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Huge protest in Beed; Mahayuti MLAs too seek Munde's ousterMassimo Group ( NASDAQ:MAMO – Get Free Report ) was the target of a large increase in short interest in December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 58,700 shares, an increase of 59.1% from the November 30th total of 36,900 shares. Approximately 2.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 129,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.5 days. Massimo Group Price Performance Shares of NASDAQ:MAMO opened at $2.58 on Friday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $3.32 and its 200-day moving average price is $3.56. The firm has a market capitalization of $106.77 million and a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.58. Massimo Group has a one year low of $2.42 and a one year high of $4.66. Institutional Inflows and Outflows A hedge fund recently bought a new stake in Massimo Group stock. Evernest Financial Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Massimo Group ( NASDAQ:MAMO – Free Report ) in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 11,061 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $41,000. Massimo Group Company Profile Massimo Group, through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacturing and sale of utility terrain vehicles, all-terrain vehicles, and pontoon and tritoon boats. The company also offers motorcycles, scooters, golf carts, and go karts and balance bikes, as well as snow equipment. In addition, it provides accessories, including EV chargers, electric coolers, power stations, and portable solar panels. Featured Stories Receive News & Ratings for Massimo Group Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Massimo Group and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .Santa Ana councilman to take training, can’t be mayor pro tem for a year following investigationPresident-elect Donald Trump has nominated Jared Isaacman, a notable SpaceX customer, as head of NASA. You may remember Isaacman as the billionaire who made the first private spacewalk last September as part of the SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission. That said, he's a professional flier and holds the speed record for the fastest in-atmosphere trip around the planet. It seems great news for SpaceX, which supplies NASA with rockets and capsules and is run by Elon Musk – the oligarch currently buddies with Trump and happily offering advice on how the US government should be run. "I am delighted to nominate Jared Isaacman, an accomplished business leader, philanthropist, pilot, and astronaut, as Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration," Trump said on his personal social network. "Jared will drive NASA’s mission of discovery and inspiration, paving the way for groundbreaking achievements in Space science, technology, and exploration." Isaacman made his fortune as the founder and CEO of payment processor Shift4, which he established at the tender age of 16. He later founded Draken International, which uses tactical jets to provide adversary air training for military pilots. He does have space experience, having purchased four tickets for an orbital trip in SpaceX's Dragon capsule back in 2022, then raffling off three of them. Wearing a SpaceX-designed lightweight spacesuit, Isaacman was the first person to take a brief step outside the capsule. The flight was one of three planned with SpaceX as part of Isaacman's Polaris Program to advance getting humans into space using Musk's rockets. Isaacman before his last SpaceX mission. Click to enlarge "On my last mission to space, my crew and I traveled farther from Earth than anyone in over half a century. I can confidently say this second space age has only just begun," Isaacman said in a post on X, better known as Twitter. "Space holds unparalleled potential for breakthroughs in manufacturing, biotechnology, mining, and perhaps even pathways to new sources of energy. There will inevitably be a thriving space economy—one that will create opportunities for countless people to live and work in space. With the support of President Trump, I can promise you this: We will never again lose our ability to journey to the stars and never settle for second place. Americans will walk on the Moon and Mars and in doing so, we will make life better here on Earth." With Musk apparently going to be co-head of the proposed US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), he'll have the whip hand on discretionary spending by Uncle Sam, which includes NASA's $24 billion budget. It's widely expected the ax will come down hard on a lot of the space agency's programs and work will be given to private contractors instead, and having a SpaceX-friendly boss of the agency would as we said be a big help for Elon, already the world's richest man. First on the chopping block is likely to be NASA's Space Launch System, which may not be a bad idea, actually. Its monstrously expensive throwaway rockets are outdated, though it may not be as easy to cancel as some might think. NASA has subcontracted the manufacturing to a lot of congressional districts and politicians may not be too keen on their constituents being out of work. Isaacman has at least made it into orbit and is clearly a huge space nerd. Whether or not that will cross over into being an effective administrator, however, is very much up in the air. ®
