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1. A veggie chopper so you can dice up an onion without fear of losing a digit. Yes, I've watched Gordon Ramsay YouTube explainers on how to do it with a knife, but there's a disconnect between my head and my hand, okay?? Fullstar is a small business established in 2017 that specializes in kitchen gadgets. Check out a TikTok of their veggie chopper in action. Promising review: " I was skeptical at first 'til I opened the box and found a very sturdy, very well-built kitchen tool inside. I read the pamphlet it comes with, and it explained all I needed to know when first using it. And, it was very easy to use. I bought it for a specific recipe I was going to make, and it called for lots of chopped onions and potatoes. It went through them like a champ and did exactly what I wanted. A very good deal and a good product. Would buy it again." — W.L. Shute Get it from Amazon for $24.95 (clip the $5 off coupon to get this price!; available in four colors). 2. A Dracula garlic mincer because garlic powder simply doesn't compare to freshly minced garlic when you're whipping up an Italian feast. PS: You can also use it for ginger! Promising review: "I bought this because my last garlic mincer broke. I was skeptical on how well it would work, but it works 10 times better than my last one!! Amazing product, and it’s a bonus that it’s cute!" — Kelsey Lyman Get it from Amazon for $18.99 . 3. A snap-on silicone strainer that easily attaches to the side of your pot so you don't have to make room in your sink for a colander and then inevitably splash yourself with ~boiling~ hot water when you haphazardly dump your cavatappi. Promising review: "I hate getting the big colander out all the time when I'm just cooking a small pot of pasta or something that needs to be drained. This clips on the side of the pot and definitely stays in place. I was a little skeptical at first, but it works very well. It's a great purchase for the price. I use mine so many times a week, and I bought one for my daughter, and she loves it, too. Would definitely buy it again." — Denise Chamberlain Get it from Amazon for $16.29+ (available in four colors). 4. Some nonstick oven liners so your famous apple pie doesn't spill into the bottom of your oven, set your fire alarm off in the process, and require a whole lot of elbow grease to clean up. Promising review: " These are genius! I HATED cleaning my oven because it was a such a pain. When the food that was stuck to the bottom would start to burn, then I would force myself to clean it. I would watch my husband cook pizza directly on the rack with NOTHING underneath and it would drive me bonkers knowing that I would have to clean the oven soon. Not anymore! These liners keep the bottom of my oven totally clean. And if something does drop, clean up is so easy! These really are life changing!" — Amazon Customer Get a pack of three from Amazon for $12.99 . 5. An air fryer if you manage to under or over cook your entree every dang time you use your oven. If you thought these things were only for French fries or chicken nuggies, think again. You can crisp up fresh asparagus, cook salmon to flaky perfection, and even bake a GD lemon Bundt cake if you so wish! Promising review : " I was an air fryer skeptic. I never thought I'd get an air fryer, but this little oven honestly cooks the best salmon we've ever eaten. We use it almost every day. It makes green beans into something so delicious, I will say I've eaten more green vegetables in the last few months than I have in my whole life. So tasty. Squash is incredible. Any fish, beef, and pork roast is amazing. Rotisserie chicken is incredible. Meats are so tender and juicy. Vegetables are crisp and delicious. We love this and use it almost every night ." — Lucy Get the 6-in-1 6-quart size from Amazon for $79.99 . 6. And a set of magnetic air fryer cheat sheets you can affix to your appliance or fridge and then quickly crosscheck when you're in the middle of making chicken fingers. That way, you don't have to wash all the eggs and bread crumbs off your hands and fumble with your phone to pull up Google. The set comes with two different-size magnets. See it in action on TikTok here . Promising review: "I thought it over a few times, and then I bought these so I could have a quick reference handy for those times I wanted to make something in my air fryer, which is quite a bit. What surprised me is how often I refer to it. I just throw something in my air fryer, glance at the section that lists the item I’m cooking. Press a few buttons on my fryer, and I’m in business. No more having to search on my phone with wet fingers. A frivolous buy that turned out to be worthwhile. " — PickyExtra Get it from Amazon for $7.87+ (also in two colors and Spanish language). 7. A set of silicone baking mats that'll replace reams and reams of parchment paper. If Netflix's 10+ reality cooking competitions have inspired you to spend more time in the kitchen, they'll pay for themselves in no time. Promising review : "These baking mats are absolutely fantastic. The quality is superb, and SUCH a good price. I use them for just about everything I put in the oven. From oven pizzas to cookies, you name it! I also love that besides food sliding easily off the nonstick surface, that they help protect all my baking sheets and such. It’s also super handy to just throw them in the top shelf of the dishwasher or even just wipe clean. Update: I’ve had these mats and used them almost daily for nearly a year now. They still look brand new and I have had no problems with staining, melting, or wear. These things are fantastic and have paid for themselves many times over." — Jezzhani Get it from Amazon for $12.99+ (available in packs of two, three, or four). 8. A pair of extra-long oven mitts so when you shove your DiGiorno a bit too far back, you don't have to risk burning yourself in order to get it out. Promising review: "I absolutely love these oven mitts! It's one of those kitchen items that are a MUST, but always put off purchasing. I had a criteria of what I wanted in mitts and found them. The mitts do everything they say they do and that's keeping my hands and arms safe. I highly recommend them." — Amazon Customer Get them from Amazon for $16.99 (available in six colors). 9. A microwave pasta cooker for those times when you're feeling lazy and want to whip up your go-to meal: noodles with butter and — if you're feeling ~saucy~ — a lil' sprinkle of Parmesan. See how one TikToker uses it here ! It also doubles as a strainer, and you can use the holes in the lid to portion out long pastas. Promising review: "I bought this microwave pasta cooker at a time when I did not have a stove. Even though I have a stove now, I still use this cooker for dinner for myself sometimes because it works so well and quickly! There are lines to indicate how much water to put in the cooker versus the amount of pasta you intend to cook. The pasta comes out very soft and perfectly cooked when instructions are followed. When the pasta is done, the lid is used to drain the cooker of water and works very well. Pasta is the only thing I have cooked in this product, but there are a lot of other things you can cook in it. I highly recommend this to any college student or adult who needs a fast microwave pasta cooker! " — Kelsi Get it from Amazon for $16.99 . 10. A vented microwave food cover that'll prevent spills, splatters, and small explosions (it happens to the best of us). The BPA-free perforated lid allows steam to escape (AKA no gross sheen of condensation) and when you're done, it collapses down to less than an inch in height for easy storage. Promising review : "This cover is surprisingly well-made; no doubt will be buying another for gifting. It keeps the microwave spotless. Was skeptical at first, but believe me, you will not be disappointed. Compared to other covers, this one is among the best I have seen." — arturo j. Get it from Amazon for $6.99+ (available in three colors and sizes). 