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☆ The Democrats who aren't writing off Elon Musk's DOGE
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementMost Democrats aren't interested in Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's "DOGE" initiative. "Musk is a narcissist, a grifter, and a self-serving plutocrat," said Democratic Rep. Greg Casar of Texas. "I don't have my hopes up that Elon Musk is going to do anything other than really awful, stupid, self-serving stuff." AdvertisementRep. Jared Moskowitz is joining the DOGE caucus — but has no interest in serving on the DOGE subcommittee. Related stories"If Musk is going to help bring accountability to defense contractors, that's something that Democrats should welcome," said Khanna.

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☆ Mark Cuban: This will 'be the No. 1 housing affordability issue' in the U.S.—Florida especially will have 'huge problems'
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Ryan Ermey | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

"Home insurance in areas hit by repetitive disasters is going to be the number one housing affordability issue over the next 4 years. On average, you'll pay $2,304 per year for a policy with $300,000 in dwelling coverage, according to Bankrate, a 17% increase from January 2022. You'll pay more if you have a trampoline or a pool, for instance, both of which boost the odds of injury at your home. You'll pay more if there is a higher likelihood that you'll make a claim to repair a home damaged by weather. What to do to combat rising home insurance costs

Persons: Mark Cuban, Harris, Walz, Nathan Posner, you've, Shannon Martin, Bankrate, Martin, Leslie Kasperowicz Organizations: Anadolu, Getty, Nebraska Locations: Atlanta , Georgia, United States, Florida

☆ Trump's SEC pick and Bitcoin's $100K milestone are two big wins for the crypto community
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

President-elect Donald Trump lived up to his self-appointed title of "crypto president" by picking a big supporter of digital assets to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission . Atkins has been a part of the Token Alliance, an advocacy group for crypto, since 2017. Atkins, if confirmed, is a stark contrast to current SEC Chair Gary Gensler, who already announced his intentions to step down in January. Howard Lutnick , Trump's pick for commerce secretary, found success beyond the financial services firm (Cantor Fitzgerald) and the brokerage (BGC Group) he runs. AdvertisementMeanwhile, Scott Bessent , Trump's Treasury pick, is also unsurprising.

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☆ Here's what some of the world's most powerful people have to say about Elon Musk
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

While Elon Musk was not in attendance, he was the most-talked-about person there. Here's what business leaders and politicians had to say about the richest person on Earth. Several masters of the universe convened on Wednesday, and they had one name on their lips: Elon Musk. At the annual New York Times DealBook Summit, the world's richest man was a topic of conversation among his fellow billionaires, CEOs, and political elite. "It would be profoundly un-American to use political power, to the degree that Elon has it, to hurt your competitors and advantage your own businesses," Altman said.

Persons: Elon Musk, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Musk, Donald Trump, Ken Griffin, Tesla, Griffin, Sam Altman, Altman, Elon, Jeff Bezos, Trump, Bezos, Sundar Pichai, Jerome Powell, Bill Clinton —, Powell, Clinton, Volodymyr Zelenskyy Organizations: New York Times, Summit, New York Times DealBook, Department of Government, SpaceX, Trump, Ukrainian

☆ Sam Altman, AI’s biggest star, sure hopes someone figures out how not to destroy humanity
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Altman, the 39-year-old venture capitalist and CEO of OpenAI, was speaking with journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin at the New York Times’ Dealbook Summit on Wednesday. “I have faith that researchers will figure out to avoid that,” Altman replied. “I think there’s a set of technical problems that the smartest people in the world are going to work on. We have this incredible piece of science called deep learning that can help us solve these very hard problems.”Ah, yes. And ExxonMobil will solve the climate crisis…Look, it’s hard not to be charmed by Altman, who did not respond to a request for comment.

Persons: CNN Business ’, Sam Altman, he’s, Let’s, Altman, Andrew Ross Sorkin, prepper, Sorkin, “ superintelligent, ” Altman, “, ”, it’d, Clare Duffy, Elon Musk, Donald Trump’s, Elon Organizations: CNN Business, New York CNN, Barnum, New York Times, ExxonMobil, Israeli Defense Force, New Yorker, US State Department Locations: New York, “, California, Big Sur

President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he plans to nominate billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to lead NASA. He has flown to space twice on commercial SpaceX missions, but has not worked at NASA or in the federal government. Isaacman has close ties to Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX. Isaacman was one of four private citizens sent into orbit on the first of that trio of spaceflights, known as Polaris Dawn. Isaacman also bankrolled and flew on SpaceX’s first all-civilian mission to orbit in 2021.

