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CHICAGO — Vice President Kamala Harris’ allies in the business community are privately making a pitch to CEOs about why they should back her over former President Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the matter.At private parties and meetings during the Democratic National Convention, corporate executives close to Harris told CNBC they are delivering a message tailored to major players in finance, tech and law.Their pitch argues that a Harris presidency will be good for business because she wants to create a strong economy that will help the middle class. They also make the case that a Harris administration would…

Mr. Lynch, the former chief executive of the software firm Autonomy, who was acquitted on fraud charges in June, was with friends and family when the yacht went down in a severe storm. Source link

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Mortgage rates have moved lower in recent months, but Fannie Mae economists said Wednesday that this won’t be enough to increase the number of homes sold in the foreseeable future. Fannie Mae’s Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Group downgraded its forecasts for 2024 and 2025 home sales based on a number of reliable metrics that have “barely budged in response to the more favorable rate environment.“ These include purchase mortgage application levels, home tour requests and online views of listings. The ESR Group now expects 4.78 million home sales in 2024 (down from 4.81 million in its prior forecast) and…

Chappell Roan inspired a wave of discourse this week when she chastised her own fans for approaching her in public, bullying her online, and attempting to contact her family — in short, feeling “entitled” to her time, energy, and personal life.”I don’t care that abuse and harassment, stalking, whatever, is a normal thing to do to people who are famous,” Roan said in her second of two TikTok videos. “I don’t care that this crazy type of behavior comes along with the job, the career, field, I’ve chosen. That doesn’t make it OK. That doesn’t make it normal. Doesn’t mean…

The Portuguese footballer’s launch broke the world record for fastest YouTube channel to hit one million subscribers.Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo has launched his YouTube channel, and more than a million subscribers signed up within the first 90 minutes. The 39-year-old, five-time Ballon d’Or winner plays for the Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr and has represented Portugal in international tournaments for more than two decades. “The wait is over. My @YouTube channel is finally here! SIUUUbscribe and join me on this new journey,” Ronaldo posted on Wednesday on his social media accounts. A couple of hours after posting his first video, 1.69…

(Hypebot) — If this were to go to court, the docket might read Taylor Swift v. Donald Trump. Swift “clearly has credible causes of action against Donald Trump for his false and misleading social media posts,” writes entertainment and intellectual property attorney Wallace Collins. by Wallace Collins So far, Taylor Swift has been silent after Donald Trump posted AI-generated images of herself and her fans on his Truth Social platform. Taylor Swift clearly has credible causes of action against Donald Trump for his false and misleading social media posts. Donald Trump posted to his own Truth…

Photo: James Andrews/Shutterstock The signs of COVID City are fading. Tattered yellow decals on subway platforms sport a pair of footprints and the admonition to “keep a safe social distance from others,” a phrase that will grow more mysterious with each passing year. Some stores never bothered to take down signs requiring masks for entry. The last redoubts of pandemic architecture, the restaurant sheds made of plywood and two-by-fours that kept hardened New York diners eating out through all but the most frigid weeks, are finally coming down. In their place we’re getting a much smaller flotilla of lightweight canopied…

Ukrainian soldiers prepare a vehicle adapted to fire helicopter shells as the Russia-Ukraine war continues in the direction of Toretsk, Ukraine, Aug. 19, 2024. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty ImagesUkraine carried out one of the largest-ever drone attacks against Moscow on Wednesday, as Kyiv continues to launch counteroffensives on Russian soil.Russia’s Defense Ministry said it destroyed 45 Ukrainian drones overnight, of which 11were over Moscow, according to a Google-translated update on Telegram.”This is one of the largest attempts to attack Moscow with drones ever. We continue to monitor the situation,” Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said in a separate Google-translated Telegram post,…

Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer has announced his retirement from international football.The 2014 World Cup winner was capped 124 times, with his final game for Germany coming last month in their Euro 2024 quarter-final defeat by Spain.The 38-year-old Bayern Munich goalkeeper made his international debut in 2009 and featured in eight major tournaments.Neuer started Germany’s World Cup final victory over Argentina in Brazil and was named captain before the 2018 World Cup, a role he held until being replaced by Ilkay Gundogan earlier this year.This week Gundogan also announced his retirement from international football – both announcements coming after midfielder Toni…