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The Storm Corps – the 11th Army Corps of the North Korean military – are “better trained, (have) better physique and (are) better motivated than your average North Korean soldier,” Chun said. KCNA/Reuters/File‘Fair game’Mental strength, however, may not be enough to overcome the worst challenges the North Korean soldiers could face. But some North Korean military units are well supplied, and “have regular food and logistical supply,” said 38 North’s Madden. “These North Korean units, their main mission is to disrupt,” said Chun, the former South Korean army officer. South Korean intelligence suggests North Korean soldiers in Russia could be receiving salaries of $2,000 a month.

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☆ Stripe CFO joins the board of $3 billion AI startup Vercel
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Alistair Barr | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

He used to be CFO at several other tech companies, including Palo Alto Networks and Confluent. Vercel, an AI startup valued at more than $3 billion, just bulked up its board with the addition of a finance executive who has experience taking tech companies public. AdvertisementStripe Chief Financial Officer Steffan Tomlinson will serve as a director on Vercel's board, the startup said on Tuesday. Vercel is earlier in its lifecycle, however the AI startup has been putting some of the early pieces in place to potentially go public someday. Vercel's AI SDK, a software toolkit that helps developers build AI applications, was downloaded more than 700,000 times last week, up from about 80,000 downloads a year ago, according to NPM data.

Persons: Vercel, Steffan Tomlinson, Tomlinson, Michael Lacorazza, Guillermo Rauch, Marten Abrahamsen, He's, Abrahamsen, Rauch, Collison Organizations: Palo Alto Networks, Aruba Networks, Bank, Vercel's, Business, Microsoft

☆ I decluttered my house, but didn't find true peace until I decluttered my digital life, too
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Theresa Sam Houghton | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A weekly routine helps me manage digital clutter so it doesn't become overwhelming. But it's not just physical stuff; the amount of digital clutter I amass is nothing short of spectacular. AdvertisementI dove into digital minimalism with enthusiasm, starting with Eyal's suggestions for dumbing down my smartphone. AdvertisementI have to keep on top of my digital clutter every weekIs my system perfect? But I've developed a weekly routine that helps me reign in digital clutter on a regular basis.

Persons: Marie Kondo, decluttered, doesn't, it's, Marie Kondo's, I'd, Nicholas Carr's, Nir Eyal's, Cal Newport's, I've Organizations: Cal Locations: Bublup

☆ Many Trump voters still have doubts about him. Can he hold them?
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Ronald Brownstein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

In the exit polls, about 1 in 8 voters who described Trump as “too extreme” still voted for him. Likewise, in the VoteCast survey, Trump won 1 in 6 voters who expressed concern that he would steer the country in an authoritarian direction. Trump won almost exactly the same share of voters who said in the VoteCast survey that he lacks the moral character to serve as president. Even among the voter groups most directly affected by these policies, Trump won substantial support from people who disagreed with him. In either case, the result was that Trump won far too many voters who supported legal abortion for Harris to prevail.

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☆ 3 reasons why smaller European stocks are about to outperform: Deutsche Bank
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Deutsche Bank strategists are expecting smaller European stocks to significantly outperform their larger counterparts in the coming months, citing three key factors that could drive this growth. The bank maintains its positive outlook on the European small and mid-sized companies, despite their underperformance compared to larger companies during early 2024. XXSC-DE EMUL^-IT YTD line The bank said three key catalysts could unlock "significant" value in these smaller companies' shares. This development is particularly important for smaller companies, which often rely more heavily on borrowed money than their larger counterparts. Improving profits After experiencing a sharp 40% decline in profits during the last quarter of 2023, smaller European companies have shown a remarkable turnaround, according to the investment bank.