Persons: Donald Trump, Jared Isaacman, “ Jared, ” Trump, Isaacman, spaceflights, Elon Musk Organizations: NASA, SpaceX, Elon, Trump, “ Department, Government, Musk, Polaris Program, Polaris

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds a press conference at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday. Johanna Geron/ReutersThe Biden administration is determined “to spend every cent” in available funding for Ukraine, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday at his last NATO foreign ministerial as top US diplomat. Speaking ahead of a likely significant change in Ukraine policy under the incoming Trump administration, Blinken said he is trying “to give the incoming administration the strongest hand to play” on Ukraine and across the board. “We are determined, and it’s fully my intent and the President’s intent, to spend every cent that we have available from the $61 billion that were authorized by Congress,” he said at a press conference in Brussels. Blinken emphasized that Ukraine must be allowed to make its own decisions about its future.

Persons: Antony Blinken, Johanna Geron, Biden, “, Trump, Blinken, ”, Joe Biden, Putin, – Organizations: NATO, Reuters, Congress, CNN Locations: Brussels, Ukraine, Russia

☆ Citadel founder Ken Griffin says it's 'preposterous' for Elon Musk to shoulder the 'entire burden' of cutting the budget
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-04 | by ( Bradley Saacks | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementCitadel's Ken Griffin is skeptical of Elon Musk's ability to cut trillions from the federal budget. Tesla CEO Musk has been tapped to run the proposed Department of Government Efficiency by Trump. Entitlement reform would be needed for the level of cuts Musk has called for, Griffin said Wednesday. Billionaire Citadel founder Ken Griffin wants to get America's "fiscal house in order" but doesn't believe Elon Musk can do it alone. "To make Elon wear the entire burden of that responsibility is preposterous," he said.

Persons: Ken Griffin, Elon, Griffin, doesn't, Donald Trump, Trump, Griffin —, Dan Loeb, Shayne Coplan —, Andrew Ross Sorkin, It's, Joe Biden's, it's, there's, Salomon Brothers, Goldman Sachs Organizations: Trump, Billionaire Citadel, Government Efficiency, Republican Party, Elon, Reserve, New York Times, CNBC, America Locations: New York, Brazil, Russia, Wellington

☆ Iran passes controversial ‘chastity’ law imposing even harsher dress restrictions. The president doesn’t like it
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-04 | by ( Cnn Staff | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Iran’s parliament has enacted a harsh new modesty law, significantly tightening existing dress restrictions that have already fueled nationwide protests and posed a serious challenge to regime stability. “In my opinion the hijab law, which I have to implement, is vague. It defines improper dress in various ways, ranging from nudity and dressing immodestly to wearing the hijab incorrectly. The law also introduces a system of fines and restrictions with financial penalties, even for initial offenses. While the harsher penalties have caused concern for Iranians, a particularly controversial aspect of the legislation is expanded surveillance.

Persons: CNN —, Masoud Pezeshkian, “, ”, Sina Toossi, Ebrahim Raisi, Negar Mortazavi, Pezeshkian, Mortazavi Organizations: CNN, Guardian Council, International, United Nations, Guardian, Supreme National Security Council Locations: Washington, DC, Iran

☆ Jeff Bezos says he will try to talk Trump out of idea that the news media is an ‘enemy’
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-04 | by ( Liam Reilly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —Jeff Bezos hopes Donald Trump has changed. “I don’t think the press is the enemy,” Bezos told Andrew Ross Sorkin. “The press is not the enemy, let’s go persuade him of this.”While Trump famously targeted Bezos and his companies during his first term, Bezos said he was “very optimistic” about a second Trump administration and suggested he even wants to help the incoming president. The Washington Post, which Bezos acquired in 2013 for $250 million, has struggled in the face of dwindling audience traffic and subscriptions. Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai also briefly commented on the incoming Trump administration in a separate interview during Wednesday’s event.

