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One woman has died after she and another resident were pulled from a burning home in Wakefield, Massachusetts, early Sunday morning. The man was taken to MelroseWakefield Hospital with serious injuries and is expected to survive, fire officials said. The female resident was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where she later died from her injuries, fire officials said. Investigators did find smoking materials and home oxygen equipment in the area where the fire started on the third floor. Displaced residents are being assisted by The Red Cross and the Wakefield Office of Emergency Management.

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☆ Here are Monday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Tesla, Rivian, AMD, Broadcom, Charles Schwab, PayPal & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-09 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Here are Monday's biggest calls on Wall Street: Bank of America downgrades Advanced Micro Devices to neutral from buy Bank of America said it's concerned about market share gain potential slowing. Deutsche Bank initiates First Citizens as buy Deutsche Bank said it has a favorable long term view of the commercial banking company. Bank of America upgrades PayPal to buy from neutral The firm said the stock is a turnaround story. Bank of America downgrades Capital One to neutral from buy Bank of America said the Trump trade has played out for Capital One. Bank of America upgrades TaskUs to buy from neutral Bank of America said the outsourcing company is "best in class."

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☆ Photographer Anastasia Samoylova captures Florida’s climate anxiety in new exhibitions at The Met and Saatchi Gallery
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-09 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

But it addresses very complicated and divisive subjects,” Samoylova told CNN in a video call from her home in Florida. Samoylova's work fuses pastel pink color palettes with images of displace flora and fauna, shown here in "Pink Sidewalk" (2017). Anastasia SamoylovaCracked bubblegum-colored concrete, flooded swimming pools, uprooted palm trees and displaced alligators paint a new, unnerving picture of the climate crisis. "Crabbing, Georgia" (2018) by Anastasia Samoylova. It’s their native habitat, so we are the ones encroaching, not them.”"Park Avenue, Miami Beach" (2018) by Anastasia Samoylova.

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‘You’re bound to make mistakes’Former FBI profiler Mary Ellen O’Toole said determining his identity should come soon. “I’m thinking we’re going to know who this is within a matter of a few more days, if that,” O’Toole told CNN. NYPD officials said they believe the suspect left the city on an interstate bus, after video cameras showed him entering the George Washington Bus Terminal on 178th street but not leaving. After inspecting a backpack police sources said may have belonged to the shooter, authorities determined no gun was inside. Surveillance images released by authorities show the suspect riding an electric bike toward Central Park.

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☆ Morgan Stanley downgrades Bank of America, says it will lag banks tied more closely to capital markets
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-09 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Bank of America will lag its peers in a capital markets recovery cycle, Morgan Stanley predicted. BAC YTD mountain BAC YTD chart Shares of Bank of America have rallied 39% this year. While Bank of America will benefit from a capital markets rebound, Graseck also shared her preference for banks that are more skewed to capital markets, since those names will likely see more upside. "In a bear case, BAC is more credit exposed vs. capital markets pure plays," the analyst wrote. And while Bank of America could get a boost from that, other banks tied more closely to dealmaking and capital markets may get a bigger one.

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☆ Reddit begins testing AI-powered answers feature to win more users
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-09 | by ( Jonathan Vanian | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

A small portion of Reddit's U.S. user base will have access to the Reddit Answers feature as part of an initial test before the company rolls the feature out more broadly. Reddit Answers is available via a new button on the company's homepage. Reddit Answers is more "about building a bridge to the content than it is about being a replacement for it," said Piantino. People will be able to use Reddit Answers to query any topic except those deemed NSFW, or not safe for work, Piantino said. With Reddit Answers, the company may be able to get more users to search for Reddit content on the platform, reducing the company's reliance on Google for traffic.

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☆ 'A lot of obstacles' for energy players despite Trump's bullish rhetoric, says strategist
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-09 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via Email'A lot of obstacles' for energy players despite Trump's bullish rhetoric, says strategistDaniel Gerard of State Street Global Markets sees the recent goldilocks trade in markets as 'unfair optimism', and highlights other concerns he has around the economy, the Fed, and the energy space.

