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Nordstrom is bringing the Christmas cheer early with a huge deal just in time for Christmas. Now, shoppers can take advantage of the Nordstrom Winter Savings Event to score gifts from their favorite retailers starting at just $15. Whether you’re targeting fashion lovers, beauty enthusiasts, or anyone in between, this sale is packed with outstanding bargains at amazing prices. We spent some time browsing the site and discovered incredible discounts on top brands like Free People, Madewell, Cole Haan, Dyson, Jo Malone, Sunday Riley, Edikted and more. Keep scrolling to shop Nordstrom Winter Savings’ top fashion deals and must-have beauty…

Jeffries has shifted to a more bullish stance on the Vikings. The bank upgraded Cruise stock from hold to buy. The company also raised its price target to $80 from $60, implying a 16% upside from Friday’s closing price. Analyst David Katz said: “We are driving the stock up on continued strong growth in revenue, adjusted EBITDA, and adjusted EPS, along with coverage-leading (>100%) FCF conversion.” VIK YTD Mountain VIK YTD Charts Katz praised Viking’s industry-leading pricing and its “lucrative position in the luxury segment” thanks to the company’s “resilient high-income consumers.” He also pointed out that the company has…

After the 2021 bubble surge in VC investment left many ventures unable to generate high returns, limited partners such as endowments, pension plans, and sovereign wealth funds have begun funneling the bulk of their capital into a select group of established companies with proven track records. The latest big chunk of capital has flowed into Lightspeed Venture Partners. The 25-year-old venture company announced Monday that it has raised $9 billion in new funding, its largest funding in its history. At a time when few companies have successfully IPOed, Lightspeed was an early investor in Rubrik, Netskope, and Navan, all of…

CNBC’s Jim Cramer called KeyBanc’s call to sell ServiceNow stock a “radical move.” KeyBank analyst Jackson Ader downgraded ServiceNow from a hold-equivalent sector weight to an underweight sell. Adar set a price target of $775, just around the price at which the stock traded on Monday, when the stock fell more than 11%. “This is one of the most controversial calls I’ve ever seen,” Jim Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street,” adding that it was a challenge to ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott. With all due respect to Adar’s quality work, “Bill McDermott could never be left out.” “ServiceNow’s own…

‘New Girl’ star Zooey Deschanel pays emotional tribute to ‘The Incredibles’ co-star Rob ReinerZooey Deschanel is feeling the loss of Rob Reiner on a personal level. A day after he and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were found dead in their Los Angeles home on December 14, the New Girl alum reflected on his bond with the late Hollywood icon, who played his father on the Fox sitcom. And she didn’t hesitate to detail how “absolutely devastated” she was by the news. “My heart is broken,” Zooey, 45, said in an Instagram post on Dec. 15. “Rob Reiner was such…

Goldman Sachs believes continued strong performance from Asian clients will continue to boost Las Vegas Sands’ stock price. The bank upgraded the casino operator from neutral to buyout. Analyst Lizzie Dove also raised her stock price estimate from $64 to $80, suggesting a 23% upside. Dove cited “sustained” acceleration in Macau’s gross gaming revenue. This is supported by a busy event schedule, the appreciation of the Chinese yuan, relaxed visa restrictions for residents of China’s neighboring regions, increased tourism interest in Macau, and a rise in the Chinese stock market. LVS YTD Mountain LVS YTD Chart “Following comments from outgoing…

After announcing its Open AI Ecosystem Framework earlier this year, the nonprofit organization Creative Commons announced its support for “pay-to-crawl” technology, or systems that automate the reward of website content when accessed by machines such as AI web crawlers. Creative Commons (CC) is best known for spearheading the licensing movement that allows creators to share their work while retaining copyright. In July, the organization announced plans to provide a legal and technical framework for sharing datasets between companies that control the data and AI providers who want to train with it. The nonprofit is now tentatively backing the pay-to-crawl system,…

Samuel Boivin | Null Photo | Getty ImagesAdopted by OpenAI Google Albert Lee will lead corporate development, a spokesperson for the artificial intelligence startup confirmed to CNBC. Mr. Lee previously led corporate development for Google Cloud and Google DeepMind. He was involved in several high-profile acquisitions for Google, including the company’s $32 billion acquisition of cloud security startup Wiz, which it announced in March. In his new role, Lee will have a broad perspective across OpenAI as the company focuses on strategic investments and M&A for its next phase of growth, a spokesperson said. His hiring signals that OpenAI will…

Ukraine’s internal security agency SBU said on Monday that it had attacked a Russian submarine in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, severely damaging it and rendering it virtually unnavigable. The SBU said in a statement that the operation, which used underwater drones called Subsea Baby, was the first of its kind. A video shared by SBU showed a massive explosion at the port. “As a result of the explosion, the submarine sustained significant damage and became virtually inoperable,” the SBU said. CNN was unable to independently verify this claim. Russia acknowledged the Ukrainian attack but said it was a…

Madonna and Guy Ritchie reunite for the first time in 20 years after divorceThese days, Madonna isn’t dwelling on her 2008 divorce. In fact, the 67-year-old singer reunited with ex-husband Guy Ritchie to celebrate the opening of son Rocco Ritchie’s art exhibit. At the Dec. 12 event, Madonna and Guy posed alongside Rocco in front of a piece from the Talk Is Cheap exhibition in London, and Guy, 25, thanked his parents for putting their post-breakup agenda aside for his big night. “It’s obvious why some people are critical of me. I don’t blame them,” Roco wrote on Instagram on…