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Former President Donald Trump is facing a wave of calls from Republican supporters to focus his political attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris on policy critiques, and to scale back his ad hominem insults and conspiracy theories.”The path forward is to focus on policy. Those are three words for the Republican Party that I think is a path to success: Focus on policy,” former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said on NPR Tuesday.”I think Donald Trump has a strong case on all of those counts, and I think he and the Republican Party would be well served to focus on…
Comcast and NBCUniversal are taking home their own Olympic gold. The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris drew a combined average of 30.6 million viewers across NBCU’s constellation of platforms, marking an 82% jump in viewership compared to the Tokyo Games and making the Games the most-streamed Olympics of all time. The media giant on Monday shared that its coverage saw a whopping 23.5 billion minutes of stream time, a 40% increase compared to all prior summer and winter Games combined, while its total audience delivery in “Paris Prime” — afternoons in the US — and prime time drew in 4.1 million daily viewers on Peacock and NBCU Digital platforms. The network’s Spanish-language broadcast on Telemundo also saw a 26% jump over the same period…
Viant Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:DSP) Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call August 12, 2024 5:00 PM ET Company Participants Nicole Kunzman – IR, The Blueshirt GroupTim Vanderhook – Co-Founder and CEOChris Vanderhook – Co-Founder and COOLarry Madden – CFO Conference Call Participants Andrew Marok – Raymond JamesJason Kreyer – Craig-HallumLaura Martin – NeedhamMaria Ripps – Canaccord GenuityMatt Condon – Citizens JMPChris Kuntarich – UBS Operator Hello everyone and welcome to Viant Technology’s Second Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. My name is Annabeth and I will be your operator today. Before I hand the call over to the Viant Leadership team, I’d like…
Scientists have discovered liquid water deep in the crust of Mars, a breakthrough that suggests life could have existed on the planet.“Large volumes of liquid water transiently existed on the surface of Mars more than 3 billion years ago,” said a paper published on Monday in PNAS, a journal published by the US National Academy of Sciences.The authors of the paper analysed data from Nasa’s Mars Insight Lander, which arrived on the planet in 2018 and stayed until the end of 2022. It measured seismic movements to determine the presence of liquid water billions of years ago.“Our results have implications…
With the presidential campaign heating up, both former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are making a play for service and hospitality workers’ votes by promising to eliminate taxes on tips. But the move likely wouldn’t help many tipped workers, largely because a sizable share don’t earn enough to pay federal income taxes, experts say. Neither Trump, who announced the idea at a Las Vegas rally in June, nor Harris, who voiced her support for the policy in Las Vegas on Saturday, have released detailed proposals, which would have to go through Congress. Among the questions are how…
When you think about retirement, you might picture sunny Florida, with its warm climate and retirement communities. But it’s not the best state to retire, according to a new report from Bankrate, which just issued its annual ranking of the best states to retire in the U.S. To create the comprehensive analysis, Bankrate used data from several sources, including the Tax Foundation, the Council for Community and Economic Research, the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. States were evaluated across five categories, including affordability (40%), overall well-being (25%), quality and cost of health care (20%), weather…
Mortgage rates fell slightly this week but are still hovering around 7%, remaining uncomfortably high for many would-be buyers. Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Wednesday, showed that the average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage ticked down to 6.89% this week from 6.95% last week. The average rate on a 30-year loan was 6.96% a year ago. The average rate on the 15-year fixed mortgage also declined, dropping to 6.17% from 6.25% last week. One year ago, the rate on the 15-year fixed note averaged 6.30%. Read the full article here
An attorney for former President Donald Trump has filed a legal notice announcing that his client plans to sue the Justice Department and the FBI for $115 million for alleged “malicious political prosecution” and “abuse of process.”The notice, a copy of which NBC News obtained Monday, baselessly accuses DOJ leadership and Special Counsel Jack Smith of having perpetrated a “malicious political prosecution aimed at affecting an electoral outcome to prevent President Trump from being re-elected” — a frequent accusation that Trump makes online and during campaign events.”This malicious prosecution led President Trump to spend tens of millions of dollars defending the case…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX violated environmental regulations by repeatedly releasing pollutants into or near bodies of water in Texas, a state agency said in a notice of violation focused on the company’s water deluge system at its Starbase launch facility.The notice from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) last week came five months after the Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 office, which covers Texas and surrounding states, had also informed SpaceX that it violated the Clean Water Act with the same type of activity.The notices and related investigative records, obtained by CNBC, have not been previously reported.TCEQ said its agency’s…
It could get harder to find an affordable gym. Blink Fitness, the low-price gym chain with monthly memberships ranging from $15 to $45, filed for bankruptcy Monday and said it may close an unspecified number of its 101 clubs. Blink is owned by luxury gym chain Equinox and is located primarily in cities and suburban areas in New York, New Jersey, California and Texas. Blink has more than 400,000 members. Around 25% of US gyms and studios permanently closed during the Covid 19 pandemic – roughly 10,000 facilities, according to the Health & Fitness Association, an industry trade group. Several major…
