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☆ Trump is welcomed by Macron to Paris with presidential pomp and joined by Zelenskyy in their meeting
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

French President Emmanuel Macron, center, poses with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, left, and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Elysee Palace, Sat., Dec. 7, 2024 in Paris. French President welcomed Donald Trump to Paris on Saturday with a full a dose of presidential pomp and they held an impromptu meeting with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy on a day that mixed pageantry with attention to pressing global problems. As Trump arrived at the official residence of the French president, Macron went out of his way to project an image of close ties, posing for multiple handshakes interspersed with plenty of back-patting. Trump spent about 90 minutes at the palace, meeting first with Macron before they were joined by Zelenskyy for about 35 minutes. Macron had planned to meet with Zelenskyy, and the French president's office said the three-way meeting was proposed by Macron and arranged shortly before Trump's arrival.

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☆ Hegseth and Collins’ push for cutting veterans health benefits alarms servicemembers and veterans groups
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( Natasha Bertrand | Haley Britzky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

He’s also lobbied for policies that would restrict VA care and believes veterans should ask for fewer government benefits. “We want to have full choice where veterans can go wherever they want for care,” Hegseth told Trump on speakerphone as Shulkin listened, according to Shulkin’s 2019 memoir. For Shulkin, a rare “holdover” from President Barack Obama’s administration to Trump’s, this was “the worst-case scenario” for veteran health care, and one he had repeatedly warned Hegseth against. As secretary of defense, Hegseth would oversee the Military Health System, which is separate from the Veterans Health Administration. “If this continues, the Defense Department will eventually be a health care and pension provider that also happens to fight wars,” he wrote.

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☆ I left Texas for Spain and have helped thousands of Americans move abroad: 'There’s never been a better time to make the leap'
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( Cepee Tabibian | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

I help women over 30 pursue their dreams of life abroad through a thriving Facebook community of more than 15,000 women, a live master class, resources, and ongoing support. Which countries offer the right visa options? From "digital nomad" to "non-lucrative" to "highly qualified" and beyond, there are more visa options than you might think. Grab my visa guide to Europe for details on 50+ visa options. From "digital nomad" to "non-lucrative" to "highly qualified" and beyond, there are more visa options than you might think.

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☆ Why finding the UnitedHealthcare CEO’s suspected killer is harder than you might think
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( Holly Yan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“He knows he’s on camera – it’s New York,” said John Miller, CNN’s chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst. The words “delay” and “depose” were written on a live round and a shell casing linked to the shooter, law enforcement sources told CNN. The state of New York does not have access to the DMV database for law enforcement purposes by statute,” Scott said. The potential DNA evidence was turned over to a lab for testing, a senior law enforcement official told Miller. “We already have lots of forensic evidence, fingerprints, DNA evidence,” plus a “massive camera canvass” of the suspected shooter’s movements through the city, she said.

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☆ What will be the signature achievement of Trump 2.0?
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

What will be the signature legislative achievement of Trump 2.0? They could basically plus up how much they’re spending on those priorities, and they could move some money around. That could still be really significant for the Trump administration, because Trump talked about the border so much and because Republicans campaigned on that issue. I could very well see that being a major signature piece of legislation for Trump that would fit with his brand. They’re going to be cautious about where they pick their moments.

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☆ Gout Gout: 16-year-old rising sprint star breaks Australia’s nearly six-decade-old 200m record
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Just a day after running the fourth fastest under-18 100m time in history, 16-year-old sprint sensation Gout Gout has broken Australia’s longstanding men’s 200m record. Gout is now the fastest 16-year-old in history over 200m, holds the second fastest under-18 200m time ever, and now holds the new Oceania 200m record, per World Athletics. It’s going to be a great future for sure,” Gout said, per Athletics Australia. “I didn’t expect it to be that fast, but I guess I ran Australia’s fastest ever time in the 200. But you know what they say, pressure makes diamonds and I guess I’m better than a diamond right now,” Gout added.

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As inflation cools and the Fed lowers its benchmark rate, mortgage rates are expected to trend down in 2025. 5-Year Mortgage Rate TrendsHere's how 30-year and 15-year mortgage rates have trended over the last five years, according to Freddie Mac data. Mortgage rates are determined by a variety of different factors, including larger economic trends, Federal Reserve policy, your state's current mortgage rates, the type of loan you're getting, and your personal financial profile. But now that inflation has decelerated and the Fed has started cutting rates, mortgage rates are expected to ease. This means your entire monthly mortgage payment, including taxes and insurance, shouldn't exceed 28% of your pre-tax monthly income.

