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font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: 10px;">December 22, 2022</span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"><a style="color:#197bbd; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline" href="https://www.asotu.com?utm_source=ASOTU&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ASOTU%20Daily%20Pushback%20303%202022-12-22%20%2801GMVWJGDEMJ85C1DCWGPBAJJT%29&utm_id=01GMVWJGDEMJ85C1DCWGPBAJJT&utm_term=ASOTU%20Daily%20Push%20back&_kx=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; color: #cf325f;"><strong><img alt="ASOTU Daily Push back" src="https://d3k81ch9hvuctc.cloudfront.net/company/QU8tVR/images/66c8ef2a-5f83-486d-bd89-6e676b36204f.png" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="200"></strong></span></a> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;">TOGETHER WITH</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a style="color:#197bbd; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline" href="https://www.orbee.com/?utm_source=ASOTU&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ASOTU%20Daily%20Pushback%20303%202022-12-22%20%2801GMVWJGDEMJ85C1DCWGPBAJJT%29&utm_id=01GMVWJGDEMJ85C1DCWGPBAJJT&utm_term=Orbee%20LOGO&_kx=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"><span style="font-size: 10px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;"><img alt="Orbee LOGO" src="https://d3k81ch9hvuctc.cloudfront.net/company/QU8tVR/images/d49ae046-5db3-4fe6-8f1a-ecb102c691f1.png" width="135"></span></a></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you ever want to just simply be amazed, get the SkyView Lite app and point it to the sky on a clear night. Seeing such magnificence and vastness is quite inspiring. Maybe inspiring enough to help you as you set course for a massive week of retail next week!</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><em><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;"> </span></em></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><em><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;">-Paul J Daly, Kyle Mountsier, and Chris Reeves</span></em></span></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <!--[if mso | IE]></td></tr></table><![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <!--[if mso | IE]></td></tr></table><![endif]--> </div> <!--[if mso | IE]></table><![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <!--[if mso | IE]></td></tr></table></table><![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <!--[if mso | IE]></td></tr></table><![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="kl-section" role="presentation" style="width:100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <!--[if mso | IE]><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="kl-section-outlook" style="width:600px;" width="600" ><tr><td style="line-height:0px;font-size:0px;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;"><![endif]--> <div style="margin:0px auto;max-width:600px;"> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="width:100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center;"> <!--[if mso | IE]><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="" style="width:600px;" width="600" bgcolor="#ffffff" ><tr><td style="line-height:0px;font-size:0px;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;"><![endif]--> <div style="background:#ffffff;background-color:#ffffff;margin:0px auto;border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;max-width:600px;"> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="background:#ffffff;background-color:#ffffff;width:100%;border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0px;padding:20px 0;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px;text-align:center;"> <!--[if mso | IE]><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><![endif]--> <div class="content-padding"> <!--[if mso | IE]><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="kl-row-outlook" style="width:600px;" width="600" ><tr><td style="line-height:0px;font-size:0px;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;"><![endif]--> <div class="kl-row" style="margin:0px auto;max-width:600px;"> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="width:100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0px;padding:0;text-align:center;"> <!--[if mso | IE]><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td class="" style="width:600px;" ><![endif]--> <div class="mj-column-per-100 mj-outlook-group-fix" style="font-size:0;line-height:0;text-align:left;display:inline-block;width:100%;direction:ltr;"> <!--[if mso | IE]><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" ><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:600px;" ><![endif]--> <div class="mj-column-per-100 mj-outlook-group-fix kl-column" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="vertical-align:top;table-layout:fixed;" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="font-size:0px;word-break:break-word;"> <div class="mj-column-per-100 mj-outlook-group-fix component-wrapper" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="table-layout:fixed;" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;vertical-align:top;padding-top:8px;padding-right:8px;padding-bottom:8px;padding-left:8px;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border:solid 1px #E6E6E6;" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" class="kl-text" style="background:#FFFFFF;font-size:0px;padding:0px;padding-top:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;word-break:break-word;"> <div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:1.3;text-align:left;color:#222427;"><div> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; color: #cf325f;"><strong>DEALERS</strong></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; color: #000000; font-size: 24px;"><strong>By The Industry, For The Industry</strong></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;"><img alt="Listening close, friends gif" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/YqQDJxpR4jDlP8eynh/giphy.gif" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="480"></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"> </span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;">YEE is over but the insights and encouragements shared in the show are still unfolding. We want to hear from you!