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Electric automaker Tesla on Monday said it could decide to explore new financing sources, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

While the automaker indicated that its "core operations" should generate enough cash to cover near-term obligations, it may "choose to seek alternative financing sources."

"As always, we continually evaluate our capital expenditure needs and may decide it is best to raise additional capital to fund the rapid growth of our business," the documents said.

The company noted it should have adequate liquidity over the next year, but its operations and prospects could be "negatively affected" if it cannot raise additional funds when it needs or wants to do so.

Shares of Tesla were trading lower during Monday's session and are down more than 30 percent so far this year.

In financial results released last week, the automaker posted a loss of $702 million in the first quarter and said it may need to raise capital, reversing CEO Elon Musk's earlier position that it would not need to do so. Tesla doesn't expect to turn another profit until the third quarter.
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Meanwhile, over the weekend, Musk reached a deal with the SEC regarding his Twitter usage. The agreement lays out new terms governing what the CEO is allowed to post without pre-approval, which largely include a list of items pertaining to financial details about the company.

Musk's Twitter habits came under fire last year, when he wrote a post about potentially taking the automaker private at $420 per share - for which he and the company were both fined $20 million.

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Electric automaker Tesla on Monday said it could decide to explore new financing sources, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). While the automaker indicated that its "core operations" should generate enough cash to cover near-term obligations, it may "choose to seek alternative financing sources."

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You may make the big bucks in the big city, but that doesn't necessarily mean your pad is going to reflect that.

When it comes to finding the perfect spacious apartment, you have to take into account both your location and annual salary. And in some cities, such as New York City, Boston or Los Angeles, you may just have to accept that you'll always feel a little cramped.

In order to give renters a better idea of what kind of spaces they can actually afford, real estate website RENTCafé teamed up with commercial real estate research platform Yardi Matrix to analyze 100 of the most populous cities in the U.S.

"We looked at the median monthly renter household income from the U.S. Census Bureau and the average rent from Yardi Matrix," RENTCafé explained in a blog post, adding the site adjusted inflation to reflect 2019 values. "Based on the median monthly income in each city, [we show you] the maximum square feet you can get if you were to spend no more than 30% of your income on rent."

The real estate site then displayed the U.S. cities in an interactive infographic that shows which locations give you the most bang for your buck.

Per the data, Gilbert, Arizona, came out on top with 1,174 square feet and Brooklyn, New York, came in dead last - with Manhattan not too far behind - at just 265 square feet based on a median income. Boston was just one square foot above (266) Brooklyn.

Plano, Texas, and Virginia Beach, Virginia, were also touted as desirable places to live if you want decent space for your dollars. Each offer around 1,100 square feet for your median salary.

Overall, RENTCafé said it found the major metropolitan cities that boast about having the best job opportunities typically offer the smallest spaces.
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"In Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Boston, if you were to limit your spending to 30% of your income on rent, you'd have to live in less than 300 square feet of space. Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, you could rent 333 square feet," RENTCafé explained.

Of the 100 U.S. cities examined, RENTCafé found only 14 offered a "comfortable life while living within your means."

1. Gilbert, Arizona

2. Plano, Texas

3. Wichita, Kansas

4. Tulsa, Oklahoma

5. Chandler, Arizona

6. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

7. Virginia Beach, Virginia

8. North Las Vegas, Nevada

9. Irving, Texas

10. Paradise, Nevada

11. Arlington, Virginia

12. Fremont, California

13. Henderson, Nevada

14. Bakersfield, California

It's perhaps even more daunting to consider what you'd get when buying a home. According to 2018 research conducted by Freddie Mac, 78 percent of renters believe it's more affordable to continue renting than to own a property.

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The continued grounding of the Boeing 737 Max is costing airlines hundreds of millions of dollars.

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The new Attorney General of New York, Letitia James, Jan. 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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The New York State Attorney General is investigating Facebook following the embattled company's claim last week that it unintentionally collected 1.5 million user email address books without permission.

"It is time Facebook is held accountable for how it handles consumers' personal information," Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement. People affected by the improper collection of new user contact databases could number in the hundreds of millions, the Attorney General's office pointed out.

