Lora Kolodny
Advanced. Work = CNBC.com reporter. Beat = "What's next in tech." VC, startups, the future. Ex-TechCrunch, -WSJ Email = [email protected]
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The FAANG stocks shed $140 billion in Tuesday's market rout
The losses extend pain periods for Apple and Facebook.
Don't raise the 'white flag' on Apple, this is a 'golden buying opportunity': Analyst
Apple shares could reach $275 over the next 12 months, GBH Insights' Dan Ives says.
Tim Cook's message to hatemongers: 'You have no place on our platforms'
In accepting the Anti-Defamation League's Courage Against Hate award, Apple CEO Tim Cook says tech companies must stand by their values and remove content that promotes hate and white supremacy.
How Incarcerated Parents Are Losing Their Children Forever
Being stripped of parental rights while in prison, even for minor crimes, is “the family separation crisis that no one knows about,” one advocate said.
Facebook employees are calling former colleagues to look for jobs outside the company
Six former Facebook managers who left the company within the last two years told CNBC they've experienced a rise in contact from current company employees to ask about jobs or for references. The stories could be a precursor of retention challenges.
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Facebook employees are calling former colleagues to look for jobs outside the company cnb.cx/2ALAI11 <---- FB's recruiting brand value is plummeting, reports @sal19 at @cnbctech
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NASA selects nine companies for commercial lunar lander program
NASA has picked nine companies, ranging from startups to aerospace giants, to be eligible for future contracts to send payloads to the surface of the moon.
CHP uses Autopilot to stop a Tesla Model 3 with a sleeping driver at the wheel
When the driver of the Tesla Model 3 failed to respond to flashing lights and a siren, the CHP officer used his knowledge of Autopilot to make the car stop.
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CHP uses Autopilot to stop a Tesla Model 3 with a sleeping driver at the wheel - Los Angeles Times
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If you think Walmart is the only venture on the Walton family's agenda, think again
Walmart's success made the Walton family rich, but the company doesn't take up all of their time. From the sports industry to the arts, the Waltons invest their time in their passions.
How Morgan Stanley's 'mad scientist' became the top Wall Street analyst on the space industry
Adam Jonas became famous – and to some, infamous – on Wall Street when he called for Tesla's stock to more than double to $70 a share.
George H. W. Bush - Key Events
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Miller Center shar.es/aac1af a pretty thorough retrospective outline of Pres. George H.W. Bush’s policies, and key events during his presidency. Keeping it in perspective. He gave much, and truly promoted public service through his example.
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Former president George H. W. Bush dies at 94 - The Boston Globe
George H.W. Bush, a patrician New Englander whose presidency soared with the coalition victory over Iraq in Kuwait, but then plummeted in the throes of a weak economy that led voters to turn him out of office after a single term, has died. He was...
Letter from a Region in My Mind
James Baldwin, in an essay, from 1962, that would come to make up the bulk of his book “The Fire Next Time,” describes being driven into and out of the church, the rise of the Nation of Islam, and the relationship between religion and race.
A Major National Climate Report Came Out. Then the Deniers Got on TV.
Following the release of the National Climate Assessment, climate change deniers got numerous chances to spread misinformation, unchallenged on TV.
Suicide, at 50-year peak, pushes down US life expectancy
NEW YORK (AP) — Suicides and drug overdoses pushed up U.S. deaths last year, and drove a continuing decline in how long Americans are expected to live. Overall, there were more than 2.8 million U.S. deaths in 2017, or nearly 70,000 more than the...
US manufacturers say Trump tariffs will bring higher prices, not more jobs
The Trump administration's widening trade war is going to raise prices for U.S. consumers, but it won't bring back many manufacturing jobs that have moved overseas, according to a survey of more than 800 U.S. companies.
Part SUV, part pickup: Jeep makes a bold statement with its new Gladiator model
There's an old adage in the auto business, if you want to make a statement, build a new model with a polarizing look. Jeep is certainly doing that.
"These Violent Delights Have Violent Ends" by Caitlin Gildrien
I don't want to write about California.
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Poem in response to the recent fires in California. They've been contained but in a way the work has just begun... "These Violent Delights Have Violent Ends" by Caitlin Gildrien wp.me/p7dbSF-7tj via @rattlemag
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Veterans Affairs Dept. tells congressional staffers it won't repay underpaid GI Bill benefits recipients
The news conflicts with a promise VA officials made to a House committee earlier this month that it would reimburse those veterans who received less than the full amount they were due.