Certainly, FLOTUS Melania Trump rivals or arguably transcends the standards set by “Jackie” during her time in the White House. While “Jackie” was given scads of media attention, by comparison, President Donald J. Trump’s wife has been relatively less attention.
That’s not to say that she is devoid of coverage, as the lighter side featured focus tonight will reflect. As is true every business-night, that follows our left-right headlines, graphical snapshots, and standard fare.
Every Business Nightly – Headline and Graphical Insights-at-a-Glance.
Every weekday night that the stock markets are open, we provide headlines from left-of-center CNN followed by right-of-center Fox Business. It is sometimes surprising how much We share closing tickers and other related data courtesy of Yahoo Finance, and more. 5 to 10 minutes reading this MHProNews market report every business night could save you 30 minutes to an hour of similar reading or fact-gathering elsewhere.
Perhaps more important, you will get insights about the industry from experts that care, but also dare to challenge the routine narrative spun by some that arguably keeps manufactured housing underperforming during an affordable housing crisis.
Headlines from left-of-center CNN Business
- Waking a giant
- WOLFSBURG, GERMANY – MARCH 31: The Volkswagen factory stands following a temporary halt to car production there on March 31, 2020 in Wolfsburg, Germany. Volkswagen extended the shutdown of factories in Germany until April 19 amid COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak
- How Volkswagen just reopened the world’s biggest car factory
- A big difference between the Great Depression and today: America has a safety net this time
- LIVE UPDATES US stocks move higher ahead of earnings deluge
- LIVE DATA Track what stocks are being battered by coronavirus — and which are getting a boost
- The Fed’s low rates will punish people who save
- Tyson says millions of pounds of meat will disappear from stores as plants close
- Oil company Diamond Offshore files for bankruptcy
- Airbus is furloughing 6,000 staff in Europe and ‘bleeding cash’
- Meat shortage and China deals send Beyond Meat’s stock spiking
- The coronavirus pandemic could push telemedicine into the mainstream
- What happens when your employer cuts your pay?
- Can you pay the rent on May 1? Here’s what to do if you can’t
- Maatje Benassi poses for a portrait on Wednesday, April 22. A mother of two and US Army reservist, Benassi has become the target of conspiracy theorists who falsely claim she was coronavirus Patient Zero.
- EXCLUSIVE She’s been falsely accused of starting coronavirus. Her life has turned upside down
- A pedestrian wears a protective mask to help protect from contracting Coronavirus along a mostly empty Hollywood Blvd. sidewalk and closed businesses in Hollywood, CA, on April 21, 2020.
- Hollywood has gone dark, and it’s crushing thousands
- File Photo by: zz/PBG/AAD/STAR MAX/IPx 2017 9/20/17 Bill Gates at The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Goalkeepers Conference 2017 at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. (NYC)
- Bill Gates explains how the US can safely ease coronavirus restrictions
- MARKETS
- GADGETS
- SHANGHAI, CHINA – APRIL 24, 2020 – Newly phone Se2, Shanghai, China, April 24, 2020. Apple's new iPhone se2 mobile phone officially landed in major apple stores in Shanghai.
- Review: The $399 iPhone SE is the right phone for an uncertain time
- Meet Apple’s new — and cheap — iPhone SE
- Apple unveils new budget iPhone
- These 12 essential apps will make quarantine bearable
- Your phone may become a Covid-19 tracking device
- WORRIES ABOUT THE FOOD SUPPLY
- The Smithfield Foods pork processing plant in South Dakota, one of the countrys largest known Coronavirus clusters, is seen on April 20, 2020 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. – Smithfield Foods pork plant in South Dakota is closed indefinitely in the wake of its coronavirus outbreak.
- Meat processing plants across the US are closing due to the pandemic
- Why fruit and vegetables could be in short supply
- Tyson closes its biggest pork plant
- Why farmers across America are dumping their milk
- Meat plants are closing. Don’t panic shop just yet
Headlines from right-of-center Fox Business
- MONEY
- Wealthy homeowners who tapped small business rescue program could reportedly face criminal charges
- Congress established the $349 billion program at the end of March to provide low-interest loans to small businesses.
- Loans from small biz rescue program went to more than 200 public firms
- MARKETS
- Tesla to reveal coronavirus impact as US factory gears up for reopening
- Tesla says update lets cars automatically stop for traffic lights
- MONEY
- Second wave of small biz loan program already plagued by outages and delays
- What you need to know about receiving small business relief
- MARKETS
- Dow pops 300 points as states start coronavirus reboot
- Oil prices tank as mounting supply nears storage capacity
- OPINION
- Grover Norquist: Virus crisis proves ‘net neutrality’ was a mistake, repeal was right
- FOUL ON THE PLAY
- SPORTS
- Lakers received $4.6M coronavirus small business loan, will return funds
- BACK IN BUSINESS?