The latest announcement of Facebook harvesting its user's data was three years in the making. Before May 2016, users had the option to give Facebook access to email contacts from the email address they used to sign up for the platform. But after a redesign of the verification process, email contacts were automatically uploaded to Facebook, allegedly unbeknownst to the company. Passwords for the email addresses used were also collected for some users.

The improperly obtained contacts were then used to improve ad-targeting algorithms on the social media platform.

"Facebook has repeatedly demonstrated a lack of respect for consumer information while at the same time profiting from mining that data," James tweeted Thursday afternoon.

Facebook, which reported $14.9 million in revenue this week for the first quarter of 2019, may face fines for the latest violation.

Although the Attorney General's Office has yet to comment on whether the investigation will lead to fines against the company, Facebook is already bracing for a $3 billion fine from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the result of an investigation into the privacy violations wrought from the company's relationship with Cambridge Analytica.

I serve as assistant editor for Forbes Innovation, covering cybersecurity and venture capital. I have covered politics at POLITICO, entertainment for Time Out New York,

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The role of entrepreneurship in spurring economic growth has long been recognized. Unfortunately, America seems to be losing its entrepreneurial verve, and millennials may be at least partly to blame.

According to government data, new businesses made up 14 percent of all new establishments in the United States in the 1980s, but fell to under 10 percent by the 2010s. At the same time, new firms have gotten smaller, creating just 4.4 jobs per firm on average today compared to 7.1 in earlier decades.

Even more alarming: "deaths" now outnumber "births." Our business sector is shrinking because fewer people start companies.

These trends are troubling. Analysis from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, drawing on academic research, suggests that "new businesses account for nearly all net new job creation and almost 20 percent of gross job creation." Without a healthy and robust business startup community, our long-term economic health will suffer.

To be sure, not everyone is cut out to be an entrepreneur. The entrepreneurs driving the startup economy are an elite group, just 0.3 percent of the adult population. They also tend to be immigrants, who now start new businesses at double the rate of native-born Americans. Increasingly they are Latinos and Hispanics, who make up the fastest-growing segment of new entrepreneurs.

Millennials MIA

Millennials, however, appear to be missing in action. Using data from the U.S. Census, Kauffman Foundation research reveals that 20-to 34-year-olds start businesses at lower rates than older cohorts did in 1996 and haven't appeared to catch the entrepreneurial bug as other generations did. In fact, their startup rates have declined.

By 2017, the rate of millennials starting businesses had fallen to just 0.24 percent compared to 0.35 percent or higher for Generation X and Baby Boomers. Overall, 18-to 34-year-olds made up only 25 percent of new entrepreneurs in 2017 compared to 34.3 percent in 1996.

Granted, entrepreneurship is difficult. Harvard Business School lecturer Shikhar Ghosh estimates that as many as 75 percent of startups fail within five years. One-third of "high potential" startups go out of business.

Given the uncertainties, a large volume of new companies is crucial to keeping this sector vibrant. This makes the tepid interest in entrepreneurship among younger generations even more troubling. The combined effect of fewer new business startups and fewer millennials contributing to entrepreneurship bodes poorly for U.S. economic growth or the vibrance of the nation's market-based economy.

Colleges and universities have responded by offering more than 500 entrepreneurship programs at undergraduate and graduate levels, a five-fold increase from the 1970s. Some universities, such as Florida State and Drexel, have established stand-alone schools.

Longer-term solution

But formal schooling probably isn't enough. A longer-term solution must pay close attention to the values and concerns of millennials themselves, as well as their financial constraints.

Research finds that millennials desire more than a paycheck. They want to see their efforts serve a higher calling. When given a choice between working at one of Warren Buffett's portfolio companies (profitable but business-as-usual) or a company that is both profitable and socially innovative, they favor the latter.

Examples are not hard to find. Whole Foods started out in a small store in Austin, Texas, in 1980, but became a global brand by shifting people's food preferences to healthier options. Similarly, Uber revolutionized personal travel when co-founder Travis Kalanick wanted to reduce the cost of transportation. The company hired its first employee in 2010 and now employs 10,000 full-time nondriver workers.