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Meredith Tabbone spent roughly $475,000 on her dream home in Sambuca di Sicilia. Mickey Todiwala | CNBC Make ItMeredith Tabbone knocked down several walls to open up her kitchen, dining and living areas. Mickey Todiwala | CNBC Make ItNow that her home is complete, Tabbone plans to spend four months out of the year in Sicily. Mickey Todiwala | CNBC Make ItOne of Meredith Tabbone's favorite features in her Sicily dream home is a dry-heat sauna in one of the guest bedrooms. Mickey Todiwala | CNBC Make ItOverall, she adds, she feels it's "important to preserve old buildings like this" that can't be recreated with modern materials or building sensibilities.

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☆ 3 reasons buying a home could get easier in 2025 — unless you're a first-time buyer
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( Christine Ji | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The red-hot US housing market could cool off slightly in 2025, making it easier to buy a home. There's both some good and bad news on the horizon for homebuyers, according to housing market experts. Another impediment to homeownership has been high mortgage rates, which have more than doubled in the last few years. And rates could come down further in 2025, according to housing market experts. AdvertisementIndeed, first-time homebuyers are having unprecedented difficulty in the housing market.

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☆ My mom insisted I take everything she saved from my childhood. I don't regret throwing most of it out.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

After I moved out, my mom kept trying to get me to take boxes of my old childhood toys. When I finally had to deal with it, I learned a new appreciation for my mom and her sentimentality. I was helping my mom move from her 3-story forever home into a 55+ condo community, and everything she'd saved from my childhood had to go. As I came across the old assignments and publications, amidst my childhood toys, my feelings of stress and aggravation transformed into a flood of love and gratitude. AdvertisementI didn't throw everything outI did end up throwing out all the junk toys and selling the rest.

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☆ There’s something fishy about a recent sighting of an orca in a salmon ‘hat’
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( Mindy Weisberger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Southern Resident orcas are a single population of killer whales made up of three close-knit family groups, or pods: J pod, K pod and L pod. Other killer whales feed on fish, octopus and marine mammals, but the diet of Southern Resident whales is almost entirely salmon. Another orca wearing a salmon hat was photographed during a 2019 survey by the marine conservation group Ocean Wise. Even if J27’s fish-wearing doesn’t signal a return of salmon hats among the Southern Resident orcas, what does the behavior mean? In fact, strong social connections between Southern Resident orcas might explain why salmon-wearing became so popular in 1987, Garrett added.

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☆ What’s next for TikTok now that the app might get banned?
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( Clare Duffy | Erika Tulfo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Under the law, app stores could face major fines if they continue to host TikTok following the deadline, if it’s not sold. While the ruling increases the likelihood that TikTok will be banned, it’s not a done deal just yet. TikTok indicated that it plans to appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court. However, Schiller said TikTok is still likely to face an uphill battle in the Supreme Court. “However, there has been much discussion about TikTok being banned since 2020 and nothing has happened yet, so I’m skeptical.

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☆ 'Selling $1 bills for $3': Why bond buyers and equity investors can't get enough of bitcoin-obsessed MicroStrategy
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

All they know is that it's a bitcoin company, run by one of the asset's most vocal evangelists. Bitcoin per share, and bitcoin value per share, reflect how many bitcoin investors are getting when they buy a share of MicroStrategy. So with a stock price of around $390, each MicroStrategy share gives investors exposure to 0.0017 bitcoin. There are several reasons, including that MicroStrategy's bitcoin count is steadily rising. Kotzman, who owns bitcoin and MicroStrategy shares, is confident that the company's bet — and, by extension, his own — will pay off in the long term.

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☆ Meet Kevin Weil, the Man Turning Sam Altman's Visions Into Reality
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( Melia Russell | Rob Price | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

The event, the AI infrastructure conference Ray Summit, had originally booked OpenAI's chief technology officer, Mira Murati, to speak. If Sam Altman is the starry-eyed visionary of OpenAI, Weil is its executor. That includes Weil, a relative OpenAI newcomer who joined in June and rapidly became one of its most notable ambassadors. Former colleagues say Kevin Weil was key to turning Twitter into a crucial arena for advertisers. That's far from the only struggle the product chief faces.

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☆ We answer 9 mailbag questions, including ones about options, dividends, and share counts
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

Here's our Club Mailbag email investingclubmailbag@cnbc.com — so you send your questions directly to Jim Cramer and his team of analysts. There are two high-level factors that determine an options price, intrinsic value and time value. How does an investor know if when buying stock, they are buying company shares or trading shares with other investors . In a prior mailbag answer (see an excerpt above), we talked about how to go about doing this analysis. In other words, the valuation — be it based on price-to-earnings or a discounted cash flow model — is far more important than the stock price.