</span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"> </span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;">Tell us what you thought about the stream. Tell us what your "word for 2023" will be. Let us know which host was best dressed. Anything you want to share we want to hear.</span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"> </span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;">We love our work of bringing you content that equips, connects, and encourages, but all the world's posting, writing, and live streaming would fall flat if we never took the time to listen.</span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"> </span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;">So hit reply and send us your thoughts.</span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">P.S. We will be </span><a style="color:#197bbd; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline" href="https://youtu.be/-um6U9StLnk?utm_source=ASOTU&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ASOTU%20Daily%20Pushback%20303%202022-12-22%20%2801GMVWJGDEMJ85C1DCWGPBAJJT%29&utm_id=01GMVWJGDEMJ85C1DCWGPBAJJT&utm_term=re-airing%20the%20show%20on%20YouTube%20today&_kx=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"><span style="font-weight: 400;">re-airing the show on YouTube today</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> at noon EST in high definition if you missed the live show!</span><br></span></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:0px;word-break:break-word;"> <div class="mj-column-per-100 mj-outlook-group-fix component-wrapper" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="table-layout:fixed;" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;vertical-align:top;padding-top:8px;padding-right:8px;padding-bottom:8px;padding-left:8px;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border:solid 1px #E6E6E6;" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" class="kl-text" style="background:#FFFFFF;font-size:0px;padding:0px;padding-top:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;word-break:break-word;"> <div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:1.3;text-align:left;color:#222427;"><div> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; color: #cf325f;"><strong>AUTOMOTIVE</strong></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; color: #000000; font-size: 24px;"><strong>December New Car Retail Sales Dip</strong></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;"><img alt="new car gif" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/l0MYShCajoop78Z8c/giphy.gif" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="480"></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><span> </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><span>Data shows a </span><a style="color:#197bbd; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline" href="https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/us-new-vehicle-sales-fall-december-high-prices-deter-buyers-report-2022-12-21/?utm_source=ASOTU&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ASOTU%20Daily%20Pushback%20303%202022-12-22%20%2801GMVWJGDEMJ85C1DCWGPBAJJT%29&utm_id=01GMVWJGDEMJ85C1DCWGPBAJJT&utm_term=2.8%25%20decline&_kx=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"><span>2.8% decline</span></a><span> in new-vehicle retail sales in December but a 5.3% year-over-year increase in total new sales.</span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><span> </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><span>The average monthly payment for a new vehicle was up $47 vs. a year ago at $718.</span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><span> </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><span>Despite a 1% drop in global sales from 2021 to 2022 and ongoing recession chatter, projections for 2023 show a 6% increase.</span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></em></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Telling it like it is - </span></em><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Maybe by 2024, we will have enough data about 2023 to make a more confident guess.</span></em><br></span></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:0px;word-break:break-word;"> <div class="mj-column-per-100 mj-outlook-group-fix component-wrapper" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="table-layout:fixed;" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;vertical-align:top;padding-top:8px;padding-right:8px;padding-bottom:8px;padding-left:8px;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border:solid 1px #E6E6E6;" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" class="kl-text" style="background:#FFFFFF;font-size:0px;padding:0px;padding-top:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;word-break:break-word;"> <div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:1.3;text-align:left;color:#222427;"><div> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; color: #cf325f;"><strong>AUTOMOTIVE</strong></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; color: #000000; font-size: 24px;"><strong>Lucid Raises $1.5B In New Investments</strong></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;"><img alt="more is more gif" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/xVbng0IWlktOi8M7oW/giphy.gif" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="480"></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><span> </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><span>Luxury EV brand Lucid is back and sitting on a fresh new pile of cash. Not long ago, the company had some worries about its continued existence. A new round of investments and more than 56M shares of common stock sold brought in over </span><a style="color:#197bbd; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline" href="https://ir.lucidmotors.com/news-releases/news-release-details/lucid-group-inc-announces-successful-capital-raise-approximately?utm_source=ASOTU&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ASOTU%20Daily%20Pushback%20303%202022-12-22%20%2801GMVWJGDEMJ85C1DCWGPBAJJT%29&utm_id=01GMVWJGDEMJ85C1DCWGPBAJJT&utm_term=%241.5B&_kx=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"><span>$1.5B</span></a><span> into the company's "general corporate purpose" budget.