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For Joe Perriello, opening a mobile video game business is the perfect mesh of work and family. In January, Perriello of Penn Township will launch Rolling Video Games PGH — a 25-foot trailer decked out with seven TVs and 10 gaming consoles that can be transported to children’s birthdays, graduation parties and community gatherings. Perriello is joined by Murrysville resident Chad Reed and fellow Penn Township resident Ben Daykon in bringing new businesses to Westmoreland County. Reed started designing custom picture frames for high school and college athletes in the summer, and Daykon operates a barber shop on Penn Township’s Route 130 that opened in July. Rolling Video Games PGH Rolling Video Games PGH was partially inspired by Perriello’s experience chaperoning his sons — third and fifth grade students in the Penn-Trafford School District — at their friends’ birthday parties. “I’m like a big kid,” said Perriello, 39. “When I go to these parties at Urban Air and stuff like that, they’re great, but a lot of times, you’re just standing around watching your kids. And I don’t drink, so when I have a birthday party for my kids, there’s no beer, no alcohol. The adults are really just standing around watching the kids. “I feel like this is great for all ages,” he said of the trailer. Perriello worked with a company called Rolling Video Games to design the trailer, which houses about $50,000 worth of tech — including four Xbox Series X devices, four PlayStation 5 consoles, a Nintendo Switch, sound systems for each TV, LED lighting, limousine-style seating and heating and cooling. Nearly 25 people can play in the trailer at one time, he said. Players can choose from at least 15 games, ranging from Nintendo games for children to Madden sports games for teenagers and adults. Perriello also would like to work with alcohol and drug recovery groups, offering appropriate entertainment for the sober crowd. He said he’ll cater to people within an hour radius of Penn Township. Perriello said he hopes the business will give him time to again enjoy playing video games himself — a rarity as he balances running a vehicle detailing business, driving his children to their baseball games and coaching for a local youth baseball team. “I’m not an avid, avid gamer or into any of that hardcore video game stuff, but I have kids that play video games enough that I sit down and play, and I played a lot growing up,” he said. “I hope this gives me an opportunity to play a little bit more.” Home Team Collections Chad Reed started framing sports memorabilia signed by professional athletes in 2012 through his business, Game Day Collections. But it wasn’t until last year that Reed realized parents want the same custom frames for their children’s sports jerseys, medals and photographs. Reed, 44, of Murrysville opened Home Team Collections this summer to fulfill that interest. Reed has received a handful of requests over the years from parents, asking that he design a frame for their child. But he never thought about creating a businesses dedicated to high school and college athletes until a mother from Tennessee requested a piece to commemorate her son’s experience competing in the Little League World Series. “I love Little League baseball more than anything, so I thought, ‘I have to do this,’ ” he said. “So I did the piece. The family was head over heels over how cool the piece was, and then other teammates, coaches from that team started reaching out, requesting me to do a piece.” Reed’s Home Team Collections warehouse is nestled between Route 22 and the Westmoreland Heritage Trail in Murrysville. Its shelves are stocked with the logos and colors of every school in the WPIAL, and he has done some work with local colleges such as Saint Vincent and Slippery Rock. Reed has framed items such as wrestling singlets, football jerseys, techsuits, championship medals, hockey pucks and sports photographs. But he is open to expanding the business to include students in marching band, theater and dance. “I haven’t had anyone that I would say is even less than ecstatic when they see their own kid in a ... piece, whether it be a framed jersey, a picture,” he said. “Feedback’s been unbelievable. That’s why we have a lot of faith in the snowball effect of this.” Navigating his first year in the business, Reed is not hyperfocused on sales numbers. “I know the market is there,” he said. “It’s just a matter of how we get there.” Barber Ben’s Ben Daykon started cutting hair in 2018, but that was not always his career plan. Daykon, 35, of Penn Township got a degree in nursing, working directly with patients for a few years before transitioning to an administrative role overseeing budget and staffing at a hospital. “I wasn’t too fond of the work I was doing,” he said. Looking for a way to get back to working with customers, Daykon decided to pursue an apprenticeship at EJ’s Barber Shop in Murrysville — following in his mother’s footsteps. “My mom owned a salon for a few years when I was in high school,” Daykon said. “She just worked by herself. It was a one-chair salon in Export — just a small mom-and-pop place.” After completing his apprenticeship, Daykon got a job at a barber shop in Manor. He decided to open his own store this year, opening doors in July along Penn Township’s Route 130. A youth football coach for the Penn-Trafford Midget Athletic Association, Daykon’s days revolve around driving his 9- and 10-year-olds to practices and games. “I just tried to put the barber shop in the middle of my life,” he said, noting the store is just minutes away from the township’s Municipal Park football field. “I’m part of the community with my kids and in a coaching sense,” Daykon said, “and now I’m part of the community with my business as well.”