Companies that reframe the entrepreneurial calling can inspire younger generations. So why haven't they generated a wave of youthful entrepreneurs?

One reason is that millennials face major financial constraints. According to the Institute for College Access & Success, two-thirds graduate with college debt averaging nearly $30,000 per year. Not surprisingly, their need for a steady income outweighs the risk of starting up a new venture, whatever the satisfaction. Finding ways to lower the barriers will be important for reinvigorating the entrepreneurial spirit.
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Millennial entrepreneurs have a critical role to play in the long-term health of the U.S. economy. Unfortunately, right now they are MIA. Helping them get onto the startup field will better ensure their prosperity and well-being-and ours.
Samuel R. Staley is director of the DeVoe Moore Center at Florida State University, teaches senior seminars in social entrepreneurship, and is a research fellow at the Independent Institute.

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Millennials MIA among U.S. entrepreneur class: Why it really matters

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The role of entrepreneurship in spurring economic growth has long been recognized. Unfortunately, America seems to be losing its entrepreneurial verve, and millennials may be at least partly to blame. According to government data, new businesses made up 14 percent of all new establishments in the United States in the 1980s, but fell to under 10 percent by the 2010s.

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Renewable energy jobs are booming across America, creating stable and high-wage employment for blue-collar workers in some of the country's most fossil fuel-heavy states, just as the coal industry is poised for another downturn.
Fast-growing renewable energy jobs offer higher wages
The renewable energy industry has become a major U.S. employer. E2's recent Clean Jobs America report found nearly 3.3 million Americans working in clean energy - outnumbering fossil fuel workers by 3-to-1. Nearly 335,000 people work in the solar industry and more than 111,000 work in the wind industry, compared to 211,000 working in coal mining or other fossil fuel extraction. Clean energy employment grew 3.6% in 2018, adding 110,000 net new jobs (4.2% of all jobs added nationally in 2018), and employers expect 6% job growth in 2019.
Green jobs grow in red states
But the best aspect of renewable energy job growth is that it doesn't matter how states voted in the last election. The American Wind Energy Association identifies wind farms and manufacturing facilities in all 50 states and 69% of congressional districts (78% of GOP districts, 62% of Democratic districts) paying more than $1 billion in state/local taxes and landowner leases, and supporting 24,000 manufacturing or supply chain jobs across 42 states.
Coal jobs headed for another slump
Meanwhile, the Trump administration's efforts helped coal mining jobs rebound to 52,000 in 2018, after falling from 86,000 in 2009 to 50,000 at the start of 2017. This is welcome news for the workers and communities that depend upon coal mining, but underlying data indicate this may be a short-lived respite.

As a result, U.S. coal production - and the mining jobs depending on it - declined from 1,145 million tons in 2007 to 756 million tons in 2018. The production downswing isn't going away: The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports U.S. production is down 8.4% so far in 2018, and output will fall 72 million tons in 2019 and 44 million tons in 2020.

Coal mining's one bright spot has been exports, which increased since Trump took office on increased overseas demand, buoying employment. But EIA reports exports began falling in the second half of 2018 and forecasts exports will fall 8% in 2019 as international prices remain well below the mark required for U.S. coal to be competitive globally.
Job growth from green energy even in the reddest states
Fortunately, the coal-to-clean transition is creating opportunities to replace lost jobs and cut consumer costs while expanding the tax base in coal-dependent communities - if policymakers embrace the " coal cost crossover."

While renewables jobs can't directly replace every coal job, expanding wind and solar demand is creating new economic transition opportunities for coal power plant and mine workers along with communities in which they live.

Clean energy jobs offer higher wages than the national average, and are widely available to workers without college degrees, according to new Brookings Institution research. Landing a clean energy job can equal an 8%-19% increase in income, and 45% of all workers in clean energy production (e.g. electricians, installers, repairers, and power plant operators) have only a high school diploma, while still receiving higher wages than similarly educated peers in other industries.

