Beth Dooley | (TNS) The Minnesota Star Tribune The holidays loom large. Parties, gift-shopping, school programs, recitals, family gatherings — there’s really no time to cook. But there is! Here are three quick and easy recipes you can hustle to the table in 30 minutes or less. Relax, take a deep breath and know that dinner is served. Serves 4. Making grilled cheese for more than one can be tricky. Here, the sheet pan does the work; the sandwiches are ready all at once. Try our suggested fillings or just enjoy them plain in all their gooey deliciousness. From Beth Dooley. Directions Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Line a large sheet pan with parchment paper. Spread the butter to the edge of 4 slices of bread. Place the slices butter-side down on the sheet pan. Top with the sliced cheese and add a layer of the filling, then top with the remaining slices of bread. Put the pan in the oven and cook until the butter is thoroughly melted and bottom slices are turning golden and the cheese is melting, about 8 to 10 to minutes. Flip the sandwiches. Continue cooking until the top layer of bread begins to turn golden and the cheese is melted. Turn the oven to broil and toast the top layer, watching closely, this goes quickly, about 30 seconds to 1 minute. Flip the bread and toast the other side, about 15 to 20 seconds or so. Remove, cut and serve. Quick Skillet Chicken with Lemon, Tahini and Warm Spices will come together quickly and can be served on a bed of greens or pasta. (Ashley Moyna Schwickert/For the Minnesota Star Tribune) Serves 4 to 6. A simple marinade of pantry staples — lemon, tahini, olive oil and a little honey — keeps the chicken moist and becomes the sauce for finishing the dish. Serve on a bed of dark greens or cooked rice. From Beth Dooley. Directions In a large bowl, whisk together the lemon, tahini, honey and olive oil. Measure out 1⁄2 of the mixture into a separate bowl. This is to sauce the chicken after it’s cooked. If it seems too thick, whisk in a little water. Season the chicken with salt and pepper and pound with the flat edge of a knife to even out the width a bit. Put the chicken into the bowl of marinade and turn to coat. Film a heavy skillet with more oil and set over high heat. When the oil begins to ripple, add the chicken, reduce the heat to medium and cook, flipping after about 5 to 7 minutes, and continuing, until cooked through, about 10 to 15 minutes. (The chicken should reach 165 on an instant-read thermometer when done.) Remove the chicken from the skillet, set on a cutting board to rest for about 10 minutes. Slice the meat in long strokes against the grain. Serve on a bed of greens or rice, garnished with a drizzle of sauce, chopped herbs and a few thinly sliced lemons. Pass additional sauce on the side. One-Pot Pasta with Sausage, Tomato and Spinach is a quick but hearty meal for busy, chilly nights. (Ashley Moyna Schwickert/For the Minnesota Star Tribune) Serves 4 to 6. You only need one pot for this simple pasta. The sausage adds the seasoning, the onions turn sweetly golden, cherry tomatoes burst into a luscious sauce. A squeeze of lemon at the end livens things up. From Beth Dooley. Directions Film a large heavy pot or Dutch oven with the oil and set over medium heat. Add the onion and sauté until it turns limp and golden, about 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in the sausage, breaking apart with a spatula until it crumbles, about 4 to 5 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes and the stock, scraping up the bottom of the pan to release browned bits that stick to the bottom. Bring to a boil. Add the pasta, stirring well and continue boiling for about 4 to 5 minutes. Turn the heat down to a brisk simmer, stirring to keep the pasta from sticking to the bottom of the pot. If the sauce becomes too thick and the pasta begins to stick, stir in water, about 1⁄4 cup at a time. Simmer until the sauce is mostly absorbed and the pasta is tender, about 15 minutes. Turn off the heat and stir in the spinach, then stir in the cheese. Add lemon juice to taste. Serve garnished with the chopped parsley. Beth Dooley is the author of “The Perennial Kitchen.” Find her at bethdooleyskitchen.com. ©2024 The Minnesota Star Tribune. Visit at startribune.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.Aadhaar card online update: Deadline nearing, here’s how to complete the process on timeNEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks climbed after market superstar Nvidia and another round of companies said they’re making even fatter profits than expected. The S&P 500 pulled 0.5% higher Thursday after flipping between modest gains and losses several times in the morning. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 1.1%, and the Nasdaq composite edged up less than 0.1%. Banks, smaller companies and other areas of the stock market that tend to do best when the economy is strong helped lead the way, while bitcoin briefly broke above $99,000. Crude oil, meanwhile, continued to rise. Treasury yields edged higher in the bond market. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below. NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are climbing Thursday after market and another round of companies said they’re making even fatter profits than expected. The S&P 500 was pulling 0.7% higher, as of 2:45 p.m. Eastern time, after flipping between modest gains and losses several times in the morning. Banks, smaller companies and other areas of the stock market that tend do best when the economy is strong helped lead the way, while briefly broke above $99,000. Crude oil, meanwhile, continued to rise. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 532 points, or 1.2%, and the Nasdaq composite gained 0.2%. Nvidia's rise of 1.4% was the strongest force pushing the S&P 500 upward after for profit and revenue. It also gave a forecast for revenue in the current quarter that topped most analysts’ expectations thanks to voracious demand for its chips used in artificial-intelligence technology. Its stock initially sank in afterhours trading Wednesday following the release of the results. Some investors said the market might have been looking for Nvidia's revenue forecast to surpass expectations by even more. But recovered in premarket trading Thursday, and Wedbush analyst Dan Ives said it was another “flawless” profit report provided by Nvidia and CEO Jensen Huang, whom Ives calls “the Godfather of AI.” How Nvidia’s stock performs has because it’s quickly grown into Wall Street’s most valuable company at roughly $3.6 trillion. Its meandering up and down through the day dragged the S&P 500 and other indexes back and forth. The frenzy around AI is sweeping up other stocks, and Snowflake jumped 32.3% after reporting stronger results for the latest quarter than analysts expected. The company, whose platform helps customers get a better view of all their silos of data and use AI, also reported stronger revenue growth than expected. BJ’S Wholesale Club rose 9.1% after likewise delivering a bigger profit than expected. That may help calm worries about how resilient U.S. shoppers can remain, given high prices across the economy and still-high interest rates. A day earlier, after reporting sluggish sales in the latest quarter and giving a dour forecast for the holiday shopping season. It followed , which gave a much more encouraging outlook. Nearly 90% of the stocks in the S&P 500 were also rising, and the gains were even bigger among smaller companies. The Russell 2000 index of smaller stocks jumped a market-leading 1.9%. Google’s parent company, Alphabet, helped keep indexes in check. It fell 5.5% after U.S. regulators asked a judge to by forcing it to sell its industry-leading Chrome web browser. In a 23-page document filed late Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice called for sweeping punishments that would include restrictions preventing Android from favoring its own search engine. Regulators stopped short of demanding Google sell Android but left the door open to it if the company’s oversight committee continues to see evidence of misconduct. Drops for other Big Tech stocks also weighed on the market, including a 2.4% slide for Amazon. In stock markets abroad, shares of India’s Adani Enterprises plunged 22.6% Thursday after the U.S. charged founder Gautam Adani, 62, in a with securities fraud and conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud. The businessman and one of the world’s richest people is accused of duping investors by concealing that his company’s huge solar energy project on the subcontinent was being facilitated by an alleged bribery scheme. Indexes elsewhere in Asia and Europe were mixed. In the crypto market, bitcoin eclipsed $99,000 for the first time before easing back to roughly $98,250, according to CoinDesk. It’s more than doubled so far this year, and its climb has accelerated since Election Day. President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to make the country “the of the planet” and create a “strategic reserve” of bitcoin. Bitcoin also got a boost after Gary Gensler, the chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission who has pushed for more protection for crypto investors, said he would . Bitcoin and related investments, of course, have a notorious history of big price swings in both directions. MicroStrategy, a company that's been raising cash expressly to buy bitcoin, saw an early gain of 14.6% for its stock on Thursday quickly disappear. It was most recently down 10.7%. In the oil market, a barrel of benchmark U.S. crude rose 2% to bring its gain for the week to 4.8%. Brent crude, the international standard, climbed 1.8%. Oil has been rising amid war. In the bond market, Treasury yields edged higher following some mixed reports on the U.S. economy. The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 4.43% from 4.41% late Wednesday. One report said last week in the latest signal that the job market remains solid. Another report, though, said manufacturing in the mid-Atlantic region unexpectedly shrank. Sales of previously occupied homes, meanwhile, than expected. ___ AP Business Writers Matt Ott and Yuri Kageyama contributed. Stan Choe, The Associated Press
