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☆ Tesla's Chinese EV competitors are racing to build their own Optimus rivals
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tesla's Chinese rivals are building their own humanoid robots to rival Tesla. EV startup Xpeng unveiled its Iron humanoid robot at its AI day event this month. The company said Iron was already deployed in its factories, joining BYD and Nio in using humanoid robots to build cars. AdvertisementTesla is facing fierce competition in China from local EV makers — and now they're building their own versions of Elon Musk's Optimus robot. AdvertisementThe scramble to incorporate humanoid robots comes as Elon Musk touts Tesla's Optimus robot.

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☆ Why Home Depot made an $18.25 billion bet on the pro business
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Melissa Repko | In Melissa-Repko | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

In both of the past two quarters, Home Depot's revenue would have fallen year over year if SRS' sales were excluded. Melissa Repko | CNBCA jolt to the businessFor Home Depot, the expansion into the pro business comes at a challenging time. With housing turnover near its lowest in decades, the pro business has also felt pressure. Grom said Home Depot's growing pro business is what helps to attract investors and set it apart from its main competitor, Lowe's . The SRS deal and the focus on pro does not mean Home Depot is abandoning efforts to jolt the rest of its business.

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At the time, Hochul said congestion pricing at that rate would be a hardship on New Yorkers struggling to make ends meet in the post-pandemic economy. Now the race is on to get congestion pricing approved before President-elect Donald Trump, who opposes it, takes office in January. The revised congestion pricing plan is expected to go before the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board for approval next week. After the expected MTA approval, the state and city will then ink an agreement with transportation officials in the Biden administration, who have been supportive of congestion pricing. They also predicted that congestion pricing would generate $15 billion that could be used to modernize subways and buses.

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As a result, there have been no improvements in the preterm birth rate in the last 10 years. Last year, the preterm birth rate was 10.4%. In 2013, the preterm birth rate was 9.8%. Wheeler was not involved with the March of Dimes report. Women with diabetes had a preterm birth rate of 28.8%, and it was nearly the same, 23.3%, among women who had high blood pressure.

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Owens, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and City Council member Aaron Banks were indicted last month on conspiracy and bribery charges. Barbara Gauntt / Clarion Ledger / USA Today via ImagnA City Council member, Angelique Lee, resigned in August and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery. “People are tired; they just want some good stuff done,” said Vernon Hartley, a City Council member for one of the city’s poorest wards. Aaron Banks is the second Jackson City Council member to be charged in the federal bribery case. Angelique Lee, a former City Council member, resigned and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery.

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☆ Here's the deflation breakdown for October 2024 — in one chart
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

"We are seeing [deflation] to some extent," said Stephen Brown, deputy chief North America economist at Capital Economics. Energy prices and electronicsGasoline prices are also "way down," Zandi said. Consumers "could get more relief there because global oil prices are soft," Zandi said. Food prices are also generally underpinned by their own unique supply-and-demand dynamics, economists said. Lower energy prices can also take pressure off food prices, as it costs less to transport and distribute food to grocery store shelves.

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☆ High rates of preterm birth and infant deaths get the US another D+ grade: ‘It’s a travesty’
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Jacqueline Howard | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

Then, less than six hours after giving birth, O’Neil was wheeled through the labor and delivery unit to go home. Racial disparities persist, she added; for Black people, the preterm birth rate is 1.5 times higher than the rate among all other babies. Many of the regions with high preterm birth rates are maternity care deserts, Williams said. The US cities with high preterm birth rates also are “areas where there are many chronic conditions and patients living with a greater number of things like hypertension, diabetes, obesity – those are all drivers of preterm birth as well,” Williams said. “Every pregnant woman who lives in a maternal health care desert should be provided with access to a health care app that is monitored by remote providers.

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☆ Russia's new Iranian missiles could make the front lines in Ukraine far more dangerous
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

With Iranian ballistic missiles, Russia has a flexibility that could be a big problem for Ukraine. AdvertisementThe delivery of cheaper Iranian missiles creates new options. New missilesTwo European defense officials told Reuters in August that they expected Iran to deliver hundreds of Fath-360 short-range ballistic missiles to Russia, as well as some Ababil close-range ballistic missiles. He said that "while these Iranian missiles may not introduce a new capability to Russia's war effort, they will offer increased flexibility and, most importantly, additional quantity." Hinz also wrote in his analysis that Russia's missile purchase highlights its "continued inability to produce adequate quantities of comparable domestic systems."

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☆ How to prevent diabetes, according to a doctor
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Katia Hetter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

What steps can people take to prevent diabetes? Another risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes is the third form of diabetes, which is gestational diabetes. It usually goes away after the birth of the child, but having gestational diabetes increases the risk of the woman later developing type 2 diabetes as well as the risk of the child developing type 2 diabetes. miodrag ignjatovic/E+/Getty ImagesCNN: What steps can people take to prevent developing diabetes? Wen: Here’s how to prevent the most common form of diabetes, type 2 diabetes.