Persons: Maximilian Uleer, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Deutsche Bank, P Global Locations: Germany, Austria

☆ Pfizer forecasts 2025 profit in line with expectations as it seeks turnaround
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla speaks during a press conference after a visit to oversee the production of the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine at the Pfizer factory in Puurs, Belgium, April 23, 2021. Pfizer on Tuesday forecast 2025 profits roughly in line with Wall Street expectations, offering some relief to investors after a tumultuous year during which it attracted criticism from activist hedge fund Starboard Value. Shares of Pfizer rose about 2% in premarket trading after the drugmaker also said it was expecting 2025 sales of its Covid-19 vaccine and drug to be consistent with 2024 levels. Pfizer forecast 2025 revenue in the range of $61 billion to $64 billion, compared with the estimates of $63.26 billion. The company is slated to hold a conference call with analysts later in the day to discuss the forecast.

Persons: Albert Bourla, JP Morgan, Chris Schott, Biden's Organizations: Pfizer, BioNtech, LSEG Locations: Puurs, Belgium

☆ The world’s busiest flight routes for 2024 revealed
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Travel intelligence company OAG has released its annual list of the world’s busiest flight routes — and the 105-minute hop between the two has topped the international route board, with nearly 7 million seats on sale in 2024. Dubai featured several times in the list, with Dubai-Riyadh the busiest route in the Middle East. Jeju-Seoul has kept the crown of the world’s busiest domestic route, with 14.2 million seats – nearly 39,000 per day. Analyzing routes per region, Cairo was Africa’s hub, with routes out of the Egyptian capital taking the top five spots for routes leaving the continent. We should look at the forecast.”The world’s busiest flight routes for 2024

Persons: you’d, OAG, TPE, —, Matteo Mirolo, ” Organizations: CNN, Travel, Osaka Kansai, ., New, Dubai, Jeju, Tokyo Haneda, London Heathrow, JFK, Air Transport Action, Transport & Environment Locations: Hong Kong, Taipei, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Cairo, Jeddah, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Seoul, Tokyo Narita, Osaka, . Singapore Changi, Jakarta, Bangkok, East, Europe, Dubai, Riyadh, New York JFK, London, Asia, Sapporo New Chitose, Tokyo, Fukuoka, Tokyo Haneda, Jeju, Dublin, San Juan, Orlando, Lima, Santiago

☆ The charts indicate it's time to bet on bitcoin and short gold, says Todd Gordon
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Todd Gordon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

As I said I'm in fact currently short gold. If real yields are moving higher then gold moves lower, and vice versa. My bet is real yields may come in a bit, but I think the better bet is for gold to sell off. One way to easily short gold is to buy the DB Gold Short ETF symbol 'DGZ ' -Todd Gordon, Founder of Inside Edge Capital , LLC DISCLOSURES: (Gordon owns bitcoin ETF IBIT in his wealth management company Inside Edge Capital, LLC. He is personally short gold via a short futures position .

Persons: Todd Gordon, Gordon Organizations: Inside Edge, IBIT, CNBC, NBC UNIVERSAL Locations: bitcoin

☆ 10 top housing markets in 2025 — a year that should finally favor homebuyers
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Here are 10 real-estate markets that could see a surge of activity next year. There's a growing sense among real-estate analysts that an extended home sales contraction will snap in 2025 as housing inventory rises and mortgage rates fall. And buyers may also move off the sidelines as mortgage rates drift toward 6% from around 7%, the firm added. Buyers will flock to 10 top housing markets in 2025 due to a combination of rising home supply, manageable mortgage rates, and healthy local economies, the firm said. AdvertisementBelow are the 10 real-estate markets that the NAR is bullish on next year, along with select economic and demographic considerations.

Persons: Lawrence Yun, Realtor.com, Freddie Mac, who've Organizations: National Association of Realtors, NAR, National Association of Realtors Property

☆ The 15 most and least expensive cities in the US
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ten of the 15 most expensive metros based on regional price parity data for 2023 were in California. The most expensive US metros are commonly found in California, while many of the least expensive ones can be found in the South. That means prices were 13% more expensive than the national average, making it one of the metros with the highest regional price parities. California was 12.6% more expensive than the national average in 2023, making it the state with the highest regional price parity. Pine Bluff, Arkansas, was around 20% less expensive than the national average, making it the metro with the lowest regional price parity in 2023.

