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Jennifer Lopez ends 2022 by sharing pictures from wedding with Ben Affleck

January 3, 2023 Published by

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Actress and singer Jennifer Lopez shared never-before-seen photos on social media of her wedding with fellow celebrity Ben Affleck as she reflected on her favorite moments of 2022.

On New Year’s Day, Lopez shared a video compilation with clips and photos of “one of the best years yet” that showed her private wedding with Affleck in Las Vegas over the summer.

“[2022] was one of the best years yet!!! I cannot wait for all that’s to come next year …#HappyNewYear#ImJustGettingStarted#WaitingForTonight#ThisIsMeNow,” Lopez wrote in the caption.

The two stars officially married on July 16 in a private ceremony in Las Vegas before their second ceremony a month later with family and friends at a property in Georgia.

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Lopez and Affleck reportedly started dating again in April 2021 after previously having a romance during the early 2000s. A year later, the couple officially announced they were engaged.

Her New Year video includes highlights of each month of 2022. For April, the 53-year-old star can be seen smiling with her green engagement ring as her May highlight shows her reviewing wedding illustrations.

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Moreover, the couple can also be seen celebrating a birthday for the “Marry me” star’s twin children, Emme and Max, whom Lopez shares with ex-husband Marc Anthony.

The year-round highlight also shows Lopez earning the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards in June and accepting the Icon Award at the iHeartRadio Music Awards in March.

Jim Cramer’s Investing Club meeting Tuesday: 2023 mantra, infrastructure stocks, Apple

January 3, 2023 Published by Krystal Hur

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Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Tuesday’s key moments. Stick with the Club’s mantra in 2023 Watch infrastructure stocks Wait to buy Apple 1. Stick with the Club’s mantra in 2023 Stocks edged down Tuesday, on the first trading day of 2023, amid ongoing investor concern over inflation and interest rates . The S & P 500 was down 0.74% in midmorning trading. We are ringing in the new year by sticking to our mantra: Buy shares of companies that make and do things at a profit, while returning value to shareholders. Unfortunately, the new year has not transformed tech stocks into great buys, nor has it alleviated macroeconomic challenges. 2. Watch infrastructure stocks We are bullish on infrastructure stocks going into this year, as we expect spending from the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure law to ramp up. Companies that build the nation’s transportation systems and utility networks stand to benefit from new government contracts. Emerson Electric (EMR) is a Club name that could see gains from infrastructure spending, and we’re keeping an eye out for other stocks that could see a boost. 3. Wait to buy Apple While we encourage investors to continue to own Apple ‘s (AAPL) stock, not trade it, we caution against buying any more shares here. The tech giant is expected to report fiscal first-quarter results later this month, but could pre-announce disappointing earnings before then amid supply constraints. Shares of the iPhone maker were down 3.71% Tuesday morning, at $125.12 apiece. “For people who haven’t bought it yet, no need to buy it now,” Jim Cramer said. (Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust is long AAPL, EMR. See here for a full list of the stocks.) As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust’s portfolio. If Jim has talked about a stock on CNBC TV, he waits 72 hours after issuing the trade alert before executing the trade. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS, OR IS CREATED, BY VIRTUE OF YOUR RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTING CLUB. NO SPECIFIC OUTCOME OR PROFIT IS GUARANTEED.

This Ferrari F12tdf May Sell For As Much As $1.3 Million

January 3, 2023 Published by Brad Anderson

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A 2017 Ferrari F12tdf is expected to sell for between $1.1 million and $1.3 million at an RM Sotheby’s auction being held later this month in Arizona.

Ferrari built just 799 examples of the ultimate F12 between 2015 and 2017 and this is one of just 299 allocated to the United States. It is chassis 224694 and is finished in Rosso Scuderia with a number of exposed carbon fiber elements across the exterior.