MOSCOW, DECEMBER 28, 2024 — RT en Español, which began broadcasting in December 2009, celebrates its 15th anniversary. During this time, RT en Español journalists have covered major events around the globe and interviewed Latin American leaders over 100 times. RT en Español remains the leader among news broadcasters in Latin America in terms of audience reach. To mark its 15th anniversary, RT en Español presented its documentaries at the Havana Festival of New Latin American Cinema, while the channel’s top professionals conducted several master classes for journalists in Managua. President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel congratulated the channel, saying: “This is one of the platforms where Cubans prefer to get their news thanks to its content and style. And I am one of them.” Vice President of Nicaragua Rosario Murillo thanked the channel for fighting disinformation: “We fully share [RT en Español]’s commitment to pursuing the truth and giving people access to reliable sources of information that allow them to know what others want to conceal.” On the occasion of the channel’s 15th anniversary both the National Council of Universities of Nicaragua and the National Student Union of Nicaragua honored RT en Español with awards for “responsible and objective coverage of global events” and “continuous defense of the truth.” RT en Español is the only Spanish-language TV channel that broadcasts 24/7 on public television networks carrying public broadcasters in eight Latin American countries: Argentina, Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Cuba. More than 1,200 cable and satellite operators offer RT en Español to viewers throughout Latin America. On top of that, more than 100 other TV channels regularly broadcast programs and other content by RT en Español. Overall, the channel’s audience exceeds 800 million people. No other channel broadcasting in Spanish nationally or internationally has a comparable reach. Reporters and anchors of RT Spanish have interviewed top Latin American leaders, including presidents of Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Cuba, Paraguay, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Uruguay. Former Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa has been hosting his political talk show on RT en Español, A Conversation with Correa, since 2018. RT Spanish has been the winner and a finalist of various international awards, including the New York Festivals and Promax Awards. When RT en Español started broadcasting in 2009, it was nominated by the British Broadcast Digital Awards as the best television channel launch of the year. RT en Español has won over twenty awards from the Mexican Press Club to date.
UConn, football coach Jim Mora agree to contract extension through 2028Mohamed Salah’s landmark goal pulls Liverpool clear in Champions LeagueBy Steven Petite on November 22, 2024 at 12:09PM PST GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Xbox Wireless Controllers are on sale for awesome prices for Black Friday 2024 . Retailers such as Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy are offering steep discounts on a wide variety of colors, including the recently released Ghost Cipher and Sky Cipher Special Editions , which have retro-inspired transparent designs and are on sale for $20 off. Amazon also has an awesome Xbox controller bundle deal . We've rounded up the best Black Friday Xbox controller deals below. Walmart , Amazon , Best Buy , and Target are all offering discounts on select models alongside during their Black Friday promotions. Several colors are on sale for only $40, which is one of the lowest prices ever for official Xbox Wireless Controllers. Xbox Wireless Controller Deals at: Amazon Walmart Best Buy Target While you're picking up a new controller, you should check out Amazon's deals on official Xbox Expansion Cards from Western Digital and Seagate. The 1TB WD Black Expansion Card is discounted to only $100, which is its lowest price yet, and the Seagate 2TB Expansion Card is down to $200. WD Black C50 Xbox Expansion Card 1TB - $100 (was $150) | 512GB - $68 (was $80) If you're in the market for an Xbox console, Best Buy has the recently released 1TB All-Digital Xbox Series X for $400 (was $450) . Alternatively, you can get the Xbox Series S for only $249 , or the Series X with a disc drive for $449 . And while it's not discounted, the Special Edition 2TB Galaxy Black Series X is in stock at Best Buy. For more controller deals, check out our roundup of PS5 