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Tech billionaire Elon Musk is already huge in China — but now his 76-year-old mother is a rapidly rising star there as well. “China is so advanced in roads, tunnels, buildings, infrastructure, and ports,” she wrote on her son’s social media platform X in October. Musk walking the runway for Chinese women’s wear brand Juzui at New York Fashion Week in September. Musk is one of a number of “silver-haired influencers” in China, a fast-aging country where there is growing concern about aging well. Maye Musk and Elon Musk at a campaign rally for President-elect Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden in New York on Oct. 27.

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☆ Putin hails Trump as a 'smart and experienced person' who can bring peace to Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

AdvertisementPutin says Trump is a "smart and experienced person" and can "come up with a solution" to the Ukraine war. In 2022, Trump also said that he "knew Putin very well" and got along "great" with the Russian leader. Russian President Vladimir Putin believes President-elect Donald Trump will be able to put an end to the ongoing war in Ukraine. The Kremlin denied the call had taken place, while a spokesperson for the Trump campaign said they "do not comment on private calls" between Trump and other foreign leaders. AdvertisementShortly after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Trump called Putin's move "genius" and "wonderful."

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☆ Sriram Krishnan is leaving Andreessen Horowitz and is reportedly in talks to join Elon Musk at DOGE
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementSriram Krishnan, a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, is leaving the firm at the end of the year. Krishnan has discussed joining Elon Musk at the Department of Government Efficiency, reports say. Krishnan has supported Musk in the past and worked at various Big Tech companies. Sriram Krishnan, a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, is leaving the firm and has had discussions with Elon Musk about joining the Department of Government Efficiency, reports say. Krishnan joined Andreessen Horowitz, also known as A16z, in 2021 and has worked as a crypto investor at the firm.

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☆ Patagonia's Restructuring Has Led to Employee Fallout
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-27 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Patagonia's sales soared during the pandemic. A Patagonia spokesperson told BI that it uses less air freight now than it did before the pandemic. Related storiesThe Patagonia spokesperson said it had been tricky to navigate the demand for instant gratification. Adams recalled that at an event in about 2013 in Idaho, Chouinard seemed shocked at how large Patagonia's sales representatives' trucks were. Several people said the 72-hour deadline for CX employees was insufficient to make such a major life decision.

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☆ Meet Josh Mankiewicz, Correspondent for Deadly Mirage
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Dateline Nbc | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Josh Mankiewicz is a correspondent for Dateline NBC, the longest running primetime show in NBC history. Since 2020, Mankiewicz has reported the #1 podcasts Dateline: Missing in America, Motive for Murder, Internal Affairs, and Mortal Sin. Prior to joining Dateline, Mankiewicz served as a correspondent for Fox Broadcasting Company’s newsmagazine Front Page. Before he joined Fox Broadcasting, Mankiewicz was a political reporter for KCAL-TV, Los Angeles from 1991 to 1993. Mankiewicz also worked as political correspondent for WCBS-TV, New York where he covered local, state and national elections from 1986 to 1991.

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☆ Opinion | Angela Merkel Isn’t Ready to Say Sorry
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Melanie Amann | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On page 273 of her memoir, Angela Merkel admits she made a mistake. In a 2003 guest essay for The Washington Post, she attacked him for criticizing the impending American invasion of Iraq: “Schröder doesn’t speak for all Germans,” the headline ran. Strangely, the mistake Ms. Merkel acknowledges is not her support for the Iraq war, even though she now thinks the invasion was wrong. After three years away, Ms. Merkel is stepping back onto the world stage. But she isn’t ready to say “sorry.”

Persons: Angela Merkel, Ms, Merkel, Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, ”, “, Merkel’s Organizations: The Washington Post Locations: Iraq

Other companies that withdrew or toned down their DEI initiatives include Lowe's and Ford. Tech companies such as Microsoft, Meta, and Zoom cut DEI programs this year, Business Insider reported in July, and law firms, including Winston & Strawn, faced lawsuits for affirmative action. The Human Rights Campaign slammed companies' DEI rollbacks in an August statement to BI. Advertisement"Decisions to cut DEI initiatives send a clear signal to employees that their employers simply don't care about equality in the workplace. Here are how some companies have cut their DEI programs.