This economic evolution is coming into focus for many of the country's most coal-dependent communities. Wind now provides a quarter or more of total electricity in five Great Plains states and is one of the cheapest new generation options across most of the central U.S. - including the PRB, where America's largest wind farm is under development with $5 billion in new potential investment. Wind will also be cost-competitive and offer employment opportunities across the country's second and third largest coal-producing regions, the Appalachian and Illinois Basins, by 2025.
Starting the coal-to-clean economic transition
Any coal plant that costs more than new renewables and any coal mine depending upon plants in danger of closing should be a wake-up call for policymakers that an opportunity for productive transition exists in their region.

Solar is particularly well-suited for closed coal mines or contaminated land. Federal funds are "re-energizing" a former Virginia coal mine into a solar farm to power nearby data centers, while Washington state's largest coal mine and an adjacent coal-fired power plant slated to close by 2025 are being converted to solar.
Building stronger communities by going all-in on clean energy jobs
By comparison, going all-in on clean energy jobs is a much smarter bet for economic growth, especially in coal-dependent regions. By looking honestly at America's new energy economics, policymakers can up the ante for stronger communities.

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The role of entrepreneurship in spurring economic growth has long been recognized. Unfortunately, America seems to be losing its entrepreneurial verve, and millennials may be at least partly to blame.

According to government data, new businesses made up 14 percent of all new establishments in the United States in the 1980s, but fell to under 10 percent by the 2010s. At the same time, new firms have gotten smaller, creating just 4.4 jobs per firm on average today compared to 7.1 in earlier decades.

Even more alarming: "deaths" now outnumber "births." Our business sector is shrinking because fewer people start companies.

These trends are troubling. Analysis from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, drawing on academic research, suggests that "new businesses account for nearly all net new job creation and almost 20 percent of gross job creation." Without a healthy and robust business startup community, our long-term economic health will suffer.

To be sure, not everyone is cut out to be an entrepreneur. The entrepreneurs driving the startup economy are an elite group, just 0.3 percent of the adult population. They also tend to be immigrants, who now start new businesses at double the rate of native-born Americans. Increasingly they are Latinos and Hispanics, who make up the fastest-growing segment of new entrepreneurs.

Millennials MIA

Millennials, however, appear to be missing in action. Using data from the U.S. Census, Kauffman Foundation research reveals that 20-to 34-year-olds start businesses at lower rates than older cohorts did in 1996 and haven't appeared to catch the entrepreneurial bug as other generations did. In fact, their startup rates have declined.

By 2017, the rate of millennials starting businesses had fallen to just 0.24 percent compared to 0.35 percent or higher for Generation X and Baby Boomers. Overall, 18-to 34-year-olds made up only 25 percent of new entrepreneurs in 2017 compared to 34.3 percent in 1996.

Granted, entrepreneurship is difficult. Harvard Business School lecturer Shikhar Ghosh estimates that as many as 75 percent of startups fail within five years. One-third of "high potential" startups go out of business.

Given the uncertainties, a large volume of new companies is crucial to keeping this sector vibrant. This makes the tepid interest in entrepreneurship among younger generations even more troubling. The combined effect of fewer new business startups and fewer millennials contributing to entrepreneurship bodes poorly for U.S. economic growth or the vibrance of the nation's market-based economy.

Colleges and universities have responded by offering more than 500 entrepreneurship programs at undergraduate and graduate levels, a five-fold increase from the 1970s. Some universities, such as Florida State and Drexel, have established stand-alone schools.

Longer-term solution

But formal schooling probably isn't enough. A longer-term solution must pay close attention to the values and concerns of millennials themselves, as well as their financial constraints.

Research finds that millennials desire more than a paycheck. They want to see their efforts serve a higher calling. When given a choice between working at one of Warren Buffett's portfolio companies (profitable but business-as-usual) or a company that is both profitable and socially innovative, they favor the latter.

Examples are not hard to find. Whole Foods started out in a small store in Austin, Texas, in 1980, but became a global brand by shifting people's food preferences to healthier options. Similarly, Uber revolutionized personal travel when co-founder Travis Kalanick wanted to reduce the cost of transportation. The company hired its first employee in 2010 and now employs 10,000 full-time nondriver workers.

