Henry Kissinger Dies, Unsold EVs Pile Up, and World’s Biggest Cruise Ship
RJ Hamster
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Good Morning! On this date in 2017, the longest-lasting rainbow ever observed went on for nearly nine hours, caused by unusual conditions in a Taiwanese mountain town. (See Rainbow)
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Henry Kissinger Dead at 100
Henry Kissinger died yesterday at his home in Connecticut.
Born in Germany, he fled the Nazis with his family and arrived in America in 1938. After serving in the U.S. military during WW2 and completing his education at Harvard, he became an extremely influential diplomat, serving as national security advisor to President Nixon and winning the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating the Paris Peace Accords.
Later, he became Secretary of State, an office he maintained in the Ford administration. Kissinger played a major role in improving America’s relationships with China and the Soviet Union, along with a host of other diplomatic endeavors.
He’s survived by his wife and two children.
DeSantis, Newsom Argue It Out Tonight
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis faces off tonight against California Gov. Gavin Newsom in a unique debate between two politicians who personify the Blue State/Red State divide on every important issue.
The debate will be hosted on Fox News by Sean Hannity without the formality of the primary debates. For DeSantis, the goal is to energize his presidential bona fides. For Newsom, it’s a chance to build his national reputation.
For political observers, the debate is a chance to hear from two state leaders trying out very different policies. “This is the debatewe should be having,” proclaimed the Washington Examiner.
Tiger Woods Says He’s Ready to Play
Tiger Woods tees off today in his first professional golf outing since he was unable to complete the third round at the Masters tournament in April. Woods says the intense pain in his reconstructed right ankle and foot is gone.
Woods will tee off at 11:52 a.m. ET, partnered with his friend Justin Thomas. The Hero World Challenge features only 20 ranked golfers. Woods, historically a favorite in any tournament, goes in at 80-1 odds.
Viktor Hovland has won the tournament the last two years and is the favorite again this year at 4-1 odds. Here’s the TV schedule for the weekend, and here’s a clip of Woods teeing off at Wednesday’s pro-am round.
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➤ White House officials say they have no plans to put restrictions on U.S. aid to Israel, despite public pressure from Democrats to use aid leverage to rein in Israel’s actions. (More)
➤ The national political director of Vivek Ramaswamy’s presidential campaign, Brian Swenson, is leaving Ramaswamy to work on Donald Trump’s team. (More)
➤ The House will vote today on whether to expel Rep. George Santos over charges of financial fraud. House Speaker Mike Johnson has told GOP members to vote their conscience. (More)
➤More than 3,000 auto dealers signed an open letter to President Biden, asking him to “tap the brakes” on the administration’s aggressive push on electric vehicles. The dealers say unsold inventory is piling up on their lots. (More)
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➤ Mark Cuban is in talks to sell a significant share of the Dallas Mavericks NBA team for $3.5 billion to the Adelson family—Las Vegas casino owners. Cuban would remain in control of all basketball decisions. (More)
➤ Eight NBA teams have qualified for the quarterfinal matchups in the league’s new in-season tournament. Players on the winning team can collect $500,000 each. (See Matchups)
➤ LSU basketball star Angel Reese is returning to the team for tonight’s game after a still-unexplained four-day absence. Her coach says only that it was an internal team matter. (More)
➤ The NFL set a Thanksgiving Day audience record for the second straight year, with the three games averaging 34.1 million viewers across all platforms. Last year’s audience count was 33.6 million. (More)
Market Report 11/29/23
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NASDAQ
Natl. Assoc. of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
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SPX
S&P 500
4,550.58
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Dow Jones Industrial Average
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Bitcoin
$37,839.0
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GME
GameStop Corp
$16.23
+20.31%
➤ Big Stock Move: Game Stop shares rose 20% Wednesday as the iconic meme stock, already memorialized in a movie, again drew in retail investors looking to drive the price higher. (More)
➤ GM shares rose nearly 10% as the company announced a $10 billion stock buyback plan. The auto giant said the UAW deal would increase costs by $9.3 billion over four years, to be partly offset by cost cuts. (More)
➤ The Ultimate Endless Shrimp Deal offered by Red Lobster was so successful that shrimp-gobbling customers helped push the restaurant into a quarterly loss, the company said. (More)
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➤ The first transatlantic flight by a large passenger plane powered by alternative fuels landed successfully in the U.S. The Virgin Atlantic plane, which had no passengers from the public on board for the test, used fuel derived from waste fat. (See Video)
➤ Scientists have discovered the first example of a planet-forming disk of swirling gases in a galaxy outside the Milky Way. It’s located in the Large Magellanic Cloud 160,000 light years away. (See Illustrations)
➤ NASA is readying a new series of helicopter-like drones for Mars and released a video showing a test of next-generation carbon-fiber rotor blades spinning at nearly supersonic speed. (See Video)
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➤ More than half of American voters say they or someone in their household owns a gun, a record high, according to a new NBC News national poll. (See Survey)
➤ Young adults aged 18-34 say social media is most responsible for divisions among Americans, followed by cable news, and then political leaders, a new Quinnipiac poll shows. (See Poll)
➤ An overwhelming majority of New York Democrats say the migrant crisis in the state is a severe problem. Nearly half of the state’s Democrats say the situation is dire, according to Sienna College research. (See Results)
➤ Royal Caribbean has added the world’s largest ocean cruise liner to its lineup. The 20-deck “Icon of the Seas” is nearly 1,200 feet long and can accomodate up to 7,600 passengers. (See Photos)
➤ Guy Fieri, host of the “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives” food travel show, signed a new three-year deal with Food Network valued at more than $100 million, making him the highest-paid talent at the channel. (More)
➤ A Massachusetts fisherman on a charter trip in North Carolina set a new record by reeling in a giant 27-pound almaco jack, a species never caught in the state before. (See Photo)