11. An aluminized steel sheet pan you can use to bake or roast basically anything you can imagine. Chefs swear by them not just for how evenly they cook, but how exceptionally easy they are to clean. Promising review: "I am a very picky consumer, and I have to admit that this pan is like nothing I have ever used. I was extremely skeptical when I was told how well this pan performed. After using it a few times, I truly couldn't believe how well it worked . It is heavy enough not to feel flimsy, and the coating is a miracle. I baked some cookies, and they came loose so easily that it seemed like they were hovering on a cushion of air. The non-stick coating is so effective that I have only ever had to wipe it clean with a dry paper towel. I just wish they made a line of skillets." — dad4two Get it from Amazon for $21.83+ (available individually or in a set of two). 12. An oil mister so you can perfectly spritz all of your one-pan meals. This way, you don't have to toss everything by hand and get covered in hard-to-clean (not to mention expensive...) EVOO. Promising review: "At first, I was skeptical since I was specifically looking for an oil sprayer that would spray evenly and not heavily. I was timid with the pump since I expected a lot to come out with every push, but it would spray in streams. Must have just been me, though, because my husband came in and just did one spray, and it was perfect. Turns out you have to do a full quick push all the way down to get a perfectly fanned out spray. Now that I know how to use it properly, it works like a charm! I use one for oil and one for vinegar. " — Patty B Get it from Amazon for $8.46+ (available in various styles and multipacks). 13. An Angry Mama microwave cleaner that, once filled with water and a dash of vinegar, will steam clean the grimiest of appliances. Hot Pocket grease, butter splatters, and burnt popcorn smells are no match for her. Promising review : "The fact that these little gadgets were able to DEEP CLEAN my microwave and with absolutely NO scrubbing needed at all, is SUPER IMPRESSIVE! Literally just wiped off all of the stuck-on food. These things are amazing and I'm so happy that I ordered the two-pack because this is super handy for me to use at work and makes my job 100 times easier!! I'm an industrial building, office, etc. cleaner. So, being able to pop these bad boys in the microwaves while I'm cleaning is so helpful in many ways. So happy with my Angry Mamas! Such a cool and super cute gadget but mostly, IT'S GENIUS!! " — Nicholas Guyer Get it from Amazon for $7.58+ (available in different sizes and packs of one or two). 14. A set of reusable Gripstic bag sealers so you never have to deal with stale Jax, Doritos, or Zapps again!! Gripstic is a small business that specializes in reusable chip clips. Promising review: "I'm a stickler about stale chips and have always used those little snapping clips. I thought they worked pretty well, but they really don't compare to Gripsticks. The snack that proved this the most was Pirate's Booty. If these are exposed to air for more than three minutes, they turn into styrofoam peanuts . I promise they're just as fresh as when you first open them with Gripsticks. They're going to be my go-to chip clips moving forward. " — Rachel Campbell Get a set of 24 from Amazon for $23.95 (available in five sets). 15. A set of Anyday microwaveable cooking essentials because — if you're being honest with yourself — you know the only way you're gonna make a home-cooked meal is if you can zap it into existence. As an added bonus, you can use the dishes to store leftovers and then reheat them again when you're ready for seconds! What's included : Large deep dish, large shallow dish, medium deep dish, medium shallow dish, and two small dishes. Anyday is a small, modern cookware brand from Steph Chen. If you need some inspiration, check out Anyday's dish ideas which include recipes from the likes of David Chang and Joshua McFadden ! Promising review : "Giving 5 stars does not do this dish justice; it needs 5 billion stars! This has to be the BEST product I have every purchased in my life. Since I do not have access to a stove or oven, these dishes have allowed me to 'cook' chicken, salmon, tilapia, shrimp, pork chops, and vegetables with just a microwave! Freaking genius!! Thank you Anyday for this beautiful ray of sunshine you have bestowed upon my life." — SR Get it from Anyday for $182 (originally $280; available in three colors). 16. A conveniently compact 8-in-1 spiralizer for spiralizing (duh), juicing, grating, shredding, and more. No need to search your kitchen for several gadgets when everything you need can be done with just one. BuzzFeed writer Emma Lord loves this gadget: "I purchased this because it was my cheapest option for making zoodles, and also because my apartment is the size of a shoebox, and there was no room for anything bigger. I LOVE how easy it is to swap out the caps to do other things, too — I've started grating my own cheeses and feel very fancy. But mostly, I just love that it's very safe to use (it comes with a finger guard!), super easy to figure out, very compact , and even has measurements on the inside of the cup if you're ever portioning things out for a recipe." Promising review: "Was skeptical at first when this arrived, but this is literally the best spiralizer ever. Took me 30 seconds to do one zucchini and 30 seconds to clean." — Sarah Brown Get it from Amazon for $22.49 . 17. Modular sheet pan dividers so you can make a one-pan meal without overcooking any of the elements. Sick of burning your summer squash while you wait for your Brussels sprouts to finish? Well now you can pull 'em out as soon as they're done without worrying about shuffling several hot pans. Prep'd , the small biz that created these handy dividers, was founded in 2015 by two industrial engineers who believed cooking should be simple, easy, and ultimately fun. Promising review: "These are great for so many reasons. We're in a mixed gluten household (one person has celiac and is diabetic, but we are not all doing a gluten-free diet). We can portion control for carb counting and separate out gluten-free vs. none on one pan. Plus, cleanup is just throwing in the dishwasher!" — J Fans Get a set of four from Amazon for $32.99 . 18. A foldable mushroom funnel so you can transfer your liquids without spilling them all over the counter. Think of how many paper towels this will save you!! To use it, just flip it inside out and stick the "stem" through your container's opening. Plus, it's dishwasher safe! Promising review: "I am obsessed with this funnel!!! I juice a lot of citrus and juices for cocktails, and this little guy is the perfect size for bottling. It’s beyond cute and really great quality . I’m always hesitant about buying silicone items, as I don’t want them to be too thin. This is perfect! Sturdy and cute! Can’t get better than that! The perfect addition to any cottagecore kitchen! " — Abbey Klem Get it from Amazon for $9.95+ (available in two sizes). 19. An Instant Pot that can whip up meals in 20 minutes or less! I've personally made pulled BBQ chicken, teriyaki chicken and rice, and mashed potatoes in one of these with little effort. Promising review : " I'm a classically trained chef. I didn't think this thing could live up to the hype. I was wrong! Perfect risotto with no stirring! One pot pasta dishes! Hard-boiled eggs that practically jump out of their shells! Tender meats, perfect stocks... It's freaking magical . My family is tired of me talking about it, I was obsessed there for a few months. I've been using it for months now and I make dinner for my family in it most nights. Pretty sure it's a gift made by unicorns and fairies to make my life easier ." — sophia ozer Get it from Amazon for $69.99+ (available in two sizes). Learn more about the Instant Pot in " I Tried The Instant Pot That Everyone's Obsessed With ." 