Persons: Vipin Arora, Paso Robles, It's Organizations: California metros, Golden State metros, parities Locations: California . Miami, New York, California, Arkansas, Seattle, San Luis Obispo, San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Seattle , New York, Miami, Boston, Honolulu, Pine Bluff , Arkansas

“It will not work.”The officials said the briefings occurred in the fall. The FBI commonly provides defensive briefings to senior officials when the bureau learns they have been targeted by foreign intelligence operations. Several members of the House Intelligence Committee and select House committee on the CCP declined to comment when asked if they had received a classified briefing on the matter. U.S. intelligence officials and analysts say China’s efforts to stoke polarization and undercut Americans’ confidence in the democratic process are part of a long-term effort that includes global information operations designed to tarnish America’s image abroad. A spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Washington responded to that allegation this month by saying: “China firmly opposes the US’s smear attacks against China without any factual basis.”

Persons: WASHINGTON, FBI briefers, ”, Nancy Pelosi, Newt Gingrich, Lai Ching, Mike McCaul, Lai, John Moolenaar, ” Moolenaar, Barry Moore, Sen, Marsha Blackburn Organizations: FBI, Chinese Communist Party, NBC News, U.S, CCP, “, House Foreign, House Intelligence, Microsoft, Embassy, White Locations: Beijing, Taiwan, ”, Washington, U.S, Asia, China, Taipei, Texas, stoke

☆ Trailblazing politician Shirley Chisholm is awarded Congress' highest honor
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( Donna M. Owens | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Bipartisan legislation to honor the late Shirley Chisholm, the nation’s first Black congresswoman, became law last week, as the 118th Congress winds down with a final flurry of bills. President Joe Biden signed the Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act on Thursday, posthumously honoring Chisholm, who died in 2005, with Congress’s highest award for her distinguished service and achievements. Vice President Kamala Harris signs the Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act, which grants the late congresswoman the highest civilian award Congress can bestow. Vice President Kamala Harris“I see no one more deserving than Shirley Chisholm,” Lee added. “I can’t help but think that Shirley Chisholm is looking down at all of us and saying how proud she is that we have gotten here,” Rep. Sheila Cherfilus McCormick, D-Fla., told colleagues that evening.

Persons: Shirley Chisholm, Joe Biden, Chisholm, Kamala Harris, Sen, Laphonza Butler, Barbara Lee, ” Lee, Lee, Kamala Harris “, ” Butler, Adam Schiff, Chisholm “, “, Shirley ” —, ”, Bob Dole, Bill Clinton, Arthur Hardwick, Charles Rangel, —, Congressional Black Caucus —, “ Barbara, … ”, Chisholm’s, Hakeem Jeffries, Maxine Waters, Yvette Clarke, Byron Donalds, Butler, Raphael Warnock, Jonathan Jackson, Shontel Brown, Sheila Cherfilus McCormick Organizations: U.S . Senate, U.S . Treasury Department, Smithsonian Institution, Brooklyn College, Columbia University, New York State Assembly, National Organization for Women, Congress, Democrat, Agriculture, Women, New, Congressional Black Caucus, CBC, Republicans, Democratic, ” Locations: D, New York, Barbados, Guyana, Brooklyn , New York, Vietnam, Kansas, United States, Florida, Jamaica, Buffalo , New York, Ohio

☆ RFK Jr. takes his turn in the spotlight: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +11 min

In today’s edition, Robert F. Kennedy begins meeting with senators in Washington, while Donald Trump holds his first post-election news conference. “Obviously, HHS under the first Trump administration was very clear on the issue of abortion conscience protections and all those things. On the reported sightings of drones over New Jersey and New York, Trump said, “The government knows what is happening.” He declined to say whether he had received an intelligence briefing about it. In 2000, Al Gore got oh-so-close to winning the White House when Bill Clinton’s approval rating was at 57%. Read more →That’s all from the Politics Desk for now.

