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Dubai officials stop $25M pink diamond smuggling plot
NBC News· 2025-08-19 19:40
In Dubai, authorities stopped a group of thieves that allegedly stole an extremely rare pink diamond worth $25 million. And officials say that the three suspects were planning to smuggle it out of the country and then move it somewhere in Asia. But then they were stopped just 8 hours after the heist.The men who planned that robbery for over a year posed as wealthy buyers and then lured the jeweler out of his shop to meet them at a villa. The diamond weighs 21 carats. ...
Palestine will be represented at the Miss Universe pageant for the first time
NBC News· 2025-08-19 19:40
Today I am honored to share that I'll be representing Palestine at Miss Universe 2025. I carry this role with deep responsibility. It's more than a title. We are more than our struggle.We are women with dreams, talents, and a powerful voice to offer the. ...
BREAKING: White House says Putin has promised to meet Zelenskyy
MSNBC· 2025-08-19 19:38
Joining us now, NBC News White House correspondent Monica Alba, NBC News chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell and political white house and foreign affairs correspondent Eli Stokels. Starting with some of my favorite people, Monica, first to you. This hot mic moment with the president is just so it's so demonstrative of where his head has always been at with Vladimir Putin.We saw that moment where he seemed to have some skepticism of him. He felt like Putin was dragging him along. But now it ...
Building in the application layer? Gamma's Jon Noronha gives advice for #founders in #AI
Sequoia Capital· 2025-08-19 19:22
Um, what advice do you have for other founders building in the application layer. First and foremost, I would think about what is your unique perspective on the market that you're tackling. For us at Gamma, our unique perspective is all about differentiating the medium itself.So, we've always been very clear to ourselves, we are not just trying to make a PowerPoint builder. We're trying to create a new format to replace the slide deck. And that's guided many, many of our product choices.It's also angered ou ...
Intel shareholders are popping the champagne, says Dan Ives
Bloomberg Television· 2025-08-19 19:15
I think ultimately if this didn't happen, strategic breakup was basically a done deal. And I think the U.S. government recognized understood national security, but they needed to revive Intel. Clearly unorthodox in terms of the structure.But for Intel, I mean, it's a little Cinderella story, at least that's happening here. You know, based in a of dark days they've seen the last few years. And she may not be aware, but the preseason rankings for college football have come out and Penn State is number two, an ...
'How can I tell anything you say is true?': GOP Rep. faces hostile town hall
MSNBC· 2025-08-19 19:06
Speaking of mailin ballots that you brought up earlier, Donald Trump announced today that he would sign an executive order to abolish mail-in ballots and voting machines before the 2026 midterms. Um, it's an unprecedented federal overreach. It flouts state authority and it's following the advice of Vladimir Putin.Per Donald Trump's words. Per Donald Trump's words. So if democracy is built on secure and accessible voting, where do you stand.So elections are run by the states. So So I ask you where you think ...
'Zero evidence of widespread voter fraud': Wallace fact-checks Trump's mail voting claims
MSNBC· 2025-08-19 18:55
Mail-in ballots are corrupt. Mail-in ballots. You can never have a real democracy with mail-in ballots.And we, as a Republican party, are going to do everything possible that we get rid of mailin ballots. We're going to start with an executive order that's being written right now by the best lawyers in the country to end mail-in ballots because they're corrupt. And uh do you know that we're the only country in the world.I believe I may be wrong, but just about the only country in the world that uses it beca ...
Databricks CEO on AI: VCs are wondering if agentic AI will actually automate work
CNBC Television· 2025-08-19 18:49
So we are pleased to join in an exclusive interview Aldi Godsy. He is the co-founder and CEO of Data Bricks. Uh Aldi, thank you very much for joining us. Congrats on the round. Was this a round that you had to do? I don't think so. Or one that kind of investors really really wanted you to do. >> Yeah, I mean after the Figma IPO, we did get lots of lots of outreach from investors. My phone was blowing up. So yes, there's definitely been a big push from outside, but at the same time, we also saw it as a great ...
Stocks are in the beginning of a new bull market, says Morgan Stanley's Mike Wilson
CNBC Television· 2025-08-19 18:46
lows might actually be hoping that happens. So let's kick off and dive in with Morgan Stanley's chief U.S. Equity strategist, Mike Wilson. Mike, it's great to have you back on the program.A lot of people they may have sold during the panic. They kind of they haven't been back in. They're waiting for an entry point.Is that coming. >> Well good afternoon Brian. I mean, look, I don't know if they're going to get a big, fat pitch like we got in April.That's probably very unlikely. We think ultimately that was t ...
U.S. potential 10% stake in Intel
CNBC Television· 2025-08-19 18:39
Let's get over to Christina Parson. She's at the NASDAQ. Has more on what all this could mean for Intel.Fascinating story in terms of what you can imagine with a 10% holder. He went on to say as well that they don't want governance rights if in fact they do get there. But a lot yet to come here, Christina.>> Yeah, they don't want voting rights and I'll get to that, but this is essentially if we're talking about the Soft Bank, it's a $2 billion lifeline from the private sector and shareholders really need to ...