Companies that reframe the entrepreneurial calling can inspire younger generations. So why haven't they generated a wave of youthful entrepreneurs?

One reason is that millennials face major financial constraints. According to the Institute for College Access & Success, two-thirds graduate with college debt averaging nearly $30,000 per year. Not surprisingly, their need for a steady income outweighs the risk of starting up a new venture, whatever the satisfaction. Finding ways to lower the barriers will be important for reinvigorating the entrepreneurial spirit.
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Millennial entrepreneurs have a critical role to play in the long-term health of the U.S. economy. Unfortunately, right now they are MIA. Helping them get onto the startup field will better ensure their prosperity and well-being-and ours.
Samuel R. Staley is director of the DeVoe Moore Center at Florida State University, teaches senior seminars in social entrepreneurship, and is a research fellow at the Independent Institute.

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Millennials MIA among U.S. entrepreneur class: Why it really matters

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The Anti-Vax movement has resulted in the outbreak of once extinct diseases.

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The U.S. is currently grappling with the worst measles outbreak of the century - the CDC estimates there's close to 700 cases so far this year, and it's only April - and with no end in sight, the economic cost of the highly infectious and potentially deadly virus is continuing to rise.

"It is expensive to the public health system," Dr. Nate Smith, the director and state health officer for the Arkansas Department of Health, told FOX Business. "The real cost though are not all financials, and they're borne by the individuals and the families."

Although Arkansas has not had any confirmed measles cases so far this year, Smith said the state carefully analyzed one case in 2018 to determine how much it cost the health department. The result? A staggering $47,962.

While Smith, who also serves as co-chair of the infectious disease policy committee for the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, emphasized that each case and outbreak is unique - and therefore the cost is not uniform for one case - he said close to $50,000 is "pretty consistent" across the U.S. (based on a report in the medical journal Vaccine). Extrapolating that number for the confirmed 695 individual cases in 22 states, the economic cost totals out somewhere close to $30 million.

Measles can cause fevers, coughs and rashes, but also blindness and permanent neurological problems, Smith said, noting the importance of the "safe and highly effective vaccine." About one in 1,000 people will die from it.

"And quite honestly," he said, "you can vaccinate a whole lot of folks for $48,000."

Other estimates vary about the overarching cost: A report published by the Journal of American Medical Association in January found that investigating two unrelated measles cases in Denver cost the local health department about $70,000 to investigate.

The reason measles is so costly? It's incredibly contagious.

Historically, Smith said, about 90 percent of people exposed to measles will become infected if they are not immune or do not have a vaccination. Adding to the high communicability, the virus remains in the air of a room for up to 21 days. For health departments, that means they have to investigate a lot of potential measles cases, following the person for the entirety of that incubation period to verify they aren't sick or spreading the virus.

"There are not many infections that have that high of level of communicability," Smith said.

For health departments to cope with the outbreaks, they also need to pool their resources together, often diverting their energy from day-to-day activities to instead focus on the measles, said Kevin Sumner, the president of the Middle Brook Regional Health Commission in New Jersey. Sumner also sits on the board of the National Association of County and City Health Officials.

Outbreaks are also becoming more frequent because of lower vaccination rates. The World Health Organization says the 93 percent to 95 percent threshold is required for herd immunity, the point at which everyone in the community is protected from the virus. (In 2000, the U.S. had fully eradicated measles by doing so.) Right now, Sumner told FOX Business, the U.S. is in the 70 percent range. And combined with the change in lifestyles like traveling, the disease is more easily spread.
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"These are costly outbreaks that can be prevented," Sumner said. "And primarily that prevention can be accomplished through vaccination."

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The cost of this century's worst measles outbreak

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The U.S. is currently grappling with the worst measles outbreak of the century - the CDC estimates there's close to 700 cases so far this year, and it's only April - and with no end in sight, the economic cost of the highly infectious and potentially deadly virus is continuing to rise.