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at a viewing of a test-flight launch of the SpaceX Starship rocket in Brownsville, Texas, Nov. 19, 2024. Brandon Bell | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesAs Inauguration Day nears, investors are trying to unravel what booms or busts lay ahead under President-elect Donald Trump. Yet the energy sector climbed 22.9% under Biden as of Nov. 19, despite the administration's push for renewables and sustainability. As president, Trump is expected to embrace crypto more than any of his predecessors. When Biden won in 2020, there was a lot of panic about the outlook for energy, oil and gas.

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A cease-fire deal to end the conflict between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia was close but not complete Monday, three senior Biden administration officials told NBC News. Over the weekend, Israeli airstrikes killed at least 20 people in the Lebanese capital of Beirut while Hezbollah fired more than 200 rockets at Israel, leaving neighborhoods in flames, according to the Israeli military. Amir Levy / Getty ImagesThe latest clashes follow months of intensifying fighting between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah, with Hezbollah firing rockets and other projectiles into Israel after the surprise Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack that ignited the war in Gaza. The attacks have spanned as far as parts of Syria, where a recent Israeli airstrike killed a senior Hezbollah commander. Talks of a possible cease-fire come about a month after Israel attacked Iran on its soil, stoking fears that Iran would retaliate and dramatically escalate tensions in the region.

Persons: John Kirby, it’s, Amir Levy, Danny Danon, Miriam al, Ed Ram Organizations: Hezbollah, Biden, NBC News, House, Palestinian, Hamas, United Nations, Washington, Getty Locations: Israel, Beirut, Rinatya, Iran, Gaza, Lebanon, Beirut's Basta, Syria

☆ Lunchables were a smashing success. Now they’re in crisis
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Lunchables’ slide is hurting its parent company, Kraft Heinz. The end result isn’t just that Lunchables sales are down — numerous competitors have popped up, including Lunchly by YouTube stars Logan Paul and MrBeast. Kraft Heinz also pitched Lunchables to budget-strapped school cafeterias as a way to save money on labor and other costs. Kraft Heinz criticized the findings and said the report contributed to Lunchables’ sales slide. Lunchables’ ‘transformation’Despite Lunchables’ recent woes, Kraft Heinz says it’s investing in the brand.

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☆ The US is on the cusp of a nuclear renaissance. One problem: Americans are terrified of the waste
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Ella Nilsen | Bill Weir | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

This is one of several misconceptions about nuclear energy: America’s nuclear waste is not buried in a mountain or tucked at the bottom of a deep, rocky cavern. That is almost entirely because Americans are by and large opposed to living anywhere near nuclear waste, and suspicious of governments’ or utilities’ attempts to assuage nuclear fears. The byproduct of nuclear energy is still associated with atomic bombs or nuclear meltdowns. On the threshold of America’s nuclear energy renaissance, federal officials are pleading with communities to say yes to storing spent fuel. No state has yet raised its hand to store the country’s nuclear energy waste, despite the lucrative deals it could foment.

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☆ Meet the Press – November 24, 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-24 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +57 min

[END TAPE]KRISTEN WELKER:According to the Washington Post, President-elect Trump plans to fire the team that worked with the special counsel. So, I think President Trump is picking reformers for these Cabinet positions. After the midterms Joe Biden said that there was no way President Trump would ever be back in the White House. He's going to sign some executive actions, but he's also going to then begin to roll out this plan. I also think he's going to face some skepticism by Republicans on using the military, for instance, going kind of into different states.

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Despite receiving complaints of exploitation from students, Bondi and then-California Attorney General Kamala Harris both declined to join the investigation. Harris attacked Trump in the 2020 and 2024 elections and painted him as a business fraud and threat to democracy. Now, if confirmed by the Senate, Bondi is set to become President-elect Trump’s attorney general. Some Florida attorneys have defended Bondi and said she followed norms as state attorney general. And, if she declines to prosecute prosecutors for political reasons, will be forced out by Trump like her predecessors.

