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☆ Lessons from the deadly anthrax attacks of 2001
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-05 | by ( John Miller | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

This was anthrax,” Pogan said, and he briefed his superiors. Between October 5, and November 22, 2001, five people who were exposed died from anthrax poisoning. For help, they turned to the US Department of Defense lab at Fort Detrick, Maryland, where anthrax expert Dr. Bruce Ivins worked. Investigators in protective suits prepare to enter the New York Times building in New York on October 12, 2001. Police cars are parked outside the American Media building in Boca Raton on Oct. 8, 2001 where environmental tests detected anthrax bacteria.

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Israel’s military instead announced it was building a new crossing into northern Gaza and said an aid convoy used it for the first time on Friday. The military declined to specify the location of the crossing or the number of aid trucks. COGAT said 419 humanitarian aid trucks were inspected and transferred to Gaza on Monday, followed by 468 trucks on Tuesday – the highest one-day figure since the start of the war – and another 298 trucks on Wednesday. Aid shipments slated for Gaza are sniffed by a dog at the Kerem Shalom border crossing on March 14, 2024. Israel counts trucks arriving at their crossings for inspection and entry, while UN agencies count trucks inside Gaza that arrive for distribution, according to UN humanitarian affairs office (UNOCHA) spokesman Jens Laerke.

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☆ The upcoming Bitcoin halving is different from others before it. Here’s what investors need to know.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon Bitcoin (BTC), entering its fourth halving period next week. After the 2012, 2016 and 2020 halvings, the bitcoin price ran up about 93x, 30x and 8x, respectively, from its halving day price to its cycle top. The halving occurs when incentives for bitcoin miners are cut by half, as mandated by the code of the Bitcoin blockchain. Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwardsThat $30 million assumes a bitcoin price of about $70,000. Diminishing returns from halving to halving Bitcoin has always shot to the moon in the months following its halving – that's what makes it such a celebrated day among enthusiasts.

Persons: Yu Chun Christopher Wong, bitcoin, Antoni Trenchev, it's, Steven Lubka, Swan Bitcoin, Trenchev, Swan's Lubka, Lubka Organizations: S3studio, Wall, Swan, Miners

☆ Roger, a Failed Drug Dog, Becomes a Hero of Taiwan’s Quake Response
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Yan Zhuang | More About Yan Zhuang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The dog picked through boulders and rubble in the Taiwanese national park, looking for victims trapped or buried by the rockslides that had followed a 7.4-magnitude earthquake. Roger was trained to look for survivors, but his handler, Lee Hsin Hung, suspected that this time he had found something else. “As I got closer, I saw the leg of the deceased,” Mr. Lee said in an interview. Roger’s discovery led rescuers to recover the body of a 21-year-old woman from the rubble on Saturday, taking the death toll of Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years to 13. More than 1,000 more were injured in the disaster (but strict building codes and public preparedness may have helped prevent an even greater catastrophe).

Persons: sniffed, Roger, Lee Hsin Hung, ” Mr, Lee Organizations: sniffed Locations: Labrador

☆ My dad offered me money to get sober. I took him up on it, and I've now been sober for 3 years.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Emily Tisshaw | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

By the time I was 26, in 2020, I still hadn't outgrown the drinking phase I had started when I turned 18. After a particularly heavy night, I was rushed to the emergency room and spent the night in the hospital due to a drug overdose. He joked sometimes that when he saw my name flash up on his screen, it would give him a mild panic attack. He was always a firm but fair man, so I listened intently when he phoned me months later with a proposition. I updated my dad after every new bit of spending, proud that I hadn't sniffed it away.

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☆ Oklahoma Was a Legal Marijuana Utopia. Then Came the Mass Murder
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Matt Stroud | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +32 min

Fourteen months after the murders, the garage of the abandoned marijuana farm on prairie tableland northwest of Oklahoma City sits frozen and dark. Broadway Avenue in Kingfisher, Oklahoma, about 30 miles south of where Wu Chen, 47, executed four people at a marijuana farm. When Oklahoma legalized medical marijuana, the only real requirement was that Oklahoma residents had to be involved in marijuana growing and selling. But Oklahoma required 75% of any marijuana business to be owned by an Oklahoma resident. Deputies from the Kingfisher County Sheriff's Office were the first to arrive at the scene of a quadruple homicide at an abandoned marijuana farm.