20. A TikTok-viral floating pasta timer so you never under or overcook your pasta again. Al Dente, as he's known, sings a different song every seven, nine, and 11 minutes so you know exactly when you pull your farfalle. Check this dude out on TikTok . Promising review: "Fun little kitchen gadget — it really works. Bought this as a gift last January and ending up keeping it with the plan of buying several more to give as Christmas gifts this year." — KW Get it from Amazon for $24.99 . 21. Some bat-shaped kitchen shears you can use to chop up herbs and remove the creepy bits from your chicken tendies. Trust me, as someone with a weak stomach... it makes such a difference!!!! Promising review : "What is there not to like about bat scissors? These are durable, comfy on the hand when cutting, and they are sharp... Plus, they look awesome in my knife holder. 😀" — sharon skully Get it from Amazon for $19.95 . 22. A pack of dishwasher cleaning tablets because — womp, womp — the appliance that cleans your dishes needs some cleaning of its own. Promising review: " Convenient, easy, quick way to keep the dishwasher fresh and working at peak." — Amazon Customer Get a pack of six tablets from Amazon for $8.99 . 23. A SinkShroom strainer if your sink sadly doesn't have a disposal and, as such, you've had to deal with a clog one too many times now. Here's what BuzzFeeder Heather Braga has to say: "I bought this for myself and OMG. This thing REALLY works. Usually when my husband makes sauce from scratch I'm left with chunks of tomatoes throughout my sink and water that WILL NOT drain — that was until I bought the SinkShroom. My mom was so impressed she bought one, too. It's a serious game-changer. Additionally, TubShroom is a small business!" Promising review: "I’ve been a fan of the SinkShroom and TubShroom , and this is the best product from the line so far. My kitchen sinks simply do not clog any more, so there’s no more reaching into a bunch of water to unclog anything with my hand." — Brady Amerson Get it from Amazon for $9.98 . 24. A nonabrasive cooktop cleaner with a cleaning pad and scraper that can get rid of burnt-on food, water stains, and persistent grease splatters that may or may not have originated last summer... The heavy-duty formula works on glass, ceramic, induction, radiant, and halogen stovetops. Promising review: "When we moved into our current rental, it was clear that the previous tenants didn’t maintain the glass cooktop of the stove. I’ve tried many other products and a lot of elbow grease to clean it myself, but nothing has helped, until this product! I saw it featured on a recent BuzzFeed article about superior cleaning products and I’m so glad I did. This is the only thing that worked removing years of baked-on filth." — James Get the kit on Amazon for $13.98 . 25. A set of heat-safe microwave bowl holders so you'll never burn your hands taking your meal straight from the microwave to your spot in front of the TV. Like who has time to let it sit and cool off... Check out a TikTok of the microwave bowl holders in action. Bonus — the insulation of these also keeps cold food like ice cream colder for longer (and helps prevent your fingers from freezing!). Promising review : "Buy these for yourself and everyone you know. They are soft and fit a variety of sizes of bowls to put under them in the microwave and eat from. My kids love them. We bought some to gift to other people too, and I will get some for my son to use at college. Made of a heavy terry cloth that can be thrown right in the washer when needed. We used towels before under our bowls, but these cradle the bowls so are easier to hold. We bought some bigger plate sizes too." — Heidi J. Get a set of four from Amazon for $19.99 (available in five color combos). 26. A set of three complementary cutting boards that not only kill it in the color department, but give you options so you don't have to wash and rewash a single board when you're preparing several things. That comes in especially clutch when you're working with things like chicken that require way more than a quick rinse. Promising review : "I needed some easy-to-clean and store cutting boards. These are great! I actually need to get one more set because I use them so often!! They are so easy to just rinse and toss in the dishwasher. The colors are cute too." — Michele Carroll Get the three-piece set from Amazon for $16.99 (available in two colors). 27. A set of space-saving measuring spoons (with dual sides for wet and dry ingredients) made to magnetically nest one in the other so you never lose your teaspoon and have to guestimate measurements using your tablespoon instead. Promising review : "I got so tired of measuring spoons either getting lost in my drawer or having to deal with ones on rings. These are fantastic. The magnet holds them together well, and I love that each ‘spoon’ is actually two (each end is a different shape, too)." — Alicia S. Get the set from Amazon for $15.97+ (available in four color combinations). 28. A gorgeous ceramic-coated cookware set if your $5 Ikea pots and pans gave you exactly the performance you paid for, so it's time for an upgrade. What's included: 1.5 qt. saucepan with lid, 2 qt. saucepan with lid, 3 qt. saucepan with lid, 5-quart stock pot with lid, 7.5-quart steamer basket, 8-quart stock pot with lid, 8-inch fry pan, 10-inch fry pan Promising review : "This set is amazing and well worth the price. These are enamel glazed and have not chipped, peeled or scratched. They heat evenly. No need for cooking spray when making eggs. I cannot express how satisfied I am with this purchase ." — ARH Get it from Amazon for $269.99+ (available in two styles and nine colors). 29. A HyperChiller beverage cooler that allows you to turn hot coffee into iced coffee in 60 seconds flat. Just fill the container with water and keep it in your freezer so it's always ready when you need it. Promising review: "For those not fully familiar with how it works, what it's accomplishing is trying to surround your liquid with as much ice-behind-metal as possible. So, it has a center chamber of ice behind the metal, then an outer chamber of ice. The inner chamber fits inside the outer with about a cup's worth of space that's between the inner and outer chamber. This exposes your liquid to the greatest surface area of super-cold metal that they can, and since your liquid is only touching metal, and not the ice itself, it doesn't matter the temperature of the liquid poured in. You can pour in boiling water and while it may end up melting a bunch of the ice behind the metal, none of that water will mix with your drink. So, whether you're chilling a wine, dropping hot coffee to cool it off, or just wanting to rapidly drop the temp of that fresh lemonade you made without making it watery, this will get that done." — P. Ericksen Get it from Amazon for $23.94+ (available in five colors). 30. A sleek magnetic storage bar so you say bye to your cracked knife block or — even worse — reaching your hand into a drawer filled with free-floating utensils. This magnetic bar comes with mounting hardware and instructions to hang it up, and it is also compatible with Velcro or any kind of mounting tape. Promising review: "I want to order another one!!! I wish I had thought to purchase one of these sooner. The magnet is strong and holds plenty of my everyday knives. I decided to put it on the side of my fridge and it holds perfectly when you remove the back and stick directly on. I didn't need anything extra to hold it in place either. Now I have more counter space." — RayJoni07 Get it from Amazon for $13.99+ (available in six sizes). 