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Jay-Z’s lawyer expects the hip-hop mogul, whose real name is Shawn Carter, to soon be “cleared” from a lawsuit that accuses him and rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping a minor in 2000, he told NBC News on Monday. On Monday, Spiro distanced Carter from Combs, who faces federal criminal charges in New York of racketeering, sex trafficking and other offenses. Nobody wants to hear these things.”“We expect Mr. Carter to be cleared of this in the coming days,” he added. One driver told her that he worked for Combs and that she “fit what Diddy was looking for,” according to the lawsuit. The federal lawsuit was originally filed in October in the Southern District of New York, listing Combs as a defendant.

Persons: Jay, Shawn Carter, Sean “ Diddy ” Combs, Carter’s, Alex Spiro, ” Spiro, Tom, Jane Doe, ”, Carter, Combs, Spiro, “, ” Carter, Mr, he’s, Tony Buzbee, doesn’t, Buzbee, Spiro “, ” Buzbee, Diddy, ’, “ I’m Organizations: NBC, NBC News, MTV, Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention, New, of Locations: ”, New York, Brooklyn’s, Texas, Rochester , New York, Southern, of New York, Brooklyn

MAPLEWOOD, N.J. — President-elect Donald Trump said the government should disclose more information about the recent drone sightings in New Jersey. "Something strange is going on," he said. Residents of New Jersey have reported seeing drones in the sky nearly every night since Nov. 18, a senior official briefed on the drones told NBC News last week. The Pentagon, which has said the drones aren't U.S. military-operated, has denied the drones were linked to Iran. In a joint statement last week, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security said there is "no evidence at this time that the reported drone sightings pose a national security or public safety threat or have a foreign nexus."

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Biden, I’ve, Phil Murphy, Kathy Hochul, Jeff Van Drew Organizations: —, NBC, Jersey Gov, Phil Murphy , New York Gov, Pentagon, FBI, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, New Jersey State Police Locations: MAPLEWOOD, N.J, New Jersey, Bedminster, New York, Connecticut, Jersey, Phil Murphy ,, Iran

President-elect Donald Trump was upbeat at his first post-election press conference Monday, saying there was a big difference between now and when he took office in 2016: Some of his former adversaries are now being nice to him. The remarks were Trump's first news conference since he won the election and the first event he has hosted himself since November. Trump referenced recent meetings with Apple CEO Tim Cook, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai and former Alphabet President Sergey Brin. "I mean, I'd have to see it, because I don't know the facts." Trump's press conference was his first one since winning the 2024 election, though he has attended other organizations’ events, attended a SpaceX test launch, and gone to numerous sporting events.

Persons: Donald Trump, “, ”, Trump, Trump's, Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai, Sergey Brin, Jeff Bezos, —, Bezos, Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, David Sacks, Jacob Helberg, Eric Adams, Brian Thompson, Luigi Mangione, TikTok, ” Trump, Kamala Harris, Biden Organizations: Apple, Amazon, Big, Twitter, Facebook, Google, The Washington Post, Pentagon, Department of, New, New York City, Des Moines Register, SpaceX, ”, Trump Locations: Lago, U.S, New York, New Jersey

☆ RaMell Ross' 'Nickel Boys' brings to life the notorious cruelty of a Southern reform school
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( Ronda Racha Penrice | Atlanta-Based Writer Ronda Racha Penrice Is The Author Of | Black American History For Dummies. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

“Nickel Boys,” Ross’ first narrative feature, falls in line with his professional and personal mission. I was a really, really, really good kid because I was afraid something small would happen and it would just escalate, and life would be derailed, and I’d let my parents down and everything they’ve done would go to waste.”For Ross, “Nickel Boys” is also very much tied to his acclaimed documentary. “She actually lives the character, which is a little bit distressing when the scenes are really, really emotional because we shoot them four or five times,” he said. He’s already won best director honors from the Gotham Awards and the New York Film Critics Circle Awards and received a Critics Choice Awards nomination. As a film, “Nickel Boys,” which also stars Daveed Diggs in a small but important role, has received several best picture nods, including the Golden Globes.

