Post Election, Emergency Contraception Sales Are Surging. Women Led Startups Are Meeting the Demand

Post-Election, Emergency Contraception Sales Are Surging. Women-Led Startups Are Meeting the Demand

Customers are stocking up on the morning-after pill—which remains legal in all 50 states—in advance of the next Trump presidency.

Business - Inc. - 10 hours ago

Miners are razing forests to meet surging demand for metals and minerals, report says

A report by the World Resources Institute shows that rapidly expanding mining operations are causing widespread destruction of tropical primary rainforests and protected areas, raising carbon ...

World - ABC News - October 23

No coach? No problem: How an emergency fill-in coach led a women's golf team to a title

Charleston Southern golf took home the 2024 Elon Invitational -- with the help of an interim coach found via mass athletic department email.

Sports - ESPN - October 16

Mortgage demand stalls as interest rates surge higher ahead of election

Total mortgage application volume was essentially flat, falling 0.1% compared with the previous week.

Business - CNBC - October 30

Sales surge for dystopian books after Trump election victory

The Handmaid’s Tale has risen more than 400 places on bestseller charts since Wednesday with a similar rush for copies of On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder. Books about democracy, dystopia, tyranny, ...

World - The Guardian - November 7

How high could Bitcoin go after Trump’s post-election surge?

Bitcoin surged to past its all-time high price following the election of President-elect Donald Trump, opening the potential to policy concerning deregulation and Wall Street investment. CNBC’s ...

WHO convening emergency mpox meeting

The World Health Organization (WHO) will convene a meeting later this month to determine whether the mpox outbreak occurring in Africa still constitutes a a public health emergency of international ...

Politics - The Hill - 3 days ago

Red Wings Emergency Recall Surging Goalie

The Detroit Red Wings have recalled a goalie.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 6 days ago

Trump and Biden both call for smooth transition in historic Oval Office meeting

President-elect Donald Trump was welcomed at the White House on Wednesday after declining to do the same for President Joe Biden after the 2020 election.

Elon Musk attends Trump's first postelection meeting with House Republicans in D.C.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk was one of the top backers of President-elect Donald Trump's winning campaign against Vice President Kamala Harris.

Business - CNBC - Yesterday

Mortgage rates surge, putting a damper on home buying and refinancing

Mortgage applications fell 17% in the past week, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

Business - MarketWatch - October 16

Action demanded over surge in illegal meat imports

The government is warned of a "foot-and-mouth" level crisis over potentially diseased meat flooding into the UK.

L’Oréal sales disappoint due to weak Chinese demand

Revenue at world’s biggest beauty company grew 3.4 per cent in third quarter, when analysts expected 6 per cent

Business - Financial Times - October 22

GSK cuts vaccine sales target on reduced demand

U.K. drugmaker GSK on Wednesday cut its vaccine sales guidance for the year after what it called lower-than-expected demand.

Business - MarketWatch - October 30

A surging U.S. dollar is hammering emerging-market stocks and metals. Watch out.

The U.S. dollar remains an unabashed beneficiary of Donald Trump’s presidential election win — and it’s relentless rise is causing significant pain for some emerging-market assets and commodities.

Business - MarketWatch - 6 hours ago

Meet the startup that just won the Pentagon’s first AI defense contract

The Pentagon awards its first-ever generative AI defense contract worth $1.8M to Jericho Security, targeting deepfake attacks and AI-powered threats against military personnel including drone pilots.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 5

Wall Street Journal, NY Post sue AI startup

Media conglomerate News Corp, the conglomerate that owns the Wall Street Journal, New York Post and a number of other media properties, is suing artificial intelligence (AI) startup Perplexity over ...

Politics - The Hill - October 22

Netanyahu holds emergency meeting on Gaza aid as U.S. ramps up pressure

Some 41% of people in Gaza will face "catastrophic" levels of hunger in the coming months, a global authority on food security warned Thursday.

Retail sales post solid gain in September, showing a continued strong economy

Retail sales increased 0.4% in September, with strength in a broad range of categories that overcame weak gas and auto spending, the U.S. Commerce Department said Wednesday.

Business - MarketWatch - October 17

TSMC beats forecasts with 54% surge in profits on soaring AI demand

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co said its sales were boosted by strong demand from smartphone makers and artificial intelligence firms

Business - MarketWatch - October 17

Nuclear energy stocks hit record highs on surging demand from AI

Amazon and Google deals to deploy small modular reactors are latest step in sector’s revitalisation

Business - Financial Times - October 20

Amazon Shares Rise on Robust Demand, Surge in AI Infrastructure Spending

The tech company’s capital expenditures reached a quarterly record amid a big build-out of artificial-intelligence infrastructure.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 31

Weekly mortgage demand tanks 11% as interest rates surge higher

Total mortgage application volume dropped 10.8% compared to the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's seasonally adjusted index.

Business - CNBC - November 6

Patriots demand more work, better professionalism from players in team meeting

Can the Patriots' offense get on the same page? Phil Perry details a team meeting in New England with a focus on a better day-to-day approach.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 24

UConn, Louisville to meet in historic women's tilt

UConn and Louisville will tip off the 2025-26 season at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, appearing in the first-ever women's college basketball matchup of the Armed Forces Classic.

Sports - ESPN - November 7

Biden trying to surge aid to Ukraine, will meet with Trump in coming days

President Biden is trying to use his last few months in office to increase U.S. aid to Ukraine with support for Kyiv in question once the Trump administration takes over at the White House. The ...

Procter & Gamble earnings beat estimates, but weak demand in China hurts sales

Procter & Gamble said volume fell in its Greater China market despite the earnings beat.

Business - CNBC - October 18

Musk’s $1mn-a-day voter giveaway could violate US law, DoJ warns

Billionaire Trump backer has targeted swing states with contest ahead of presidential election

Business - Financial Times - October 24

Tractor Supply Co. ekes out sales gain in ‘tepid’ demand environment

Tractor Supply Co.’s third-quarter sales fell slightly short of estimates on Thursday in a lackluster environment, but the rural lifestyle retailer raised the lower end of guidance ranges.

Business - MarketWatch - October 24

Apple sales rise 6%, company seeing early iPhone 16 demand

Apple reported earnings after the bell. Here are the results.

Business - CNBC - November 1

Nintendo profit plunges 69% as it cuts forecast for sales of ageing Switch console

Investors are waiting for news surrounding a successor to the Switch which they hope will re-energize Nintendo's gaming business.

Business - CNBC - November 5

Chinese Car Sales Rise Sharply on Subsidies, Robust Demand

The National Day holiday in early October, combined with a rally in Chinese equity markets, may have also supported consumer sentiment.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - 6 days ago

Home Depot Says Hurricane Demand Slows Sales Slump

Strom damage across the Southeast accounted for higher sales to contractors, and the chain also forecast stronger results as mortgage rates drop.

Business - Inc. - 2 days ago

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