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Stocks wavered on Wall Street in afternoon trading Thursday, as gains in tech companies and retailers helped temper losses elsewhere in the market. The S&P 500 was down less than 0.1% after drifting between small gains and losses. The benchmark index is coming off a three-day winning streak. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 6 points, or less than 0.1%, as of 1:52 p.m. Eastern time. The Nasdaq composite was down less than 0.1%. Trading volume was lighter than usual as U.S. markets reopened after the Christmas holiday. Chip company Broadcom rose 2.9%, Micron Technology was up 1% and Adobe gained 0.8%. While tech stocks overall were in the green, some heavyweights were a drag on the market. Semiconductor giant Nvidia, whose enormous valuation gives it an outsize influence on indexes, slipped 0.1%. Meta Platforms fell 0.7%, Amazon was down 0.6%, and Netflix gave up 1.1%. Tesla was among the biggest decliners in the S&P 500, down 1.9%. Health care stocks helped lift the market. CVS Health rose 1.7% and Walgreens Boots Alliance rose 3% for the biggest gain among S&P 500 stocks. Several retailers also gained ground. Target rose 2.8%, Best Buy was up 2.2% and Dollar Tree gained 2.7%. Retailers are hoping for a solid sales this holiday season, and the day after Christmas traditionally ranks among the top 10 biggest shopping days of the year, as consumers go online or rush to stores to cash in gift cards and raid bargain bins. U.S.-listed shares in Honda and Nissan rose 4% and 16%, respectively. The Japanese automakers announced earlier this week that the two companies are in talks to combine. Traders got a labor market update. U.S. applications for unemployment benefits held steady last week , though continuing claims rose to the highest level in three years, the Labor Department reported. Treasury yields turned mostly lower in the bond market. The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 4.57% from 4.59% late Tuesday. Major European markets were closed, as well as Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia. Trading was expected to be subdued this week with a thin slate of economic data on the calendar. Still, U.S. markets have historically gotten a boost at year’s end despite lower trading volumes. The last five trading days of each year, plus the first two in the new year, have brought an average gain of 1.3% since 1950. So far this month, the U.S. stock market has lost some of its gains since President-elect Donald Trump’s win on Election Day, which raised hopes for faster economic growth and more lax regulations that would boost corporate profits. Worries have risen that Trump’s preference for tariffs and other policies could lead to higher inflation , a bigger U.S. government debt and difficulties for global trade. Even so, the U.S. market remains on pace to deliver strong returns for 2024. The benchmark S&P 500 is up roughly 26% so far this year and remains near its most recent all-time high it set earlier this month — its latest of 57 record highs this year. Wall Street has several economic reports to look forward to next week, including updates on pending home sales and home prices, a report on U.S. construction spending and snapshots of manufacturing activity. AP Business Writers Elaine Kurtenbach and Matt Ott contributed.
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Stunning $4M Connecticut mansion destroyed in Thanksgiving fire when owner tried to fry turkey in the garage By ALYSSA GUZMAN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 19:31 GMT, 30 November 2024 | Updated: 19:32 GMT, 30 November 2024 e-mail 1 View comments A gigantic fire erupted inside a $4 million Connecticut mansion after residents attempted to fry a turkey in the garage on Thanksgiving . Firefighters faces several challenges on the holiday afternoon after the stunning mansion at 40 Weston Road in Weston went up in flames. The aggressive fire quickly spread throughout the home, and soon, its structural collapse created dangerous conditions for responding firefighters. Residents were attempting to fry a turkey for the big meal Thursday afternoon when the garage caught fire and began 'rapidly extending into the residence,' according to Weston Volunteer Fire Department . 'Firefighters attempted an aggressive fire attack, however, their efforts were thwarted by dangerous fire conditions and structural collapse,' the department, which battled the flames for 16 hours, wrote in a Facebook post. In addition to the gigantic flames ripping through the home, first responders hit a major setback when water flow stopped for 'several minutes' after a 'vehicle drove over the water supply hose,' damaging it. The identity of the turkey chef was not released by authorities, but the home is owned by Tweedy, Brown Managing Director Thomas H. Shrager, according to public records. Photos released by the fire department show massive flames ripping through the home and extending several feet outside the home through broken windows. A gigantic fire erupted inside a $4million Connecticut mansion after residents attempted to fry a turkey in the garage on Thanksgiving Photos released by the fire department show massive flames ripping through the home and extending several feet outside the home through broken windows The entire house was engorged in the orange blaze and a dark, billowing plume cloud of black smoke filled the air. Video of the fire, posted by a commenter, shows a menacing wave of orange glaring through the trees along the roadway as the sky blackened with smoke around 5 pm. The fire started shortly before 4 pm. The Weston home, located roughly 30 miles outside of New Haven, has been deemed 'uninhabitable.' Despite the dramatic photos of the blaze, no injuries were reported. However, it remains unclear how many people were inside the house when the garage fire began. Six other fire department had to assist the volunteer crew, while Ridgefield Fire Department provided town coverage while Weston battled the mansion fire. The official cause of the fire is still under investigation, but a preliminary investigation suggests it's the result of trying a turkey. This Thanksgiving, several unique turkey cooking methods made the rounds on social media. Residents were attempting to fry a turkey for the big meal Thursday afternoon when the garage caught fire and began 'rapidly extending into the residence,' according to Weston Volunteer Fire Department , which battled the flames for 16 hours Outside of the gigantic flames ripping through the home, first responders hit a major setback when water flow stopped for 'several minutes' after a 'vehicle drove over the water supply hose,' damaging it The identity of the turkey chef was not released by authorities, but the home is owned by Tweedy, Brown Managing Director Thomas H. Shrager, according to public