Persons: RaMell Ross, “, Jim Crow, ” Ross ’, Joslyn Barnes, Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer, Arthur G, —, ”, Ross, I’d, they’ve, ‘, ” Jack Turner, Brandon Wilson, Elwood Curtis, Elwood, Ethan Herisse, Hattie, Aunjanue Ellis, Taylor, Dozier, Turner, They’re, ” Ross, Ellis, Herisse, Wilson, Richard, He’s, Daveed Diggs Organizations: “, Nickel Academy, Dozier School for Boys, Department of Justice, Turner, Cinema & Television, Dozier School, Gotham, New York, Golden Globes Locations: “ Hale, Alabama, Tallahassee , Florida, Elwood, ‘ Hale, Los Angeles

NBC News has been tracking reports of possible drone sightings, mostly in New Jersey, since at least Dec. 3. MartyA45_ / TMX via APThe drones were first spotted in North Jersey, but now appear to be popping up throughout the state. NBC News has also tracked possible drone sightings in New York, Maryland and Florida. Several New Jersey officials have said the drone sightings occur up to 180 times per night. But lawmakers and local officials have expressed frustration with the information from federal officials, demanding answers in a timely manner.

Persons: Baltimore, “, Jeff Van Drew, Phil Murphy, Trisha Bushey, ” Sen, Richard Blumenthal, Conn, Larry Hogan, ”, ” Hogan, Murphy, Joe Biden, Sens, Chuck Schumer, Mitch McConnell, Mike Johnson, Hakeem Jeffries, ” Biden, Pramod, ” Abichandani Organizations: NBC News, NBC, FBI, Department of Homeland Security, New Jersey State Police, Pentagon, Secret Service, ”, New, DHS, New Jersey Gov, Several New, AP, Federal Aviation Administration, Former Maryland Gov, FAA, Aircraft, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Mobility Locations: New Jersey, Jersey, Randolph, N.J, North Jersey, New York , Maryland, Florida, Maryland, Delaware, Iranian, East, U.S, New York, Several, Several New Jersey, Lebanon Township

☆ Thousands feared dead after cyclone slams into Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( Hannah Peart | Hannah Peart Is An Intern In The Nbc News London Bureau. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Several thousand people may have been killed, Mayotte prefect Francois-Xavier Bieuville told told Mayotte La 1ere, a local broadcaster, on Sunday. All three are storm systems with winds exceeding 74 mph, but the name depends on where in the world the storm happens. Hurricanes happen in the North Atlantic Ocean and Northeast Pacific, typhoons occur in the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean, while cyclones take place in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, according to the U.S.’s National Ocean Service. Daniel Mouhamadi / AFP - Getty ImagesCyclone season in the southwest Indian Ocean usually spans from mid-November to the end of April, according to Météo-France. In 2023, over 1000 people died across Malawi and Mozambique after Cyclone Freddy, the strongest tropical cyclone ever recorded, barreled 5,000 miles across the Indian Ocean, where it pummeled Madagascar and Reunion before striking the African mainland.

Persons: Francois, Xavier Bieuville, Bruno Retailleau, Kwezi, Daniel Mouhamadi, Freddy Organizations: Mayotte La, Getty, Getty Images Cyclones, Hurricanes, South Pacific, Ocean Service, Authorities Locations: Mayotte, AFP, Météo, France, Africa, Mamoudzou, Ocean, Northeast Pacific, South, Malawi, Mozambique, Madagascar

It is only the sixth time that a no confidence vote has been called in the country of 83 million people, Europe's most populous and the continent's largest economy. The confidence vote was needed because in post-World War II Germany, the constitution does not allow the Bundestag to dissolve itself. Scholz called the confidence vote after weeks of infighting with his coalition partners on a 2025 budget and Germany's future economic policy prior to Lindner's firing. However, it is unlikely the group would be able to govern because other parties have refused to align themselves to the far-right, despite Germany’s parliamentary system traditionally producing coalitions. Facing pressure from both the right and the left, French Prime Minister Michel Barnier resigned earlier this month after he lost a confidence vote which collapsed his government.