31. And a space-saving sliding tray ideal for coffeemakers, toasters, and other small appliances you use daily but hate having to move. Promising review: "Such a simple idea, but oh, how helpful this is. My husband pulls the coffeemaker out from under the cabinet when it’s brewing and forgets to put it back when it’s done, so I do it. Such a simple idea, yet this rolling thing is fantastic, and with one finger, I can roll it back under, and there’s no sloshing. Even my husband, a born skeptic who thinks these kinds of things are just junk, is showing people, 'Hey, look at this.' LOL. This is a keeper." — Kirsten Get it from Amazon for $13.99 (also available in packs of two or three). 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A Samsung Electronics Co. Galaxy Z Fold 6 smartphone displayed at a Samsung store in Seoul, South ... [+] Korea, on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024. Samsung is expected to report record-high revenue in the September quarter, buoyed by a recovery in chip prices and strong demand for AI-supporting high-bandwidth memory. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg Samsung is running an early January sale for the Galaxy Z Fold 6 that includes high trade-in prices for your old tech, a free subscription worth $300, and discounted accessories. As is the case with almost all mobile devices in Samsung’s new sale, the deal focuses mostly on higher trade-in prices instead of straight discounts. Money-off the headline price is almost always the best type of deal , but Samsung has upped its trade-in valuations to some of the highest I have ever seen. The best price is $500 for any Google smartphone. Samsung doesn’t have an exhaustive list of what Google phones it will accept. It is not clear if it will take devices from the pre-Pixel era (the terms and conditions do not shed any more light). But I imagine if there was a cut off, Samsung would explicitly say that it will only accept Pixel handsets. At the very least, paying $500 for a 2016 Google Pixel 1 is an exceptional price that you will not get anywhere else. If you have an old Google device sitting around (and you’re looking to buy the Z Fold 6) this is a no-brainer. More enterprising shoppers can get the original Pixel on the secondary market for less than $50. However, it may be difficult to find an old device that fits the below trade-in criteria. Samsung's trade-in criteria. Dark Web Facial ID Farm Warning—Hackers Build Identity Fraud Database In Whiplash Maneuver, Court Rules Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) Reporting Requirements Are On Hold Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers For Friday, December 27 It will be easier to find newer smartphones, such as the Pixel 5a or Pixel 4 XL, in better condition that will net the full $500. Both of these can be picked up on eBay or Swappa for under $100. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 Trade In Prices Elsewhere, Samsung has similarly high prices for other smartphones. Here are the best valuations I could find for realistic trade-ins (phones that are more than two years old). In typical Samsung fashion, the company has discounted accessories if they’re bought with the Z Fold 6. The Galaxy Buds 3 are $117 off, while the Galaxy Ring is $80 cheaper . These devices are subject to repeated discounts throughout the year so do not feel pressured to take Samsung up on this deal. The more intriguing bundle offer is two years of VIP Advantage membership, worth $300 in total. That includes Samsung Care Plus, which means unlimited repairs (but doesn’t come with coverage for theft and loss). The VIP membership also knocks 10% off accessories, “exclusive discounts” (although, Samsung’s hardware is often discounted anyway), and free simple installation, or 50% off complex installations and TV mounting. Again, this is being thrown in for free with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 so there’s little reason to not take it. Just make sure you put a note in your calendar for when the promotion ends, otherwise, you may be automatically charged $149.WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An online spat between factions of Donald Trump's supporters over immigration and the tech industry has thrown internal divisions in his political movement into public display, previewing the fissures and contradictory views his coalition could bring to the White House. The rift laid bare the tensions between the newest flank of Trump's movement — wealthy members of the tech world including billionaire Elon Musk and fellow entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and their call for more highly skilled workers in their industry — and people in Trump's Make America Great Again base who championed his hardline immigration policies.The year 2024 has marked a significant shift in investment patterns for Indian investors, with a remarkable focus on US tech giants like Nvidia and Tesla. Indian investors have strategically turned their attention towards tech stocks in the US market. Nvidia and Tesla topped the charts, attracting considerable investments, according to data from Vested Finance. These two companies alone accounted for more than a quarter of the total investments from India, highlighting a robust belief in the future prospects of AI, GPUs, and electric vehicles. As the global economy navigates through uncertain waters, tech stocks remain the preferred choice for Indian investors, followed closely by ETFs. The broader market witnessed small-cap US equities rally, largely driven by Trump’s re-election and subsequent strengthening of the Republican party’s influence in Congress. Despite market volatility due to political and economic changes, Indian investors have shown a sustained appetite for diversified portfolios. This interest extends to diversified ETFs that use leverage and inverse strategies, which gained momentum over 2024. Vested Finance emphasizes the importance of balancing risk and opportunity. Investors are advised to diversify across high-growth areas like technology and renewable energy while not ignoring defensive sectors such as healthcare and financial services. As market trends evolve, the finance platform encourages careful observation of emerging market stocks, considering currency and geopolitical fluctuations. Besides Nvidia and Tesla, a variety of other tech investments such as Alphabet, AMD, Amazon, and leveraged ETFs like ProShares UltraPro QQQ (TQQQ) remain favored among Indian investors. This investment strategy underscores a keen interest in both maximizing returns and managing potential risks through diversified portfolios featuring both high and stable growth sectors. Why Indian Investors are Betting Big on US Tech Giants in 2024 In 2024, the investment landscape in India has taken a transformative turn, as Indian investors increasingly focus on US technology companies, with significant investments in industry leaders Nvidia and Tesla. This shift underscores a growing belief in the growth potential of artificial intelligence, GPU innovation, and electric vehicles, making these tech giants appealing prospects for robust returns. Investment Patterns and Market Insights Indian investors have shown a profound interest in the tech sector, viewing it as a cornerstone for future growth. In particular, Nvidia and Tesla have emerged as standout choices, capturing a substantial portion of the investment from India. This trend reflects not just confidence in these companies but also a broader shift toward tech-driven innovation and sustainable energy solutions. Additionally, investors have diversified their portfolios beyond individual stocks to include leveraged ETFs like ProShares UltraPro QQQ (TQQQ) and other tech entities such as Alphabet, AMD, and Amazon. This strategic diversification points to a cautious yet optimistic approach to capturing market gains while managing risks. Factors Driving the Trend Several factors are behind this shift towards US tech stocks and ETFs: 1. Global Economic Climate: The global economy remains uncertain, prompting investors to seek reliable growth sectors. Tech stocks provide a viable option due to their innovation-driven potential and resilient performance. 