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Why are tech stocks so volatile?

[ad_1] Jonty BloomBusiness reporterGetty ImagesShares in chipmaker Nvidia have fallen since the start of this yearWe have all heard of carmaker Ford, but what about its one-time rivals Abbot-Detroit, Acme, Adams and Aerocar?No? Well that is hardly surprising because unlike Ford they all went bust very early on. And they are just some of the failed car companies starting with the letter "A".We only remember the winners who went on
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Beloved Grandfather Dies After ‘Tragic Mistake’ Returning Home for Dinner with His Wife

[ad_1] Costas Triantafilos, the owner of the landmark Costas Inn in Baltimore, has died of carbon monoxide poisoning, his son tells PEOPLEHis wife of 64 years, Mary, was also hospitalized and is recovering"They loved him," Peter Triantafilos says of the community's responseAfter a well-known Baltimore restauranteur died of carbon monoxide poisoning earlier this week, his family is speaking out about the “incredible” father and pillar of the community whom they
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Trump ‘incompetence’ exposed as poll numbers plunge amid military scandal

[ad_1] The latest “YouGov” polling reveals that Americans view the “Signal Scandal” as more serious than both Donald Trump’s classified documents case and Hillary Clinton’s email controversy. Nearly 74% of Americans consider the leak either “somewhat” or “very” serious, including 60% of Republicans. MSNBC’s Jen Psaki reports and is joined by veteran DC correspondent John Harwood. (The Beat's YouTube playlist: https://msnbc.com/ari Ari: / arimelber Beat merch: www.msnbc.com/Beat5) [ad_2] Source link
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Kim Schatzel steps down as University of Louisville president. What we know

[ad_1] Kim Schatzel has resigned as the president of the University of Louisville effective immediately after roughly two years serving as the institution's president, officials announced Wednesday."The University of Louisville Board of Trustees thanks Dr. Schatzel for her two years of service, which have seen her build a team that has increased enrollment and retention and grown the university's reputation as a research powerhouse," board chair Diane Medley said in
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Judge says Justice Department attacked her character to ‘impugn the integrity’ of US judicial system

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge accused the Justice Department on Wednesday of attacking her character in an effort to undermine the integrity of the judicial system, forcefully pushing back against the Trump administration's criticism of the courts for rulings that blocked parts of the president's agenda.U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell’s comments came in an order denying the Justice Department’s bid to remove her from a case over an
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Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada

[ad_1] A Yale professor who studies fascism is leaving the US to work at a Canadian university because of the current US political climate, which he worries is putting the US at risk of becoming a “fascist dictatorship”.Jason Stanley, who wrote the 2018 book How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them, has accepted a position at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.Stanley
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Gabbard says it was ‘mistake’ for reporter to be added to Signal group chat

[ad_1] Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard called it a “mistake” that a journalist was added to a Signal group chat discussing an imminent attack on Houthi rebels in Yemen. “It was a mistake that a reporter was inadvertently added to a signal chat with high-level national security principles, having a policy discussion about imminent strikes against the Houthis and the effects of the strike,” Gabbard said Wednesday in an
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Microsoft stock drops from news of abandoned data center projects

[ad_1] 00:00 Speaker A Our next trading ticker, Microsoft, that stock is moving lower today after a new note from TD Cowen Analyst revealed the tech giant has abandoned data center projects that used two gigawatt watts of electricity in the US and Europe in the last six months due to an over supply relative to its current demand forecast. What's interesting, Julie, about the note is, um, okay, so
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Could it save the day?

[ad_1] The story of this Spring Statement is that welfare has been cut back to make up for a notable rise in the cost of servicing the national debt. There is also a trim to the money being given to government departments.There is relatively little else actually happening in policy terms. There were no tax rises, no changes to Chancellor Rachel Reeves' borrowing rules and as expected, this was definitely
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Farage and NatWest agree to settle row over bank account closure

[ad_1] NatWest and Nigel Farage have settled the dispute over the closure of one of his bank accounts.The agreed settlement comes almost two years after the Reform UK leader had his account with Coutts, the prestigious private bank for the wealthy which is owned by NatWest Group, closed.The closure led to a public row between Farage and the bank, which later admitted "serious failings" in its treatment of the politician.