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Following Trump’s decisive election victory, many DOJ officials and career staffers were already nervous about the possibility that they would be targeted by Trump loyalists, particularly members of Congress. “Everything we did was above board,” said a former senior FBI official, who has started contacting lawyers because he expects to be prosecuted himself. “Agents have to do 20 years,” the former senior FBI official said. DOJ and FBI officials say that the Trump investigations were carried out properly. Now, a new group of DOJ and FBI officials are facing the prospect of hefty legal fees as well.

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☆ Top Wall Street analysts are upbeat on these stocks for the long haul
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Tipranks.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Recommendations from Wall Street can help them make informed decisions on stocks and seek solid long-term returns. Top-rated analysts pay attention to multiple aspects when selecting stocks of companies with solid fundamentals and strong execution. Bearing that in mind, here are three stocks favored by the Street's top pros, according to TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their past performance. See Amazon Stock Charts on TipRanks. Mahaney thinks UBER will gain from autonomous vehicle rollouts, given its position as the largest ride-sharing demand aggregator.

Persons: Brian White, White, TipRanks, Mark Mahaney, Mahaney, Andrew Harte, Jack Dorsey, Harte Organizations: Web Services, Amazon, Technologies, Uber's, Business, Uber Technologies, BTIG Locations: AMZN

☆ Ashton Jeanty: Running back makes history as he continues excellent season
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Running back Ashton Jeanty continued his standout, historic season on Friday, setting a single-season school rushing record and helping No. 13 Boise State Broncos to a 42-21 win over San Jose State on Saturday. Such has been his consistency that Jeanty has recorded a 100+ yards game for the 10th consecutive game – a Mountain West Conference record. Currently, Boise State is 9-1 on the season, and 6-0 in Mountain West play. “All the past running backs are great and amazing but to keep the legacy and tradition going of running backs at Boise State is a big deal to me.”

Persons: Ashton Jeanty, Jeanty, Jay Ajayi’s, Pro Bowler Derrick Henry, “, Spencer Danielson, ” Danielson, ” Ashton, Eakin Howard, Barry Sanders ’, Maddux Madsen, ” Jeanty, ” Organizations: CNN, Boise State Broncos, San, San Jose State, West Conference, University of Alabama, Pro, Boise State, Boise State's, Getty, Boise State’s, West, FBS, Broncos, UNLV, San Diego, Rebels, San Jose Locations: San Jose, Boise, San Diego State, San Jose State, Jeanty

☆ Wegovy/Mounjaro: The UK thinks weight loss drugs could ease unemployment. Experts say that’s a fantasy
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Lauren Kent | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

London CNN —Weight loss drugs such as Wegovy and Ozempic have been hailed worldwide as revolutionary for medicine. Additional measures to prevent obesity in the first place are desperately needed, health experts say. Part of that new thinking is exploring weight loss drugs. The OHA has crunched the numbers on existing weight loss drugs like Wegovy, the brand name for the appetite suppressant semaglutide. “There is no such thing as a silver bullet for obesity,” the Obesity Health Alliance emphasized.

Persons: Wes Streeting, Streeting, Eli Lilly, It’s, Keir Starmer, ”, Alfred Slade, suppressant, ” Slade, “, it’s, Tom Little, prioritization, Jack Doughty, Martin White, ” White, White Organizations: London CNN, National Health Service, The Telegraph, Survey, British, Obesity Health Alliance, OHA, CNN, Reuters, Diabetes UK, NHS, of Health, Social Care, University of Cambridge Locations: United Kingdom, England, Novo Nordisk's, Denmark, sodas

☆ 2024 NFL Week 11: Sunday’s standout games and what to look out for
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Week 11 of the 2024 NFL season is here and the race for the playoff spots are beginning to heat up. ETIn any other week, a clash between two seven-win AFC North division rivals would be the standout match-up. But for us, it’s just a Week 11 for us.”Allen has won his last three regular season clashes against the Chiefs. Burrow and the offense haven’t struggled to score points this season but have had issues converting those points into wins. Sean M. Haffey/Getty ImagesFull Week 11 Sunday scheduleAway @ homeGreen Bay Packers (6-3) vs. Chicago Bears (4-5) – 1:00 p.m.