</span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><span><em><span> </span></em></span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><span><em><span>Which, in this instance, means "building cars to sell."</span></em></span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><span><span> </span></span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><span><span>The largest portion of the money, </span><a style="color:#197bbd; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline" href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/qai/2022/12/20/tesla-competitor-lucid-raises-15-billion-majority-from-saudi-sovereign-wealth-fund/?sh=46c54dbc4d10&utm_source=ASOTU&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ASOTU%20Daily%20Pushback%20303%202022-12-22%20%2801GMVWJGDEMJ85C1DCWGPBAJJT%29&utm_id=01GMVWJGDEMJ85C1DCWGPBAJJT&utm_term=%24915M&_kx=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"><span>$915M</span></a><span>, came from the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund, maintaining the fund's position as majority owner with a nearly 62% stake.</span></span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><span><span> </span></span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><span><span>Following a period of stock value loss in 2022, news of the fresh investment bumped the company's value by 5%.</span></span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><span><span><em><span> </span></em></span></span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><span><span><em><span>Pushback Proverb - Ya gotta spend money to make money, but it is best to have money before you spend it.</span></em></span></span><br></span></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:0px;word-break:break-word;"> <div class="mj-column-per-100 mj-outlook-group-fix component-wrapper" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="table-layout:fixed;" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;vertical-align:top;padding-top:8px;padding-right:8px;padding-bottom:8px;padding-left:8px;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border:solid 1px #E6E6E6;" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" class="kl-text" style="background:#FFFFFF;font-size:0px;padding:0px;padding-top:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;word-break:break-word;"> <div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:1.3;text-align:left;color:#222427;"><div> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; color: #cf325f;"><strong>TOGETHER WITH ORBEE</strong></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; color: #000000; font-size: 24px;"><strong>Under One Roof at YEE</strong></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;"><img alt="Orbee at YEE" height="undefined" src="https://d3k81ch9hvuctc.cloudfront.net/company/QU8tVR/images/08c509fb-2362-4b94-9f3b-7668e00e0aa5.png" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="480"></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><span> </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><span>ASOTU just hosted our 2022 Year End Extravaganza and had the chance to catch up with </span><a style="color:#197bbd; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline" href="https://www.orbee.com/?utm_source=ASOTU&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ASOTU%20Daily%20Pushback%20303%202022-12-22%20%2801GMVWJGDEMJ85C1DCWGPBAJJT%29&utm_id=01GMVWJGDEMJ85C1DCWGPBAJJT&utm_term=Orbee%27s&_kx=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"><span>Orbee's</span></a><span> own Peter Fong and their dealer client, Santosh Viswanathan. They enjoyed a chat about the holidays, the importance of data, and the frustration of decentralized services.</span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><span> </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><span>Santosh shared the impact of </span><a style="color:#197bbd; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline" href="https://www.orbee.com/?utm_source=ASOTU&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ASOTU%20Daily%20Pushback%20303%202022-12-22%20%2801GMVWJGDEMJ85C1DCWGPBAJJT%29&utm_id=01GMVWJGDEMJ85C1DCWGPBAJJT&utm_term=Orbee%27s&_kx=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"><span>Orbee's</span></a><span> method of delivering only rich and actionable first-party data - No more buying thousands of leads that lead nowhere.</span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"> </span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;">Through Orbee's consolidation, Santosh's business uses data directly in marketing efforts "under one roof" - Eliminating duplication, decreasing costs, and increasing relevance.</span></div> <div><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></div> <div><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Learn more about Orbee from </span><a style="color:#197bbd; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline; font-family:Helvetica, Arial" href="https://youtu.be/tf5sKsU_kCU?t=5782&utm_source=ASOTU&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ASOTU%20Daily%20Pushback%20303%202022-12-22%20%2801GMVWJGDEMJ85C1DCWGPBAJJT%29&utm_id=01GMVWJGDEMJ85C1DCWGPBAJJT&utm_term=Peter%20and%20Santosh%27s%20chat&_kx=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx">Peter and Santosh's chat</a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> with Kyle at YEE 2022!