Coastal Carolina 48, Georgia St. 27“There’s no place like home,” and Dorothy Gale’s ruby slippers are set to have a new one in three days. The ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz” are being auctioned off for $1.15 million, nearly two decades after they were stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in Minnesota. The sparkly pair of heels are currently bidding at $1.15 million, with the next minimum bid at $1.2 million, according to Heritage Auctions . There are three days remaining in the auction, which will conclude on Dec. 7. Judy Garland’s character, Dorothy Gale, wore the iconic red slippers in the 1939 movie “The Wizard of Oz.” Michael Shaw purchased the slippers in 1970 , but former mobster Terry Jon Martin stole them in 2005 while they were on loan at the Judy Garland Museum. The FBI found the shoes in 2018 in Minneapolis while investigating “a scheme to defraud and extort the Markel Corporation, the owner of the slippers,” according to a press release from the agency. RECOMMENDED • nj .com Nordstrom has this cozy UGG slipper on sale for only $75 in a massive Cyber Monday deal Dec. 2, 2024, 12:15 p.m. UGG has these 8 Black Friday deals still in stock, with up to 30% off the Ultra Mini Platform Dec. 4, 2024, 2:45 p.m. The Shaw slippers are a match to the sequin and rhinestone pair that are currently on display in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History . Our journalism needs your support. Please subscribe today to NJ.com . Katherine Rodriguez can be reached at krodriguez@njadvancemedia.com . Have a tip? Tell us at nj.com/tips .
By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard faced fresh scrutiny Monday on Capitol Hill about her proximity to Russian-ally Syria amid the sudden collapse of that country’s hardline Assad rule. Gabbard ignored shouted questions about her 2017 visit to war-torn Syria as she ducked into one of several private meetings with senators who are being asked to confirm Trump’s unusual nominees . Related Articles National Politics | Trump promises to end birthright citizenship: What is it and could he do it? National Politics | Trump has flip-flopped on abortion policy. His appointees may offer clues to what happens next National Politics | In promising to shake up Washington, Trump is in a class of his own National Politics | Election Day has long passed. In some states, legislatures are working to undermine the results National Politics | Trump taps his attorney Alina Habba to serve as counselor to the president But the Democrat-turned-Republican Army National Reserve lieutenant colonel delivered a statement in which she reiterated her support for Trump’s America First approach to national security and a more limited U.S. military footprint overseas. “I want to address the issue that’s in the headlines right now: I stand in full support and wholeheartedly agree with the statements that President Trump has made over these last few days with regards to the developments in Syria,” Gabbard said exiting a Senate meeting. The incoming president’s Cabinet and top administrative choices are dividing his Republican allies and drawing concern , if not full opposition, from Democrats and others. Not just Gabbard, but other Trump nominees including Pentagon pick Pete Hegseth, were back at the Capitol ahead of what is expected to be volatile confirmation hearings next year. The incoming president is working to put his team in place for an ambitious agenda of mass immigrant deportations, firing federal workers and rollbacks of U.S. support for Ukraine and NATO allies. “We’re going to sit down and visit, that’s what this is all about,” said Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., as he welcomed Gabbard into his office. Meanwhile, Defense Secretary pick Hegseth appeared to be picking up support from once-skeptical senators, the former Army National Guard major denying sexual misconduct allegations and pledging not to drink alcohol if he is confirmed. The president-elect’s choice to lead the FBI, Kash Patel , who has written extensively about locking up Trump’s foes and proposed dismantling the Federal Bureau of Investigation, launched his first visits with senators Monday. “I expect our Republican Senate is going to confirm all of President Trump’s nominees,” said Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., on social media. Despite widespread concern about the nominees’ qualifications and demeanors for the jobs that are among the highest positions in the U.S. government, Trump’s team is portraying the criticism against them as nothing more than political smears and innuendo. Showing that concern, nearly 100 former senior U.S. diplomats and intelligence and national security officials have urged Senate leaders to schedule closed-door hearings to allow for a full review of the government’s files on Gabbard. Trump’s allies have described the criticisms of Hegseth in particular as similar to those lodged against Brett Kavanaugh, the former president’s Supreme Court nominee who denied a sexual assault allegation and went on to be confirmed during Trump’s first term in office. Said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., about Hegseth: “Anonymous accusations are trying to destroy reputations again. We saw this with Kavanaugh. I won’t stand for it.” One widely watched Republican, Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa, herself a former Army National Guard lieutenant colonel and sexual assault survivor who had been criticized by Trump allies for her cool reception to Hegseth, appeared more open to him after their follow-up meeting Monday. “I appreciate Pete Hegseth’s responsiveness and respect for the process,” Ernst said in a statement. Ernst said