2. US Political Landscape: With Trump’s re-election, small-cap US equities have experienced a boost, further attracting foreign investments, including those from India. The Republican party’s enhanced influence in Congress adds a layer of political stability, bolstering investor confidence. 3. Tech and Renewable Energy Synergies: There is a dual emphasis on technology and renewable energy as key growth areas, aligning with global trends towards sustainability and innovation. Strategic Diversification and Risk Management Vested Finance, a prominent investment platform, underscores the importance of balancing risk and opportunity. They advise investors to spread investments across high-growth areas such as tech and renewable energy while maintaining positions in defensive sectors like healthcare and financial services. A tactical approach to investment, considering both emerging market dynamics and geopolitical shifts, can help mitigate risks associated with currency fluctuations and political disruptions. Future Predictions and Market Trends Looking ahead, Indian investment in US tech giants is expected to continue expanding, with Nvidia and Tesla remaining at the forefront. As technological advancements in AI and electric vehicles progress, these sectors present compelling opportunities for high returns. Moreover, the integration of sustainability into corporate strategies aligns with the global shift towards greener economies, offering an attractive proposition for forward-thinking investors. In conclusion, the 2024 trend of Indian investors channeling funds into US tech companies signifies a strategic alignment with global growth sectors and sustainable innovation. As this trend evolves, investors will likely keep a close eye on technological advancements, policy shifts, and economic indicators that could influence future performance. For more on investing in US markets, visit Vested Finance .
– Nuvo Int'l Group Ltd. Selected as Winning Bidder in Court-Supervised Sale Process, Subject to Court Approval – – Deal Includes Acquisition of Substantially All of the Company's Assets, Ensuring Business Continuity for Customers, Partners and Employees – TEL AVIV, Israel , Nov. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Nuvo Group Ltd. ("Nuvo"), the maker of Invu, a pregnancy monitoring device recently named as one of Time Magazine's Best Inventions of 2024, has entered into a binding term sheet with Nuvo Int'l Group Ltd. ("Nuvo Int'l"), an acquisition company funded by Kips Bay Select LP., and selected Nuvo Int'l as the winning bidder at Nuvo's auction in its sale process under Section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Nuvo Int'l will acquire substantially all of the Company's assets and assume certain of its liabilities for cash and non-cash consideration. "The agreement with Nuvo Int'l marks a significant step in our financial restructuring, and when consummated will allow us to continue to deliver best-in-class pregnancy support to moms-to-be and their doctors," said Rice Powell, CEO of Nuvo. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court hearing to approve the sale is currently scheduled for December 3, 2024 . With Court approval, the transaction is expected to close in the first week of December 2024 . Nuvo is advised in this matter by Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP and Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP as legal counsel, Teneo Capital LLC as financial advisor, and Intrepid Investment Bankers LLC as investment banker. About Nuvo Nuvo is leading a transformation in pregnancy care by providing clinicians and expectant mothers with access to medically necessary remote pregnancy monitoring anytime, anywhere. Nuvo's INVUTM platform is an FDA-cleared remote pregnancy monitoring and management system. It enables the delivery of remote non-stress tests (NSTs) and maternal and fetal heart rate monitoring, while pioneering new data-driven personalized pathways that Nuvo believes can improve future health outcomes. INVU is being used by leading health providers and research institutions across the US and Israel. Nuvo plans to continue to expand the footprint of sales in the US and Israel and plans to introduce its INVU platform in Europe in 2024, subject to granting of the CE mark it filed in Europe in March 2023, to provide remote access and insights not previously deemed possible. Nuvo is led by a diverse team of experienced business, medical and technology leaders, united in the mission of breaking down barriers to pregnancy care to give every life a better beginning. For more information and complete indications, contraindications, warnings and precautions, and instructions for use, visit www.nuvocares.com . View original content: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nuvo-group-enters-into-agreement-for-sale-of-pregnancy-support-business-302314626.html SOURCE Nuvo Group Ltd
“One of the most universal cravings of our time is a hunger for compelling and creative leadership,” wrote one of our mentors, political scientist James MacGregor Burns. Yet, nowadays, leaders nearly everywhere are having a rough time. Syrians have tossed out their brutal dictator and are scrambling to put together provisional leadership. South Koreans have impeached their president, who briefly declared martial law. Several incumbent African leaders have been defeated or replaced. Canadians are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to resign. Germans have passed a vote of no confidence in their leader. The leaders of Japan, France and the United Kingdom are under fire. College presidents have been fired or are resigning in record numbers. Corporate CEOs and many big-city mayors are in trouble. An excellent FBI director, appointed by Donald Trump nearly eight years ago, is being ill-advisedly forced to resign. U.S. voters this year rejected President Joe Biden's administration. Biden earned about 57% approval in early 2021 is now leaving the White House with a 37% rating. And even though former President Donald Trump boasts of being one of the greatest presidents of all time, his Gallup approval ratings during his first term averaged a modest 41%. He left the White House with a 34% approval rating. Why are leaders today having such a hard time? And what does this mean for the U.S. in the next few years? Effective leadership remains in many ways the most baffling of the performing arts. There is often an element of mystery about it. Intuition, passion, flair and stagecraft come into play, along with strategic reasoning and problem solving. Stagecraft — or the lack of it — has been front and center in recent times. Biden, while credited with important accomplishments, lacked stagecraft. His limited communication and inspirational skills, combined with his health challenges, proved a major handicap. A curious contrast is the currently popular Argentinean President Javier Milei. A Trump admirer, Milei is even more libertarian and anti-government, and even more of a theatrical and operatic showman, than Trump. So far, "chainsaw" Milei, who is trying to fight inflation, is popular. Argentina, however, is known to be rough on its leaders, so time will tell. Leadership in these polarized times is complicated. The U.S. has witnessed a hardening of party loyalties for Democrats and Republicans. This is occurring even while most U.S. voters tell pollsters they are moderate and increasing numbers are registering to vote as independent or unaffiliated. There are now sizable activist voting groups who view political leaders through highly critical political party lenses. In their eyes, only their own party has the correct philosophy and the right programs. These activists are quick to blame the opposition party for policies they deem weird or wrongheaded. Obamacare, Trump's tax cuts, COVID shutdowns, electric vehicle mandates — these