</span></span></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:0px;word-break:break-word;"> <div class="mj-column-per-100 mj-outlook-group-fix component-wrapper" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="table-layout:fixed;" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;vertical-align:top;padding-top:8px;padding-right:8px;padding-bottom:8px;padding-left:8px;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border:solid 1px #E6E6E6;" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" class="kl-text" style="background:#FFFFFF;font-size:0px;padding:0px;padding-top:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;word-break:break-word;"> <div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:1.3;text-align:left;color:#222427;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; color: #cf325f;"><strong>QUICK HITS</strong></span></div> <ul> <li style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><a style="color:#197bbd; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline" href="https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/youtubes-25b-play-for-nfl-rights-5083145/?utm_source=ASOTU&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ASOTU%20Daily%20Pushback%20303%202022-12-22%20%2801GMVWJGDEMJ85C1DCWGPBAJJT%29&utm_id=01GMVWJGDEMJ85C1DCWGPBAJJT&utm_term=YouTube&_kx=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"><span style="font-weight: 400;">YouTube</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> prepares to pay $2.5B a year for NFL’s Sunday Ticket.</span></span></li> <li style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">3D-printed homes are for sale in </span><a style="color:#197bbd; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline" href="https://www.fox7austin.com/news/3d-printed-homes-now-on-sale-in-arizona-builders-say-its-affordable-and-sustainable?fbclid=IwAR3Lk4w1Gw1phywrvNdYUPyjjk22RklAAYLekeNTAofy4qaY9CcU06Djp6s&utm_source=ASOTU&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ASOTU%20Daily%20Pushback%20303%202022-12-22%20%2801GMVWJGDEMJ85C1DCWGPBAJJT%29&utm_id=01GMVWJGDEMJ85C1DCWGPBAJJT&utm_term=Arizona&_kx=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Arizona</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></span></li> <li style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gamers sue </span><a style="color:#197bbd; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline" href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/12/microsoft-sued-by-call-of-duty-gamers-opposing-activision-merger/?utm_source=ASOTU&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ASOTU%20Daily%20Pushback%20303%202022-12-22%20%2801GMVWJGDEMJ85C1DCWGPBAJJT%29&utm_id=01GMVWJGDEMJ85C1DCWGPBAJJT&utm_term=Microsoft&_kx=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Microsoft</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> over the Activision merger. </span></span></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:0px;word-break:break-word;"> <div class="mj-column-per-100 mj-outlook-group-fix component-wrapper" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="table-layout:fixed;" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:0px;word-break:break-word;"> <div class="mj-column-per-100 mj-outlook-group-fix component-wrapper" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="table-layout:fixed;" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;vertical-align:top;padding-top:8px;padding-right:8px;padding-bottom:8px;padding-left:8px;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border:solid 1px #E6E6E6;" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" class="kl-text" style="background:#FFFFFF;font-size:0px;padding:0px;padding-top:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;word-break:break-word;"> <div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:1.3;text-align:left;color:#222427;"><div> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; color: #cf325f;"><strong>AUTOMOTIVE</strong></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; color: #000000; font-size: 24px;"><strong>Buick’s EV Goes Live In China</strong></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;"><img alt="dealer investments meme" src="https://d3k81ch9hvuctc.cloudfront.net/company/QU8tVR/images/fcf43fb0-1789-4c98-a3f7-2958593776c2.jpeg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="480"></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"> </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><strong>Buick's</strong><span> first all-electric model in the US is set to debut in 2024.</span></span></span></div> <div><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></div> <div><span style="font-weight: 400;">The GM brand's new SUVs are going for the premium market in China currently. The </span><a style="color:#197bbd; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline; font-family:Helvetica, Arial; font-size:16px" href="https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a42287572/buick-electra-e5-suv-confirmed/?utm_source=ASOTU&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ASOTU%20Daily%20Pushback%20303%202022-12-22%20%2801GMVWJGDEMJ85C1DCWGPBAJJT%29&utm_id=01GMVWJGDEMJ85C1DCWGPBAJJT&utm_term=Electra%20E5&_kx=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"><span>Electra E5</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is the first of a series to launch and includes:</span> <ul> <li aria-level="1" style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px;">The Ultium power platform.</span></li> <li aria-level="1" style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px;">An all-new Virtual Cockpit System.