Persons: Pam Bondi’s, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Harris, Trump, Bondi, Matt Gaetz, Jack Smith’s, Smith, Trump’s, William Barr, Barr, Jeffrey Clark, We’ve, Ballard, Dave Aronberg, Aronberg Organizations: Trump University, Trump, Senate, FBI, Department of Justice, Fox News, Justice Department, DOJ, Department, Washington, U.S, Capitol, Ballard Partners, Palm, Democrat Locations: Florida, California, Bondi, Georgia, Philadelphia, Palm Beach County , Florida

☆ Trump's vow to use US troops for mass deportations could face intense resistance — starting from within the military
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-24 | by ( Lauren Frias | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Laws sharply limit the roles that federal troops can fill in US law enforcement. National Guard troops that report to state governors can support law enforcement, but the Posse Comitatus Act bars active-duty and federalized Guardsmen from acting as law enforcement. "You can fill in the blank on who those might be, but probably more Republican governors that are more friendly to President Trump. Those who are less friendly to President Trump would maybe not be as interested in taking on this mission." AdvertisementNevitt said he thought federal troops carrying out domestic law enforcement would tarnish the "special trust" the American public holds in the military.

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Those travelers need to get their gates fast and the moving sidewalk wasn’t doing it. The economics of airport moving walkwaysSome experts point to high maintenance costs for removing the moving sidewalks. A group of German economics professors released an extensive study earlier this year about airport moving sidewalks. “The design of Denver International Airport is such that our moving walkways run where our gates are located. Aleinikoff said that while he doesn’t think moving sidewalks are inherently unsafe, they do require regular maintenance, and he says the “teeth” at the end of the moving sidewalks can be “pretty sharp.” Gow has, Aleinikoff said, made a full recovery.

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Here are eight health claims — with little or no scientific evidence to back them up — that Oz made over the years. Green coffee extract, the ‘magic weight loss cure’In 2014, Oz went to Washington to seek help fighting internet marketers who were using his name and image to sell weight loss products. Senators provided several examples from Oz’s own show, but much of the hearing focused on his claims about green coffee bean extract. The BMJ study from 2014 found that the majority of Oz’s health recommendations touched on nutrition and dietary advice. (The research shows no evidence that HCG is an effective weight loss tool.)

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☆ Startups that rely on Chinese manufacturers are bracing for Trump's impact
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

AdvertisementTrump's proposed tariffs could raise costs for hardware startups making physical goods. Hardware startups rely on a host of manufacturers that are mostly based in China. When China-based manufacturers ship the final products back, the hardware startups may get hit with levees of up to 60 percent on goods from China, according to Trump's statements during his campaign. AdvertisementThe impact on startups: 'We're done here'In the aftermath of Trump's election win, euphoria is sweeping through the business world. AdvertisementHe said he's worried about the potential for Trump tariffs to spark a recession.

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☆ How the news media is quietly preparing for a hostile second Trump administration
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Brian Stelter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

“You can just tell by the nominees for cabinet positions and agency heads that this will be an administration of retribution,” Baron added. Trump’s impending return to power was a theme of the conversations at the Committee to Protect Journalists gala. Attendees discussed the need to report without fear or favor, to be open-minded but clear-eyed about what actions the Trump administration might take, and to avoid fearmongering but to consider a range of possibilities. Here are some of the specific concerns that have arisen among members of the media:In the second Trump term, legal threats and frivolous lawsuits could pile up, costing newsrooms money and time. The Trump administration could reinstate the Justice Department’s past practice of pursuing reporters’ records in leak investigations.

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☆ How to keep cats out of Christmas trees
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Kamron Sanders For Hgtv | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Once your curious kitty decides to take a closer look at (or in) the Christmas tree, you’ll be thanking yourself for taking a few extra precautions to save yourself a world of trouble. Here are a few helpful tips for cat-proofing your Christmas tree. Place a few hooks on the wall behind your Christmas tree. The strong scent put off from the peels is enough to deter even the most curious cat. The Washington Post via Getty Images/HGTVStick With Plain WaterMany people recommend mixing in additives with your Christmas tree’s water to help keep it fresh.