are all examples of policies that the opposition party blamed on leadership overreach. Today's instant internet communications trigger nationwide feuds. Even if the political mood of the country was less polarized than it is today, leadership is hard because of many inherent paradoxes. For example, we want a strong, bold leader, yet we are suspicious of a leader becoming autocratic or violating constitutional norms. After the Watergate scandal in 1972, President Richard Nixon famously commented "If the president does it, it's not illegal." Nixon, of course, was forced to resign in 1974, and most Americans were appalled at his claim. Another paradox is that we simultaneously want visionary, leadership that brings out the best in us, yet we also want incremental, pragmatic policy changes. In the past election, for example, Democrats were blamed for being too aggressive on “woke-ism” and not bold enough on border security and illegal immigration. President John Quincy Adams had a succinct definition of a leader: “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” Leadership is a collective enterprise. It is an ongoing, subtle, and often complicated interplay between widely shared common desires and a leader's capacity to understand and respond to those desires. President-elect Trump is in an unusual position. He already has experience as president. His party has narrow control of the Senate, the House and the Supreme Court. The Republican Party is more unified now than when he moved into the White House in 2017. And, at least for now, Trump enjoys support by big business and the working class. But he does not have an electoral mandate from voters. While he won the 2024 election, the election was relatively close. Biden won by a bigger margin in 2020. And more than a third of eligible voters didn't bother to vote in November. During his first term, Trump enjoyed strong stock market increases until the pandemic came along. His allies say that Trump is inclined to consider how the stock market does as akin to a national poll. Thus, the performance of the market might, in some ways, limit Trump’s popularity, providing guardrails in his second term. Trump likes to compare himself to President Abraham Lincoln, and there are several opportunities for Trump to win more public support. Americans yearn to see a sensible ending of the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. Trump wants to be a negotiator in these areas, and he could be a successful peacemaker. He should join with our allies and help rebuild a viable Syria — though his much-talked-about department to cut government spending and his isolationist views may undercut such efforts. Americans want more effective border control but do not favor the huge mass deportations that Trump has proposed. Trump should win approval for a more limited and nuanced solution to border control and the illegal immigration issue. This will be tricky, because Trump has made virtually impossible claims as to what he will do at the border and all at once. He must find an acceptable moderate balance on the immigration issue, and this will be a daunting challenge for him. Trump will earn applause for sensible efforts to lessen waste in government operations. Nobody favors waste, but few favor government shutdowns. Some agencies could be consolidated. Some regulations can surely be reduced. And some programs can be postponed or delivered over a longer time span. The soaring national debt is a major problem. Trump faces tough leadership decisions on both tax cuts and government spending reductions. But Trump will face a huge backlash if he and his super-wealthy advisers go after the most popular programs like Social Security, Medicare or veterans’ entitlements. Trump is trying to win approval by joining the movement to end daylight saving time. Most presidents have feuded with the media, yet Trump has taken criticism of the media to the next level. But Trump as president needs and basks in media attention. The media needs him. Leadership and intimidation don't mix well for very long. Trump and some of his supporters have expressed their desire to get “revenge” on his political opponents. He would be well-advised to control these impulses and concentrate on improving the economy. His models should be Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant — not Lear and Othello. As a letter writer to The New York Times said recently about Trump: “Imagine a presidency in which the president seeks to uplift the most vulnerable and implement programs that benefit all Americans, not just those who vote for him.” Leaders are lifters. Trump is a gifted campaigner, a good storyteller, and he is an accomplished showman, as was former President Ronald Reagan. But even though he is inheriting a strong national economy, Trump has set high expectations for himself. He has made countless promises, and he will be presiding over a country that has become even more skeptical of national leaders and national institutions. He won the presidency in good part because inflation was high, and groceries were expensive. But inflation is not coming down as fast as we would like, and additional tariffs may well be inflationary. American voters seem to want what former President Warren G. Harding promised in 1920 — “A Return to Normalcy.” That is a promise that will be hard to achieve in this time of constant change. His decisions about the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol will continue to be controversial. His TikTok decisions will divide. His deference to Elon Musk could prove problematic. We yearn for leaders to unite us as well as help us solve problems. Opportunities are always there for a new presidential administration, and the hopes for Trump’s presidency are high in many places. But exercising effective leadership is hard to do.Senores Pharmaceuticals Limited's initial public offering (IPO) opened for public subscription on Friday, December 20 and will close on Tuesday, December 24. Stock market investors have a time window of two trading days when they can apply for a public offer. The Senores Pharma IPO has been subscribed 1.78 times the shares on offer as investors subscribed 1,51,86,662 shares, compared to the 85,34,681 shares on offer. The company has fixed the issue price band in the range of ₹ 372 to 381 per share, with a lot size of 38 shares per lot. Senores Pharma IPO latest GMP As of December 22, the grey market premium ( GMP ) for the Senores Pharmaceutical public issue stands at ₹ 200 per share. With the upper price band for the IPO at ₹ 391, the shares are expected to be listed at ₹ 591 per share, a premium of 51.15 per cent, according to the data collected from Investorgain.com. Grey market premium (GMP) is the investors' willingness to pay more for a public issue . The GMP increased to ₹ 200 on December 21 and is maintaining that level, compared to its December 20 level of ₹ 190. Senores Pharma IPO subscription status The issue of Senores Pharma received heavy bidding from the retail investor portion as of the first day. The retail investors fueled the bidding round on the first day of the public issue, coming in at 7.20x the shares available for the portion. The Non-Institutional Investors (NIIs) followed the retail lead, coming in at 1.67x the shares on offer, while the Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs) subscribed 10 per cent of the shares available as of Day 1 of the public issue. Senores Pharma IPO Apply or not? Assigning a “Subscribe” rating to the initial public offering of Senores Pharmaceuticals, stock brokerage Anand Rathi said, “At the upper price band company is valued at P/E of 55x with a market cap of ₹ 18,006 million post issue of equity shares and return on net worth of 23.6% based on FY24. On the valuation front, we believe that the company is fairly priced.” The 500 crore valued fresh issue from the company is aimed to be used for investment into one of the company's subsidiaries, Havix Group Inc, and also for repayment or pre-payment, in full or in parts of the certain company borrowings via the subsidiary. The rest of the money raised from the IPO is set to go into the funding working capital requirements of the company. Disclaimer: The views and recommendations above are those of individual analysts, experts, and brokerage firms, not Mint. We advise investors to consult certified experts before making any investment decisions.