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The listing notes that the car was optioned with hard and soft pieces of matching luggage, AFS adaptive headlights, and gold brake calipers. The interior is also bathed in red leather with red and black Daytona-style seats, something quite unusual for the F12tdf as most had cabin’s finished almost entirely in Alcantara. Evidently, the original owner of the car wanted to enjoy a bit of luxury in the track-focused monster. Among the other options fitted include carbon fiber on the engine cover, air-filter boxes, fog lights, headlight surrounds, floor plates, and rear shelf. It is also equipped with Apple CarPlay.

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Indeed, this F12tdf has more than $170,000 worth of options and had a retail price of $685,249 when it was new. If it does manage to sell for $1.3 million, the owner will walk away with a very nice profit.

The listing notes that the car has been serviced by Ferrari of Rancho Mirage in California and in July 2022, was fitted with four new Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tires.

As a reminder, the F12tdf’s 6.3-liter naturally-aspirated V12 was upgraded by the automaker and now pumps out an extraordinary 769 hp. Coupled with this engine is a seven-speed, dual-clutch transmission that sends power through the rear wheels.

Sesame becomes 9th major food allergen in US

January 3, 2023 Published by Athina Morris

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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Sesame is officially a “major food allergen.”

On Jan. 1, the plant became the ninth food to be added to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) list of major food allergens under the Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education and Research Act, or FASTER Act, which was signed into law in April 2021.

The major allergens — which also include milk, eggs, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat and soybeans — account for the vast majority of food allergies and serious allergic reactions in the U.S., according to the FDA.

Sesame oil is considered a mainstay in Asian cuisine. Other foods that may contain sesame include cereals like granola, tortilla chips, crackers and baked goods such as bagels.

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Symptoms of sesame allergy reaction can include coughing, itchy throat, vomiting, diarrhea, mouth rash, shortness of breath, wheezing and drops in blood pressure.

To help protect consumers with food allergies and other food hypersensitivities, the FDA requires companies to list major food allergens or ingredients on packaged foods and beverages. There are more specific labeling requirements for certain foods and substances that cause allergies or other hypersensitivity reactions.

According to the FDA’s website, the agency provides guidance to companies and consumers on the best ways to assess and manage allergen hazards. It also conducts inspections and sampling of food products to check that major food allergens are properly labeled on products and to determine whether food facilities are preventing allergen cross-contact — the inadvertent introduction of a major food allergen into a product — and labeling products correctly.

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“When problems are found, the FDA works with firms to recall products and provide public notification to immediately alert consumers. In addition, the FDA has the authority to seize and remove violative products from the marketplace or refuse entry of imported products,” the FDA’s website says.

The agency recommends consumers with allergens be aware of how the major allergens are defined for the purpose of allergen labeling. Those who begin to experience symptoms of an allergic reaction should stop eating the food immediately, evaluate the need to use emergency medication (such as epinephrine) and seek medical attention.

For more information about food allergen requirements, consumers can contact the CFSAN Food & Cosmetic Information Center (FCIC).

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78 members of the 117th Congress violated a federal conflicts-of-interest and financial transparency law

January 3, 2023 Published by [email protected] (Madison Hall)

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78 members of Congress violated the STOCK Act in the 117th session of Congress.
The Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012 is designed to curb insider trading and requires timely disclosure of financial trades.
This term, Congress debated restricting its members from trading individual stocks, however, no bills were brought to a vote.

Seventy-eight members of the 117th session of Congress violated a federal conflicts-of-interest and financial disclosure law, according to a review of congressional financial disclosures by Insider and other news outlets.

The law — the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012, also known as the STOCK Act — passed in 2012 under President Barack Obama following insider trading scandals that rocked Congress. The STOCK Act notably requires members of Congress to report trades they made, or made by their spouses or dependent children, within 45 days or risk a financial slap on the wrist — the standard penalty for such a violation is $200.

But a decade on, Republican and Democratic lawmakers alike routinely violate the STOCK Act: 40 Republicans and 37 Democrats in the current Congress violated the law, per Insider’s tally.

Some members of Congress violated the law more egregiously than others. GOP Rep. Pat Fallon of Texas, for example, violated the STOCK Act multiple times and waited months to disclose up to $17 million in trades. Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi of New York repeatedly failed to file reports on time across nearly 300 personal financial transactions.