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☆ High grocery prices got droves of Americans to vote for Trump but they shouldn’t expect to pay less over the next four years
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Elisabeth Buchwald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

With some of these pressure points softening, food prices have cooled to rates comparable to before the pandemic. “Grocery prices have skyrocketed,” he said. “Until we can — if we can — fix climate change, there’s no way that food prices can come down,” he told CNN. In the past, grocery prices have come down primarily when “the economy is under duress” and people don’t have enough money to pay for groceries. Absent these kinds of scenarios, Trump is unlikely to get the actual food prices we pay back to where they were during his first term.

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☆ South African government refuses to help hundreds of illegal miners in disused shaft
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Nimi Princewill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Food and water supplies to those underground have been halted by police seeking to force the illegal miners to come to the surface, according to Reuters. ‘We are going to smoke them out’Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, said on Wednesday that no help would be given to the illegal miners. According to Mathe, the police spokesperson, at least 1,172 illegal miners have so far surfaced voluntarily amid the pressure campaign. “Community members are stepping in and demanding to go and rescue these illegal miners themselves. Police have been escalating attempts to stamp out the activity of illegal miners, known locally as “zama zamas.” More than a billion dollars is lost to illegal mining in South Africa annually, according to the country’s Minerals Council.

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☆ On-the-Job Training Is Broken. That Hurts Companies and Workers.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Emily Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +18 min

Workers are struggling to get a handle on their jobs, and this failure falls on everyone — companies, managers, human-resources departments, and, in some cases, the workers themselves. The chaos has left employers, managers, and employees wondering just how much time and money it's worth investing in training in the first place. It's tough to learn by osmosis over Slack, and the deluge of HR apps and training modules isn't filling in the gaps. As workers and managers are increasingly overextended, these types of unmeasured, softer activities can fall by the wayside. Gavin emphasized that it's not just on companies and managers to make sure employees are learning and getting onboarded but also on individual workers.

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Trump’s transition team includes close to 100 people, with some working at Mar-a-Lago and others at the campaign office in Palm Beach and in Washington. Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesInside Trump’s transitionTrump’s transition effort had begun with relatively orthodox choices — including Wiles, who led Trump’s campaign, as chief of staff. Much like his defense secretary pick, Trump had also grown frustrated with his options for attorney general. The role of attorney general has long been viewed by Trump as one of, if not the, most important positions he would fill. CORRECTION: This story has been corrected to properly reflect the process by which Donald Trump considered candidates for attorney general.

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☆ I tried 8 tricks for making perfect scrambled eggs, and the best called for a whirlpool of boiling water
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Paige Bennett | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

I made scrambled eggs using different well-known tricks and a few methods I had never heard of. AdvertisementIt seems that almost everyone has their own special method of making scrambled eggs — there are so many ways to change the flavor and texture. Paige BennettI've previously tried making scrambled eggs on very low heat for a long amount of time à la Tyler Florence's recipe. AdvertisementMaking this dish in the slow cooker took an hour, but the eggs turned out greatThe eggs took about an hour before they were done. Paige BennettThis slow-cooker option yields a lot of scrambled eggs, making it ideal for meal-prepping or serving a crowd.

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☆ Why Trump is trying to outrage Washington with his controversial Cabinet picks
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Donald Trump’s increasingly provocative Cabinet picks have left some Republican senators aghast and Washington in shock. The dismay engulfing establishment elites contrasted with the euphoria rocketing through conservative networks and social media among Trump fans. News that Hegseth had been picked to lead the Pentagon rocked Washington the night before the Gaetz pick and sparked similar questions about Trump’s motives. And she was accused of “parroting” false propaganda from America’s premier espionage adversary, Russia, by no less than Utah GOP Sen. Mitt Romney. Not all Trump’s picks are contentious.

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☆ Gaetz faces rocky road to confirmation as pressure builds for release of House ethics probe
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Manu Raju | Lauren Fox | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Sen. John Cornyn, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he “absolutely” wants to see the House Ethics Committee’s findings on Gaetz. “I think there should not be any limitations on the Senate Judiciary Committee’s investigation, including whatever the House Ethics Committee has generated,” he said. Trump has pushed to keep all options on the table to greenlight his nominees, including recess appointments, which would bypass the typical Senate confirmation process. However, Sen. Rick Scott told CNN, “I believe in recess appointments.” Scott had supported recess appointments during his bid for GOP leader, which he lost to Thune. The Supreme Court has ruled on questions about recess appointments, which makes the outcome of taking these questions to court uncertain.

