wildlife, Plant, Patrol, GPS, WWF’s Tigers Locations: Thailand, Wildlife, Kha, Thung, Thung Yai, WEFCOM, Southeast Asia, Singapore, Java, Bali, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Indonesian Sumatra, Malaysia, “ Thailand

☆ Katie Ledecky: The rise of an Olympic great
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Aimee Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +22 min

The teenager who achieved the unthinkableIn the dining hall of London’s Olympic Village, a few hours before her first Olympic final, Ledecky is eating lunch on her own. Katie Ledecky poses on the podium after winning gold in the women's 800m freestyle final at the London 2012 Olympics. Katie Ledecky and her mother Mary Gen Ledecky during the 2023 Golden Goggle Awards on November 19, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. Katie Ledecky swimming to gold in a new world record of 15.25:48 in the women's 1500m freestyle final on August 4, 2015 in Kazan, Russia. Katie Ledecky celebates after she broke the world record to win the women's 800m freestyle final at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Persons: Michael Ledecky, Katie, hasn’t, ”, –, Katie Ledecky, ” Michael Ledecky, Sarah Stier, ” Russell Mark, George, “, that’s, Prince William, Catherine, Rebecca Adlington, Lotte Friis, Little, ” Prince William, Adam Pretty, Adlington, Ledecky, Becky, Michael, musing, Fabrice Coffrini, ’ ”, hadn’t, Al Bello, athletically, Michael Phelps, ” Bruce Gemmell, didn’t, Gemmell, Bruce Gemmell, Joe Scarnici, she’s, Michael Jordan, ” ‘, Mark, ” Gemmell, “ It’s, Mary Gen Ledecky, Kevork Djansezian, David, Mary Gen, Jon, Streeter Lecka, Edward Hagan, Kathleen, Berta, Albert Einstein, Jaromir “ Jerry ” Ledecky, d’état, doesn’t, Yuri Suguiyama, Michael Phelps ’, Andrew Nesty, ominously, ” Ledecky, “ She’s, Rushmore, She’s, Joe Biden, Katie Ledecky celebates, Odd Andersen, Ariarne Titmus, Summer McIntosh, wasn’t, It’s Organizations: CNN, Ivy League, CNN Sport, Antonio, London Aquatics Centre, Briton, Games, Getty, London Games, Olympic, London, Phillips, New York Islanders, Harvard, Stanford, Silver Star, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, Rutgers, Tokyo Olympics, Rio Games, Rio Locations: San Antonio , Texas, Bethesda , Maryland, USA, AFP, Irvine , California, American, Maryland, Los Angeles , California, Harvard, Tokyo, Kazan, Russia, Woolaston , North Dakota, America, Czechoslovakia, New York, eureka, Gainesville , Florida, Paris, Indianapolis

☆ Insider Today: Millennials living like retirees
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Joi-Marie Mckenzie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Rachel Askinasi; Alyssa Powell/BIA worthy power lunchKeens Steakhouse, a New York City institution, has been luring power lunchers for years. iStock; Rebecca Zisser/BIDeals we loveQuality seafood straight to your door: After testing dozens of options, we found the 13 best seafood delivery services for sustainable, fresh, and tasty fish. After testing dozens of options, we found the 13 best seafood delivery services for sustainable, fresh, and tasty fish. Dodge the power outages: With extreme weather conditions knocking out power nationwide, a portable generator is a must. More of this week's top reads:The Insider Today team: Joi-Marie McKenzie, editor in chief of life, in New York.

Persons: —, Taylor Bannks, Bernat, Pont Alexandre III, Samantha Grindell, Estée Lauder, Sunny Choi, Choi, Mykenna Maniece, Cristo Rei, Getty, Jose M, Tyler Le, Rachel Askinasi, Alyssa Powell, Gareth Cattermole, Anna Blazhuk, Lew Robertson, Ryan Reynolds, Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Don Saladino, Saladino, Giulia Parmigiani, Natalie Ammari, Lou Pearlman, Knox, Michael Keaton, Rebecca Zisser, Joi, Marie McKenzie, Jordan Parker Erb, Dan DeFrancesco, Lisa Ryan, Amanda Yen Organizations: Service, Yorker, Business, Marathon, Olympics, Timor Leste Getty, Creativ, Heinemann, Netflix, Backstreet Boys, Backstreet Locations: Paris, City, Versailles, Cristo Rei Dili, Timor Leste, Kenya, Taiwan, Wales, New York City, Italy, New York

“Kamala Harris will appoint hundreds of extreme far left judges to forcibly impose crazy San Francisco liberal values on Americans nationwide,” Mr. Trump told the crowd. Mr. Biden’s move upended a presidential race that Mr. Trump and his team had been anticipating for years. But Mr. Trump seemed to make a more considered effort on Friday to define Ms. Harris as further to Mr. Biden’s left. Mr. Trump also repeated his false, widely debunked claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 election, which he has maintained that he won. James Singer, a Harris campaign spokesman, criticized Mr. Trump in a statement for insulting Jewish Americans and lying about the 2020 election.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Kamala Harris, San Francisco —, —, Harris, “ Kamala Harris, Mr, Biden’s, upended, Biden, ”, Roe, Wade, “, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, ” Mr, Israel ”, Biden deputized, James Singer, churchgoers Organizations: Trump, Believers, San, Democratic, Republicans, Mr, Mar Locations: West Palm Beach, Fla, San Francisco, North Carolina, Palm Beach, Israel, Gaza, United States

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