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Trump says he is not selling his shares of media company Sep 13, 2024 02:40PM

By Alexandra Ulmer

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, California (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Friday he will not sell his shares in the company that owns his Truth Social platform when limits on selling are lifted in the coming days, driving up the stock after a recent selloff.

Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group surged as much as 30% following his comments before closing with a 12% gain for the day.

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Starmer To Urge Biden For Ukraine To Use Missiles In Russia - WSJ Sep 13, 2024 02:11PM

Starmer To Urge Biden For Ukraine To Use Missiles In Russia - WSJ

Lawmakers dig into federal government's CrowdStrike (CRWD) use - Axios Sep 13, 2024 01:34PM (Updated - September 13, 2024 1:34 PM EDT)

Lawmakers dig into federal government's CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) use - Axios

• A pair of Democratic senators are looking into how vulnerable the federal government's IT networks are to an outage similar to CrowdStrike outage.
• Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) sent a letter to the General Services Administration asking for more details about how the global outage impacted the federal government.

• The senators... (continue reading...)

US Approved Sale of Nvidia (NVDA) Chips to UAE’s G42 - Semafor Sep 13, 2024 01:13PM (Updated - September 13, 2024 1:13 PM EDT)

The US government approved the sale of Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) chips to UAE’s G42 - Semafor

• The US has approved the sale of cutting-edge Nvidia chips to G42, the company at the center of the United Arab Emirates’ efforts to become a global leader in artificial intelligence.
• The approval, which came earlier this year but has not been reported.
• G42 is only just beginning to deploy the chips, including a sizable order of Nvidia H100 models.

Trump: No more debates with Kamala Harris Sep 12, 2024 03:22PM

(Reuters) -Republican nominee Donald Trump said on Thursday he would not participate in another presidential debate against Kamala Harris ahead of the Nov. 5 election, after several polls showed his Democratic rival won their debate earlier this week.

"THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE!" the former president wrote on social media site Truth Social. Trump had participated in a debate against President Joe Biden in June before his debate against Harris on... (continue reading...)