</span></li> <li aria-level="1" style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px;">Super Cruise driver-assist tech. </span></li> </ul> <span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"> <p style="padding-bottom:0"><strong>In the US,</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Buick dealers will invest between </span><a style="color:#197bbd; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline" href="https://electrek.co/2022/12/21/buick-dealers-to-spend-at-least-300k-to-sell-electric-vehicles/?utm_source=ASOTU&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ASOTU%20Daily%20Pushback%20303%202022-12-22%20%2801GMVWJGDEMJ85C1DCWGPBAJJT%29&utm_id=01GMVWJGDEMJ85C1DCWGPBAJJT&utm_term=%24300K%20and%20%24400K&_kx=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"><span style="font-weight: 400;">$300K and $400K</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> if they want to sell EVs. Dealers can take a buyout or upgrade to charging, service, and training.<br><br></span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Everybody’s inner Star Wars fan - “Virtual Cockpit better be a whole lot cooler than buttons on the dashboard…”</span></em></p> </span></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:0px;word-break:break-word;"> <div class="mj-column-per-100 mj-outlook-group-fix component-wrapper" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="table-layout:fixed;" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;vertical-align:top;padding-top:8px;padding-right:8px;padding-bottom:8px;padding-left:8px;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border:solid 1px #E6E6E6;" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" class="kl-text" style="background:#FFFFFF;font-size:0px;padding:0px;padding-top:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;word-break:break-word;"> <div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:1.3;text-align:left;color:#222427;"><div> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; color: #cf325f;"><strong>TECHNOLOGY</strong></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; color: #000000; font-size: 24px;"><strong>Twitter Updates</strong></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial;"><img alt="TWEETING GIF" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/3og0IMVPaqrnGfBnZm/giphy.gif" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="480"></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"> </span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;">Ok, so for some of us, Twitter has always been confusing (Who reads from bottom to top??). Lately, the whirlwind of headlines has only further convoluted the spirit of confusion on display in the one place on the internet where folks like @PoopSkeleton55 can directly reply to people like the president of the United States of America.</span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"> </span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;">Now that that long and semi-disturbing sentence is out of the way, let's look at it right now.</span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"> </span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><strong>Elon Musk</strong><span> will </span><a style="color:#197bbd; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline" href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/musk-says-hell-step-down-twitter-ceo-after-finding-replacement-2022-12-21/?utm_source=ASOTU&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ASOTU%20Daily%20Pushback%20303%202022-12-22%20%2801GMVWJGDEMJ85C1DCWGPBAJJT%29&utm_id=01GMVWJGDEMJ85C1DCWGPBAJJT&utm_term=step%20down&_kx=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"><span>step down</span></a><span> as CEO of the social media site following a public poll that resulted in 57% of its 17M responders voting for the option. He says he will step down as soon as a suitable ("foolish enough") replacement is found.</span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><span> </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><span><strong>Meanwhile,</strong><span> </span><a style="color:#197bbd; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline" href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/20/tech/mastodon-twitter-usage/index.html?utm_source=ASOTU&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ASOTU%20Daily%20Pushback%20303%202022-12-22%20%2801GMVWJGDEMJ85C1DCWGPBAJJT%29&utm_id=01GMVWJGDEMJ85C1DCWGPBAJJT&utm_term=Mastodon&_kx=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"><span>Mastodon</span></a><span>, a direct rival to Twitter, has grown to 2.5M users in just a few weeks. The app is ranked 8th in the Google Play Store's social network section and 11th in Apple's.</span></span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><span><span> </span></span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><span><span><strong>People</strong><span> (who are responsible for the best and worst ideas ever) have suggested some options for a new CEO over the company. </span><a style="color:#197bbd; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline" href="https://qz.com/who-should-be-twitters-next-ceo-1849919143?utm_source=ASOTU&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ASOTU%20Daily%20Pushback%20303%202022-12-22%20%2801GMVWJGDEMJ85C1DCWGPBAJJT%29&utm_id=01GMVWJGDEMJ85C1DCWGPBAJJT&utm_term=Snoop%20Dogg&_kx=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"><span>Snoop Dogg</span></a><span> essentially volunteered for the job and has the mob's favor. Snoop Tweeted, "Should I run Twitter," and 81% of 3.3M poll respondents told him to go for it.</span></span></span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><span><span><span><em><span> </span></em></span></span></span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;"><span><span><span><em><span>Telling it like it is - We never know what Elon will do next, but we do know a portion of the population will call it brilliant, a portion of the population will call it pointless, and a small portion of the population will change jobs.</span></em></span></span></span><br></span></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <!--[if mso | IE]></td></tr></table><![endif]--> </div> <!--[if mso | IE]></td></tr></table><![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <!--[if mso | IE]></td></tr></table><![endif]--> </div> 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