All posts tagged: momentum

Kamala Harris’s Momentum at the Convention

Kamala Harris’s Momentum at the Convention

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“Will this propel her forward?” Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic August 24, 2024, 3:11 PM ET Editor’s Note: Washington Week With The Atlantic is a partnership between NewsHour Productions, WETA, and The Atlantic airing every Friday on PBS stations nationwide. Check your local listings or watch full episodes here. With the Democratic National Convention now behind Kamala Harris, the vice president is officially the Democratic presidential nominee—but now some are asking how her campaign can translate the momentum from recent weeks into winning over voters in key swing states. The optimism felt among many Democrats at the convention was, in part, the result of forces beyond Harris herself, Mark Leibovich said last night on Washington Week With The Atlantic: Harris has benefited from the release of pent-up unhappiness about Joe Biden leading the presidential ticket and, so far, from the choice of Tim Walz as her running mate. “This week has been a culmination of that,” Leibovich said. But “it can’t be a culmination. It has to continue. And the question is, will …

Dollar regains momentum as yen struggles

Dollar regains momentum as yen struggles

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SINGAPORE : The dollar was back on the front foot on Wednesday, making modest gains after earlier losses from renewed bets on Federal Reserve rate cuts this year, while the yen eased towards the 155 per dollar level and kept intervention risks from Tokyo high. The offshore yuan further retreated from a more than three-month high hit last week, helped by hopes of further policy stimulus from Beijing to shore up its economy. It last stood at 7.2247 per dollar. The yen was last little changed at 154.75 per dollar, edging away from its peak of 151.86 hit last week on the back of suspected intervention from Japanese authorities to prop up the sliding currency. Analysts have said that any intervention from Tokyo would only serve as a temporary respite for the yen, given stark interest rate differentials between the U.S. and Japan remain. Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Wednesday the central bank will scrutinise the impact of yen moves on inflation in guiding monetary policy, while the country’s Finance Minister Shunichi …

Hilary Schan: Momentum chair quits Labour to campaign against its MPs at next election | Politics News

Hilary Schan: Momentum chair quits Labour to campaign against its MPs at next election | Politics News

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One of the chairs of the left-wing Labour campaign group Momentum has quit her post and the party over Sir Keir Starmer’s policy agenda, and his “disgusting response” to the war in Gaza. Hilary Schan, who is also a councillor in Worthing, said she will now join the We Deserve Better campaign, headed by journalist Owen Jones, which aims to oust prominent Labour MPs at the next election and put independent and Green Party candidates in their place. The announcement comes off the back of a widely successful local election campaign for Labour, but one where it suffered losses in its traditional council seats, especially in areas with large Muslim populations, over its stance on the Israel-Hamas conflict. Politics live: PM told to ‘wake up and smell the coffee’ after poor local election results Pointing to analysis that shows Labour is set to be the biggest party at the next election, but not have an overall majority, Ms Schan said getting more “socialist representatives” into parliament would be “vital to pressure Starmer to finally listen …

Labour taking ‘Tory crown jewel’ feels like a momentum shift | UK News

Labour taking ‘Tory crown jewel’ feels like a momentum shift | UK News

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It was a wafer-thin victory, but a huge win. The symbolism of Labour taking the West Midlands mayor, a jewel in the Tory crown, could be felt in the room as Labour activists gathered in Birmingham to celebrate the win with their new mayor Richard Parker and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer. There are moments on election journeys when the momentum shifts – and this win felt like one of them. “We humbly asked [the voters] to put their trust and confidence in a changed Labour Party and they did. And that is a significant piece of political history that we’ve made here today,” said Sir Keir at his victory rally. “So the message out of these elections, the last now the last stop before we go into that general election, is that the country wants change. “I hope the prime minister is listening and gives the opportunity to the country to vote as a whole in a general election as soon as possible.” Image: Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer celebrates with the new West …

At least 30 dead as strikes across Gaza continue amid renewed momentum in ceasefire talks – video | World news

At least 30 dead as strikes across Gaza continue amid renewed momentum in ceasefire talks – video | World news