Persons: Lamar Jackson, Jackson, Derrick Henry –, Saquon Barkley, Terrance Williams, Mike Tomlin, Justin Fields, Russell Wilson, Wilson, ” Wilson, “ We’ve, Scott Taetsch, Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen, Allen, “ You’re, ” Mahomes, “, I’ve, Josh, ”, Mahomes, Charlie Riedel, It’s, Greg Rousseau, A.J, Sean McDermott’s, they’ve, Kingsley Suamataia, Wanya Morris, Allen isn’t, we’ve, it’s, ” Allen, Andy Lyons, Joe Burrow . Burrow, hasn’t, Jim Harbaugh, – Tuli, Daiyan Henley –, Harbaugh, Jesse Minter, he’s, “ Ja’Marr Chase, Joe Burrow …, ” Minter, “ Burrow, that’s, Joe, Justin Herbert, Herbert, Sean M Organizations: CNN, Philadelphia Eagles, NFC East, Washington, Arizona Cardinals, Carolina Panthers, New York Giants, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Baltimore Ravens, Pittsburgh Steelers, AFC North, Kansas City Chiefs, Buffalo Bills, Ravens, Acrisure, Cincinnati Bengals, NFL, AP, Steelers, Raiders, Jets, Giants, Pittsburgh, AFC, Bills, Chiefs, AFC Divisional, Denver Broncos, Kansas City, Sunday, New England Patriots, Green Bay Packers, Getty Images Cincinnati Bengals, Los Angeles Chargers, Bengals, Cincinnati, Chargers, Henley, LA, Chicago Bears, Jacksonville Jaguars, Detroit Lions, Vegas Raiders, Miami Dolphins, Los Angeles Rams, Cleveland Browns, New, New Orleans Saints, Minnesota Vikings, Tennessee Titans, Indianapolis Colts, New York Jets, Atlanta Falcons, Seattle Seahawks, San Francisco 49ers Locations: Pennsylvania, NFL.com’s, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Los Angeles, New Orleans

☆ Gold watch gifted to Titanic hero who saved 700 lives sells for record £1.5 million
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Billy Stockwell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A gold watch gifted to the captain of a ship which rescued more than 700 passengers and crew from the Titanic has sold for a record-breaking £1.56 million ($1.97 million). The gold pocket watch was inscribed with a message from the three surviving widows to mark their "heartfelt gratitude and appreciation" for Captain Rostron. The previous record for a Titanic-related object sold at auction was also a pocket watch, which sold for £1.175 million ($1.485 million) earlier this year. For auctioneer Andrew Aldridge, the latest sale is a sign that interest in the story of the Titanic shows no sign of slowing down. The watch was sold to a private collector in the US and the sale figure includes fees and taxes paid by the buyer, according to PA media.

Persons: Captain Arthur Rostron, Henry Aldridge, Henry Aldridge & Son, Rostron, John B Thayer, John Jacob Astor, George D Widener, ” Mrs Astor’s, John Jacob Astor IV, James Cameron’s, Astor’s, Andrew Aldridge, ” Organizations: CNN, Titanic, Henry Aldridge &, Sunday Locations: New York, Son, York

☆ My daughter is transgender, but she's also just like any other kid
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Noah Berlatsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

As a kid, our daughter was about as easy to deal with as it is possible for a kid to be. And, of course, many parents of trans kids feel that their children have, well, transformed. AdvertisementPublic discussions of trans kids often tend to focus on how they're different from cisgender kids, and on how parents face different challenges in supporting them. And trans kids are different from cis kids in some ways. We like her girlfriend, who is more willing to chat with us than our daughter, perhaps because we're not her parents.

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☆ I've had Bluesky for less than a week. Here's how to get started with the competitor to Elon Musk's X.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementBluesky has seen a surge in users after the US election and as X introduces new terms of service. Bluesky is having quite the week as millions of people flock to sign up in the wake of the US election and new terms of service coming to X. Bluesky had 17 million users as of Friday, according to a live stat-tracker by a Bluesky developer. As departure announcements and Bluesky links popped up in my X feed on Wednesday, I became curious to see how the app attracted so many new accounts. Jordan Hart/BIBluesky's posts, known as "skeets," work similarly to posts on X (previously known as "tweets").

Persons: Bluesky, Jack Dorsey, Elon Musk, Donald Trump, X, they'd, Mark Zuckerberg, Jordan Hart Organizations: Twitter Locations: Bluesky

☆ As Trump vows mass deportation, polls suggest growing support – but not a mandate
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Ariel Edwards-Levy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN’s national exit polling this year found that immigration was a strong issue for Trump in this election, but it doesn’t suggest a mandate for mass deportation. Voters gave Trump a roughly 9-point advantage over Vice President Kamala Harris on trust to handle immigration, according to the latest data. Complicating those findings is the fact that polling this year has found widely disparate levels of support for deportation. Surveys that ask respondents to choose between deportation and a path to citizenship, meanwhile, often find more support for the latter. Regardless of framing, however, national polls agree on a rise in support for deportation policies over recent years, coupled with a broader increase in nativist sentiment.