The House Committee on Ethics ultimately absolved Suozzi and Fallon from being penalized for violating the STOCK Act — the committee found that there was not “clear evidence” either congressman committed “knowing or willful” violations of the act. This, despite a referral from the independent Office of Congressional Ethics, which conducted its own investigation and unanimously concluded earlier this year that there was “substantial reason to believe” Fallon and Suozzi violated the STOCK Act.

Congressional stock trading ban?

In December 2021, following a question from Insider’s Bryan Metzger, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected the idea of preventing members of Congress from trading individual stocks.

“We are a free-market economy. They should be able to participate in that,” Pelosi said.

Pelosi’s answer quickly led to criticism from Democratic and Republican members of Congress. It also led some members to draft their own legislation banning the practice, such as Democratic Sens. Mark Kelly and Jon Ossoff, as well as Republican Sen. Josh Hawley.

“Year after year, politicians somehow manage to outperform the market, buying and selling millions in stocks of companies they’re supposed to be regulating,” Hawley said. “Wall Street and Big Tech work hand-in-hand with elected officials to enrich each other at the expense of the country. Here’s something we can do: ban all members of Congress from trading stocks and force those who do to pay their proceeds back to the American people. It’s time to stop turning a blind eye to Washington profiteering.”

After months of waiting, Democratic leadership wrote and sponsored its own bill banning members of Congress, their families, and dependent children from trading individual stocks. Democratic leaders, however, punted a vote on the bill until after the 2022 midterm elections.

Now, with little time left in the legislative session, the bill is poised to die.

With Republicans taking control of the House, there is a possibility for a stock trading ban to receive a resurgence in support. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said prior to the midterm elections that he was open to such a ban. Since it became clear that Republicans will control the House next legislative term, however, McCarthy — who is likely to become the next House speaker — has been silent on the topic.

Conflicted Congress

In late 2021, Insider endeavored to digitize each member of Congress’ financial records, leading its reporters to pore over the data to find numerous unreported conflicts of interest from several members of Congress as part of its “Conflicted Congress” investigation.

This includes lawmakers who shape US defense policy while simultaneously holding shares of defense companies and legislators who actively traded stocks in companies that make COVID-19 vaccines at the height of the pandemic.

As part of the investigation, Insider also found that at least 182 high-ranking congressional staffers also violated the STOCK Act with late and overdue disclosures.

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A new year, but no new Trump — and there won’t be one, either

January 3, 2023 Published by Keith Naughton, opinion contributor

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It’s been a constant theme for Donald Trump’s backers: “Trump just needs to …” — be more disciplined, be more professional, think ahead, be positive, etc. etc. In other words, if Trump wasn’t Trump, he would be unbeatable.

But Trump is not going to change, ever.

And it’s the main reason why his comeback, while not impossible, is highly improbable.

Still, his acolytes and even his campaign team are vainly trying to create a “new” Trump. Mark Lewis in Townhall offered an 8-point plan, the first four points of which included adopting a lower profile for a few months, stop talking about the 2020 presidential election, talk less about himself, and stop berating Republicans he doesn’t like. While that is sage advice, Lewis might as well advise Trump to stop breathing.

When Lewis concluded with the advice that Trump should “show some humanity, compassion, humility, wisdom, fortitude, and positiveness,” I figured that Mr. Lewis must be trying to turn Townhall into National Lampoon.

The idea that Trump will stop raging at his enemies, real and perceived, is ludicrous. He can’t even take off for Christmas. Trump has not let a week go by without complaining about losing in 2020. To be fair, it is hard to believe that Joe Biden could beat anyone for president. But Trump’s complaints raise a philosophical question: Is it more humiliating to lose to a fumbling Biden, or to have the election stolen?

Trump’s own “insiders” within his campaign are leaking their own plans for “New Trump” that rival the inadvertent humor found in Townhall. Among their ideas is to have Trump eschew rallies in favor of small policy-focused meetings with real voters. Really? The over/under for Trump listening to an Iowa farmer talk about the ethanol RINs market is about 5 seconds (take the under). There is no chance Trump would sit through more than two such meetings.