Jack Knox: Generosity of strangers renews our faith in fellow Victorians We also have different motivations for opening our wallets; for some it’s done with a resentful sense of duty, for others it’s done with joy, or gratitude. Jack Knox Dec 22, 2024 4:07 AM Share by Email Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Print Share via Text Message Jack Knox. TIMES COLONIST Listen to this article 00:05:19 As we all know, Christmas sucks. Too much commercialization. Too much (or, rather, too little) money. Too much fruitcake (bleh!). Too many fist fights over the last parking space at the mall. Too many Saturday night office parties, followed by the Monday morning summons from HR. Too many craft fairs, whether they be the school-gym variety where you pay $8 for a set of homemade oven mitts knitted from flammable material, or the oh-so-twee affairs where they sell $40 quinoa-based fudge and where you have to avoid eye contact with the anxious-looking vendor desperate to sell his $800 blown-glass garden rakes, and where everybody makes a fuss when you quite justifiably start throwing elbows when it gets too crowded. Most of all: too much stress. This week, pollster Mario Conseco wrote in Business in Vancouver that three in 10 Canadians think this Christmas will be “more stressful than fun.” An Australian psychologist once compared Christmas stress to road rage, and Britain’s Daily Telegraph once reported that one in 20 Britons consider the day more traumatic than a burglary. Why all the pressure? Longtime TC readers will know that I blame Martha Stewart. Christmas was actually kind of fun up until the 1990s when Martha barged in and ruined things by making us feel like it was not only possible but mandatory to have a perfect Christmas, one where nobody gets drunk or burns the turkey or has a mismatched manger scene where one of the wise men is missing its head and baby Jesus has been replaced by a Luke Skywalker figurine. Eventually Martha was sent to jail for this (OK, technically the charges related to stock trading) but by then the damage was done. It’s another prison-based story that gives me pause, though. This one dates back five years, to the time the Times Colonist Christmas Fund received a cheque from a trust account maintained on behalf of inmates at the Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre — Wilkie, as it’s more commonly known. When we asked, the Public Safety Ministry confirmed that the donation came from an unidentified prisoner. What stood out was the amount of the cheque: $7. That’s a very specific number. It’s not easy to earn money when incarcerated. At the time of the inmate’s donation, the Public Safety Ministry said prisoners could get paid for certain work — cleaning or painting, for example — but that they generally earned only between $1.50 and $6.50 per shift, depending on how much responsibility, experience and skill was required. In other words, it could take a day, or even a few days, to earn $7. There’s a Bible story known as The Widow’s Mite in which Jesus, after watching a succession of rich people donate to the temple treasury, sees a woman add two small coins, or mites. He tells his disciples that, in fact, the poor widow had put in more than all the other donors put together, for while they had all made contributions from their surplus wealth, she had given all she had. For some people, seven bucks might as well be $700. We all have our preferred causes to support, and we all have a different capacity to support them. We also have different motivations for opening our wallets; for some it’s done with a resentful sense of duty, for others it’s done with joy, or gratitude. Last year the Christmas Fund received a donation from a 95-year-old Parksville woman whose contribution was a response to the help she received in 1965 after landing in Victoria as a single mother with little more than three mouths to feed. Another donation came in from a man who, 39 years ago, was helped by the Christmas Fund at a time when he was a struggling single father of two, living in the Cridge centre. “More than the extra food and toys it provided, the generosity of strangers renewed my faith in my fellow Victorians and mankind in general,” he wrote last year. “To me that was the real spirit of Christmas at work.” It turns out that Christmas doesn’t have to suck after all. HOW TO DONATE TO THE CHRISTMAS FUND • Go online to tcchristmasfund.com . That page is linked to CanadaHelps, which is open 24 hours a day and provides an immediate tax receipt. • Use your credit card by phoning 250-995-4438 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday. • Cheques should be made out to the Times Colonist Christmas Fund. Drop them at the Times Colonist office in Vic West, 201-655 Tyee Road, Victoria. • Contact Maximum Express for free pickup and delivery of your cheque. Call dispatch at 250-721-3278 or email [email protected] . The Times Colonist Christmas Fund 2024 fundraising campaign has received $871,518.25 as of Saturday. >>> To comment on this article, write a letter to the editor: [email protected] See a typo/mistake? Have a story/tip? 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If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the provider above.NEW YORK (AP) — A slide for market superstar Nvidia on Monday knocked Wall Street off its big rally and helped drag U.S. stock indexes down from their records. The S&P 500 fell 0.6%, coming off its 57th all-time high of the year so far. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 240 points, or 0.5%, and the Nasdaq composite pulled back 0.6% from its own record. Nvidia’s fall of 2.5% was by far the heaviest weight on the S&P 500 after China said it’s investigating the company over suspected violations of Chinese anti-monopoly laws. Nvidia has skyrocketed to become one of Wall Street’s most valuable companies because its chips are driving much of the world’s move into artificial-intelligence technology. That gives its stock’s movements more sway on the S&P 500 than nearly every other. Nvidia’s drop overshadowed gains in Hong Kong and for Chinese stocks trading in the United States on hopes that China will deliver more stimulus for the world’s second-largest economy. Roughly three in seven of the stocks in the S&P 500 also rose. The week’s highlight for Wall Street will arrive midweek when the latest updates on inflation arrive. Economists expect Wednesday’s report to show the inflation that U.S. consumers are feeling remained stuck at close to the same level last month. A separate report on Thursday, meanwhile, could show an acceleration in inflation at the wholesale level. They’re the last big pieces of data the Federal Reserve will get before its meeting next week on interest rates. The widespread expectation is still that the central bank will cut its main interest rate for the third time this year. The Fed has been easing its main interest rate from a two-decade high since September to offer more help for the slowing job market, after bringing inflation nearly all the way down to its 2% target. Lower interest rates can ease the brakes off the economy, but they can also offer more fuel for inflation. Expectations for a series of cuts from the Fed have been a major reason the S&P 500 has set so many all-time highs this year. “Investors should enjoy this rally while it lasts—there’s little on the horizon to disrupt the momentum through year-end,” according to Mark Hackett, chief