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☆ Apple overtakes Microsoft as the best-managed company in the US
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-09 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Apple has topped the Drucker Institute's annual ranking of the 250 best-managed companies in the USFellow tech giants Nvidia, Microsoft, and Intel all made the top 10. CEO Tim Cook has shepherded Apple to the top of the Drucker Institute's 2024 ranking of America's best-run companies. Nic Coury / AFP via Getty ImagesApple's innovation score in the Drucker Institute's ranking helped boost it to the top spot. In the top 25 of the ranking, only Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and Walmart scored higher than 90 points for innovation. Alongside a high score for innovation, Apple also ranked second highest in the ranking for its financial performance.

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☆ The jobs most vulnerable under the next Trump administration
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-09 | by ( Elisabeth Buchwald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on the promise to create more American jobs and protect existing ones. For example, higher tariffs could help boost American manufacturing jobs if more businesses decide they want their goods made domestically to avoid the added cost of importing. That’s because, in response to being subjected to higher tariffs, impacted nations would likely impose comparable tariffs on American goods, he said. That could significantly raise American businesses’ costs while also reducing demand for their goods. Many American companies experienced this during Trump’s first term as China responded with tit-for-tat tariffs on American imports.

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☆ Donald Trump Is Inheriting a Weaker Economy, Job Market Than It Seems
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-09 | by ( Neil Dutta | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

For Trump, this economy looks like a mirror image of the one he inherited in 2017. The soon-to-be Trump economy is facing down a trio of weak spots that could start to rear their heads pretty soon after Inauguration Day. Yes, the unemployment rate sits at just 4.1%, only a bit higher than its multidecade low. A variety of measures, however, suggest that the low headline unemployment rate overstates the degree of strength in the jobs market. In both cases, the unemployment rate was quite a bit higher, suggesting that the unemployment rate likely overstates the degree of health in the labor market.

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☆ Bashar al-Assad bails on Syria. Does it change Putin’s calculus on Ukraine?
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-09 | by ( Nathan Hodge | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

“Putin has thrown Assad under the bus to prolong his war in Ukraine,” commented former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. “His resources are scarce, and he is not as strong as he pretends.”For observers of Russia’s war on Ukraine, Assad’s departure raises some striking historical parallels. And unlike Assad, whose forces appeared to surrender Damascus without a fight, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held fast as Russian troops approached Kyiv. Assad’s flight from Syria was more than a moment for Ukrainians to revel in a symbolic setback for Putin. He will insist that it is now up to the West and Ukraine to change their stance,” she said, noting Trump’s calls on Putin to end the war in Ukraine.

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☆ Company Holiday Parties Are Coming Back. That's Good News for Gen Z.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-09 | by ( Kelli María Korducki | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

AdvertisementI've never experienced a company holiday party like it since. (When I asked how many holiday parties he booked in a typical season, he said only "many.") "It was a late night, and I've never experienced a company holiday party like it since." Hadley said the Christmas-specific focus of many company holiday parties could be alienating to workers who follow non-Christian religious traditions. Well-planned company holiday parties, on the other hand, can be a boon to employees' overall work experience and even strengthen company culture.

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☆ Russia fired 4 times as many drones and missiles at Ukraine in the past 3 months as it did a year earlier: report
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-09 | by ( Hannah Abraham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Russia launched more than 6,000 drones and missiles this fall, per The Wall Street Journal. AdvertisementRussia fired four times as many drones and missiles at Ukraine in the past three months compared to the same time a year ago, according to an analysis by The Wall Street Journal. Using data from the Ukrainian Air Force Command, the report said that Russia launched more than 6,000 drones and missiles in the war during September, October, and November. However, Russia has used a variety of tactics to overcome Ukrainian air defenses, including hitting Ukraine with a variety of drones and missiles at the same time. On Sunday, the Ukrainian air force said it shot down 28 out of 74 drones launched by Russia in a night attack targeting Ukraine.

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☆ Brother of murdered Washington D.C. woman won’t give up on quest for answers four decades later
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Anna Turning | Anna Turning Is An Associate Producer With Dateline Nbc. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

The Charles County Sheriff’s Office details the events that followed on their website. According to the Charles County Sheriff’s Office website, “Two hunters were operating a four-wheel-drive vehicle in a wooded area off Sharpersville Road in Charles County looking for a place to hunt deer. And then when those officers got to the scene, they realized there’s a creek that separates our county, Charles County, and Prince George’s County,” he said. “Technology has advanced quite significantly.” As of yet, it has not provided the answers Deborah’s family so desperately wants. Anyone with information is asked to contact Charles County Crime Solvers by calling 1-866-411-TIPS, by texting CHARLES + your tip to CRIMES (274637), or by submitting a web tip.