Persons: Donald Trump, –, Trump, Kamala Harris, Harris, “, ”, Michael Tesler, Joe, Biden, CNN’s Henry Gertmenian Organizations: CNN, Trump, Voters, Gallup, Marquette Law School, CBS, Pew Research Center Locations: United States, Marquette, U.S

☆ NFL Week 11 top storylines: Chiefs-Bills, Ravens-Steelers and can Bears get right vs. Packers?
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Mike Jones | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +12 min

Mahomes vs. Allen, Round 8The NFL schedulers probably should have made this the Sunday night contest. The Bears rank seventh against the pass, have allowed only 18.6 points per game (seventh-best) and have 16 takeaways (also seventh). Foes do find it hard to run on Baltimore, which gives up an NFL-low 73.0 rushing yards per game. They are holding opponents to a league-best 13.1 points per game, and haven’t allowed more than 20 points in any game this season. So this matchup will be a good measuring stick for the Chargers’ defense, while proving whether Herbert and company can win in a shootout if necessary.

Persons: Justin Herbert, Joe Burrow, Allen, Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen, Tyler, Mahomes, Travis Kelce, Kadarius Toney, Toney, Isiah Pacheco, Allen’s, Caleb Williams, Mike Dinovo, Matt Eberflus, Shane Waldron, Thomas Brown, Brown, William, Greenberg, Green, Williams, Jordan Love, Deshaun Watson, Mike Tomlin, Russell Wilson, Justin Fields, Arthur Smith, Fields, Wilson, Russ, Lamar Jackson, Flowers, Derrick Henry, Kyle Shanahan, Christian McCaffrey, Rust, McCaffrey, Mike Macdonald, Scott Galvin, Bo Nix, Jim Harbaugh’s, They’re, haven’t, Jim Harbaugh, they’re, Herbert, They’ve, Justin Casterline Organizations: NFL, Philadelphia, Eagles, NFC, Sunday, NFC North, Chicago, Green, AFC, Pittsburgh Steelers, Baltimore Ravens, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, Bills, Chiefs, Broncos, Atlanta Falcons, Chargers, Cincinnati Bengals, Kansas, Allen’s Bills, Bears, Chicago Bears, Packers, Detroit, AFC North, Ravens, Browns, Pittsburgh, Steelers, Washington, 49ers, Super, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, NFC West, Seattle, Cardinals, Seahawks, Thompson, AFC West, Los Angeles Chargers, Kansas City, Cincinnati, Bengals Locations: Washington, City, Windy City, Buffalo, Denver, Kansas City, Kansas, Carolina, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Arizona, Francisco, Seattle

Does Sunday’s wild win in Pittsburgh tell us more about the Steelers or Ravens when it comes to AFC contenders? Nguyen: This Packers team is better than last year’s edition. A month from now, are we going to be talking about the Dolphins, Colts, both or neither as competing for the seventh seed in the AFC? Pompei: The competition for the last wild-card spot in the AFC could come down to the Dolphins, Colts, Bengals and Broncos. The Colts defense has improved, and on Sunday Richardson executed better than he did prior to his benching.

Persons: Mike Jones, Ted Nguyen, Dan Pompei, Jones, Steelers hadn’t, Lamar Jackson, Derrick Henry, Henry, Justin Tucker, Tucker’s, Mike Tomlin, Nate Herbig’s, Payton Wilson, Hill, Tucker, I’m, Jeff Hafley, Jordan Love, Love, he’s, Josh Jacobs, Tua Tagovailoa’s, Anthony Richardson, Sunday Richardson, They’re, Richardson, Tagovailoa, hasn’t, Anthony Weaver, Mike Macdonald, Joe Sargent Organizations: Packers, Steelers, Ravens, AFC, The Athletic NFL, Pittsburgh, Chargers, 49ers, NFC, Green Bay, Bears, Dolphins, Colts, Bengals, Broncos, Lions, Patriots, Titans, Giants, Jaguars, Jets, Browns, Texans, Raiders, Chiefs, Getty Locations: Chicago, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Washington, Baltimore, Green, Houston, Miami

☆ Starbucks Exec Quit to Launch a Rum Brand, 3 Tips for Success
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Maria Noyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementMarc Farrell became Starbucks' youngest vice president at the age of 33. He left to launch his rum brand, Ten To One, which counts Howard Schultz as an investor. AdvertisementMarc Farrell left behind his role as Starbucks' youngest VP to launch his own rum brand. On the surface, a global coffee giant, and an up-and-coming rum brand don't seem to have much in common. Don't wait until the product is perfectAt Starbucks, Farrell was he was very well paid and great colleagues and mentors.