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☆ Trump nominates Jared Isaacman, private astronaut and Shift4 CEO, for NASA chief
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-04 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Inspiration4 mission commander Jared Isaacman, founder and chief executive officer of Shift4 Payments, stands for a portrait in front of the recovered first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket at Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) on February 2, 2021 in Hawthorne, California. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday nominated Jared Isaacman, the billionaire CEO of Shift4 who has led two private spaceflights, to be the next head of NASA. "Jared will drive NASA's mission of discovery and inspiration, paving the way for groundbreaking achievements in Space science, technology, and exploration," Trump wrote in a post on social media. Isaacman said he plans to leave Shift4 once he's confirmed as NASA administrator. In a letter to Shift4 employees, Isaacman wrote he intends "to remain CEO until my confirmation" and "retain the majority of my equity interest," but will reduce his shareholder voting power.

Persons: Jared Isaacman, Donald Trump, Shift4, Jared, Trump, Isaacman, NASA's Organizations: Space Exploration Technologies Corp, SpaceX, NASA, America Locations: Hawthorne , California

☆ Jeff Bezos says he's optimistic about Trump, will help with reducing regulation
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-04 | by ( Annie Palmer | In Annierpalmer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Trump repeatedly attacked Bezos and his companies, Amazon and The Washington Post, accusing them of dodging taxes or publishing "fake news," among other things. Prior to the 2016 election, Bezos criticized Trump's behavior, saying it "erodes our democracy." Bezos also publicly declared shortly before the election that the Washington Post would not be endorsing a candidate, breaking with decades of tradition. Bezos' space company Blue Origin will frequently interact with Trump's administration when it comes to vying to secure federal contracts. WATCH: Bezos says he's proud of decision not to have Washington Post endorse presidential candidate

Persons: Jeff Bezos, Donald Trump, Bezos, Trump, Trump's, trekked, He's, Kamala Harris Organizations: Amazon, The Washington Post, New York Times, Jazz, Lincoln Center, The New York Times, Washington, U.S . Postal Service, Department of Defense, Trump, Republican, Facebook, Trump Tower, Washington Post, Democratic, Origin, Elon, SpaceX, White, America PAC Locations: New York City

☆ Netanyahu arrest warrant tests Western commitment to international law
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-04 | by ( Tim Lister | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —The reach and credibility of international law is at its lowest in years as governments dismiss arrest warrants in some of the most high-profile cases to come before the International Criminal Court. Paris had fervently supported the Putin warrant, and reiterated its “longstanding commitment to supporting international justice” after the Netanyahu warrant was issued. The founding treaty of the ICC obliges the 124 signatory countries to arrest Netanyahu and Gallant, according to James Joseph, managing editor at Jurist News. The Biden administration’s criticism of the Israel warrants was as emphatic as its support for the Putin warrant. South Africa, an ICC member, ignored a warrant for the arrest of then-Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir in 2015 when he visited.

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☆ Trump nominates billionaire SpaceX astronaut Jared Isaacman to lead NASA
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-04 | by ( Ana Altchek | Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Isaacman has flown two historic, all-civilian SpaceX missions, with more planned in the future. The man who commanded multiple space missions for Elon Musk has been nominated to lead NASA. President-elect Donald Trump nominated Jared Isaacman, the billionaire and repeat SpaceX astronaut, to be NASA's administrator on Wednesday. The five-day mission took Isaacman and three others further from Earth than anyone has traveled since the Apollo moon missions. That was also a SpaceX mission, called Inspiration4, which Isaacman commanded.

Persons: Jared Isaacman, Donald Trump, Isaacman, Elon Musk, Jared, Trump, George Nield, Michelle Hanlon, Nield, NASA's, They've Organizations: NASA, SpaceX, Elon, Polaris, Business, Shift4, Draken, US Department of Defense, NATO, of Government, Center for Air, Space, University of Mississippi School of Law

☆ Howard Lutnick helped build Newmark into a real estate powerhouse. Now he's leaving for Washington.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-04 | by ( Daniel Geiger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementHoward Lutnick opened his wallet and Rolodex to turn Newmark into a commercial real estate success. In 2011, the billionaire arranged for his affiliate financial company, BGC Group, to purchase the New York-based commercial real estate services firm Newmark for an undisclosed sum. The results have turned heads in the ultra-competitive real estate business. "It's one of the best positioned real estate players today," Goldfarb added, noting that he has an "overweight" – or buy – rating on Newmark stock. In 2014, Newmark purchased Grubb & Ellis, a commercial real estate services firm, out of bankruptcy.