DualSense Controllers for $20 off. $50 ( $70 ) The Ghost Cipher is the newest Xbox Wireless Controller. It just released in October, but you can grab one for $20 off at Amazon and Walmart. $50 ( $70 ) $40 ($ 60 ) $40 ($ 60 ) $40 ($ 65 ) $40 ($ 65 ) $44 ($ 65 ) $45 ($ 65 ) $45 ( $65 ) $45 ($ 65 ) $75 ( $131-$136 ) This $75 bundle includes an Xbox Wireless Controller, Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K, and one month of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. This is essentially an Xbox Cloud Gaming Starter Kit, as you don't even need a console or PC to stream hundreds of games in the Game Pass library, including the recently released Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. Amazon's 4K Fire Sticks now support the Game Pass app. Keep in mind you need to be a Game Pass Ultimate subscriber to stream Game Pass games, but you get 30 days of access with this bundle. Choose your controller: Sky Cipher Special Edition Controller Astral Purple Controller Robot White Controller Shock Blue Controller Deep Pink Controller $80 ( $141-$147 ) For five extra bucks, you can upgrade to the 4K Fire Stick Max, a slightly more premium option with better overall performance. Choose your controller: Sky Cipher Special Edition Controller Astral Purple Controller Robot White Controller Shock Blue Controller Deep Pink Controller $54 ($ 70 ) $141 ($ 180 ) The Xbox Elite Series 2 is the best controller for Xbox and one of the best controllers for PC, too. This pro-style controller offers a more premium build and feel, four remappable back paddles, trigger locks, and swappable thumbstick caps and D-pads. The controller and its swappable components are packaged inside a hardshell case. Amazon sold out of the Elite Series 2 at this price, but Walmart still has the deal, for now at least. $96 ($ 140 ) Note: The best discount is at Target, though Walmart is also offering a discount $107 ($ 130 ) $116 ($ 140 ) $64 ($ 70 ) $62 ( $70 ) $64 ( $70 ) $60 ($ 70 ) Upvote (4) Leave BlankMohamed Salah extended Liverpool’s perfect Champions League record as they won 1-0 at Girona to claim a sixth victory out of six. Salah nervelessly converted a 63rd-minute penalty, his 16th goal of the season, after French referee Benoit Bastien had been advised to take another look at Donny van de Beek’s clumsy challenge on Luis Diaz. In the process, he became just the 11th man to score 50 goals in the competition – Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe later also joined that exclusive club – on a night when victory at the Estadi Montilivi meant the six-time European champions will enter 2025 sitting proudly at the top of the table. ⭐️ A FIVE STAR PERFORMANCE ⭐️ | — FC Bayern (@FCBayernEN) France international Michael Olise produced a moment of magic to set the seal on Bayern Munich’s demolition of Shakhtar Donetsk and ease them towards the knockout stage. Olise’s brilliant stoppage-time run and finish capped a 5-1 victory for the Germans, in which he had early scored from the penalty spot, in Gelsenkirchen. Kevin’s fifth-minute strike had given the home side the perfect start, but Konrad Laimer levelled before Thomas Muller’s 55th goal in the competition sent the visitors in ahead at the break and set the stage for Olise’s double either side of Jamal Musiala’s strike. Jude Bellingham breathed life back into Real Madrid’s campaign as they held off Atalanta to earn a 3-2 victory in Bergamo. 🫲 🫱 — Real Madrid C.F. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@realmadriden) After Charles De Ketelaere had cancelled out Mbappe’s opener from the penalty spot, second-half goals from Vinicius Junior and Bellingham in quick succession put the visitors in charge, although Ademola Lookman’s 65th-minute strike meant the contest was alive until the final whistle. Ross Barkley took Aston Villa a step closer to automatic qualification with a late winner against RB Leipzig in Germany. Villa had led twice through John McGinn and Jhon Duran, but equalisers from Lois Openda and Christoph Baumgartner kept Leipzig in it until substitute Barkley struck five minutes from time to snatch a 3-2 victory. Goals from Goncalo Ramos, Nuno Mendes and substitute Desire Doue – his first in the competition – handed French champions Paris St Germain a much-needed three points after a comfortable 3-0 win at RB Salzburg. He's making a list and checking it twiceB04 won and Nordi scored – nice! 🎅 — Bayer 04 Leverkusen (@bayer04_en) Nordi Mukiele left it late to end Inter Milan’s unbeaten Champions League record as Bayer Leverkusen claimed a dramatic 1-0 victory at the BayArena. Mukiele struck in the 90th minute to inflict a first defeat across six games in this season’s competition on the Serie A champions – it was also the first goal they have conceded. Casper Nielsen came off the bench to fire Club Brugge to a 2-1 home victory over Sporting Lisbon after Eduardo Quaresma’s own goal had handed them a way back into the game following Geny Catamo’s early opener. Julien Le Cardinal’s first-half strike was enough to handed Brest a 1-0 victory over Eredivisie leaders PSV Eindhoven, while Kasper Schmeichel’s save from Marko Pjaca’s close-range 80th-minute header ensured Celtic returned from Dinamo Zagreb with a 0-0 draw.