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☆ Duke's 3-year fraud investigation into Dan Ariely has ended, and the star professor still has a job. Does he want it?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Kate Taylor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

For years, the Duke professor Dan Ariely was at the top of his game. Three professors behind the blog Data Colada reported evidence of fake data in a 2012 paper Ariely coauthored on honesty pledges. "When people do take a risk and they succeed, everybody enjoys it," Ariely told BI. In 2010, Ariely told NPR that two dentists examining the same teeth for cavities would agree only 50% of the time, citing research from Delta Dental. While the board originally said it would "unanimously stand in support of President Gay," Gay stepped down in early January in response to the backlash.

Persons: Dan Ariely, Dan Ariely's, Jesse L, Martin, Ariely, Duke, sniffed, they'd, James B, —, they're, Francesca Gino, Ariely's, Marc Tessier Lavigne, Claudine Gay, Prince Andrew ., he's, Brad Swain, He's, Gordon Pennycook, Sean Gallup, Nick Brown, who's, Michael Sanders, who'd, Sanders, Gino, Aimee Drolet Rossi, Rossi, she'd, Amir, wasn't, hasn't, I've, haven't, isn't, would've, Claudine Gay's, Andrew Lichtenstein, Bill Ackman, Gay, Harvard, doesn't, Gay should've, Brown, Cornell Watson, who've, wouldn't Organizations: Google, NBC, UCLA, Duke, Business, Harvard Business, TED, Irrational, Cornell, Getty, Burda, King's College London, New York Times, NPR, Delta Dental, Higher Education, Hartford, Ariely, Harvard, University, Universities, BI, Colorado's, King's College Locations: Buckingham Palace, British, Hartford, Gaza, Montana

BOSTON (AP) — A U.S. Customs and Border Protection dog sniffed out something unusual in luggage from a traveler returning from Africa — mummified monkeys. The passenger returning from a visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo reported that the luggage contained dried fish, but an inspection at Boston Logan Airport revealed dead and dehydrated bodies of four monkeys, agents said. Raw or minimally processed meat from wild animals, sometimes referred to as “bushmeat,” is banned in the U.S. because of the threat of disease. "The potential dangers posed by bringing bushmeat into the United States are real. Bushmeat can carry germs that can cause illness, including the Ebola virus,” said Julio Caravia, local port director for Customs and Border Protection.

Persons: “, ”, Julio Caravia, Ryan Bissette Organizations: BOSTON, —, U.S . Customs, Democratic, Boston Logan Airport, Customs, U.S . Centers for Disease Control Locations: U.S, Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, United States

☆ I'm a 'Big Brother' legend who came out of reality TV retirement to compete on 'The Traitors.' I didn't expect a former Bachelor to be my downfall.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Caralynn Matassa | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

I came out of reality TV retirement to go on "The Traitors." I'm going through my texts and one is like, "Hey, I'm a reality TV producer, I want to get you on this show." I couldn't eat and also pretend that I didn't know who got murdered, so I just did my best to hang out. I enjoyed competing on 'The Traitors,' but I'm done with reality TV for good this timeGheesling is saying bye to reality TV, for real this time. As far as returning to reality TV, I think this was it for me.

Persons: —, Dan Gheesling, Ma, Deontay Wilder, Sandra Diaz, John Bercow, Gheesling didn't, Euan Cherry, It'd, Mike Tyson, Sandra, you'd, Parvati, Dan, Carsten, Bergie, Peter Weber, Janelle Pierzina, Trishelle Cannatella, she's, It's, Phaedra, Peter, Phaedra Parks, Gheesling, Peacock I've, Janelle, who's, he's, They're, Peacock Organizations: Service, Business, Housewives, NBC Locations: Orange County, Beverly, New Jersey

☆ Jacob Elordi finally sniffed the 'Saltburn' bathwater candle and thinks it smells like detergent
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Jacob Elordi smelled a "Saltburn"-themed scented candle on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon." Elordi appeared on Thursday's episode of "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," and host Jimmy Fallon gifted him a candle. AdvertisementOliver (Barry Keoghan) puts his face in Felix's (Jacob Elordi) bathwater in "Saltburn." Amazon MGM StudiosAlthough the bathtub scene is not the only explicit scene in "Saltburn," it is the most talked about scene on social media. While viewers found the bathtub scene disturbing, Elordi defended the scene in an interview with USA Today.