Persons: Howard Lutnick, Newmark, Lutnick, Trump's, Howard, Barry Gosin, Donald Trump, Cantor Fitzgerald, Elon Musk, Barry, Alexander Goldfarb, Piper Sandler, Goldfarb, Cantor, Gosin, Mark Weiss, Scott Panzer, JLL, Panzer, Grubb, Ellis, Piper, David Falk, Falk –, Falk Organizations: Business, New, Cushman & Wakefield, Newmark, Cushman &, Economic, Newmark's Locations: Washington, Wall, New York, America, Cushman & Wakefield, Davos, Switzerland, Newmark's New York

The lineup for DealBook Summit 2024On Wednesday, DealBook will be live and in person at our annual summit in New York. The DealBook team and reporters from The Times will be reporting live from the conference. Even if you are not with us, you can follow along here beginning around 8:30 a.m. Eastern. Here are the speakers in order of appearance (the conversations that will be livestreamed on NYTimes.com are noted in parentheses):Ken Griffin , the founder and C.E.O. of GoogleShawn Fain , the president of the United Auto Workers, and Sara Nelson , the international president of the Association of Flight Attendants, C.W.A., A.F.L.-C.I.O.

Persons: DealBook, Andrew, Ken Griffin, Citadel Sam Altman, Serena Williams, Serena Ventures Bill Clinton, ” Jerome Powell, Alex Cooper, David Ricks, Eli Lilly, Fatima Cody Stanford, Harvard Medical School Prince Harry, The Duke, Sussex, BetterUp Sundar Pichai, Shawn Fain, Sara Nelson, Jeff Bezos, Trump Organizations: DealBook, The, Citadel, Serena Ventures, “, Governors, Federal Reserve, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School Prince, Archewell Foundation, United Auto Workers, Association of Flight, Amazon Locations: New York, United States, Massachusetts, China, U.S, Washington, Hollywood

☆ Glossier's new CEO said listening to customers on these 3 things helped her overhaul the beauty company
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-04 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementKyle Leahy, the CEO of Glossier, took over the beauty company amid weak sales and layoffs. Leahy told Inc. Magazine listening to customers on three key issues helped her turn the brand around. The transition came as the billion-dollar beauty brand's sales were plunging, forcing staff cuts. Leahy explained why listening to the brand's customers on three key issues has been key to her success. In the last three years, the brand's sales have increased by 80%, the chief executive said, and brought the company back from what Redditors once described as its "flop era."

Persons: Kyle Leahy, Leahy, Emily Weiss, Weiss, Glossier, it's, —, Redditors Organizations: Glossier, Inc, Magazine, Brands, National Retail Federation, Business Locations: North America

Georgia’s longest-running criminal trial ended Tuesday with not guilty verdicts, except for one charge, for the two remaining co-defendants in a sprawling racketeering case that had included rap superstar Young Thug. The case initially featured 28 co-defendants, including Young Thug, whom Fulton County prosecutors accused in a 2022 indictment of leading an Atlanta street gang, Young Slime Life, or YSL. Are they a gang because they’re all dressed in red?”Key dates in Young Thug case May 9, 2022: Young Thug is booked into jail on charges of criminal gang activity. Jan. 4, 2023: Jury selection in the RICO trial against Young Thug and his co-defendants begins. Young Thug, in taking a deal, was released from jail with his 40-year sentence commuted to time served and 15 years of probation.

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WASHINGTON — As Congress returns this week for one last burst of activity before it wraps up the session, it faces a key deadline of Dec. 20 to avert a government shutdown. “We’ve got to do a lot of things at the same time,” House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., said of the first 100 days of Trump’s second term. “We’re going to be walking and chewing gum.”Some Republicans would have preferred not to get bogged down with a funding deadline early in the new Trump presidency. Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, which writes funding bills, said there's little time. “Once they decide what they’re going to do — if they’re going to try to get any of these appropriation bills done before or whether they’re going to do a CR for all of them until March — I mean, that’s the real debate.