Trump’s whole brand is big, grasping, loud, proud and unbounded. Shrinking Trump will never work. Not only would it not be credible, but Trump would never accept it. Trump’s silly NFT scheme? That was on-brand.

Trump’s campaign team and loyalists correctly recognize that the combination of his antics, bad judgment and narcissism have led to a series of major political defeats and a conservative base that is growing tired of his act.

The big polling problem for Trump is not just that his numbers are eroding and he is trailing Biden in approval consistently. No, the BIG problem is that he is trailing when he should be ahead — even far ahead. Both the Morning Consult benchmark and the YouGov benchmark have most Americans believing the country is on the wrong track.

Morning Consult has 70 percent of respondents thinking the country is on the wrong track, including 77 percent of independents. YouGov has a 56 percent wrong-track number (which rises to 59 percent among independents). In Morning Consult polling, 69 percent think the country is in recession; that number is 56 percent for YouGov.

With the economy dominating voter concerns, these numbers should not just drag down Biden, they should boost Trump. Yet, Trump lags Biden in approval — if narrowly. Morning Consult has Trump with a net disapproval of 55 percent, while Biden is slightly better at 54 percent. YouGov has Trump at a 42 percent to 51 percent deficit with Biden at a 46 percent to 49 percent deficit. The Suffolk Poll has Trump at a disastrous 30 percent approve to 62 percent disapprove.

In the most recent ballot tests, both Morning Consult and YouGov have Biden beating Trump — narrowly, but Biden is still ahead. In December, only the consistently Trump-friendly Harvard-Harris poll and Trump’s own pollster, McLaughlin and Associates, had Trump leading Biden. Meanwhile, Suffolk, EPIC, Fabrizio (for The Wall Street Journal), Echelon (a GOP-oriented firm), Morning Consult and YouGov all have Trump trailing.

Within the GOP, Trump has now fallen behind Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) consistently in YouGov polling, now lagging by 8 points. The much less Trump-friendly Suffolk Poll has Trump down to DeSantis, 56 percent to 33 percent. Republicans are less and less interested in Trump running at all, with just 49 percent in support of a Trump candidacy in the YouGov poll and 47 percent in Suffolk.

Team Trump is stuck with a candidate who has no discipline, who will not take advice, and who has become a broken record. Worse, the polling environment should be about as good as it gets for a potential opponent to Biden.

Richard Nixon, a man left for dead after his disastrous 1962 loss in the California gubernatorial election, managed to reinvent himself in 1968. “New Nixon” finished off his transformation by becoming the 37th president. For Nixon, it was a patient five-year effort by a supremely disciplined, intelligent, experienced politician. Nearly two years into his own comeback, Trump has proven that he lacks any of Nixon’s qualities. “New Trump” is just old Trump and always will be old Trump. To get back to the White House, he is relying completely on his opponents making mistakes — mistakes big enough to overwhelm Trump’s own buffoonery. That’s a pretty tall order, even for Biden.

Keith Naughton, Ph.D., is co-founder of Silent Majority Strategies, a public and regulatory affairs consulting firm. Naughton is a former Pennsylvania political campaign consultant. Follow him on Twitter @KNaughton711.

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Hubble Space Telescope image captures ‘glittering swarm’ of stars about 28,000 light-years away

January 3, 2023 Published by

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The Hubble Space Telescope recently captured the “glittering swarm” of stars of the globular cluster NGC 6440.

The cluster is located in the constellation Sagittarius, some 28,000 light-years away.

Globular clusters like NGC 6440 are tightly-packed collections of stars that live on the edges of galaxies.

They can hold anywhere from hundreds of thousands to millions of stars that average about one light-year apart.

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However, they can be as close together as the size of our solar system.

NASA said the data used to create the image came from five different Hubble observing programs.

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Four of those programs focused on the properties of pulsars, which are highly magnetized, rotating neutron stars that emit a beam of electromagnetic radiation from their magnetic poles.

