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Apr 30, 2020 ETC
This time, Pence wears a mask as he tours GM-Ventec Indiana ventilator plant

In a discussion with Mary Barra and Ventec's CEO, no one wore a mask

Vice President Mike Pence donned a face covering Thursday as he toured a General Motors/Ventec ventilator production facility in Indiana after coming under fire for failing to wear one earlier this week in violation of Mayo Clinic policy. General Motors requires workers to wear masks in the plant's production area, according to spokesman Jim Cain. Pence removed the mask, however, for a roundtable with top officials, including General Motors CEO Mary Barra and Ventec CEO Chris Kiple.

Associated Press
Apr 30, 2020 Official
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos in competition to build NASA lunar lander

But the third bidder looks interesting, too

NASA is turning to private industry for the first lunar landers for astronauts in a half-century, with three competing, quite contrasting versions. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced Thursday the three companies that will develop, build and fly lunar landers, with the goal of returning astronauts to the moon in 2024 and ultimately on to Mars. The companies are SpaceX in Hawthorne, California, led by Elon Musk; Blue Origin in Kent, Washington, founded by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos; and Dynet

Associated Press
Apr 30, 2020 ETC
Hedge fund's David Einhorn taunts Elon Musk over 'suspect' Tesla financials

Tesla's soaring stock price has been hurting his fund's results

One day after Tesla Inc posted its third quarterly profit in a row, hedge fund manager David Einhorn, one of the electric carmaker's best-known critics, lobbed questions about the company's financials at its two top executives. Taking to Twitter on Thursday, Einhorn asked Tesla chief executive officer Elon Musk and chief financial officer Zach Kirkhorn about Tesla's accounts receivable, costs, idled factories and the impact of currency market movements on the company. "Can you o

Reuters
Apr 30, 2020 Motorsports
NASCAR ends coronavirus shutdown May 17 with wildly accelerated schedule

How does 7 races in 10 days grab you?

NASCAR announced Thursday that it will resume its season without fans starting May 17 at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina with the premier Cup Series racing three more times in a 10-day span. NASCAR joins the UFC as the first major sports organizations to announce specific return to play plans since the coronavirus pandemic shut down U.S. sports in mid-March. “NASCAR and its teams are eager and excited to return to racing, and have great respect for the responsibility that comes with a ret

Byron Hurd
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