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☆ Read the full transcript: President-elect Donald Trump interviewed by "Meet the Press" moderator Kristen Welker
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +111 min

PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP:No, no —KRISTEN WELKER:And there’s no —PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP:He can’t deny it. KRISTEN WELKER:We’re going to —PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP:For what they did —KRISTEN WELKER:Yeah —PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP:– honestly, they should go to jail. PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP:For what they did —KRISTEN WELKER:Everyone on the committee you think —PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP:I think everybody —KRISTEN WELKER:– should go to jail? PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP:We’re talking about --KRISTEN WELKER:You won’t touch Medicare --PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP:– theft --KRISTEN WELKER:– Social Security? KRISTEN WELKER:But you --PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP:I want to stop--KRISTEN WELKER:– have talked about --PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP:Let me tell you what --KRISTEN WELKER:– the other world leaders.

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☆ Meet the Press – December 8, 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +64 min

ANNOUNCER:From NBC News in Washington, the longest-running show in television history, this is a special edition of Meet the Press with Kristen Welker. KRISTEN WELKER:We’re going to —PRES.-ELECT DONALD TRUMP:For what they did –KRISTEN WELKER:Yeah –PRES.-ELECT DONALD TRUMP:– honestly, they should go to jail. PRES.-ELECT DONALD TRUMP:For what they did –KRISTEN WELKER:Everyone on the committee you think –PRES.-ELECT DONALD TRUMP:I think everybody –KRISTEN WELKER:– should go to jail? KRISTEN WELKER:But you --PRES.-ELECT DONALD TRUMP:I want to stop--KRISTEN WELKER:– have talked about --PRES.-ELECT DONALD TRUMP:Let me tell you what --KRISTEN WELKER:– the other world leaders. PRES.-ELECT DONALD TRUMP:We're talking about --KRISTEN WELKER:You won't touch Medicare --PRES.-ELECT DONALD TRUMP:– theft --KRISTEN WELKER:– Social Security?

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☆ Here are 4 things we’re watching in the stock market in the week ahead
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Technology stocks stood tall in the first week of December trading, helping the S & P 500 and Nasdaq Composite finish Friday's session at record closing highs. The S & P 500 closed nearly 1% higher. .IXIC .SPX 1M mountain The Nasdaq Composite versus the S & P 500 over the past month. Salesforce and Broadcom contributed to the S & P 500's technology sector being one of three to finish the week in positive territory, adding 3.4%. The remaining eight sectors in the S & P 500 ended the week lower, led to the downside by energy, utilities, and materials.

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☆ Elon Musk says DOGE's work will be public — legally, it has to be
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Legal experts say it is obvious that Elon Musk's DOGE falls under a federal transparency law. Musk and Ramaswamy wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that they would not officially join the Trump administration. Musk has already said that DOGE is looking for staffers willing to work 80-plus hours a week for no money. Musk wrote on X. Musk is already getting to work on DOGE.

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☆ Top Wall Street analysts tout these energy stocks for attractive dividends
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Tipranks.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Moreover, the appeal of dividend stocks increases as interest rates decline, as is currently the case. Following the recommendations of top Wall Street analysts can help investors pick attractive dividend stocks, given that these experts conduct an in-depth analysis of a company's financials to assess its ability to pay — and increase — dividends. Here are three dividend-paying stocks, highlighted by Wall Street's top pros as tracked by TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their past performance. ChevronWe start this week with oil and gas producer Chevron (CVX). It returned $7.7 billion to shareholders in the third quarter, including $4.7 billion in share buybacks and $2.9 billion in dividends.

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☆ What Ultrawealthy Investors Who Want to Buy TikTok Would Do With It
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Related Video TikTok could be banned in US after House vote"Unfortunately, the TikTok ban was conceived and pushed through based upon inaccurate, flawed, and hypothetical information, resulting in outright censorship of the American people," TikTok's statement read. With the app's uncertain future in the United States, a slate of ultrawealthy investors has expressed interest in buying the social media platform. AdvertisementHere's what those who've said publicly that they want to buy TikTok would do with the platform if they acquired the app. Advertisement"Now that the Court has spoken, The People's Bid is prepared to move forward with our bid for TikTok," McCourt's statement reads. Walmart and the software company Oracle also assembled a bid to buy TikTok in 2020, but TikTok ultimately defeated Trump's orders in court and the acquisition plans did not materialize.