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CNN —The Biden administration is rushing assistance to Ukraine in an effort to put Kyiv “in the strongest possible position” as Russia steps up its attacks and President Joe Biden prepares to leave office in less than two months. The new tranche of military assistance includes Stinger missiles, ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) and anti-personnel landmines. Still, two US officials and three defense officials told CNN last week that the Pentagon is unlikely to use all of the billions of dollars authorized by Congress to arm Ukraine before Biden leaves office. The administration has fewer than two months left to use nearly $7 billion, part of a larger package authorized by Congress earlier this year to help Ukraine in the war with Russia. For months, the US has run into the limits of its ability to replenish its own weapons inventories, which limited what the Biden administration has been able to send Ukraine.

Persons: CNN —, Biden, ”, Joe Biden, Jake Sullivan, ” Sullivan, Antony Blinken, Blinken, Vladimir Putin, “, Mark Rutte, Putin, ” “ Putin, ” Rutte, CNN’s Duarte Mendonça, Natasha Bertrand, Oren Liebermann, Katie Bo Lillis, Alex Marquardt Organizations: CNN, Kyiv “, “, Department of Defense, High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, NATO, Congress, Defense Department, State Department Locations: Ukraine, Russia, “, Brussels

☆ Elon Musk briefly dropped OpenAI lawsuit after a chat and a hug with Sam Altman in March: report
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementElon Musk filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in February, only to briefly withdraw it in June. Elon Musk briefly withdrew his lawsuit against OpenAI in June after he had a conversation with Sam Altman in March, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. Last month, Musk amended his lawsuit to include Microsoft as a defendant and accused Microsoft and OpenAI of forming a monopoly. In addition to suing Altman, Musk recently gave him a nickname: "Swindly Sam." AdvertisementRepresentatives for Altman at OpenAI and Musk did not respond to requests for comment from BI.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, Altman, Sam, Sam Altman, Musk's, OpenAI, David Hoffman, BI's Grace Kay, Tesla, xAI Organizations: OpenAI, Street, Microsoft, SpaceX, University of Pennsylvania, Twitter Locations: Big Sky , Montana, That's, OpenAI

☆ NFL Power Rankings Week 14: Bills, Eagles peaking, plus worst-case scenarios
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Josh Kendall | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +23 min

The Week 14 NFL Power Rankings don’t want to be a downer, but since we did best-case scenarios last week, it’s only fair to consider the worst-case scenarios for all 32 teams. ETGO DEEPER What we learned in NFL Week 13: Eagles keep streak alive, Bills look like AFC's best4. They looked like they might be on their way to their second playoff game since 2015. They are scheduled to play on “Monday Night Football” in Week 15 and “Thursday Night Football” in Week 17. Everything else has been eight wins or fewer, and Cleveland has won only one playoff game since 1994.