Persons: Jacob Elordi, Jimmy Fallon, —, Jacob Elordi's bathwater, Felix, masturbates, Oliver, Barry Keoghan, Elordi, Fallon, Priscilla, Cailee Spaeny, Suzie Davies, Keoghan, Davies, Emerald Fennell, Fennell Organizations: Service, MGM Studios, Business, USA Locations: Felix's

☆ Opinion: Bill Belichick and Nick Saban were the kind of coaches I tell my therapist about
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-12 | by ( Opinion Jeff Pearlman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Under his leadership, Belichick took an organization that never sniffed a Super Bowl title and made it a regular occurrence. Jeff Haynes/AFP/Getty Images Belichick, right, coaches alongside New York Giants head coach Bill Parcells during a playoff game in 1984. Jim Rogash/Getty Images Belichick watches from the sideline as his team plays the Seattle Seahawks in the 2015 Super Bowl. Tom Pennington/Getty Images Belichick presents President Donald Trump with an official Super Bowl helmet at the White House in 2017. Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Belichick leaves the field after losing to the Kansas City Chiefs in December 2023.

Persons: Jeff Pearlman, Jim Fregosi, Paul Olkowski, Fregosi, “ Skip, “ John, ”, “, ” Fregosi, Bill Belichick, Nick Saban, Alabama’s, Belichick, Saban, Tom, Randy Moss, Bear Bryant, Vince Lombardi, Jeff Haynes, Bill Parcells, Parcells, Arthur Anderson, Ralph Waclawicz, George Gojkovich, Anthony Pleasant, Wayne Scarberry, Al Pereira, Robert Kraft, Kraft, Al Messerschmidt, Kevin Terrell, Tom Brady, Damian Strohmeyer, Karen Warren, Steve, David J, Phillip, Jay Leno, Paul Drinkwater, videotaping, Roger Goodell, Matthew West, Peyton Manning, Reed, Jim Rogash, Christian Petersen, Brady, Tom Pennington, Donald Trump, Samuel Corum, Kevin C, Cox, Maddie Meyer, Steven Senne, —, Deion Sanders, Dan Campbell, he’s, Mike Ditka, George Allen, Steve Rushin, Doug Rader, Lou Piniella, it’s Organizations: CNN, Sports, Toronto Blue Jays, Sports Illustrated, Super, New England Patriots, Tide, Bama, Super Bowl, Getty, New York Giants, Parcells, ESPN, Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos, Buffalo Bills, New York Jets, Jets, NFL Hall of Fame, Patriots, St, Louis Rams, Jacksonville Jaguars, Houston Chronicle, Philadelphia Eagles, NBCU, Bank, NFL, MediaNews, Boston Herald, Indianapolis Colts, Reed Saxon, Giants, Belichick, AFC, Seattle Seahawks, White House, Atlanta Falcons, Anadolu Agency, Los Angeles Rams, Kansas City Chiefs, The Patriots, Twitter, University of Colorado, Detroit Lions, Schlitz, Chicago Bears, Washington Redskins, California Angels, Seattle Mariners Locations: Tuscaloosa , Alabama, AFP, Baltimore, Hawaii, Boulder, California, Swiss, ”

☆ These companies are slashing earnings estimates, but the market may have sniffed that out already
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The S & P 500 was expected to see an earnings gain of 11% for the fourth quarter on Oct. 1, and that expectation is now down to 7.8%. "We're seeing larger estimate cuts than average for S & P 500 companies through the first month of the fourth quarter," John Butters at FactSet said. Roughly 60 companies in the S & P 500 have disclosed declines of 10% or more in their earnings expectations in the month of October, according to LSEG. Earnings revisions: Notable declines in airlines and cruise lines Here are some of the S & P 500 companies that have seen earnings estimates decline 10% or more since the start of the fourth quarter, according to LSEG. The markets have sniffed this out: What's next The stock market, of course, does not wait for analysts to cut earnings estimates.

Persons: John Butters, FactSet, Nick Raich, Refiners Valero, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Alec Young Organizations: Boeing, . Airlines, Companies, Cruise Lines American Airlines, Cruise Line, Alaska Air Group, Southwest Airlines, Airlines, Delta, Entertainment Warner Bros Discovery, Paramount Global, Fox, MGM Resorts, Ford, Motors, Pfizer, Merck, Petroleum, Phillips, Seagate, Texas, Banks, Capital Markets, Blackstone, Intel, JETS, Energy, Pharmaceuticals

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Carson Beck threw two touchdown passes in his hometown, Daijun Edwards ran for two scores and No. 1 Georgia dominated Florida 43-20 Saturday to extend its winning streak to 25. Coach Kirby Smart’s team scored on its first four possessions and stuffed the Gators (5-3, 3-2) early and often. Edwards ran for 95 yards and now has four TDs in the last two games in the series. The spotlight on the field intensified when Florida linebacker Shemar James appeared to tweak his left knee during pregame warmups.