of investment research at Nationwide, though he warns stocks could stumble soon because of how overheated they’ve gotten. On Wall Street, Interpublic Group rose 3.6% after rival Omnicom said it would buy the marketing and communications firm in an all-stock deal. The pair had a combined revenue of $25.6 billion last year. Omnicom, meanwhile, sank 10.2%. Macy’s climbed 1.8% after an activist investor, Barington Capital Group, called on the retailer to buy back at least $2 billion of its own stock over the next three years and make other moves to help boost its stock price. Super Micro Computer rose 0.5% after saying it got an extension that will keep its stock listed on the Nasdaq through Feb. 25, as it works to file its delayed annual report and other required financial statements. Earlier this month, the maker of servers used in artificial-intelligence technology said an investigation found no evidence of misconduct by its management or by the company’s board following the resignation of its public auditor . All told, the S&P 500 fell 37.42 points to 6,052.85. The Dow dipped 240.59 to 4,401.93, and the Nasdaq composite lost 123.08 to 19,736.69. In the oil market, a barrel of benchmark U.S. crude rallied 1.7% to settle at $68.37 following the overthrow of Syrian leader Bashar Assad, who sought asylum in Moscow after rebels. Brent crude, the international standard, added 1.4% to $72.14 per barrel. The price of gold also rose 1% to $2,685.80 per ounce amid the uncertainty created by the end of the Assad family’s 50 years of iron rule. In stock markets abroad, the Hang Seng jumped 2.8% in Hong Kong after top Chinese leaders agreed on a “moderately loose” monetary policy for the world’s second-largest economy. That’s a shift away from a more cautious, “prudent” stance for the first time in 10 years. A major planning meeting later this week could also bring more stimulus for the Chinese economy. U.S.-listed stocks of several Chinese companies climbed, including a 12.4% jump for electric-vehicle company Nio and a 7.4% rise for Alibaba Group. Stocks in Shanghai, though, were roughly flat. In Seoul, South Korea’s Kospi slumped 2.8% as the fallout continues from President Yoon Suk Yeol ’s brief declaration of martial law last week in the midst of a budget dispute. In the bond market, the yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 4.19% from 4.15% late Friday. AP Business Writers Matt Ott and Elaine Kurtenbach contributed.
What Google’s quantum computing breakthrough Willow means for the future of bitcoin and other cryptosJack Knox: Generosity of strangers renews our faith in fellow VictoriansBy JOSH DUBOW | Associated Press Athletics president Dave Kaval will resign from the organization after being the public face of the . Kaval has been president of the A’s for the past eight years and will step down from the role on Dec. 31 to pursue new business opportunities in California. Sandy Dean, a longtime business partner with the Fisher family that owns the team, will serve as interim president and a search to fill the full-time role will begin in 2025, when the A’s begin what they hope will be a three-year stint in Sacramento before the franchise ultimately settles in Las Vegas. Kaval and team president John Fisher were at the center of Oakland fans’ growing discontent as multiple potential East Bay stadium plans failed, the franchise’s biggest stars were traded away and ticket prices increased at the same time the franchise annually fielded a team with one of the lowest payrolls in baseball. Kaval will forever remembered for saying the team was on a “parallel path” that included the ballpark plans in Oakland and Las Vegas, a path that ultimately ended with the . Kaval made the decision to step down after the team had cleared its final major hurdles to get a stadium built in Las Vegas. The approved lease, non-relocation and development documents earlier this month for the Athletics to construct a $1.75 billion stadium on the Strip. Other details remain to be worked out, such as a development agreement with Clark County, but groundbreaking likely will take place in the spring and the team expects to be in the new stadium in Las Vegas for the start of the 2028 season. “We are grateful for Dave’s contributions and leadership over the past eight years,” A’s owner John Fisher said in a statement. “He guided our organization through a period of significant transition, and we sincerely thank him for his unwavering commitment to the team. As we look ahead to the next chapter of our franchise, the team will continue to grow under new leadership, driving the organization toward success during our interim years in West Sacramento and at our new home in Las Vegas.” Kaval failed in his efforts to get a new stadium built for the team in downtown Oakland and eventually helped the organization reach the deal to move to Las Vegas, ending a run of in Oakland. The A’s will play at least the next three seasons at a minor league ballpark in West Sacramento, California. Kaval had previously served as president of the MLS’ San Jose Earthquakes, who are also owned by the Fisher family. When he first came to the A’s, he drew praise for his open-door policy to hear from fans and for changes he made at the Oakland Coliseum. He brought in food trucks for games and opened the “Treehouse” a 10,000-square-foot area that included a bar, lounge and patio for fans to watch games from left field. Kaval took a less public role in the Bay Area after the team announced plans in 2023 to move to Las Vegas, but by then his perceived role as the villain (along with Fisher) in the A’s saga had already been well established. In May 2021, while Kaval and other A’s officials were in Las Vegas exploring possibilities to move the team to the area, he rankled two Bay Area fan bases with a single tweet. While attending the Vegas Golden Knights’ home playoff game he of the boisterous crowd on its feet at T-Mobile Arena just before the drop of the puck. “Wow! #StanleyCup playoffs! @GoldenKnights,” Kaval tweeted in regards to the atmosphere inside the arena. Sharks fans were angered because he was complimenting a hated rival, and A’s fans were enraged because it was at the same time his team was losing to the Seattle Mariners at the Coliseum. Kaval was outwardly optimistic about a new ballpark getting done in Oakland early in his tenure. In 2017, he announced the team had decided on a piece of land in the Peralta Community College District in Laney College. But the plan was met with quick opposition from city leaders and residents who were concerned the stadium would displace low-income families and businesses in the Chinatown and East Lake neighborhoods. A year later, Kaval and the A’s publicly announced their intentions to build their new ballpark at Howard Terminal near Jack London Square. The Oakland City Council in 2021 voted to approve a non-binding term sheet to continue negotiations with the team over the $12 billion proposal that included the ballpark and a mixed-use development project. But Kaval said the team would not accept that term sheet while the two sides disagreed over infrastructure costs. It was around that time . In June 2023, Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo signed a bill that would give the A’s $380 million in public money toward their Las Vegas stadium. The A’s began the application process for relocation a week later, and MLB owners unanimously approved the team’s eventual move that November.And with its lease at the Oakland Coliseum up in 2024, the team announced last April it would move temporarily to Sutter Health Park, home of the Sacramento River Cats, rather than extend their lease at their home venue they initially moved to in 1968. In September, the A’s played their final game at the Coliseum, where the team won four World Series and six American League pennants in 57 seasons. ___ AP MLB:
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