- ECONOMY
- White House updates coronavirus testing rules as states begin to reopen
- MORE THAN 2 TRILLION?
- MONEY
- Biden: coronavirus stimulus response needs to be ‘a lot bigger’
- POWDER KEG
- HEALTHCARE
- US judge rules talc lawsuits against J&J can proceed
- MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU
- DISNEY
- Final ‘Star Wars’ film to hit home theaters on May 4
- BUSTING TO ‘GET OUT’
- FOOD & DRINKS
- Texas restaurant emerges from virus lockdown to three-hour waits
- BREATH OF FRESH AIRBNB
- LIFESTYLE
- Airbnb attempts coronavirus prevention with new cleaning protocol
- ‘VIRTUAL AFFAIRS’ SPIKE
- LIFESTYLE
- Popular matchmaking service for cheating spouses sees surge in interest
- WILL RESIDENTS RETURN?
- REAL ESTATE
- Another crisis may be looming over coronavirus-ravaged New York City
- ARGUMENT HOLSTERED
- LEGAL
- Supreme Court tosses gun rights case over city’s ban on transporting firearms
- LIFESTYLE
- California official resigns after bizarre stunt in Zoom meeting
- COMMON CURE?
- HEALTH CARE TECH
- Researchers looking at household medication as possible virus treatment
- MARKETS
- Tyson Foods boss shares grim warning about meat shortages at grocery stores
- MARKETS
- Boeing to slide into even more debt under coronavirus headwinds
- TECHNOLOGY
- HBO Max streaming service will be available on Apple devices at May 27 launch
- LIFESTYLE
- FBI agents in college bribery probe deny bullying core witness
- LIFESTYLE
- Small NYC clothing shop defies coronavirus closure
- MONEY
- Alaska Girl Scouts to get small business relief loan for lost cookie sales
- TECHNOLOGY
- Houseparty app fueling coronavirus video chat demand
- OPINION
- Congress must rescue childcare after virus crisis or workforce won’t be able to return
- MARKETS
- Goldman Sachs’ 3 tips to investors as US economy starts reopening process
- HEALTH
- FDA directs producers to make sanitizers taste bitter after spike in poison control calls
- WATCH: Former Starbucks CEO says virus will leave ‘apocalyptic’ carnage
- VIDEO
- WATCH: Former Starbucks CEO says virus will leave ‘apocalyptic’ carnage
- LEGAL
- Supreme Court rules insurers can collect $12B under health care law
- LIFESTYLE
- America’s wealthiest zip code will return $2M in virus relief to government
- TECH
- Bad news for anyone looking to buy new iPhone model
- MARKETS
- Airbus says company’s ‘survival at stake,’ sends warning to employees
- CRIME
- Reality TV personality targeted in drive-by shooting, police make arrest
- MONEY
- IRS enhances ‘Get My Payment’ online application to help taxpayers
- FOOD & DRINKS
- KFC expands plant-based menu in this country after US debut
- OPINION
- Varney: Americans entitled to a media with ‘even hand’
- POLITICS
- Boris Johnson recovers from coronavirus and returns to work with a message
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Featured Focus – Where Business, Politics and Investing Can Meet
First Lady Melania Trump reached the ‘big 5-0’ on 4.26.2020. Hundreds of thousands signed the online birthday card promoted by Team Trump.
The teaser promised to address a wrong. More specifically, it is that the First Lady Melania Trump – or for that matter, her spouse – are routinely short-changed when compared to several other possible examples of prior presidential couples.
This will be a tip-of-the-hat to the First Lady who has acted with style and grace for years in her role.
The NYPost said “Melania Trump, who turned 50 on Sunday, is expected to celebrate like most Americans during the coronavirus pandemic — at home.”
First Lady Sends Gifts to Hospitals Dealing with Coronavirus
-The Associated Press
“Melania Trump is sending blankets, caps and other gifts to hospitals in 10 states, including some hit hardest by the new coronavirus outbreak, for use by medical staff and children who are patients,” Darlene Superville reports. “Mrs. Trump met doctors and nurses at some of the hospitals during past visits to promote her youth program.”
Per the White House website is the following.
Melania Trump was born on April 26, 1970 in Slovenia. At age 16, she began what would soon become a highly successful modeling career, appearing in many high profile ad campaigns and working with some of the best photographers in the fashion industry.