Persons: — Carson Beck, Daijun Edwards, Kirby Smart’s, Graham Mertz’s, Trevor Etienne, Etienne, Billy Napier didn’t, Edwards, Mertz, Beck, Ladd McConkey, Brock Bowers, Florida’s Mertz, Tre Wilson, Bowers, Jacksonville’s, Shemar James Organizations: Bulldogs, Cocktail Party, Division, Jacksonville, Mandarin High School, Gators, AP College Football Poll, Miami, Vanderbilt, Missouri, Arkansas, Napier, AP Locations: JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina

☆ 28 Best Gifts for Dog Lovers
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Jennifer Tzeses | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +15 min

Browse the ideas below, and take a look at our roundups of expert-approved products to keep your pet calm and the best gifts for cat lovers too. For the bakerThe Dash Dog Treat Maker—a small waffle iron with bone-shaped plates—lets your pal whip up homemade dog treats. Many similar custom pet portraits are available on Etsy, including a Mini Custom Watercolor Pet Portrait from Riverry Studio and a Custom Watercolor Pet Portrait from Pet Portrait Galaxy. “I will treasure them forever.” Haussmann also loves custom pet portraits and gifted one to his brother-in-law. For any dog ownerBaapet Dog Leash with Padded Handle $9+ at AmazonWe included the Baapet Dog Leash with Padded Handle as the best for everyday use in our list of the best leashes for every type of dog.

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☆ Monthly Meeting Q&A with Jim Cramer on everything from tech to health care to industrials
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +13 min

(Todd) Jim Cramer: I believe that the rally in oil was a short squeeze that is now over. (John) Jim Cramer: FTC chair Lina Khan does not have a strong antitrust case against Amazon (AMZN) – her arguments don't make sense. (Norman) Jim Cramer: We like to have something related to the housing cycle that could make money. (James) Jim Cramer: This is more of an art, not a science. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

Persons: Jim Cramer's, Jeff Marks, Jim Cramer, It's, Todd, Joe Biden, Tom Jorden, Donald, John, it's, Zev Fima, I've, Peter, Marc Benioff, Lina Khan, Khan, David, Rich Galanti, Eli Lilly, LLY, we've, Lilly, clobbered, Mounjaro, Stanley Black, Decker, that's, James, Michael Steinhardt, Rhonda, Vimal Kapur, Darius Adamczyk, Jim Organizations: Investing Club, Federal Reserve, Nvidia, Fed, Apple, Shark, ESPN, Our, Nasdaq, Amazon, Costco, Diabetes, Procter & Gamble, Honeywell, Electric, GE, Raytheon Technologies, CNBC Locations: Russia, China

Wagner communications channels were silent, but some supporters and patriotic bloggers expressed disbelief. 'LAUGHABLE' EXPLANATIONWestern diplomats say Putin ordered the killing of Prigozhin after the humiliation of the mutiny. "Two heroes of great Russia died in this plane crash, just in case someone forgot, and not druggies," said the Southern Front Telegram channel. And that is why Prigozhin himself did not just die, but became a 'downed pilot'," Pastukhov wrote on Telegram. (But) he needs society to understand the hint unambiguously: this is how everyone (who betrays us) will be dealt with."

Persons: Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner, Anton Vaganov, Putin, Vladimir Putin's intimation, Yevgeny Prigozhin's, Prigozhin, Dmitry Utkin, CHVK, Vladimir Pastukhov, Pastukhov, Guy Faulconbridge, Andrew Osborn, Gareth Jones Organizations: REUTERS, Embraer, Federal Security Service, Wagner, KGB, Southern Front Telegram, Zone, Thomson Locations: Saint Petersburg, Russia, Said, MOSCOW, St Petersburg, Moscow

☆ How Hip-Hop Changed the English Language Forever
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Miles Marshall Lewis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +16 min

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☆ Morning Bid: Beijing leaves market guessing on yuan
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The People's Bank of China seems to like being enigmatic, throwing the market a curve ball as it fixed the yuan weaker against the dollar than many expected. Dealers had thought the firmer fix on Tuesday meant Beijing was signalling it wanted the yuan's fall to slow, or even stop. The result has been a drop in the offshore yuan back toward Monday's trough, while the market waits for some clarity on Beijing's intentions. Malaysia is set to be the latest to intervene to support its currency, and Japan sounds closer to pulling the trigger every day. Still, the market is clearly betting the yen will keep falling unless, and until, the Bank of Japan backs away from its yield curve policy.