that following “encouraging conversations,” he had committed to selecting a senior official who will “prioritize and strengthen my work to prevent sexual assault within the ranks. As I support Pete through this process, I look forward to a fair hearing based on truth, not anonymous sources.” Ernst also had praise for Patel — “He shares my passion for shaking up federal agencies” — and for Gabbard. Once a rising Democratic star, Gabbard, who represented Hawaii in Congress, arrived a decade ago in Washington, her surfboard in tow, a new generation of potential leaders. She ran unsuccessfully for president in 2020. But Gabbard abruptly left the party and briefly became an independent before joining with Trump’s 2024 campaign as one of his enthusiasts, in large part over his disdain for U.S. involvement overseas and opposition to helping Ukraine battle Russia. Her visit to Syria to meet with then-President Bashar Assad around the time of Trump’s first inauguration during the country’s bloody civil war stunned her former colleagues and the Washington national security establishment. The U.S. had severed diplomatic relations with Syria. Her visit was seen by some as legitimizing a brutal leader who was accused of war crimes. Gabbard has defended the trip, saying it’s important to open dialogue, but critics hear in her commentary echoes of Russia-fueled talking points. Assad fled to Moscow over the weekend after Islamist rebels overtook Syria in a surprise attack, ending his family’s five decades of rule. She said her own views have been shaped by “my multiple deployments and seeing firsthand the cost of war and the threat of Islamist terrorism.” Gabbard said, “It’s one of the many reasons why I appreciate President Trump’s leadership and his election, where he is fully committed, as he has said over and over, to bring about an end to wars.” Last week, the nearly 100 former officials, who served in both Democratic and Republican administrations, said in the letter to Senate leaders they were “alarmed” by the choice of Gabbard to oversee all 18 U.S. intelligence agencies. They said her past actions “call into question her ability to deliver unbiased intelligence briefings to the President, Congress, and to the entire national security apparatus.” The Office of the Director of National Intelligence was created after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to coordinate the nation’s intelligence agencies and act as the president’s main intelligence adviser. Associated Press writer Stephen Groves contributed to this report.President-elect Donald Trump said he had a “very productive” meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Florida on Friday, emphasizing a need for the United States and Canada to work together to address concerns such as border security, the drug crisis, and trade imbalances. Trudeau described the discussions as “excellent” and earlier stressed the need for dialogue to resolve issues of concern to the incoming administration. The Nov. 29 meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate marked an early test of the relationship between the president-elect and one of America’s closest allies as tensions rose over Trump’s threat to impose a 25 percent tariff on all imports from Canada unless the country does more to stop the flow of drugs and illegal immigrants across the border into the United States. The dinner at Trump’s estate in Palm Beach, which reportedly lasted three hours, brought together senior Canadian officials and Trump’s nominees for several key posts in the incoming administration. On the Canadian side, Minister of Public Safety Dominic Leblanc, as well as Trudeau’s chief of staff Katie Telford and deputy chief of staff Brian Clow were in attendance. Trump was joined by his nominee for secretary of the interior North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and his wife, commerce secretary nominee Howard Lutnick and his wife, national security adviser nominee Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) and his wife. Senator-elect Dave McCormick (R-Pa.) and his wife were also in attendance. Trudeau told reporters on Saturday that an “excellent conversation” unfolded, while Trump said they discussed a wide-ranging agenda, including Arctic sovereignty, energy, illegal immigration, and trade matters. Trump wrote about the fentanyl crisis on Truth Social. “Too much death and hardship! Prime Minister Trudeau has made a commitment to work with us to end this terrible devastation of U.S. families..” The backdrop for the meeting was Trump’s recent announcement that he plans to impose a 25 percent tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico unless the two countries stop illegal border crossings and the flow of illicit drugs such as fentanyl into the United States. At a press conference on Friday before the Mar-a-Lago meeting, Trudeau said that Trump’s tariff threat needs to be taken seriously and that he hopes to resolve the matter through dialogue. “One of the things that is really important to understand is that ... Donald Trump, when he makes statements like that, he plans on carrying them out,” Trudeau said. “There’s no question about it.” Trudeau added that he looked forward to having “lots of great conversations with president-elect Trump as we move forward on standing up for good jobs on both sides of the borders.” Canadian officials have pushed back against being grouped with Mexico on border security issues, noting that the number of illegal crossings and drug seizures at the U.S.–Canada border is far lower than at the southern border. Canada is the leading export destination for 36 U.S. states, with approximately $2.7 billion in goods and services exchanged daily across the border.