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☆ NYC legalized tiny backyard homes and other extra dwellings. Here's how they've helped homeowners and renters across the country.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

It's part of a bigger movement to boost ADU construction across the US. Nearly half of California ADU owners said they've rented out their unit to short- or long-term tenants, according to one poll last year. According to the poll of California ADU owners, 61% said they built their ADU to house a family member. AdvertisementEven as a real-estate industry professional, Hepp struggled to sort out the rules and regulations on ADU construction in LA. But since most ADU legalization efforts have happened since 2022, their full effects are not yet evident in many places.

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☆ The weight-loss drug boom has become one of the internet's biggest scams
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Bob Woods | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +14 min

That's certainly the case with the super-popular weight-loss drugs from Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk. A recent CNBC investigation explored the murky international world of counterfeit weight-loss drugs. "Our advertising policies also prohibit the advertising of weight-loss products, including weight-loss injections and fat-burning pills." "The social media platforms are the new street corners for drug dealers, and they move from place to place," Galvin said. "We urge consumers to be vigilant and to utilize tips tools from the FDA's BeSafeRx campaign to help them safely buy drugs online."

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☆ I have not seen a stock market like this in 42 years. Here's why and how to approach it
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Or, maybe the whole market has a new expectation of stocks — and, stocks are delivering on those expectations and then some. Maybe that's why it is up more than 900% for the year. Maybe that's why it is now a roughly $140 billion company. With so many other opportunities to raise money — such as private equity and venture capital firms trying to get in — the stock market almost doesn't matter. But only new supply can bring this market down because valuation has ceased to mean much for most of the market.

Persons: Victoria Valenzuela, Valenzuela, Mary Georgiadis, Georgiadis, Dawson Alyssa Harvey, Andrew Karam, That's, Friday's, It's, it's, Gary Gensler's, Donald, Joe Biden's, toolmaker Stanley Black, Decker, Stanley Black, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Jim Cramer Rob Kim Organizations: APP, Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, Constellation Brands, Club, CNBC Locations: China, Mexico

While authorities say they believe the suspect has long left New York City after fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Wednesday, officials said they feel confident he will be captured. On Saturday, police divers searched a body of water known as the Lake, in an area of Terrace Drive near the park’s iconic boathouse and Bethesda Fountain, a law enforcement official said. Inside, they found Monopoly money, a law enforcement source told CNN. He rode off on an electric bike on 55th, investigators told CNN. NYPD detectives arrived in Atlanta on Saturday as part of the probe, two law enforcement officials briefed on the matter told CNN.

Persons: Brian Thompson, “, ”, Eric Adams, “ We’re, they’ve, Tommy Hilfiger, Thompson, Jessica Tisch, George Washington, Washington, Joseph Kenny, Brian Thompson's, Kenny, Kenneth Gray, he’s, ” Gray, What’s Organizations: CNN, New York Police Department, FBI, York City, Bethesda, NYPD, New, New York Hilton, New York Police, Hilton, Police, George Washington Bridge, Washington Port Authority, NYPD Investigators, Authorities, Jersey driver’s, Greyhound, Atlanta Police Department Locations: Manhattan, New York City, York, Terrace, Queens ., New York, New York Hilton Midtown, West, Sixth, Central Park, George, Upper, Jersey, Atlanta

☆ Steve Mensch, Tyler Perry Studios president, killed in Florida plane crash
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

Steve Mensch, the president and general manager at Tyler Perry Studios, was killed when a single-engine plane he was piloting crashed Friday night in Florida. The Citrus County Sheriff's office identified Mensch as the sole occupant of the single-engine fixed-wing airplane that crashed Friday around 8 p.m. in Homosassa. Florida Highway PatrolTyler Perry Studios confirmed that Mensch had died. “We are incredibly saddened by the passing of our dear friend, Steve Mensch. Our heart goes out to his family as we all send them our prayers.”The crash closed parts of Highway 19 and Longfellow Street, the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post.

Persons: Steve Mensch, Tyler, Mensch, Patrol Tyler Perry, “, Steve Organizations: Tyler Perry Studios, Patrol, Patrol Tyler Perry Studios, Longfellow Locations: Florida, Homosassa, Homosassa . Florida, Atlanta, Citrus

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