Persons: Wayne Cole, Ueda, Lagarde, it's, That's, Christine Lagarde, Fed's Jerome Powell, Kazuo Ueda, Andrew Bailey, Edmund Klamann Organizations: People's Bank of, Dealers, Wall, Journal, Ministry of Finance, Bank of Japan, Bank's, OECD, Bank of England, Thomson Locations: Wayne, People's Bank of China, Beijing, Monday's, Washington, China, Asia, Malaysia, Japan, Bank's Sintra, Sintra , Portugal

☆ In ‘Horse Barbie,’ Geena Rocero Recounts a Modeling Life Like No Other
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Shane O Neill | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In the back seat of a car en route to the West Village, she reflected on her shift from model to advocate. “And then I felt like I entered a new trap, which is respectability politics.”Ms. Rocero said she never felt fully comfortable in the role of trans role model. At first she was excited to assume what she called an Angelina Jolie persona — a beautiful, world-trotting champion of social issues. “Ines was the first one,” Ms. Rocero said, referring to the French model Ines Rau. In the West Village, Ms. Rocero once again jaywalked while approaching Rosecrans, a combination florist and coffee shop.

☆ Venus the Influencer? An Italian Tourism Campaign Prompts Backlash.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Elisabetta Povoledo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Venus is back as an allegory of rebirth and renewal,” read a blurb on the company’s website. But some critics complained that turning the Renaissance icon into a modern-day influencer played into old stereotypes about Italy. (The campaign featured Venus as a hip fashionista, snapping selfies in Venice’s St. Mark’s Square, munching on pizza on Lake Como and posing in front of the Colosseum with a bicycle.) Undaunted by the criticism, Daniela Santanchè, the tourism minister, said she stood by the campaign, which officially begins in May. The German version has been taken down.

☆ Covid-sniffing dogs can help detect infections in K-12 schools, new study suggests
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Jacqueline Howard | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Months prior, Glaser and her team were implementing the school’s Covid-19 testing program, using antigen nasal swab tests. It’s not as simple as just handing those things out at school and having the kids do them,” said Glaser, who oversaw antigen testing programs at some California public schools. For now, Glaser and her colleagues described in a new study the lessons they learned from the Covid-19 dog screening pilot program that they launched in some California K-12 public schools. In comparison, Covid-19 BinaxNOW antigen tests have been shown in one real-world study to demonstrate 93.3% sensitivity and 99.9% specificity. The pilot program within California public schools also has left Edwards with hope for future opportunities in which canines can help detect disease in humans.

☆ Don't be fooled by these 9 common money myths, finance gurus say
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-01 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

CNBC polled eight personal finance experts to help answer one question: What are the biggest money myths out there for consumers? Dealers therefore can have an incentive to charge a higher rate because they will also make more money, she said. Myth #3: Financial 'advice' always has your best interests at heartThere's a misconception that every financial advisor is a "fiduciary," said George Kinder, who pioneered the "life planning" branch of financial advice. "Although households and regulators remain concerned about the cost of financial advice, it's the absence of holistic financial advice that turns out to be so expensive," he said. There are many different fee models for financial advice, and the cost doesn't have to be significant: Many advisors have hourly or project rates, for example.

Jack Daniel's Properties Inc is owned by Louisville, Kentucky-based Brown-Forman Corp (BFb.N). "I'm concerned about the First Amendment implications of your position," conservative Justice Samuel Alito told an attorney for Jack Daniel's, referring to the constitutional provision enshrining free-speech protections. "Could any reasonable person think that Jack Daniel's had approved this use of the mark?" Jack Daniel's also contested a finding by the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. "This is a standard commercial product," Kagan told a lawyer for VIP Products, Bennett Cooper.

☆ A popular post on Blind says all tech workers who got jobs during the pandemic were 'charity cases,' but getting hired now at a big tech company will actually mean something
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A popular post on workplace forum Blind calls tech workers hired during the pandemic "charity cases." One popular post on the anonymous workplace forum Blind takes that a step further, saying tech employees brought on during the pandemic were "charity cases." Tech companies added many new employees to their ranks during the pandemic, when business was booming for the sector. At the time time, other commenters on the popular Blind post defended employees who got tech jobs during the pandemic. "Also I refuse to believe I am some charity case, I was good enough for the company, did their process and got hired.

☆ Silicon Valley Bank blowup highlights deposit risks vs Treasurys
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The dramatic decline of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has caused concerns about contagion risk. The bank is a major lender to Silicon Valley venture capital funds and startups. Startup firms have seen a dramatic slowdown in growth as higher rates have hurt their ability to grow and raise funds. Those startups have been burning through cash at a rapid clip, which means they have also been reducing the size of their bank accounts. This has created some serious collateral damage in regional banks such as Zions, M & T Bank and Keycorp, but how much contagion risk is there?

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