Persons: Marc Farrell, Farrell, Howard Schultz, Jack Sparrow, Marc, Kwesi Farrell, Gabrielle Wesley, Schultz, Ciara Organizations: Starbucks, Mars, Harvard Business, Michelin Locations: Trinidad and Tobago, Mars Wrigley, America, Caribbean, Seattle, Trinidad, Korean, New York City

☆ If the Mar-a-Lago documents case is dismissed, Trump could get everything back — and keep it with immunity
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementIf the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case is dismissed, Trump can probably take his 33 boxes back. If the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case is dismissed, can Trump take back those 33 boxes of keepsakes — ranging from Christmas decorations to highly sensitive nuclear secrets — that the FBI seized from his Palm Beach resort two years ago? AdvertisementThat includes the documents Smith sees as contraband, currently stored in an FBI "SCIF," or sensitive compartmented information facility. Classified documents on the floor of a storage area at Mar-a-Lago, next to presidential gifts and a case of Diet Coke. That appeal is now on hold, with Smith saying that on December 2, he will announce his plans for the documents case and Trump's election interference case.

Persons: Trump, Donald Trump, Jack Smith, Smith, —, Paul Shechtman, Brian Greer, Greer, General Merrick Merriand, Michael Bachner, Bachner, Coke, Lago, Aileen Cannon Organizations: National Archives, DOJ, Mar, Trump, Department, Prosecutors, Justice Department, National Archives Records, US, Department of Justice, CIA's, Obama, US Department of Justice, Getty, FBI, White, Radical Left Democrats, Biden's Locations: Palm, flouting, Manhattan, Mar, Palm Beach , Florida, United States

☆ King Arthur left an ancient trail across Britain. Experts say it offers clues about the truth behind the myth
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-16 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

Today, he is best associated with Tintagel Castle, where remains of a settlement dating back to the fifth century perch strikingly on an islet off the wild coast of Cornwall. Bettmann Archive/Getty ImagesFor Stoyle, it’s likely that the myth of Arthur has at least its roots in fact. This Arthur was played by Clive Owen in the 2004 film, “King Arthur,” alongside Keira Knightley as Guinevere. The sixth-century “Artognou stone," discovered in 1998, has linked Tintagel with King Arthur for some scholars, though others dismiss it. Of course, medieval history writers were fast and loose with the facts.

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☆ She admitted to posing as a nurse in Virginia. Now she's accused of doing the same in California hospitals.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-16 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

A convicted identity thief who admitted to posing as a nurse in Virginia nearly a decade ago is accused of impersonating nurses in at least two hospitals in Southern California this year, authorities said. Porter, who does not have a nursing license, was charged with identity theft, false impersonation and grand theft, the department said. Prior to her arrest in that case, the department said, Porter was in custody over similar allegations linked to a hospital in nearby Santa Clarita, California. During her first five shifts at the hospital, she was under the supervision of a training nurse, the facility said. The hospital added that Porter, who is not named in the hospital's statement, was under the supervision of a nurse and there was no indication of compromised care.

Persons: Amanda Porter, Porter, Henry Mayo Organizations: Angeles County Sheriff's, Social, Ford, Providence Saint Joseph Medical, Hospital, Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, Burbank Locations: Virginia, Southern California, Burbank, Santa Clarita , California, Angeles County, New York, Norfolk, Santa Clarita

☆ Meet the OpenAI mafia: These 23 former employees left the AI juggernaut and founded startups that have collectively raised billions
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-16 | by ( Samantha Stokes | Riddhi Kanetkar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Dario Amodei, Daniela Amodei, Tom Brown, Jack Clark, Jared Kaplan, and Sam McCandlish, cofounders of AnthropicAnthropic's Dario Amodei, Jack Clark, and Daniela Amodei. Since then, the company has received billions in funding from both Google and Amazon in what some have termed an "AI arms race." CEO Dario Amodei, a former Google Brain researcher with a Ph.D. in computational neuroscience, has been writing about the cataclysmic potential of AI since 2016. Constitutional AI is partly the brainchild of two other OpenAI alums and Anthropic cofounders, Tom Brown and Jared Kaplan. Both Kaplan and Brown have worked on Anthropic's efforts to "red team" the company's flagship language model, Claude, probing for misuse possibilities.

