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A 27-year-old woman who disappeared more than a month ago in the desert near the California-Arizona border was found dead Friday night outside Cibola, Arizona.Amanda Ninejar's naked body was found under a tree less than two miles from where her abandoned blue Toyota Camry was discovered weeks earlier. La Paz County Sheriff William Ponce said her clothes were scattered nearby, leading investigators to believe she was overcome by the daytime desert heat. Although they have not determined her cause of death, officials suspect she died from exposure, Ponce said.“We are devastated,” her sister, Marissa Ninejar, told The Times on Monday.…

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The Xiaomi SU7 electric sedan was seen on display at Xiaomi's regional headquarters in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu province. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesBEIJING – Shares of the Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi The company's stock rose 15% at the Hong Kong market open on Tuesday, the first trading day since the company launched its SU7 electric car before the Easter holiday.In a sign of how competitive China's electric vehicle market is, Xiaomi announced late Thursday that the price of the SU7 will be about $4,000 less than its price. TeslaModel 3, and he claimed that the new…

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Actors dressed as Walt Disney characters Mickey Mouse (left) and Minnie Mouse (right) perform for a press screening of the “Minnie Besties Bash!” Parade at Tokyo Disneyland on January 17, 2023 in Urayasu, Japan.Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty ImagesThis report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, the new newsletter for international markets. CNBC Daily Open keeps investors informed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see? You can subscribe here.What you need to know todayStarting in AprilUS stocks got off to a tentative start to the second quarter as Treasury…

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Inside Canoo's 2023 earnings report is a nugget related to the use of CEO Tony Aquila's private jet — just one of many expenses that Shows the gap between spending and revenue when starting electric vehicles. Canoo on Monday posted its fourth-quarter and full-year 2023 earnings in a regulatory filing that shows the company burning deep into cash as it tries to ramp up production volumes for its commercial electric vehicles and avoid the same fate faced by other electric vehicle startups, as the recently bankrupt Arrival did. The regulatory filing once again contained a “continuity” warning – which has…

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Investor demand for ETFs is not slowing down, and companies without ETF offerings may risk losing business, according to a Goldman Sachs expert. Steve Sachs, CEO of global operations for Goldman's ETF Accelerator, points out that despite the time and resources needed to launch an ETF, not offering existing and new investment strategies like ETFs can be more expensive.“Any number of our clients will tell you that there is no opportunity cost [offering ETF products] “Bigger,” he recently told CNBC’s “ETF Edge.”If a company doesn't have an ETF offering, Sachs believes “eventually those assets will leave and go to a…

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Tallahassee, Florida – The Florida Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way to ban abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant, while also giving voters a chance to remove restrictions in November and restore abortion rights in most cases.The court, reconstituted by former presidential candidate and Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, ruled by a 6-1 vote to uphold the state's ban on most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, meaning the six-week ban could take effect soon. But in a separate ruling, the court allowed a ballot measure on abortion rights to go to voters.Most…

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After a relatively dry fall in Southern California, there was a point last December when it seemed as if fears of a strong, wet El Niño winter might be overblown. So much for this.Within weeks, a series of powerful storms turned the tide, dropping record-setting torrential rains across California, most of it in the state's southwestern region. This wet pattern has continued as winter ushers in spring, with last weekend's storm dumping as much as 4 inches of rain in some areas — pushing Los Angeles to a new two-year rainfall total not seen since the late 1800s and dashing…

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The exterior of the Warner Bros. campus was filmed. Discovery Atlanta after the Writers Guild of America begins its strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 2, 2023.ELISA indicator | Reuterstwo Warner Bros. Discovery The company's directors, Stephen Miron and Steven Newhouse, resigned following a US Department of Justice investigation into a possible antitrust violation, according to a statement from the company on Monday.Miron and Newhouse, who were appointed directors in April 2022 as part of the WarnerMedia and Discovery merger, are being investigated over whether their participation on the board violates…

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Arnel Management Co. has agreed to settle allegations that it illegally withheld security deposits, California's attorney general announced Friday. The move came nearly eight years after The Times published detailed reports from tenants who alleged that a major landlord in Orange County charged hundreds of dollars for unnecessary cleaning and repairs even when residents left their units clean. “For many renters, especially those from low-income backgrounds, saving a security deposit involves a great deal of sacrifice,” Atty said. Gen. Rob Bonta said in a statement. “We hold Arnel responsible.”Arnel has 19 apartment complexes in Southern California, all but one of…

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Open Editor's Digest for freeRula Khalaf, editor of the Financial Times, picks her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to take “immediate measures” to close Al Jazeera in Israel, after the Israeli parliament passed a law granting him the powers to close foreign broadcast networks considered a “security risk.”The law escalates a long-running dispute between the Israeli government and the satellite channel, which Netanyahu's allies say has close ties to Hamas in Gaza, a claim Al Jazeera denies.In a post on the X website, Netanyahu said that Al Jazeera “harmed Israel’s security, participated in the…

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