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Audience tops estimated 51 million people who tuned in for June’s debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.An estimated 67.1 million television viewers tuned in to the first debate between United States Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, media research firm Nielsen has announced. Tuesday’s debate, hosted by ABC News, saw the Democratic and Republican nominees come face-to-face for the first time in a high-stakes confrontation on issues ranging from the economy to immigration and abortion. The viewing figures mark a big jump from the estimated 51 million people who tuned in for June’s debate between Trump…

Michigan-based United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) has launched proprietary technology that will use artificial intelligence (AI) to send pre-validated refinance opportunities. Dubbed “KEEP,” the system identifies borrowers who can save on their monthly mortgage payments and will automatically communicate these savings to them through an email that provides a link to a refi application, UWM announced Wednesday. As the country’s first wholesale mortgage lender to use AI in identifying refi customers, the KEEP system is “constantly monitoring multiple checkpoints, data and previous UWM loan information and looks at factors such as rate and appraised value to determine if a borrower is…

On Thursday, four people currently orbiting Earth in a SpaceX Crew Dragon spaceship plan to don a set of brand-new spacesuits, open their spaceship’s hatch to completely expose its interior to the vacuum of space, and attempt the first-ever commercial spacewalk.Their week-long mission, called Polaris Dawn, is fully private with no NASA involvement — but it’s no billionaire joyride. This spacewalk is a critical test of technical abilities that SpaceX will need to achieve Elon Musk’s ultimate goal of building a city on Mars.It’s also a risky feat for all four Polaris Dawn crew members: Jared Isaacman, the mission’s billionaire…

Boeing’s new chief executive Kelly Ortberg has pleaded with workers to not go on strike as it would put the company’s “recovery in jeopardy”.It comes hours ahead of a crucial union vote that could trigger industrial action at the embattled company.The aviation giant’s executives and union representatives reached a deal earlier this week that includes a 25% pay rise over four years but it has yet to be approved by union members.If workers vote against the agreement it would lead to a second ballot on whether to start a strike as early as Friday.”I ask you not to sacrifice the…

Play video content MTV Britney Spears is getting some serious love at the 2024 MTV VMAs … with Megan Thee Stallion and Tate McRae paying homage to a couple of Britney’s iconic award moments. MTS enlisted an albino python to recreate Britney’s “Slave 4 U” moment from the 2001 VMAs … and she did her best to copy Britney’s outfit too. Megan wasn’t as comfortable around the snake as Britney, though … and she quickly called for help shedding the python from her body, and ran away. Tate took a page from Britney’s book too … arriving in a see-through…

Photo: Stephanie Krikorian After a protracted (and very public) battle about Scott Sartiano’s club-turned-restaurant operating in the Village of East Hampton, it looks like its Hedges Inn incarnation is already closed. “He’s out,” said a source close to the involved parties who asked not to be named. “He had until the weekend to clear his things out.” Sartiano triggered a full-on frenzy in the Village of East Hampton when he leased the historic Hedges Inn this summer, initially hoping to to turn it into an outpost of his celebrity city club, Zero Bond. Meetings were held. Lawyers were engaged. Residential…

Republican U.S. vice presidential nominee Senator JD Vance gestures as he speaks during an event at Kenosha City Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S. August 20, 2024. Marco Bello | ReutersOver the past decade, Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance of Ohio has quietly built a network of allies on Wall Street, one that is distinct from his running mate, former President Donald Trump’s, circles.Now, Vance’s fans are mobilizing to help him raise millions of dollars for the Trump-Vance presidential campaign.On Thursday, Vance will headline two fundraisers in New York City hosted by some of his top supporters in the financial…

Polarising Latin American leader had been released from prison in December on humanitarian grounds.Alberto Fujimori, the polarising former leader of Peru who was credited with stabilising the Latin American country’s economy before being jailed for human rights abuses, has died at the age of 86, his family has announced. Fujimori’s daughter Keiko Fujimori said the former president had died following a long battle with cancer. “We ask those who loved him to join us in praying for the eternal rest of his soul,” Keiko Fujimori said in a post on X on Wednesday. “Thank you for so much, Dad!”. Fujimori,…

After a week off, the 2024 Formula 1 season continues this weekend with the Azerbaijan Grand Prix at Baku City Circuit. The European leg of the season is coming to a close before heading to Singapore next week. Teams will meet on Baku’s narrow and unforgiving street circuit, and with the field so close, there’s no room for error.Watch Racing on Sling TVRed Bull teammates Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez have gone back-and-forth on the podium at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in the last few years. Pérez won the race in 2021, Verstappen took 2022, and then Pérez returned to the winner’s circle last season. This year,…

Whether it’s refining your business model, mastering new technologies, or discovering strategies to capitalize on the next market surge, Inman Connect New York will prepare you to take bold steps forward. The Next Chapter is about to begin. Be part of it. Join us and thousands of real estate leaders Jan. 22-24, 2025. Federal Reserve policymakers are expected to start bringing interest rates down next week for the first time in four years after a key inflation gauge confirmed the economy continued to cool in August. But the Fed is likely to proceed cautiously as prices for some essentials —…