Persons: Keri Sanders, messer, you’ll, Whiskers, Cyndi Monaghan Organizations: Washington, Getty Images, Getty

Trump’s pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, was accused of sexual assault. Trump himself has faced various sexual misconduct allegations, which he has denied, though he was found liable last year for sexual abuse in a civil trial over an alleged incident in the 1990s that he also denies. Now, after having won the presidency again, he’s spending early political capital to confirm appointees who have faced sexual misconduct allegations of their own. The allegations against Trump’s picksGaetz’s years of controversies have been thrust back into the spotlight now that he’s up for a Cabinet post. “It’s a very scary time for young men in America when you can be guilty of something that you may not be guilty of,” Trump told reporters.

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☆ What Trump's presidency means for the future of AI
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementDonald Trump has surrounded himself with people who have competing views on AI regulation. Elon Musk, for example, has supported more AI regulation in the past. Some Silicon Valley veterans are betting that president-elect Donald Trump's new administration will make AI development a top priority. AdvertisementMusk, who spent over $130 million on Trump's campaign, has called for greater regulation of AI in the past. It's not clear if that effort will impact their views on AI regulation.

Persons: Donald Trump, Elon Musk, JD Vance, Donald Trump's, Big, Marc Andreessen, Trump, Joe Biden, California's, Gavin Newsom, OpenAI, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Vivek Ramaswamy, Ramaswamy, It's, Vance, Calvin Newport, Eric Schmidt Organizations: Trump, Trump Super PAC, Washington Post, California, Department of Government, Big Tech, Georgetown University Locations: Washington, Silicon Valley, China

☆ Biden is scrambling to change the war in Ukraine before Trump takes over
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

AdvertisementJoe Biden is taking last-minute measures to support Ukraine before leaving things to Donald Trump. He finally let Ukraine use US missiles to strike inside Russia and approved anti-personnel mines. These moves appear aimed at changing the war before Trump — who seems to want most to end the conflict as soon as possible — takes office. Biden, whose administration has sent billions of dollars in weaponry to Ukraine, recently lifted long-held restrictions on Kyiv's use of American-made longer-range missiles to strike targets inside Russia. And during a press briefing that same day, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said the Biden administration moved to forgive about $4.7 billion in US loans to Ukraine.

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She wrote two more bills that same week supporting Julian Assange and Edward Snowden, who were behind two of the biggest US national security leaks of the 21st Century. Both men are broadly seen as enemies of the state within the intelligence community. Gabbard proposed repealing Patriot ActIf confirmed, Gabbard will be the most markedly anti-surveillance official to lead the intelligence community in the post-9/11 era. Some prominent Republicans like former Trump national security adviser John Bolton and former Trump UN ambassador and 2024 GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley have come out against her. Scott Olson/Getty ImagesGabbard is in many ways a stranger to the intelligence community.

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☆ Susan Smith case: 2 boys drowned and a deception that gripped the nation: Why it is still intensely felt 30 years later
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Emma Tucker | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

At the hearing, David Smith pointed to his ex-wife’s record as he told the parole board that 30 years is simply not enough time for Susan Smith to spend in prison. The father said he questioned whether he could go on after Susan Smith killed their sons. Susan Smith’s attorney, Tommy A. Thomas, did not respond to a request for comment before or after Wednesday’s parole hearing. The parole board really listens to that,” said Hayden Smith, who conducts research for the state’s department of corrections and has interviewed Susan Smith while incarcerated. The South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services Public Information Director Anita Dantzler speaks during a news conference after a parole hearing for Susan Smith on Wednesday.

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☆ Trump wants the power to single-handedly choke off government spending. Lawmakers aren't sweating it yet.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementTrump wants the power to refuse to spend federal dollars that Congress has already approved. Impoundment has been floated as one way that Trump could singlehandedly enact DOGE's recommended cuts to the federal budget. Meanwhile, lawmakers on Capitol Hill — including those on the House and Senate Appropriations Committees that control government spending — don't seem concerned about Trump's impoundment power grab just yet. He added that there "would be a problem" if Trump tried to impound funding approved by both chambers of Congress. AdvertisementWhat Trump could do with such sweeping powersEven if Congress won't grant Trump impoundment powers, he has another potentially more attractive avenue — the courts.

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