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EV maker Scout Motors wants to sell directly to buyers but can’t do it in its home state

February 8, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on EV maker Scout Motors wants to sell directly to buyers but can’t do it in its home state

BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. (AP) — Volkswagen-backed Scout Motors is making a massive bet in the electric SUV market. The company wants to let customers buy its vehicle in minutes on their app and handle everything after, […]

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Amazon reports strong earnings for Q4, but stocks dip due to outlook for the 1st quarter

February 6, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Amazon reports strong earnings for Q4, but stocks dip due to outlook for the 1st quarter

Amazon on Thursday reported better-than-expected revenue and profits for the holiday shopping period, but its stocks dipped in after-hours trading due to disappointing guidance for the current quarter. The Seattle-based e-commerce and technology company said […]

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Stock market today: Wall Street finishes mixed as strong fashion, tobacco stocks offset Ford’s drop

February 6, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Stock market today: Wall Street finishes mixed as strong fashion, tobacco stocks offset Ford’s drop

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street drifted through mixed trading Thursday as rising fashion and cigarette stocks worked against drops for Ford Motor and Qualcomm. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% following healthy gains for stock markets across […]

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Utility says its equipment may have started a small blaze that erupted during January’s LA firestorm

February 6, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Utility says its equipment may have started a small blaze that erupted during January’s LA firestorm

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California utility said Thursday that its equipment may have sparked a small wildfire in Los Angeles that broke out the same day as two massive blazes in the area that killed at […]

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Google scraps its diversity hiring goals as it complies with Trump’s new government contractor rules

February 5, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Google scraps its diversity hiring goals as it complies with Trump’s new government contractor rules

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is scrapping some of its diversity hiring targets, joining a lengthening list of U.S. companies that have abandoned or scaled back their diversity, equity and inclusion programs. The move, which […]

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Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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From what language did English borrow the word "ukulele"?

In the Hawaiian language the word ukulele roughly translates as 'jumping flea', perhaps because of the movement of the player's fingers. Legend attributes it to the nickname of Englishman Edward William Purvis, one of King Kalākaua's officers, because of his small size, fidgety manner, and playing expertise.

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On what show did Heather Locklear make her TV debut in a recurring role?

In 1982, Locklear began a long term association with television producer Aaron Spelling. First, she was cast in a recurring role as Sammy Jo Dean on Spelling's Dynasty. The following year, while still appearing on Dynasty, Locklear took on a starring role as Officer Stacy Sheridan on the police drama T.J. Hooker.

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Originally called pimento, what popular spice was first grown in Jamaica?

Allspice, also known as Jamaica pepper, myrtle pepper, pimenta, or pimento, is the dried unripe berry of Pimenta dioica, a midcanopy tree native to the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico, and Central America, now cultivated in many warm parts of the world.

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Who recorded the song "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"?

"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is a song by the English pop rock band Tears for Fears from their second studio album Songs from the Big Chair (1985).

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Who wrote the book "Gone with the Wind"?

Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell was an American novelist and journalist. Mitchell wrote only one novel that was published during her lifetime, the American Civil War-era novel Gone with the Wind.

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