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Israeli strikes hit three houses in Rafah, which currently hosts a large population of displaced Palestinians, killing at least 30 and injuring many more. The strikes come amid renewed momentum in ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas. Nearly 85% of Gaza’s population remains displaced, as humanitarian organisations warn of the risk of famine spreading across the besieged strip Source link

New Momentum Cito E+ dares you to leave the car at home [Video]

New Momentum Cito E+ dares you to leave the car at home [Video]

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All the cool suburbanites are already taking their kids to school, loading up at the farmers’ market, and making deliveries on clever and capable cargo e-bikes, but the new Momentum Cito E+ from Giant raises the cargo bike bar even higher — and makes leaving the car at home easier than ever. Momentum is a new brand of “lifestyle” e-bikes from Giant Group designed to deliver premium features to customers while still hitting that $3,000-4,000 market “sweet spot.” Their latest bike, the all-new for 2024 Cito E+ utility bike, does just that, coming to market with a premium battery, Bluetooth technology, a suite of high-end safety features, and a $3,200 starting price. Premium battery Battery is fully integrated into the downtube. Easy battery charging. Getting the most out of your e-bike often means getting the most out of your battery — and Momentum absolutely gets that. The Cito E+ ships with a 780 Watt-hour Panasonic battery pack with 22700 cells that have been optimized for e-bike use. Compared to other ebike batteries with similar power …

Building momentum | MIT Technology Review

Building momentum | MIT Technology Review

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This is our Build issue, and although it’s certainly about creating the future we want, in many ways this issue is also about a future that never arrived. Interplanetary space stations. Friendly robots. Even (if you squint and accept a generous definition) terraforming an increasingly uninhabitable Earth.  Building is a popular tech industry motif—especially in Silicon Valley, where “Time to build” has become something of a call to arms following an influential essay by Marc Andreessen that lamented America’s seeming inability to build just about anything. That essay was published four years ago, at the apex of the country’s disastrous response to covid-19, when masks, PPE, and even hospital beds were in short supply. (As were basic necessities of day-to-day life like eggs, flour, and toilet paper.) It’s an alluring argument.  Yet the future is built brick by brick from the imperfect decisions we make in the present. We don’t often recognize that the seeming steps forward we are taking today could be seen as steps back in the years to come. This could very …

Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 4 Review: Big but Still Beautiful

Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 4 Review: Big but Still Beautiful

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How much is great sound worth to you? Sennheiser’s top wireless earbuds ask that question in more ways than one. The previous version, the True Wireless 3, was praised by reviewers, but some users raised issues like battery drain and connection glitches. The Momentum True Wireless 4 set out to address these complaints with an all-new battery system among “over a dozen major upgrades,” according to Sennheiser. Within this context, the two earbud dropouts I experienced in my first few days of testing the MTW4 stood out more than the usual new bud jitters. Especially since the latest pair sports the exact same exterior design as the MTW3, which is, in 2024, looking downright chunky compared to the competition. Size aside, a firmware update seems to have fixed those connection woes, and I’ve experienced no other dropouts over multiple days of testing. One thing that’s never been in question with Sennheiser is sound quality. Even given their superb sonic pedigree, the Momentum 4 caught me off guard with their clarity, their sensitivity, and the sheer …

Tesla Cybertruck resale market loses all momentum

Tesla Cybertruck resale market loses all momentum

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Tesla Cybertrucks were getting more than twice their value on the resale market just a few weeks ago, but the electric pickup truck has now lost all its momentum in terms of resale value. The automaker has taken actions to try to limit the Cybertruck resale market. Tesla added a “no resell” clause for early VIN Cybertrucks, threatening to sue for $50,000 (or more) and added that it may not sell the sellers any future vehicles. As far as we know, the company hasn’t sued anyone yet, but we recently learned that Tesla did blacklist some people who sold or tried to sell their early Cybertrucks. We thought that these actions would limit the availability of Cybertrucks for sale and boost pricing. Sure enough, we noted that an early Cybertruck sold for $244,000 last month, but prices are now dropping like a rock. Resellers are having issues turning them for a profit now. John Clay Wolfe, president of GIVE ME THE VIN, a large car wholesaler and one of the main people behind Cybertruck resales, says …