Minnesota turkeys are making back-to-back appearances at the White House for the annual Thanksgiving presidential pardon. On Sunday, Peach and Blossom, two 17-week old male turkeys from Northfield, were announced as the lucky birds during a National Turkey Federation news conference held at the Willard InterContinental Washington D.C. Hotel. The official presidential pardon at the White House, which takes place annually ahead of Thanksgiving, is scheduled for Monday. The turkeys were raised by John Zimmerman, a second-generation turkey farmer, and his family. Zimmerman and his son Grant, 9, introduced them at the event. Minnesota has long been the nation’s leading turkey producer , growing more than 38 million of the birds in 2023, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It’s a $1 billion industry for the state, says the Minnesota Turkey Growers Association, that provides 26,000 jobs across 600 farms and numerous processors and supporting firms. “Our state is filled with dedicated family turkey farms like mine, who are committed to raising healthy, well cared-for birds for Thanksgiving dinners across America,” said Zimmerman, who is also president of the National Turkey Federation. Zimmerman said the family, with the help of neighborhood kids, some of whom were in attendance wearing turkey trainer badges, carefully socialized the turkeys to make sure they could handle the spotlight. “We’ve been getting them used to lights, camera[s] and even introducing them to a wide variety of music, everything from polka to classic rock,” Zimmerman said. All that prepping seemed to work with Peach and Blossom standing — sometimes strutting — amid the crowds during the livestreamed event. The pair only let out a few well-timed gobbles such as when Zimmerman announced he would take questions. Markus Platzer, the hotel’s general manager, joked the turkeys had nibbled from the mini bar at the hotel. “Don’t worry, we won’t charge them,” Platzer said. “They are refreshed. They had a few interviews, but they are really now ready for you to be here with us to celebrate and to start off a Thanksgiving week.” The turkey pardon tradition dates back to the Truman administration in 1947. Last year, Jennie-O Turkey Store birds raised in Willmar — Liberty and Bell — received a reprieve from President Joe Biden. They were the first Minnesota turkeys pardoned since 2017. This year, the USDA expects Americans to gobble up 13.9 pounds of turkey per person. About 45 million whole birds are eaten at Thanksgiving every year. Turkey prices hit record highs in recent years due to bird flu outbreaks that devastated flocks and other supply chain issues. As the avian influenza impact fades, wholesale turkey prices are now the lowest they’ve been since the pandemic started. Retailers are also steeply discounting whole turkeys to draw shoppers filling up their baskets for Thanksgiving feasts. Peach and Blossom have landed post-pardon jobs as agricultural ambassadors at Farmamerica, a Waseca interpretive center that teaches visitors about farming. “Peach and Blossom will feel right at home on our farm in the GreenSeam region, a hub of agricultural innovation and community, a place that nurtures both cutting edge advancements in food systems and the outstanding quality of life for all,” said Farmamerica Executive Director Jessica Rollins “— including for these two distinguished turkeys.”After Trump's win, Black women are rethinking their role as America's reliable political organizers
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Shares Down 2.9% – Here’s What HappenedJPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced its holdings in shares of Boston Properties, Inc. ( NYSE:BXP – Free Report ) by 8.9% in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 4,795,163 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 469,331 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s holdings in Boston Properties were worth $385,819,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. Several other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the business. Earnest Partners LLC raised its stake in Boston Properties by 25.9% during the second quarter. Earnest Partners LLC now owns 2,637,235 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $162,348,000 after acquiring an additional 542,610 shares in the last quarter. Sei Investments Co. increased its position in Boston Properties by 32.9% during the 2nd quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 1,503,687 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $92,567,000 after purchasing an additional 371,946 shares in the last quarter. Point72 Asset Management L.P. bought a new position in Boston Properties in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $12,914,000. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA boosted its position in Boston Properties by 6.7% in the second quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 1,923,225 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $118,394,000 after buying an additional 120,650 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sun Life Financial Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Boston Properties during the third quarter worth $9,674,000. 98.72% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds. Boston Properties Stock Performance Shares of BXP opened at $74.61 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 5.51, a quick ratio of 5.51 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.01. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $80.73 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $74.97. Boston Properties, Inc. has a 12 month low of $56.46 and a 12 month high of $90.11. The stock has a market capitalization of $11.80 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.30, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.55 and a beta of 1.17. Boston Properties Dividend Announcement The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, January 30th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be given a dividend of $0.98 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $3.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.25%. Boston Properties’s payout ratio is presently 169.70%. Analysts Set New Price Targets BXP has been the subject of a number of research reports. UBS Group increased their price target on Boston Properties from $64.00 to $80.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 5th. Barclays lifted their price target on Boston Properties from $88.00 to $89.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday, November 18th. Evercore ISI upped their price objective on Boston Properties from $77.00 to $84.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, September 16th. Piper Sandler raised shares of Boston Properties from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $78.00 to $105.00 in a report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised their price target on shares of Boston Properties from $73.00 to $80.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 11th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $81.38. Read Our Latest Stock Report on Boston Properties About Boston Properties ( Free Report ) Boston Properties, Inc (NYSE: BXP) (BXP or the Company) is the largest publicly traded developer, owner, and manager of premier workplaces in the United States, concentrated in six dynamic gateway markets – Boston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, DC. BXP has delivered places that power progress for our clients and communities for more than 50 years. See Also Want to see what other hedge funds are holding BXP? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for Boston Properties, Inc. ( NYSE:BXP – Free Report ). Receive News & Ratings for Boston Properties Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Boston Properties and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .The rising price of paying the national debt is a risk for Trump's promises on growth and inflation WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has big plans for the economy. He also has big debt problem that'll be a hurdle to delivering on those plan. Trump has bold ambitions on tax cuts, tariffs and other programs. But high interest rates and the price of repaying the federal government’s existing debt could limit what he’s able to do. The federal debt stands at roughly $36 trillion, and the spike in inflation after the pandemic has pushed up the government’s borrowing costs such that debt service next year will easily exceed spending on national security. 'Wicked' and 'Gladiator' make gravity-defying theater debuts NEW YORK (AP) — “Wicked” and “Gladiator II” have debuted in theaters with a combined $270 million in ticket sales. Their worldwide performance breathed fresh life into global box office results that have struggled lately. Together the films turned the moviegoing weekend into one of the busiest of the year. Jon M. Chu’s lavish big-budget musical “Wicked,” starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, debuted with $114 million domestically and $164.2 million globally. Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II” is a sequel to his 2000 best picture-winning original and launched with $55.5 million in ticket sales. “Moana 2” is being released Wednesday, so it looks like Hollywood might be looking at historic sales over the Thanksgiving holiday. Trump's Republican Party is increasingly winning union voters. It's a shift seen in his labor pick WASHINGTON (AP) — Working-class voters helped Republicans make steady election gains this year and expanded a coalition that increasingly includes rank-and-file union members. It's a political shift spotlighting one of President-elect Donald Trump’s latest Cabinet picks: a GOP congresswoman, who has drawn labor support, to be his labor secretary. Oregon Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer narrowly lost her bid for a second term this month, despite strong backing from union members. They're a key part of the Democratic base but are gravitating in the Trump era toward a Republican Party traditionally allied with business interests. Trump raced to pick many Cabinet posts. He took more time to settle on a treasury secretary WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump launched a blitz of picks for his Cabinet, but he took his time settling on billionaire investor Scott Bessent as his choice for treasury secretary. The Republican not only wanted someone who jibes with him, but an official who can execute his economic vision and look straight out of central casting while doing so. With his Yale University education and pedigree trading for Soros Fund Management before establishing his own funds, Bessent will be tasked with a delicate balancing act. Trump expects him to help reset the global trade order, enable trillions of dollars in tax cuts, ensure inflation stays in check, manage a ballooning national debt and still keep the financial markets confident. Trump chooses Bessent to be treasury secretary, Vought as budget chief, Chavez-DeRemer for Labor WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction, to serve as his next treasury secretary. Bessent, 62, is founder of hedge fund Key Square Capital Management. He previously had worked on and off for Soros Fund Management since 1991. Trump also said he would nominate Russell Vought, 48, to lead the Office of Management and Budget, a position he held during Trump's first term. And Trump chose Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, an Oregon Republican, as his labor secretary, and Scott Turner, a former football player who worked in Trump’s first administration, as his housing secretary. Afraid of losing the US-Canada trade pact, Mexico alters its laws and removes Chinese parts MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has been taking a bashing for allegedly serving as a conduit for Chinese parts and products into North America. Officials here are terrified that a re-elected Donald Trump or politically struggling Justin Trudeau could simply expel their country from the U.S.-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement. Mexico's ruling Morena party is so afraid its has gone on a campaign to get companies to replace Chinese parts with locally made ones. And its legislators are consciously tweaking the wording of major laws to try to make them compatible with the trade pact's language. Mexico hopes the rules of the trade pact would prevent the U.S. or Canada from simply walking away. Australia withdraws a misinformation bill after critics compare it to censorship CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s government has withdrawn a bill that would give a media watchdog power to monitor digital platforms and require them to keep records about misinformation and disinformation on their networks. Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said Sunday that the government was unable to drum up the support needed to pass the legislation. The opposition spokesman, David Coleman, said the bill “betrayed our democracy” and amounted to “censorship laws in Australia.” The bill would have granted the Australian Communications and Media Authority power over digital platforms by approving an enforceable code of conduct or standards for social media companies if self-regulation fell short. He'll be the last meatpacker in the Meatpacking District. Here's how NYC's gritty 'hood got chic NEW YORK (AP) — The last meatpackers in New York's Meatpacking District have agreed to end their leases early and make way for development on their city-owned lot. A third-generation meatpacker says he is ready to retire and he'll be proud to be there when the building closes. The closure date has not been set, but will mark the end of over a century of industrial life in the Meatpacking District. Starting in the 1970s, a new nightlife scene emerged as bars and nightclubs moved in. Today it's a hub for shopping, tourism, and recreation and only echoes of that grit remain. US budget airlines are struggling. Will pursuing premium passengers solve their problems? DALLAS (AP) — Delta and United Airlines have become the most profitable U.S. airlines by targeting premium customers while also winning a significant share of budget travelers. That is squeezing smaller low-fare carriers like Spirit Airlines, which filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday. Some