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Olympians patch together jobs and run up debt to fund their medal hopes.

A summer swoon in the stock market intensified Friday after a disappointing jobs report renewed worries about slowing growth.

One of the world’s most celebrated hedge-fund managers just pulled the plug on a new fund. He might have gotten a warmer welcome if the deal had been better for all.

Here are some of the major companies whose stocks moved on the week’s news.

Moving averages can also smooth out daily volatility to give investors a clearer view of a stock’s health

Instead of blindly selling, investors should eye sectors like real estate that will benefit from lower interest rates.

The conglomerate sold a net $75.5 billion of stocks—including Apple—in the three months through June, helping boost its cash hoard to a record $276.94 billion.

They are the default choice for millions of retirement savers who are automatically enrolled in 401(k) plans. But some investors are moving out of them.

By David Ingram and Curtis Bunn The U.S. Secret Service said Wednesday that it stood by its female agents and was appalled by some of the criticism they’ve received on conservative social media since Saturday’s attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. The Secret Service, in a statement to NBC News, said that the criticism from pundits and influencers was baseless. The agency also stood by its commitment to diversity in recruiting as helping, not hurting, the effectiveness of its protective teams. The statement follows a multiday campaign of derision by some conservatives who accused Kimberly Cheatle, the Secret Service director, of being unqualified and The post Secret Service says it’s appalled by DEI rhetoric against female agents after Trump rally shooting appeared first on HBCU News.

By Kathryn Palmer Academic researchers know that artificial intelligence (AI) technology has the potential to revolutionize the technical aspects of nearly every industry. And while they’re trained to apply such innovations in ethical, equitable ways, compared to profit-driven tech companies, they have limited access to the expensive, powerful technology required for AI research. That divide has scholars and other government-funded researchers concerned that the developments emerging from the AI Gold Rush could leave marginalized populations behind. For instance, a radiology technician could use a generative AI agent to read X-rays, in theory leading to more accurate diagnoses and better health outcomes. But The post Academics Fight for Access to Supercomputers appeared first on HBCU News.

By Isabel Yip At the Olympic Games this summer, Black athletes will take to the world stage in Paris outfitted in red, white and blue, representing the United States with stars and stripes stamped across their uniforms. Black athletes will be some of the most high-profile Olympians at the Paris Summer Games. Simone Biles will be making her highly awaited return to the mat, LeBron James will carry the American flag at the opening ceremony Friday, and track star Noah Lyles will set his sights on overtaking Usain Bolt’s gold medal records. On the road to the Paris Games, Black Olympians spoke with NBC The post What it means to be a Black Olympian representing the U.S. on the global stage appeared first on HBCU News.

By Jonathan Abrams “Now we’re cooking.” Names whisked by as Brian Sheffey excitedly scrolled through the 1870 U.S. census on a large projector to find what he was looking for: a 13-year-old boy living in Alabama named Daniel, whose family included his father, Chance, his mother, Viney, and four brothers and sisters. Chance farmed. Neither parent, the census noted, could read or write. “He didn’t own his land,” Sheffey said of Chance. “He was more than likely a sharecropper. The chances were high he was living on his last enslaver’s land.” They were new names to me, even though we The post A New Museum Specializes in Black Genealogy. Here’s What I Found Out About Myself. appeared first on HBCU News.