In 1996, Mrs. Trump moved to New York and ten years later, she proudly became a United States Citizen. Mrs. Trump has always been an active member of her community. In 2005, she was Honorary Chairwoman for the Martha Graham Dance Company. That same year, she was awarded Goodwill Ambassador by the American Red Cross—a role she served in for four years. Mrs. Trump served five years as Honorary Chairwoman for the Boys’ Club of New York and was named Woman of the Year in 2006 by the Police Athletic League. Mrs. Trump has participated in National Love Our Children Day and National Child Abuse Prevention month, ringing the closing bell at NASDAQ.
In 2010, Mrs. Trump was the Chairwoman for the American Heart Association, which raised $1.7 million for research. That same year she launched her own jewelry collection.
While Melania Trump became a household name in modeling and a contributing member of her community, she is first and foremost a mother and wife, and in 2017, Melania Trump made the White House and Washington home for her family.
In her role as First Lady, Mrs. Trump focuses her time on the many issues affecting children. An unwavering characteristic of the First Lady is her aptitude for showing love and compassion in all that she does. Mrs. Trump spends much of her time meeting with children who are patients at hospitals and care centers. Recently, she took valentines to the Children’s Inn at the National Institutes of Health and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Over the Easter holiday, she made a surprise visit to St. Mary’s Medical Center in Palm Beach, Florida, bringing Easter baskets to the children. Following the devastating hurricanes last year, Mrs. Trump visited Texas to meet with families that suffered greatly under Hurricane Harvey. In the wake of two horrendous mass shootings, Mrs. Trump traveled with her husband to Las Vegas and Parkland to be with the victims and families in their times of need. Internationally, Mrs. Trump has visited several hospitals and schools. One of her most memorable visits being at the Pediatric Hospital Bambino Gesu in the Vatican City, where she met a boy who had been waiting for a new heart. Upon arrival in Belgium the following day, Mrs. Trump learned that the hospital had found a transplant for the boy–Mrs. Trump celebrated the news in a press statement and said “my own heart is filled with joy over the news.”
As First Lady, Mrs. Trump has made multiple visits to schools—both foreign and domestic. From participating in a Viking huddle class, which focuses on emotional learning at Orchard Lake Middle School in Michigan, to taking the Queen of Jordan to Washington, D.C.’s first public charter school for girls at Excel Academy in Southeast, Mrs. Trump is always bringing children to the forefront of her agenda. While traveling abroad, Mrs. Trump visited the American International School in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with Education Minister Ahmed Al Eissa, and took a calligraphy lesson with local children at Kyobashi Tsukiji Elementary School with Mrs. Abe while visiting Japan. Earlier this spring, Mrs. Trump invited a group of local students to the White House so she could talk with them, hear their stories, and understand the issues they are challenged with today. Mrs. Trump addresses those issues each opportunity she gets. From Governors’ spouses’ luncheons to the United Nations General Assembly, Mrs. Trump puts the emphasis on children and how we can protect them, teach them, and empower them.
In the midst of the opioid epidemic, Mrs. Trump has utilized her platform as First Lady to raise awareness about the dangers of opioid abuse—notably the devastating effects it has on infants and unborn babies. Mrs. Trump traveled to Huntington, West Virginia, where she visited Lily’s Place, the Nation’s first nonprofit infant recovery center that prioritizes the whole family to ensure infants born dependent on drugs are given the best opportunity to thrive. More recently, in February, Mrs. Trump traveled to Ohio to visit Cincinnati Children’s, a leading pediatric hospital where she learned more about the ongoing research around neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS)—a harmful result of drug abuse in pregnant mothers. Mrs. Trump has participated in multiple opioid summits and continues to work with the Administration on raising the awareness of opioid abuse and how we can better protect children from it.
On May 7, Mrs. Trump launched BE BEST—an awareness campaign focused entirely around the well-being of children. The campaign has three pillars, which represent key areas of concern for Mrs. Trump: well-being, which includes the social and emotional health of children; social media, and understanding both the positive and negative effects it has on our children; and opioid abuse, and how to protect our most vulnerable from the effects of drug abuse while educating parents about the detrimental effects of opioids.
After the launch, the First Lady is dedicated to carrying out her BE BEST campaign.”
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The video below appears to be from a young fan of the First Lady.
Happy Birthday, First Lady Melania Trump.
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Manufactured Housing Industry Investments Connected Closing Equities Tickers
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Berkshire Hathaway is the parent company to Clayton Homes, 21st Mortgage, Vanderbilt Mortgage and other factory built housing industry suppliers.
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