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Flowertown, Pennsylvania — For the second year in a row, Guardian Nurse Healthcare Advocates has partnered with the Pennsylvania Nightingale Awards to recognize entrepreneurial nurses in Pennsylvania with the Guardian Nurse Entrepreneur Awards for 2024. Guardian Nurse will again sponsor the $5,000 prize presented to the winner this year. To be eligible for the Guardian Nurses Entrepreneurial Award, applicants must be the founder of an existing business that is less than two years old or in the process of starting a business. Eligible businesses include, but are not limited to, companies that develop and sell home health products or medical…

(Avoca) — AHSTW baseball is off to a strong start at the perfect time. The Vikings enter Class 1A District 4 play at 9-14, but are trending in the right direction with four wins in their last six games. “I feel like we’ve made some progress in the second half of the year,” AHSTW head coach Trey Briggs told KMA Sports. “Our hitting has been better and our defense has been on a roll lately, so that’s really helped us.” AHSTW started the year with a win over Stanton but then lost eight straight games before winning three of five…

Buying a home can mean monthly expenses that are much higher than your mortgage payment. Home insurance, maintenance fees, homeowner’s association dues, property taxes, and more can add hundreds, or even thousands, of dollars to your monthly bills. So it’s important to keep all of these costs in mind as you’re searching for a home.Read more: 50 safest and cheapest cities to live in the US Check it out: Become a real estate investor with just $1,000 with this Bezos-backed startupTo help you find places where you can keep your overall costs low, GOBankingRates compiled data from The Tax Foundation…

The stock market rally saw the S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit record highs in a half-day of trading on Wednesday. The jobs report is due to be released early Friday after the Independence Day holiday. ↑ X Now Playing Nasdaq, S&P 500 hit new record highs; ASML, Tencent Music, Agnico Eagle Mine in focus Treasury yields fell sharply after the ISM services index for June suggested a contraction and weaker-than-expected labor data was released. Tesla (TSLA) continued its strong rally, climbing up to a major trendline. NVIDIA (NVDA) had a solid session on a strong chip day. According to minutes…

(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc said on Wednesday it has decided to stop making its Astro for Business security robot aimed at small businesses as it shifts its focus to home robotics products.Amazon initially launched a robotic dog for the home in 2021, and then launched Astro for Business in November last year for a wide range of customers in retail, manufacturing, health and wellness.”We have decided to end support for Astro for Business in order to accelerate our progress and ongoing research into making Astro the best home robot,” an Amazon spokesperson said in an emailed statement.The domestic robot is…

These data centers are consuming shared energy resources at increasingly alarming rates. What are we getting out of it? (Credit: Raw Pixels) Google says it’s currently falling short on its climate-friendly goals, and artificial intelligence is the reason. The tech giant announced this week in its 2024 Environmental Report that its greenhouse gas emissions have increased by nearly 50% since 2019, largely due to increased demand on the data centers and supply chains used to build and power its AI technology. This is a major setback for Google’s goal of reaching zero emissions by 2030. In the report, officials acknowledged…

Caring Expertise, a non-medical home care company founded in Omaha in January, won the $10,000 grand prize at the 4th annual Pitch Black Conference & Tech Showcase hosted by the Midland African Chamber (MAC) and presented by Google. The event brought together entrepreneurs from Nebraska and Iowa under the theme “Digital Disruption: Unlocking Opportunity for BIPOC Entrepreneurs.” This year’s Pitch Black event marks the first time that MAC has hosted a conference in conjunction with a pitch competition. The event took place on Saturday, June 29th at Creighton University’s Harper Center and featured breakout sessions and keynote speeches. Keynote speakers…

Cornell University Professor Eswar Prasad appeared on Market Domination to share his thoughts on the possibility of higher tariffs on China by the US and what a trade war between the US and China might look like. Both President Biden and former President Trump have supported tariffs, with the latter calling for even higher import taxes.Prasad, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, elaborated on China’s current situation:”I think at this point there is a threshold that is very hard to fall below. I mean, it’s hard to ease tensions in the U.S. because there’s very little political or economic…

Fisker headquarters in California.photograph: Jay L. Clendenin (Getty Images)Fisker, the embattled California electric-vehicle startup, is asking a bankruptcy judge for permission to sell its remaining electric cars for about $14,000, about 80% off the original price of its flagship model.Netflix and 3 other stocks to buy now, say strategistsThe Ocean SUV first went on sale in summer 2023 for between $39,000 and $70,000 depending on model and specification. The company cut prices in March to raise much-needed cash. One of the top-of-the-line models, the Ocean Extreme, was reduced in price from $61,500 to $37,500. Fisker warned investors at the time…

Bluestone Equity Partners has invested $20 million into Qloo, a cultural AI company backed by Leonardo DiCaprio and Elton John. The deal closed last week. Prior to Bluestone’s investment, Qloo had raised $57 million in funding, according to Crunchbase. Investors included AI Ventures, AXA Venture Partners, and DiCaprio and John. Qloo’s valuation was not disclosed, but customers include Netflix, Starbucks, Universal Music Group, and Michelin. Founded in 2012, Qloo uses a database of more than 575 million touchpoints and a second database of 10 trillion consumer signals to predict consumer sentiment and preferences around the world. Excluding TasteDive, the company…