travel industry experts think Spirit’s troubles indicate less-wealthy passengers will have fewer choices and higher prices. Other discount airlines are on better financial footing but also are lagging far behind the full-service airlines when it comes to recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. Most industry experts think Frontier and other so-called ultra-low-cost carriers will fill the vacuum if Spirit shrinks, and that there's still plenty of competition to prevent prices from spiking. What to know about Scott Bessent, Trump's pick for treasury secretary WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen money manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction and deregulation, to serve as his next treasury secretary. Bessent is a past supporter of Democrats who has become an enthusiastic supporter of Trump. He’s an advocate of cutting spending while extending the tax cuts approved by Congress in Trump’s first term. He has said tariffs imposed during a second Trump administration would be directed primarily at China.
By Steve Benen After Elon Musk helped derail a bipartisan spending bill with misinformation , Rep. Richie Neal made no effort to hide his frustration . The Massachusetts Democrat — the ranking member on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee — asked, “Can you imagine what the next two years will be like if every time that Congress works its will, and then there’s a tweet, or from an individual who has no official portfolio, who threatens members on the Republican side with a primary, and they succumb?” The billionaire apparently wasn’t pleased with the congressman’s comments, declaring soon after that he would soon “be funding moderate candidates in heavily Democrat districts, so that the country can get rid of those who don’t represent them, like this jacka--.” Whether Musk is aware of this or not, Neal is already widely seen as a moderate, and there’s no reason to believe a primary rival backed by the world’s wealthiest individual would fare any better against the longtime lawmaker. But in the case of Democratic Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, a primary challenge apparently isn’t good enough for the billionaire: Musk wants her to be kicked out of Congress altogether. As CNBC reported , at the heart of the story is a change made to the stopgap spending bill designed to prevent a government shutdown last week. House Democrats Jim McGovern of Massachusetts and Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut say their Republican colleagues in Congress caved to the demands of Elon Musk, sinking a bipartisan government funding bill that would have regulated U.S. investments in China. In the original, bipartisan spending agreement — the one that Musk helped kill — there was a provision designed to restrict U.S. investments in China , specifically related to investments in the artificial intelligence and technology sectors. When the legislation was rewritten, Republican took this provision out for reasons GOP officials haven’t fully explained. Ostensibly, the party was looking to make the bill cheaper, but this measure cost effectively nothing. In a series of online items , McGovern complained that the removed provision “would have made it easier to keep cutting-edge AI and quantum computing tech — as well as jobs — in America.” The Massachusetts Democrat added, “But Elon had a problem.” McGovern went on to write, “His bottom line depends on staying in China’s good graces. He [Musk] wants to build an AI data center there too — which could endanger U.S. security. He’s been bending over backwards to ingratiate himself with Chinese leaders.” DeLauro went a bit further, writing a letter to congressional leaders questioning whether the change to the bill reflected some kind of behind-the-scenes corruption: Perhaps, the Connecticut Democrat alleged, the legislation was tweaked specifically to benefit Musk, who has, as DeLauro put it, “extensive” business interests in China. It was, to be sure, a provocative allegation. But the billionaire megadonor responded with an online item of his own , calling DeLauro an “awful creature” and saying that he believes the Democratic congresswoman “needs to be expelled from Congress!” For the record, members of Congress are allowed to raise concerns about possible corruption, just as they’re able to make allegations regarding prominent public figures. Whether the congresswoman’s allegations have merit or not, to suggest that an elected lawmaker be kicked out of office for criticizing a billionaire in ways he doesn’t like is, to put it mildly, unsettling. Steve Benen is a producer for "The Rachel Maddow Show," the editor of MaddowBlog and an MSNBC political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of "Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past."
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