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During this time of year, most of the break room and Slack conversations at the office have shifted to Fantasy Football, with everyone talking about how their fantasy teams and favorite NFL teams are performing. Travis Kelve improvises with a lateral during the October 7th Monday Night Football game.KC Chiefs Brands have long wanted to be a part of these conversations, just as fantasy football and the NFL season are. A CMO’s dream state usually includes their brand being part of the lexicon of consumer culture, and nothing says that more than the Slack chat or coffee room.  “From logo-emblazoned…

The Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), a semi-official organization created by the government of Taiwan, reported last week that at least 40 Taiwanese travelers went missing in communist China over the past year and remain unreachable. SEF Secretary-General Luo Wen-jia said there were about 30 additional cases in which missing Taiwanese had been contacted by his agency. Most of those people had arranged their own “disappearances” for “personal reasons,” or because they were fleeing from the law. Luo gave the example of a 22-year-old Taiwanese man who traveled to China and “disappeared” because he was fleeing from a fraud investigation. Luo…

Multiple reports of Democrats beginning to panic over the state of the race have been reinforced by a slew of swing state polls that show real momentum for former President Trump. As always, I will use the most reliable polling available as an example, and that’s the RealClearPolitics average poll of state polls. Afterward, I’ll explain why Trump’s picking up steam. In Pennsylvania, the state that will likely decide the next president, Trump leads sitting Vice President Kamala Harris by an average of 0.3 points. Of note, though, is that Harris has only led in one of the last seven…

(Bloomberg) — China will allow local governments to issue bonds to buy unsold homes to support the ailing property sector, as it pushes to put a floor under an economic slowdown.Most Read from BloombergThe authorities plan to use special local government bonds and tools to aid the real estate sector, Finance Minister Lan Fo’an announced at a briefing Saturday. He indicated the central government has room to expand spending and promised more efforts to relieve the debt burden of local governments, including by giving a “big” one-off quota to swap their debt with bonds carrying lower interest.“The central government still…

Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill.In today’s edition, Capitol Hill coverage veterans Ryan Nobles and Frank Thorp V report from Montana on Donald Trump’s voters will decide whether Sen. Jon Tester wins another term — and whether Democrats can hang onto their Senate majority. Plus, “Meet the Press” moderator breaks down the polling numbers behind Barack Obama’s stern message to Black voters.Sign up to receive this newsletter in your inbox every…

Oct. 11—Come next year, a new title sponsorship between the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta and ExxonMobil will kick into effect.The agreement, set to run 2025-2029, will change the name of the Balloon Fiesta to the ExxonMobil Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.The current Balloon Fiesta is “powered by ExxonMobil,” as the energy company is the sole presenting sponsor. Prior to starting the presenting sponsorship in 2022, Exxon was a regular sponsor for three years.Bart Cahir is a senior vice president at ExxonMobil. He mingled under the ExxonMobil tent on Balloon Fiesta’s opening day. In an interview with the Journal, he said Exxon…

Hungary does not want a direct confrontation with Russia, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said Ukrainian accession into NATO would result in World War III, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has warned. Slovakia, a fellow-member of the US-led military bloc, previously vowed to stonewall Kiev’s candidacy over fears of a conflict with Russia.Speaking at the St. Petersburg International Gas Forum on Thursday, Szijjarto stated that “Ukraine is at war with Russia. Due to the traditional NATO stance, should Ukraine be brought into the alliance under current circumstances, it would mean the start of World War III.”“We have always stood against…

Prominent black Trump booster Rob Smith has responded to the former president’s condescending screed over ‘brothas’ who are afraid to vote for Kamala Harris. In a now-viral reply, Smith tells Obama: “There is no amount of lecturing or bullying or shaming that you can do that is going to make me change that decision [to vote for Trump].Watch:Sorry Obama!I’m a BLACK MANI am voting for DONALD TRUMP on November 5th!And NO amount of LECTURING or SHAMING is going to change that.DEAL WITH IT. pic.twitter.com/Y8Z8YStuQu — Rob Smith (@robsmithonline) October 11, 2024More:.@BarackObama should be ashamed for berating, rebuking and scolding Black…

Liberal talk host Bill Maher said on his show tonight that things are not looking good for the Democrats right now. He noted the fact that Kamala Harris is struggling with men, including black men, and suggested that it was a little odd for Obama to go to Pennsylvania to scold black men for not supporting Harris. Then Maher delivered the punchline, which was aimed squarely at Tim Walz. From the Vigilant FOX on Twitter/X: A devastated Bill Maher is sad to report that things aren’t “looking that great for the Democrats.” “This is not a good sign.” Maher pointed…

Disney has spent a great deal of money on its Star Wars streaming series with varying levels of … [+] success © 2022 Lucasfilm Ltd. & ™. All Rights Reserved.Lucasfilm Ltd. When Disney launched its streaming platform in November 2019 it had Netflix in its sights. As the most well-known streaming service, Netflix was comfortably the market leader but Disney devised a magic formula to take its crown. Star Wars was at the heart of this grand plan and no expense was spared. Disney’s first step was removing its content from Netflix so that it could be exclusive to its…