records Pictured: The devastation of the Weston fire An influencer caught the ire of her followers after seasoning a raw turkey in a toilet bowl before later feeding it to her guests . The cook in question, Kate Heintzelman, from Minnesota, tossed the raw bird into the toilet before seasoning it - and stuffing it - leading to 5,800 likes on Instagram. More conventionally, Robert F Kennedy Jr. also caused a stir on social media for deep frying a turkey and pulling the bird from the pot without any shoes on . Facebook Connecticut Share or comment on this article: Stunning $4M Connecticut mansion destroyed in Thanksgiving fire when owner tried to fry turkey in the garage e-mail Add commentA circle of corroded bronze, measuring 12 inches (30cm) across, adorned with golden shapes, was unwittingly discovered in 1999 in Nebra, Germany, now famously coined the Nebra Sky Disc. More than 3,600-years-old, it is widely considered to be the oldest known depiction of the cosmos. It is currently the subject of a new study, where metallurgical analysis has indicated that it was manufactured using a complex, hot-forging process, with ten cycles of heating up to 700°C! Bombshell Study Calls Astronomical Theories of the Nebra Sky Disk “Obsolete” Why a Replica of the 3,600-Year-Old Nebra Sky Disk Was Sent into Space Hardly any suitable scientific method was omitted to study the Nebra hoard. (© State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt ) An Elusive Manufacturing Process Part of the UNESCO "Memory of the World" register since 2013, the Disc is considered one of the best-researched archaeological objects. The new study, published in the latest edition of the journal Scientific Reports , finally points us in the direction of the elusive manufacturing process. Based on its material composition and previous research, it seems that the process would be to heat to 700°C over 10 cycles, then forging, and then annealing to relax the metal structure again. This affirms what was earlier believed based on the material composition, which indicated that the disk couldn’t have been simply cast in its final size. Consider this: a bronze disk with a diameter of around 31 centimeters, a few millimeters thick – forging this during the Bronze Age without any of the modern tools and technologies available to us today was quite an achievement. "That the investigations continue to produce such fundamental new findings more than 20 years after the Sky Disc was found not only once again demonstrates the extraordinary character of this find of the century, but also how highly developed the art of metal processing was already in the Early Bronze Age," says State archaeologist Prof. Dr. Harald Meller in a press release . Goseck Circle: The Oldest Known Solar Observatory World of Stonehenge Exhibition Is a Stunning Treasure Hall of Fame The Nebra Sky Disc with the marked sample extraction point ((c) (Reproduced with permission by State Office for Heritage management and Archaeology, Saxony-Anhalt—State Museum of Prehistory, photo: J. Lipták, Munich/ Nature ). From Disc-Rescue to Crafting Discovered in 1999 on the Mittelberg hill near Nebra, Germany, Henry Westphal and Mario Renner made this find when illegally treasure-hunting with a metal detector. The total loot included 2 bronze swords, axes, a chisel, and fragments of spiral armbands, sold to a private dealer. The police led a sting operation and recovered the disc in 2002, now on display in the State Museum of Prehistory in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Archaeologists have placed the disc, with a blue-green patina (probably originally a deep bronze hue), and adorned with gold inlays, to the Únětice culture, emerging at the start of the Central European Bronze Age around 2300 to 1600 BC. It was likely made over 4 stages, and eventually deposited into the ground in the form of a ritual offering. Previous studies have pointed to how the arrangement of the cosmos indicated its deep relevance to agricultural communities – likely what it alluded to. "In addition, the Sky Disc shows how important it is to re-examine seemingly well-known finds when new methods become available," says Dr. Meller. After its recovery, a small sample was temporarily taken from the outer area of the Disc in 2002 (since re-inserted), and then temporarily removed again for archaeometallurgical research. It was subject to ‘microstructural analyses on color-etched surfaces with a light microscope’, with modern imaging methods used: energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and electron backscatter diffraction – the most modern metallurgical analyses available. Following this, the disk was subject to hardness measurements and parallel experimental tests. The renowned coppersmith Herbert Bauer then made a replica from a cast blank, which was actually subject to many more forging cycles to produce the copy; the original cast blank was probably larger and thinner. “The latest research results make it clear that the early Bronze Age craftsmen were not only outstanding casters, but also mastered complex bronze processing techniques, for example hot forging, at the highest level. With their extensive experience and knowledge, they were not only able to produce numerous axes in series production, but also to forge a workpiece that is unique from today's perspective, such as the Nebra Sky Disc,” reports the press release. The research was conducted by the State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt in cooperation with the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Chair of Metallic Materials (Prof. Dr. Thorsten Halle), and the company DeltaSigma Analytics GmbH, Magdeburg. Top image: The Nebra Sky Disc. Source: Juraj Lipták/ State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt By Sahir Pandey References Dieck, S., Michael, O., Wilke, M. et al. 2024. Archaeometallurgical investigation of the Nebra Sky Disc . Scientific Reports . Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-80545-5 . Milligan, M. 2024. Study uncovers the secrets of the Nebra Sky Disk . Available at: https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/11/study-uncovers-the-secrets-of-the-nebra-sky-disk/154009 . White, K. 2024. Decoding the Nebra Sky Disc, an Ancient Vision of the Cosmos . Available at: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/nebra-sky-disc-facts-2474678 . Artifacts News Nebra sky disc metallurgy Germany Until today, the Nebra Sky Disk was known as the oldest concrete depiction of cosmic phenomena worldwide. Scholars believed it was a 3,600-year-old artifact depicting a sun or full moon, a lunar... A team of archaeologists and forensics experts studying the remains of the 'Prince of Helmsdorf,’ dated to around 1940 BC, who was discovered in Klopfleisch in 1877, have announced that ‘he was...
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