NGC 6440 was discovered in the 18th century by astronomer William Herschel.

According to Space.com, it is the home to at least eight of the rapidly rotating pulsars.

Ford says F-Series pickup continued its decades-long dominance in 2022

January 3, 2023 Published by Michael Wayland

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DETROIT – The Ford F-Series continued its decades-long U.S. sales dominance in 2022 despite ongoing parts and supply chain problems, the company said Tuesday.

Ford Motor reported sales of its F-Series, which includes the F-150 pickup and its larger siblings, surpassed 640,000 trucks last year – making it America’s best-selling truck for 46 consecutive years and best-selling vehicle for 41 years.

The 2022 sales make for an average of at least one F-Series Truck sold every 49 seconds last year.

Despite topping the sales charts, F-Series sales are expected to come in lower than in recent years. Sales of the truck were off nearly 13% through November compared to a year earlier, however Ford said last month’s sales are anticipated to be the best of 2022 for F-Series.

Ford sold 726,004 F-Series trucks in 2021, which was a 7.8% decline from more than 787,400 vehicles in 2020. Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, Ford had been selling about 900,000 of the trucks annually.

Ford has attempted to prioritize production of the F-Series, including its new electric F-150 Lightning, throughout rolling shutdowns of plants due to the parts shortage in recent years. The company has even been partially building vehicles to complete them at a later date to keep production going.

Ford is set to report its total year-end sales on Thursday, a day after other major automakers are expected to release results.

This story is developing. Please check back for updates.

Goldman’s top stocks to play the Inflation Reduction Act, including some with 50% upside

January 3, 2023 Published by Yun Li

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The Inflation Reduction Act signed into law last year could create a boost for stocks from various sectors, and Goldman Sachs broke down its top picks for investors wanting to take advantage. “We believe stock-specific implications are quite wide-ranging from both an impact and timing perspective across multiple sectors,” Goldman strategists said in a note. The Wall Street firm screened buy-rated stock ideas — with many having 50% upside — from not only clear-cut winners like clean technology, hydrogen and electric vehicles, but also more underappreciated sectors like energy services and financials. Here are the criteria Goldman looked at for IRA plays: % of sales derived in U.S. % of sales benefiting from IRA IRA impact on earnings per share, EBITDA and free cash flow Goldman noted that the IRA marks a meaningful policy development for the solar and energy storage sector and clears the way for a decade-long runway for stable installation growth. First Solar and Enphase were the two top picks in this space, with Goldman predicting 50% upside in the next 12 months for both names. The bill also gives rise to the clean hydrogen economy in the U.S., including carbon capture, Goldman said. The firm highlighted Linde as a top beneficiary. “For the first time gives hydrogen a strong foundation to play a significant role in the energy system of the country,” the strategists said. “We view these incentives together as a major game changer for the sequestration of carbon and production of hydrogen and are a significant benefit for companies with current or planned hydrogen projects in the US.” Electric vehicle players Freyr and Tesla could also be big winners as the law promotes long-term EV adoption while also driving down battery costs, Goldman said. For underappreciated names, Goldman said alternative asset manager Brookfield could be getting a boost as the company is building out its renewables flagship lineup. Meanwhile, Goldman said energy services company MasTec is well positioned to benefit from the demand for infrastructure that supports renewable projects. — CNBC’s Michael Bloom contributed reporting

WI police investigating New Year’s bar shooting that killed 2, including owner

January 3, 2023 Published by

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Police in Racine are investigating a New Year’s shooting in a bar that left two people dead, including the owner.

Officers encountered a chaotic scene when they arrived at Rerun’s Lounge around 2:30 a.m. Sunday.

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Family members identified the owner as Avery “Rerun” Stewart, 66, and said the bar was named after him.

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“He was loving,” Akem Stilo, Stewart’s grandson, told reporters. “He was caring. He looked out for his people, community. You know, he was a good person, a real stand-up dude.”

No arrests have been announced. Racine police asked anyone who was there Sunday to contact investigators.