Persons: Olaf Scholz, Scholz, Christian Lindner, Lindner, Frank, Walter Steinmeier, Kallum Pickering, Peel Hunt, Pickering, Friedrich Merz, Emmanuel Macron, Michel Barnier, Macron, François Bayrou, Barnier Organizations: Social Democratic, Bundestag, Free Democrats, environmentalist Green Party, Peel, CNBC, Reuters, Labour Party won, French Locations: Germany, Thuringia, France

David Hogg speaks during a protest at the State Capitol in Lansing, Michigan, in February 2023. Emily Elconin/ReutersDavid Hogg, a Democratic Party activist and one of the survivors of the 2018 Parkland school shooting, announced on Monday that he is running for vice chair of the Democratic National Committee. ”When I talked to people about whether or not I should run I was told by many that it wouldn’t be possible for me to have any real impact,” Hogg said in a statement announcing his candidacy. “This reminded me of what my classmates and I were told by many pollsters and pundits following the shooting at my high school in Parkland, Florida. DNC members will vote on a new party chair and several other executive positions at their Winter Meeting on February 1 — the first competitive contest to lead the party since 2017.

Persons: David Hogg, Emily Elconin, ” Hogg, Hogg, ” Organizations: State Capitol, Democratic Party, Parkland, Democratic National Committee Locations: Lansing , Michigan, Parkland , Florida, Red States

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Nvidia, Broadcom, MicroStrategy, Super Micro Computer and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( Pia Singh | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

MicroStrategy — The bitcoin proxy stock rose more than 6% after Nasdaq announced MicroStrategy will be added to the tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 index . Crypto stocks — Shares of crypto-linked stocks rallied, with Coinbase and Robinhood gaining 4.7% and 7%, respectively. Keysight Technologies — The electronics stock rose about 3% after an upgrade to overweight from neutral at JPMorgan. Micron Technology — Shares rose 7% ahead of the semiconductor manufacturer's quarterly earnings due later this week. Drone stocks — Shares of several drone makers rallied , with interest in the sector fueled by recent mysterious drone sightings over Northeast states and a new Palantir partnership announcement.

Persons: MicroStrategy, Michael Saylor, Jefferies, Keysight, Versace, Jimmy Choo, Charles Liang's, Elliott, Donald Trump Jr, — CNBC's Hakyung Kim, Jesse Pound, Sean Conlon, Yun Li, Lisa Kailai Han, Michelle Fox Organizations: Nvidia, Nasdaq, Mara Holdings, Ford, Broadcom, Technologies, JPMorgan, Capri, Barclays, Bloomberg, ISI, Honeywell, Elliott Management, Micron Technology, Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Street Journal, Berkshire Hills, Brookline Bancorp, Cat Holdings, Palantir Technologies, Cat, Machines, Defense, Security Solutions Locations: Brookline, Boston

☆ Former TV host Carlos Watson is sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison in a case about his failed startup Ozy Media
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Former talk show host Carlos Watson was sentenced Monday to nearly 10 years in prison in a federal financial conspiracy case that cast his once-buzzy Ozy Media as an extreme of fake-it-'til-you-make-it startup culture. So extreme that another Ozy executive impersonated a YouTube executive to hype Ozy to investment bankers — while Watson coached him, prosecutors said. Watson even listened in and texted talking points while his co-founder posed as a YouTube executive to praise Ozy on a phone call with potential investors, prosecutors said. Ozy Media was his second startup, coming a decade after he sold a test-prep company that he had founded while in his 20s. Meanwhile, Ozy gave prospective investors much bigger revenue numbers than those it reported to accountants, according to testimony and documents.