Persons: Dario Amodei, Daniela Amodei, Tom Brown, Jack Clark, Jared Kaplan, Sam McCandlish, Anthropic Anthropic's Dario Amodei, Menlo Ventures Anthropic, Amodei's, Anthropic, —, Anthropic cofounders, Brown, Kaplan, Johns Hopkins, Claude, AGI, I'm Organizations: Google, Menlo Ventures, Bloomberg, Johns, OpenAI Locations: OpenAI, GPT

☆ What is Bluesky, the fast-growing social platform welcoming fleeing X users?
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Disgruntled X users are again flocking to Bluesky, a newer social media platform that grew out of the former Twitter before billionaire Elon Musk took it over in 2022. The platform resembles Musk's X, with a "discover" feed and a chronological feed for accounts that users follow. The platform gained 2.6 million users in the week after X was banned in Brazil in August — 85% of them from Brazil, the company said. About 500,000 new users signed up in one day in October, when X signaled that blocked acascounts would be able to see a user's public posts. Despite Bluesky's growth, X posted after the election that it had "dominated the global conversation on the U.S. election" and had set new records.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, Jack Dorsey, Bluesky, X, — Locations: Brazil, —

Anne Hathaway was almost crashed into by New York Knicks player OG Anunoby at Wednesday's NBA matchup at Madison Square Garden, but rather than being near-death experience for the movie star, she called it a "bucket-list moment." The Oscar-winning actor and her son Jack were attending the New York Knicks vs. Chicago Bulls game when the British player charged in their direction while chasing the ball, colliding with a courtside barrier right next to the pair. To Hathaway's credit, she barely flinched, and was even photographed with an outstretched hand, seemingly attempting to catch the ball herself. Even though some snacks were spilled and her son's jaw dropped in shock, she ended her video smiling and thanking Anunoby. The Knick's lost out by a point, with the final score of the night being 124-123 for the Bulls.

Persons: Anne Hathaway, Jack, Anunoby Organizations: New York Knicks, Wednesday's NBA, Madison, Chicago Bulls, Bulls Locations: British

President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday he will nominate Todd Blanche, one of his criminal defense lawyers, to be deputy attorney general. The statement noted that Blanche has experience working for the Justice Department — something former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., Trump's choice for attorney general, does not have. Blanche was Trump's lead lawyer when he stood trial on charges of falsifying business records related to a hush money payment this year. If Blanche's nomination is confirmed before Gaetz's, he could serve as acting attorney general while Gaetz goes through the process. He will also nominate D. John Sauer, who argued Trump's successful immunity case before the Supreme Court, for solicitor general.

Persons: Donald Trump, Todd Blanche, Todd, Trump, Blanche, Justice Department —, Matt Gaetz, Trump's, Juan Merchan, Aileen Cannon, Jack Smith's, Smith ., Tanya Chutkan, Gaetz's, Gaetz, Emil Bove, Emil, John Sauer, John, Antonin Scalia, Sauer's Organizations: Justice Department, Justice, of New York United, of New York United States Attorney’s, Trump, State, Manhattan, White House, U.S, Smith . U.S, Senate, National Security Unit, United States Supreme, Supreme, MAGA Locations: Southern, of New York United States, ., Florida, Missouri

☆ Why Elon Musk's push to cut federal waste might succeed where others failed
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Jack Newsham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are promising to tame the federal government. Substantial changes to the federal budget would most likely require action from legislators, though Trump transition officials are reportedly looking for ways to short-circuit Congress' power over spending. AdvertisementPast presidents have tried to cut the federal budget with mixed successThe federal government isn't a business. AdvertisementClinton took another stab at cutting federal spending and improving government processes with his National Performance Review, which was led and staffed by federal employees instead of the private sector. AdvertisementSocial Security and Medicare are the two single biggest areas of federal spending, and changing them could be politically unpopular.