Persons: Josh Allen, Saquon Barkley, Lamar Jackson, Derrick Henry, Josh Allen grimacing, They’ve, Josh Jacobs, Sam Darnold, Darnold, Patrick Mahomes, QBs, Russell Wilson, Andy Lyons, Joe Burrow, Justin Tucker “ I’m, ” John Harbaugh, Tucker, Kliff Kingsbury, there’s, Jayden Daniels, Sean Payton’s, Jameis Winston, Jerry Jeudy, Winston, Payton, Ladd McConkey, Zach Charbonnet, Mark Smith, Geno Smith, Smith, Leonard Williams, Aaron Rodgers, that’s, Chris Godwin’s, it’s, Matthew Stafford’s, Michael Penix Jr, Kirk Cousins, Cousins, Burrow, they’re, Anthony Richardson doesn’t, Tua Tagovailoa, Micah Parsons, “, ” Dallas, Christian McCaffrey, Timothy T Ludwig, Kyle Shanahan, It’s, Brock Purdy, Shanahan’s, Chicago’s, Mary, Hill, Bryce Young, DJ Moore, Caleb Williams, Drake, Darnell Wright, Tyrique Stevenson, Tory Taylor, Young, ike V, ike V rabel, rong, ames, rian, J acksonville, aron R odgers, eason, esmond R idder, ince, aguars, ike, iants, rian D aboll, ryan Organizations: downer, Eagles, Beat Chicago Bears, Lions, Bears, Packers, Bills, 49ers, Vikings, Green Bay Packers, Philadelphia Eagles, Beat Baltimore Ravens, Green, Ravens, Carolina Panthers, Buffalo Bills, San Francisco 49ers, Niners, Los Angeles Rams, NFL, Beat Miami Dolphins, NFC West, Miami, NFC, Rams, Cardinals, Seattle, Detroit Lions, Minnesota Vikings, Beat Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Las Vegas Raiders, Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Getty, Beat Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens, Beat Tennessee Titans, Titans, Beat Cleveland Browns, Browns, Payton, The Browns, Beat Atlanta Falcons, Chargers, Atlanta, Kansas City Chiefs, Steelers, AFC North, AFC East, Seahawks, Jets, Seattle Seahawks, Beat New York Jets, Arizona Cardinals, Beat Jacksonville Jaguars, Texans, Jacksonville, Beat Carolina Panthers, Buccaneers, Falcons, Beat New Orleans Saints, Super Bowl, Cincinnati Bengals, Pittsburgh Steelers, Bengals, Dallas Cowboys, New England Patriots, Indianapolis, Miami Dolphins, Dolphins, New York Jets, Beat New York Giants, FOX, Thursday’s, Cowboys, overconfidence, Chicago Bears, CBS, New, New Orleans Saints, Swiss Army, New York Giants, Denver Broncos, Cleveland, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Panthers, ashington, ets, ust, ince, ardner Locations: Detroit, Philadelphia, Green Bay, Brazil, Baltimore, Buffalo, Green, Minnesota, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, That’s, Tennessee, New Orleans, Denver, Los Angeles, Seattle, Stroud, Tampa, Ja’Marr, Miami, San Francisco, Swiss, Carolina, ried, osh

☆ I moved from Toronto to NYC and have no plans to return to Canada. I prefer life in the US.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Jeremy Berke | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementI moved from Canada to the US in 2010 and have no plans to return anytime soon. Canada's healthcare isn't as great as it soundsMy left-leaning American friends dream about moving north under the specter of a second Trump administration. At the same time, Canada's healthcare system experiences some of the longest wait times for "elective" procedures like knee replacements, and there's no way to skip the line, for better or worse. Why I'm staying in New YorkI'm not a fan of the direction American politics is taking. But thanks to the plentiful opportunities in New York and the lack thereof I see in Canada, I'm staying in the US.

Persons: they're, specter, Trump, I'm, you'll, haven't, It's Organizations: Canada, Bowdoin College, New Locations: Canada, Toronto, New York, New York City, Alabama, Ontario, Maine, PitchBook, Brooklyn

☆ Bill Gates recommends a 'perfect read for the holidays'—and 4 other books 'to keep you warm' this winter
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

If the idea of curling up with a good book this holiday season sounds appealing, Bill Gates has some recommendations for you. Suleyman is a co-founder of AI research lab DeepMind and the current CEO of Microsoft AI. The book "offers something rare: a clear-eyed view of both the extraordinary opportunities and genuine risks ahead," wrote Gates. The book offers lessons "about how leaders have tackled tough times before [that] are both comforting and fascinating," Gates wrote. "It's hard to deny the similarities between the 1960s and today — a time of political upheaval, generational conflict, and protests on college campuses," wrote Gates.

Persons: Bill Gates, Gates, Grady Hillhouse, Hillhouse, Roger Federer, he'd, Mustafa Suleyman, Suleyman, Jonathan Haidt, Gen Zers, Haidt, we're, Doris Kearns Goodwin Goodwin, Richard Goodwin, John F, Kennedy, Lyndon B, Johnson Organizations: Microsoft, New York University, CNBC Locations: Seattle, It's

☆ Billboard names Beyoncé the greatest pop star of the 21st century
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Beyoncé has been named the greatest pop star of the 21st century by Billboard, the music charting site announced on Tuesday as part of an ongoing series. “Beyoncé tops our staff-chosen editorial list based on her full 25 years of influence, impact, evolution,” Billboard’s Andrew Unterberger wrote. Since August, Billboard has been ranking their staff picks for the top 25 pop artists of the past 25 years. The publication’s picks are artists who they believe have most defined pop stardom and have “exemplified pop greatness” since the turn of the millennium. 25 is Katy Perry, with other pop artists including Bad Bunny, The Weeknd, One Direction, Miley Cyrus, Eminem, Usher and others ranking in between.

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