Walmart pulls back on ammo sales, Huawei accuses US of cyber attacks, and more top news
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Walmart is halting sales of short-barrel rifle ammunition, while also discontinuing sales of handgun ammunition. The world's biggest retailer will also stop selling handguns in Alaska. The news comes on the heels of a number of high-profile mass shootings in recent months, including one at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, that left 22 dead and another in Southaven, Mississippi, that left two associates dead. The store will also bar customers from entering while openly carrying firearms. ? Here’s what people are saying.
Huawei is accusing the U.S. government of cyber attacks “to infiltrate [its] intranet and internal information systems,” as well as “unlawfully searching, detaining, and even arresting” its employees. The Chinese tech giant, which made the allegations in a statement without providing proof, has played a central role in the escalating tariff war between the United States and China. The statement comes in response to a Wall Street Journal report that U.S. prosecutors are investigating alleged technology theft by Huawei, which the firm denies. ? Here’s what people are saying.
U.S. manufacturing activity shrank for the first time in three years, with a key gauge showing export orders sinking to their lowest level last month since the Great Recession. The Institute for Supply Management’s purchasing managers index fell to 49.1 — any reading below 50 shows contraction — amid the worsening trade battle between Washington and Beijing. Factory employment in the U.S. also fell to the lowest in three years, possibly pointing to softer manufacturing payrolls in Friday’s unemployment report. ? Here’s what people are saying.
Local and state governments are struggling to find workers to fill crucial positions as the U.S. continues to experience low unemployment rates, reports The New York Times. State governments have lost about 20,000 jobs since mid-2018, according to the report. Some of these governments are taking a second look at applicants who are not completely qualified and increasing pay. For example, the South Carolina Department of Agriculture lifted pay for crop inspectors to $13-$16 per hour, from $9.50-$11.50 per hour. ? Here’s what people are saying.
Snowflake is the hottest startup in the country. The cloud-computing and data powerhouse takes the No. 1 slot on LinkedIn’s Top Startups list, a data-driven ranking of the U.S. companies growing fast and recruiting top talent. The list shows that transportation startups are still popular, with scooter companies Lime and Bird claiming spots alongside self-driving companies Zoox, Aurora and Voyage. Sports-related startups, such as sports-betting service SimpleBet and Lebron James’ sports media network Uninterrupted, also scored. ? See the full list and join the conversation: #LinkedInTopStartups
From earlier: Ariana Grande is suing Forever 21 for $10 million for allegedly using her name, image, likeness and music in an ad campaign, reports Reuters. ? Here’s what people are saying.
Idea of the Day: It’s time to stop viewing the idea of networking as transactional, says Adam Bryant, Managing Director at Merryck & Co.
“Think of it simply as building relationships in the same way you build your circle of friends and acquaintances outside of work.”
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Substitute Teaching in the Fort Smith Public School District ~
5 年O ! I really don’t care about the National Raffle Association Josh. Just let me Deer hunt with my 30-30. All Good
Substitute Teaching in the Fort Smith Public School District ~
5 年The statistics show that during the ban 2004-2014 there were fewer mass murders. Using the metric of 4 deaths as the baseline for consideration into this category.
Substitute Teaching in the Fort Smith Public School District ~
5 年Before you know it someone will Post that texting while driving kills more than weapons that have large bullet holding capacities. What we’re the statistics when there was a BAN on Assault Weapons ? Anyone ?
Founder of Forget Me Not Alarms (prospective start-up company)
5 年They may want to consider all hunting and fishing knives with fixed blades over 3". People need a federal tax stamp to carry that in public on their person. Walmart's CEO obviously doesn't know that the world's largest mass killings were never committed with guns. Machetes were used. Had her ever heard of Sudan? In June of 2019. They've found 100K bodies so far but think there may be as many as 500K slaughtered. I can buy a machete for 5 bucks. In my opinion, someone that uneducated about firearms that they will sway to the demands of the huggers instead of changing company policy and making purchases of what he feels are military style weapons (no one would last a day in Afghanistan with the 223 stripped down stuff they sold), which are a far cry from what the military has. I was a Walmart shopper; not anymore. His decision is going to hurt the company. Exactly how many of the weapons used in "mass shootings" were bought at Walmart? I've bought firearms online. You have to have them paid for and delivered to an FFL in order to legally own it. If you don't pass the background check when you go to pick it up, you've just wasted a lot of money. Lots of misinformation out there. Please, don't watch CNN.