Persons: Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, they've, Trump, Reagan, Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, David Walker, J, Peter Grace, Grace, didn't, Musk, Ramaswamy, Thomas Schatz, hasn't, Lex Fridman's, Veronique de Rugy, —, de Rugy Organizations: Government, Department of Government, Trump, Congress, Government Waste, Grace, Office, Citizens, Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Aviation Administration, SpaceX, Social, Cato Institute, Social Security, GOP

☆ I was Twitter's head of content strategy. Bluesky has the edge over Threads to be the new Twitter as people leave X.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementUsers and brands, like former CNN anchor Don Lemon and The Guardian, have been leaving X.Gordon MacMillan, ex-head of content strategy at Twitter, says Bluesky is most like the old Twitter. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Gordon MacMillan, who was previously the head of content strategy at Twitter. Bluesky feels familiar to Twitter usersBluesky, I think, is the most like the old Twitter and feels more familiar than Threads, which doesn't have Twitter-style lists and can be hard to organize content on. They have tweaked Threads and made improvements, but Bluesky feels more familiar, even beyond the use of the color blue. It feels like BlueSky and Threads have a much better environment.

Persons: Don Lemon, Gordon MacMillan, Bluesky, Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Musk, X, it's, Jack Dorsey, BlueSky, Mark Zuckerberg Organizations: CNN, Guardian, Twitter, Facebook, Elon, Trump, Business Locations: Israel

☆ A guide to the Dutton family tree in 'Yellowstone' and its spinoffs, '1883' and '1923'
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Two prequels, "1883" and "1923," both featured other members of the Dutton clan, revealing more of the Dutton family tree and its ties to the Montana countryside. Emerson Miller/Paramount+James DuttonJames Dutton was a Civil War soldier and the first patriarch of the Dutton family. Emerson Miller/Paramount+Margaret DuttonMargaret Dutton was the first matriarch of the Dutton family and mother to Elsa, John, and Spencer. Audie Rick as John Dutton in "1883" and James Badge Dale as John Dutton in "1923." Emerson Miller/Paramount+Emma DuttonEmma Dutton was John Dutton I's wife and mother to Jack Dutton and another child who died in infancy.

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☆ Democratic senators call for probe into Musk's Russia calls: Reuters
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Reports that billionaire Elon Musk has held multiple calls with Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin, should be investigated by the Pentagon and law-enforcement agencies on national-security grounds, two senior Democratic senators said in a letter seen by Reuters on Friday. Musk, who has been appointed to a senior government role by Republican President-elect Donald Trump, oversees billions of dollars in Pentagon and intelligence-community contracts as CEO of aerospace company SpaceX. Several Democratic lawmakers have publicly called for a probe into Musk's communications with Moscow since a Wall Street Journal report last month on the alleged contact, but the letter to the U.S. officials who could launch such an investigation has not been previously reported. SpaceX, Musk and the Pentagon did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The Pentagon and Justice Department did not immediately respond to similar requests.

Persons: Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Musk, Jeanne Shaheen, Jack Reed, General Merrick Garland, Shaheen, Reed, Trump Organizations: Republican, Pentagon, Democratic, Reuters, SpaceX, Foreign Relations, Senate Armed Services, U.S, White, of Government Efficiency, Justice Locations: Butler , Pennsylvania, Moscow

☆ Video: Russians give their views on Elon Musk
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Henry Zeris | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Deloitte, EY, KPMG, and PwC make up the Big 4 — here's how they compare
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The Big Four — EY, Deloitte, KPMG, and PwC — are the world's largest accounting and consulting firms. AdvertisementDeloitte, EY, KPMG, and PwC are the world's largest accounting and consulting firms, known as the Big Four. The Big Four offer companies services such as workforce transformations, reshaping corporate finance portfolios, assurance, valuation, and optimizing the use of technology. AdvertisementThough not as stark a slowdown as Deloitte or EY, growth at PwC still dropped noticeably compared to the 9.9% rise reported for the previous 12 months. In February 2024, it unveiled a tax AI assistant for 2,300 PwC tax professionals in the UK to use.

Persons: PwC, —, Antonia Wade, EY, Ernst & Young, Janet Truncale, Carmine Di Sibio, Jack Taylor, Joe Ucuzoglu, Jim Spellman, Price Waterhouse, Mohamed Kande, Bill Thomas, Liam McBurney Organizations: Deloitte, KPMG, Service, EY, Ernst, Getty, Revenue, Assurance, PwC, Deloitte Deloitte, Deloitte Global, Equity, Nvidia, Google, AWS, Coopers, Street Journal, Big Locations: London, PwC, Asia, Pacific, Amsterdam

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