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☆ Why the market should prepare for inflation to return in Trump second term, according to hedge fund investor David Einhorn
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Eric Rosenbaum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

"We have increased our bets on inflation," he told CNBC's Leslie Picker at CNBC's Delivering Alpha investor summit on Wednesday. "We will have another inflection up in inflation," he said. "The policy mix being proposed is inflationary and we will see more of that over the next few years." The latest CPI data released Wednesday showed inflation in line with market expectations, at 2.6%. There is an argument for tolerating it and trying to run the economy as hot as possible.

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☆ Elon Musk's 'gamification' of government spending taps into our natural competitive instinct
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

AdvertisementIt was perhaps inevitable that Elon Musk — a tech titan and a prolific gamer — would try to turn government spending into a game. It's a natural move for Musk, who came up in the tech world in the early 2000s, as "gamification" took hold. "That's that kind of logic that you end up having if you're not really cautious about how it's designed." AdvertisementFor the government, that might hinge on what counts as waste and whether Musk's leaderboard can get people to agree. Otherwise, Hon said gamification might have short-term benefits but backfire in the long term as important, less-tangible factors are crowded out by overemphasizing one metric.

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☆ Buying bonds when the Federal Reserve started cutting rates was a mistake that may soon get bigger
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Eric Rosenbaum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

One of the surest bets when the Federal Reserve began cutting interest rates was for bond prices to rise while yields came under pressure, but that hasn't played out according to plan. This market, which has defied so many historical patterns, has kept the pressure on bond yields up due to a variety of factors, including more persistent concerns about the federal deficit. But her bigger concern remains on the bond side of the markets. She said investors will be "more wary" given the election rally and the pulling forward of expectations about tax cuts and regulation and expectations they will contribute to growth. But it is in the bond market where investors should expect even more volatility.

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☆ Elon Musk met with Iran’s United Nations envoy, NYT reports
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Tara John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest person and close ally of President-elect Donald Trump, met with Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations on Monday, the New York Times reported, citing two Iranian officials. CNN is reaching out to Musk and Trump’s transition team for comment. The reported meeting comes as experts speculate that the next four years could pose a significant test for Iran. Just last week, the day after the presidential election, Musk joined Trump’s call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to two sources. Trump announced Tuesday that Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency” in his second administration.

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The Summary New Jersey’s governor issued a drought warning Wednesday. New Jersey’s governor issued a drought warning Wednesday and said the state could implement mandatory water restrictions if conditions worsen. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service has responded to 537 blazes since early October, which have burned thousands of acres, Gov. Murphy urged residents to take the drought warning seriously and reduce water use voluntarily. The state’s last drought warning was in 2016, and it lasted more than half a year, LaTourette said.

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A New Jersey school district faces legal action from three separate lawsuits filed this year, following the firing of its openly gay school superintendent. In a lawsuit filed in May, John Berenato, the former superintendent of the Manchester Township School District, accused the district of sexual orientation discrimination that led to his firing in November of last year. According to court documents, Antonucci was with Berenato when he received “disgusting derogatory texts regarding sexual acts” from district board members. Burns, an out lesbian, was the only LGBTQ district administrator as of February, according to court documents. Manchester Township School District serves about 2,900 students from pre-kindergarten through high school in Ocean County.

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The number of illnesses in the E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders has risen to 104, up from 90 at last count, health officials said in an update Wednesday. The outbreak was announced last month, though some cases date to September, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC and McDonald's have both pointed to slivered onions served on Quarter Pounders as the likely source of the outbreak. In the last week, McDonald’s has resumed selling Quarter Pounders with slivered onions at the affected locations, relying on a different supplier for the onions. Several lawsuits have been filed against McDonald’s since the outbreak was announced, including a proposed class action.

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NBC News has reported that the Trump administration plans to end Biden's programs, possibly making those who have not yet received asylum eligible for deportation. Since then, Nicaragua has become a popular hub for migrants from Latin America and Africa trying to reach the U.S. Mexican Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard recently suggested that his government could retaliate with its own tariffs on U.S. imports if the Trump administration imposes tariffs on Mexican exports. VenezuelaDuring Trump’s first term, Venezuela was at the forefront of his Latin America policy. “You have to address Cuba’s impact on migration across the region,” said Trujillo, who is Cuban American.

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☆ COP29 host Azerbaijan hits out at West in defense of oil and gas
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-13 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

The president of Azerbaijan, host of this year’s U.N. climate summit, lashed out at Western critics of his country’s oil and gas industry on Tuesday. Azerbaijan’s finance ministry said the share of oil and gas as a contribution to the economy was declining as the country diversifies. The people need them.”He singled out the United States, the world’s largest historic carbon emitter, and the European Union for particular criticism, accusing them of double standards. The United States is the world’s largest oil and gas producer. Aiming to cut methane emissions from the United States, President Joe Biden’s administration on Tuesday finalized a methane fee for big oil and gas producers.

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