Month: August 2024

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Breaking Makes Olympics Debut, Joining Skateboarding and Surfing

This year, breaking – aka breakdancing – is joining the Olympics. The dance sport joins a score of other recent additions, like surfing, skateboarding, and sports climbing. Reset spoke with a couple of local superfans of these sports for more on what they’re excited to see at the Olympics, and finds out more about what the local surfing and skateboarding scenes look like in Chicago. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.
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The Daily Signal - Harris Chooses Running Mate, Stock Market Tumbles, Biden Convenes National Security Team Over Middle East Threat | Aug. 5

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:


  • Vice President Kamala Harris will announce her pick for a running mate on Tuesday. 
  • The Dow Jones, NASDAQ, and S&P 500 fall amid fears of a coming recession. 
  • The U.S. believes an Iranian attack on Israel is likely coming soon. 
  • The spread of misinformation online led to widespread rioting in Britain over the weekend.
  • The Quiet Skies program is monitoring former U.S. Representative and Presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard.


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Consider This from NPR - They are Olympic athletes — and refugees

There are some 43 million refugees in the world, according to the U.N.'s refugee agency.

The 37 of them competing in Paris as the Refugee Olympic Team are fighting for something more than just athletic excellence.

We hear from judoka Muna Dahouk and kayaker Saman Soltani.

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1A - If You Can Keep It: Kamala Harris’ Vice Presidential Pick And Moderate Voters

Kamala Harris is scheduled to start campaigning with her new running mate tomorrow which means a decision is fast approaching.

Two of the three candidates hail from swing states, indicating a desire to appeal to moderate voters. Harris met with Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz yesterday.

Moderates are an important group in this election, especially for Democrats. A 2022 Gallup poll suggests the percentage of Americans who hold either moderate or conservative political positions is tied. But liberals remain the smallest group at 25 percent of the population.

We unpack who these voters are, what we get wrong about them, and how they could shape the presidential election.

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The Journal. - Who is Filing Thousands of Disability Lawsuits Against Businesses?

Under the Americans With Disabilities Act, businesses are supposed to make their websites accessible to the visually impaired. WSJ's Ruth Simon found that this requirement has led to an explosion of lawsuits, many of which are against small businesses.


Further Reading:

- The Law Firm Hitting Businesses With Thousands of Disability Suits 


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Motley Fool Money - The Carry Trade, Nikkei, and Your Portfolio

There was a lot of red across the market today, and very little of it had to do with the performance of companies sitting in investor brokerage accounts. 


(00:21) Jason Moser and Dylan Lewis discuss:


- The carry trade with the Japanese yen, and how its affecting stocks in the Nikkei and around the world.

- Whether investors should be paying attention to Warren Buffett’s cash position

- Some keep calm and carry on advice for weathering whatever the market has in store for us.


(16:04) Can the Olympics get Nike back on track? Motley Fool contributor Lou Whiteman joins Mary Long to discuss why investors have soured on Nike and whether the company can regain its step.


Motley Fool premium members can catch Bill Mann's breakdown of the Japanese market and carry trade here.


Companies discussed: AMZN, NVDA, AAPL, BRK.A, BRK.B


Host: Dylan Lewis

Guests: Jason Moser, Mary Long, Lou Whiteman

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - MARKETS DAILY: Crypto Update | BitGet CEO on Overall Crypto Market Turmoil

The latest price moves and insights with Jennifer Sanasie and BitGet CEO Gracy Chen.

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BitGet CEO Gracy Chen joins CoinDesk to discuss the cause for the market downturn across major cryptocurrencies and what's going to happen next. Plus, insights on a potential recession in the U.S. and the role of crypto in the upcoming presidential election.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - COINDESK DAILY: Crypto Market in a Sea of Red; Morgan Stanley Gears Up to Offer ETFs

Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the news in the crypto industry from the overall crypto market downturn to Morgan Stanley getting ready to offer bitcoin ETFs.

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"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today, as major cryptocurrencies extended their slump during Asian trading hours before recovering from the crash. Plus, former President Donald Trump argued the benefits of the U.S. embracing bitcoin in an interview with Fox Business and CNBC reports that Morgan Stanley is getting ready for its advisers to offer bitcoin ETFs to wealthy clients.

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