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☆ Elon Musk says DOGE can 'gut the federal government' with a recent Supreme Court ruling. Some lawyers disagree.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy said a SCOTUS ruling on federal regulations will help them cut spending through DOGE. AdvertisementThe Supreme Court might not help Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's spending cut goals as much as they might think. Holes in Musk and Ramaswamy's argumentThe Supreme Court overturned the Chevron doctrine in June 2024 in a ruling on the case Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. The Biden administration went through that process to craft its second student-loan forgiveness plan after the Supreme Court struck down the first one. It's not clear that the Supreme Court had that in mind when it overruled Chevron."

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☆ Executive security gets a closer look after UnitedHealthcare CEO's fatal shooting
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Executive security is getting a closer look after the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare's CEO. Private security companies say they've gotten an influx of calls. Executive security spending at S&P 500 companies has been on the rise — doubling from 2021 to 2023. AdvertisementFollowing the fatal shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson this week, some high-level executives are ramping up their own security. "If these incidents become more frequent, the atmosphere surrounding the purchase of security services will change drastically," he cautioned.

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☆ Insider Today: 'Brotox' on the rise
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( Joi-Marie Mckenzie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

On the agenda:AdvertisementBut first: How to win your company holiday party. We've all heard the same advice around this time of year when company holiday party invitations abound. When you arrive at your company's holiday party — and when you leave, for that matter — is just as important as the other oft-told advice you've probably heard. White-collar men's beauty secretsJuanjo Gasull for BIMen in corporate America want to look good at work — and they're spending thousands of dollars to do so. More of this week's top reads:AdvertisementThe Insider Today team: Dan DeFrancesco, deputy editor and anchor, in New York City.

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☆ Best utilities to own in 2025 after breakout year for sector, according to KeyBanc
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Investors should take a selective approach toward utility stocks in 2025 as the incoming Trump administration could create a more challenging environment for the sector, according to KeyBanc. AI has translated into tangible electricity load and earnings growth revisions for the sector, Karp said. If inflation stagnates at above-average levels and then accelerates, the Federal Reserve could respond with higher interest rates that would hit the sector, the analyst told clients. At the same time, electricity demand from AI and manufacturing returning to the U.S. could help offset these inflationary headwinds for the sector, according to Karp. KeyBanc maintains the equivalent of a buy rating on the regulated utilities Xcel Energy , WEC Energy Group , CMS Energy Corp. , FirstEnergy Corp. and Portland General Electric .

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☆ My husband was unemployed for 7 months. I had to step up to be his support system when his morale slipped.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( Krisann Valdez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

When my husband was unemployed for seven months, his morale and confidence slipped. I remember one time a hiring manager told my husband, "We'll let you know by Wednesday. I also reminded him the struggle to find a new job wasn't a reflection on him but on the current system. I helped my husband lean into routine and other support systemsAnother way I helped my husband remain grounded during unemployment was to establish a daily routine. Our support system was family and friends, who joked at our extra frugality and shared in our victories and disappointments.

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☆ College Football Playoff takeaways: Clemson kickstarts SMU-Alabama debate for final spot
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( The Athletic College Football | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +20 min

… We just played a playoff game, basically, out there and played pretty dang good. And none of the three beat a better opponent than in their conference title game than No. Anything extra — like a Playoff win or two — seems like a bonus. But here’s why the circumstances surrounding Beck’s injury in Saturday’s SEC title game are different from the injury to Florida State’s Jordan Travis last year. — BakerGO DEEPER College Football Playoff 2024 projections: SMU favored over Alabama for final spot(Photo: Grant Halverson / Getty Images)

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☆ Most people probably won't notice when artificial general intelligence arrives
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Some say OpenAI's o1 models are close to artificial general intelligence. Most people won't notice when AGI ultimately arrives, some AI experts say. AdvertisementSome say o1 shows how we might reach artificial general intelligence — a still theoretical form of AI that meets or surpasses human intelligence — without realizing it. "Most folks don't have a lot of tasks that bump up against limits of human intelligence, so won't see it." Tier 3, or "Artificial Focused Intelligence," is an AI that outperforms average human experts in specific, intellectually demanding tasks.

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☆ China's special forces are untested. Success in a Taiwan invasion could depend on them.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

China's special forces have serious problems that would limit their effectiveness in a Taiwan war. AdvertisementIf China invades Taiwan, China's special forces would be key to its success, the first forces ashore to clear obstacles for inbound troops and then to scout for command centers and air defenses for airstrikes. China's SOF includes 15 army brigades, as well as special operations units in the People Liberation Army Marine Corps, Airborne Corps, and Rocket Force. AdvertisementBut China's special forces have serious problems that would limit their effectiveness in an assault on Taiwan. Still, despite their limitations, Chinese special forces could disrupt Taiwanese defenses enough to enable an amphibious assault to succeed.

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☆ Video: Bolton on if Russia and Iran will save Assad amid potential fall of Syrian regime
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( Jessica Dean | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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