Persons: Carlos Watson, —, Watson, texted, Ozy, Eric Komitee, Samir Rao, Suzee Han, Oprah Winfrey, Janeen Poutre Organizations: Ozy Media, U.S, Federal, Prosecutors, District, Harvard University, Stanford Law School, CNN, MSNBC, Oprah, New York Times Locations: Brooklyn , New York, U.S, Silicon Valley, Ozy, View , California

☆ ‘They said we were American spies’: Priests describe Russia’s crackdown on Evangelicals in occupied Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

Kyiv, Ukraine CNN —Pastor Dmytro Bodyu said the Russians kept telling him they knew he was an American spy, specifically, a CIA agent paid by the US government to spread anti-Russian propaganda in occupied Ukraine. Since launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russia has jailed dozens of Ukrainian faith leaders in occupied areas, according to Ukrainian prosecutors. In the territories occupied after February 2022, Russian tactics became bloodier and more violent,” he said. Ukraine created its own independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine in 2018, splitting from the Moscow-affiliated Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC). ‘American spies’Moscow has been cracking down on all non-Russian churches in occupied Ukraine, but Protestant and Evangelical groups have often been among the first to be banned.

Persons: Dmytro Bodyu, “, ” Bodyu, Bodyu, he’d, Petros Giannakouris, Jae C, Bohdan Heleta, Ivan Levitsky, ” Heleta, ” Bohdan Heleta, Alex Babenko, Levitsky, Maksym, Vishchyk, ”, ” Vishchyk, Vladimir Putin’s, Putin, Kirill, Putin’s, Mariupol, Evgeniy, Priest, of Jesus Christ, Falun Gong, Serhii, Serhii Chudynovych, Chudynovych, ‘, ’ ”, ’, Mike Johnson, Mykhailo Brytsyn, Brytsyn, Ivashchuk, Mykhailo Brystsyn, Ivana Kottasova, Grace, Mykhailo Brytsyn Ihor Ivashchuk, ” Ivashchuk, Pastor Ihor Ivashchuk, CNN Ivashchuk, CNN’s Katharina Krebs, Victoria Butenko Organizations: Ukraine CNN —, CIA, Life, CNN, Ukrainian, Russian Orthodox Church, 95th Air Assault Brigade, Yasuyoshi, Getty, Orthodox Church, Information Resilience, AP Church, Russian Defense Ministry, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Catholic Church, Global Rights, State Department, Church of, Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Ukraine’s State Service, Ethnic, Russian, Church, of Jesus, of Scientology, Orthodox, of, Kherson Prosecutor’s, Protestants, Evangelical, Ukraine, Grace Church, Russia, Evangelical Grace Church, ” CNN, Grace Locations: Kyiv, Ukraine, American, Melitopol, Ukrainian, Moscow, Russia, Donetsk, AFP, Berdiansk, Kherson, Lukashivka, Chernihiv, Odesa, Crimea, Vishchyk, “, Russian, Church of Ukraine, Mariupol, of Ukraine, Serhii, Bashtanka, ’ Moscow, United States, Soviet Union

☆ Biden's student loan forgiveness 'Plan B' is in its 'last step,' expert says. What borrowers need to know
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( Annie Nova | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

With weeks to go before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, the Biden administration is still taking steps to deliver sweeping student loan forgiveness to millions of Americans. The U.S. Department of Education has submitted its so-called "Plan B" for student loan cancellation to the Office of Management and Budget for review. "OMB review is the last step" before the policy is published in the Federal Register, said higher education expert Mark Kantrowitz. Once the rule is published, the Education Department could begin reducing or eliminating people's loans, Kantrowitz said. "The Biden administration continues to seek student debt relief even in the waning days of his tenure as president," Kantrowitz said.

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