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☆ CNBC Daily Open: Despite Dow’s nine-day losing streak, we aren’t in dire straits
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-18 | by ( Yeo Boon Ping | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

NYSEThis report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Almost fifty years ahead, the Dow is mired in nine-day losing streak again. Outside the Dow, the stock market is still cheery. Though it's not as if the stock market is giving investors money for nothing, we still aren't quite in dire straits.

Persons: AVGO NVDA, Dow, it's, Yun Li, Brian Thompson, Trump, David Russell, industrials, Michelle Fox, Fred Imbert, Alex Harring, Adrian van Hauwermeiren, Brian Evans, Samantha Subin Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, NYSE, CNBC, Dow Jones, Dow, Nasdaq

☆ CNBC Daily Open: Stocks are still staying alive despite the Dow’s 9-day losing streak
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-18 | by ( Yeo Boon Ping | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

NYSEThis report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Outside the Dow, the stock market is still cheery. This suggests that it's mostly the Dow constituents — "old-economy" stocks like industrials, financials and consumer discretionary — that are flailing. It's not that the stock market is giving investors money for nothing.

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The two NASA astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station since their Boeing spacecraft ran into problems in June will have to remain there even longer, the agency announced Tuesday. They include NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who launched on the challenge-plagued first test flight of Boeing’s Starliner vehicle. The two originally intended to spend about a week at the space station but will wind up having lived and worked in orbit for more than nine months, including the added time for the latest delay. When the capsule launches — a mission known as Crew-10 — it is expected to carry NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Russian cosmonaut Kirill Peskov and Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi. Until then, the foursome will continue training for their mission at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, NASA said.

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☆ Prince Andrew mired in controversy once again after being linked to Chinese spy suspect
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Hannah Peart | Hannah Peart Is An Intern In The Nbc News London Bureau. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Britain’s Prince Andrew has been caught up in an alleged spying case after cultivating an “unusual degree of trust” with a Chinese man who was barred from the country on national security grounds. The scandal-hit younger brother of King Charles III, was “prepared to enter into business activities” with the alleged spy, Britain’s High Court said in a written ruling Thursday, which referred to the Chinese national as H6. The court lifted an anonymity order protecting his identity on Monday, allowing him to be named as Yang Tengbo. Prince Andrew with alleged Chinese spy Yang Tengbo in China in 2017. Yang could reportedly “act on behalf” of the prince in engagements with potential partners and investors in China, the ruling said.

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A 15-year-old female student is named as the suspect in a Wisconsin school shooting that left three dead. Authorities try to tamp down on worries over drone sightings. Teacher and teen student killed in Wisconsin school shootingA 15-year-old female was identified as shooter of a teacher and one of her fellow students at Abundant Life Christian School in Wisconsin. Staff Pick: Seeking change from within in ‘Squid Game’ season 2Lee Jung-jae in Squid Game season two. “‘Squid Game’ really talks about justice and how to bring people together.

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☆ Here’s what’s behind the Dow’s epic losing streak
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Fred Imbert | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

This also marked its longest losing streak since another eight-day slide that ended on June 21, 2018. For context: The Dow was trading at 24,461.70 back in 2018 — close to half its value as of Monday's close. All the while, Nvidia has been conspicuously absent from tech's upward move within the Dow, losing 9% since Dec. 5. The Dow hasn't seen a nine-day losing streak since 1978, when Jimmy Carter was president. Correction: The Dow was trading at 24,461.70 back in 2018 — close to half its value as of Monday's close.

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☆ ‘Win or Lose:’ Disney cuts transgender storyline from new animated series
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Liam Reilly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —Disney has cut a transgender storyline from its new animated series, “Win or Lose,” ahead of the show’s release. The original animated series from Disney-owned studio Pixar centers around a co-ed middle school softball team, the Pickles, in the run-up to the group’s championship game. Each of the series’ eight episodes, which will begin to roll out on Disney+ on Feb. 19, will focus on a different member of the Pickles. Earlier this year, Disney chief executive Bob Iger told CNBC that the entertainment giant isn’t interested in sending messages in its shows or movies. Speaking at the DealBook Summit last year, the Disney chief said the company’s mandate is to entertain audiences, not champion rights.

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☆ Natalie ‘Samantha’ Rupnow identified as the shooter who opened fire at a Wisconsin school, killing 2 and injuring 6
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Karina Tsui | Nicole Chavez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The tragedy marks the 83rd school shooting across the United States this year – surpassing 2023 for the most school shootings in a single year since CNN began tracking such incidents in 2008. WISCLike all students at the K-12 school, Rupnow entered Abundant Life at the beginning of the school day. An ‘unthinkable’ tragedyMadison Police Chief Shon Barnes speaks about the shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School on Monday. Ending the fall semester how it startedEmergency vehicles are parked outside the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, following a shooting Monday. The following week, a 14-year-old shooter killed four victims at a high school in Winder, Georgia – making it the deadliest school shooting of the year.

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☆ The Dow is in danger of doing something it hasn’t since 1978
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

But the recent market slump has been mild, with the Dow losing just 3% over the prior eight trading days. That’s the dominant theme for this market: AI and technology.”UnitedHealthcare Group accounts for a significant chunk of the recent losses on the Dow. The Dow’s current eight-day losing streak is its longest since 2018 and it comes ahead of Wednesday’s interest rate decision from the Federal Reserve. Despite the recent losses, the blue chips are up by 16% so far this year. There hasn’t been a losing streak of 10 days or more since an 11-day slump in 1974, according to FactSet data.

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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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CNN —Police have identified the shooter in Monday’s attack on a Madison, Wisconsin, private Christian school as a 15-year-old female student, as they investigate the latest school shooting to devastate an American community, claiming the lives of a staff member and another student. Natalie Rupnow – who went by the name “Samantha,” Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes said – was found dead when officers responded to Abundant Life Christian School. Evidence suggests the shooter died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Barnes said at a news conference late Monday. It’s unclear whether the shooter’s parents owned or possessed the gun used in the shooting, Barnes told CNN. Two such cases followed school shootings at an Oxford, Michigan, high school in 2021 and a Winder, Georgia, high school in September.

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☆ NFL Power Rankings Week 16: Eagles, Bills the new 1-2, plus team MVPs
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Josh Kendall | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +21 min

The Week 16 NFL Power Rankings will give it to them by recognizing a team MVP for all 32 clubs. Meanwhile, Jacobs is third in the league in rushing (1,147 yards along with 12 touchdowns) and is the tone-setter for this team. Pittsburgh Steelers (10-4)Last week: 7Sunday: Lost to Philadelphia Eagles 27-13MVP: Outside linebacker T.J. WattWatt left Sunday’s game after turning his ankle. On top of that, he’s averaging 53 rushing yards per game, the most among quarterbacks. Bijan Robinson already has surpassed last season’s totals in carries and rushing yards.

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☆ ‘Squid Game’ winner is back for season 2 with a new mission
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( Kimmy Yam | Kimmy Yam Is A Reporter For Nbc Asian America. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

“Squid Game” main character Player 456 may have slipped on the iconic green tracksuit and returned in the show’s upcoming second season for another round in the murderous survival game. “‘Squid Game’ really talks about justice and how to bring people together. Lee Jung-jae in "Squid Game" season two. The upcoming season, which has already received a Golden Globe nod for best drama series, was no less daunting to make than the show’s first, wildly successful season. “Because season one was so globally loved, when it was decided that there was going to be a second season, it’s true that I felt a huge amount of pressure,” Hwang said.

Persons: Lee Jung, jae, Seong Gi, “, ” Lee, Lee, Hwang Dong, ” Hwang, ’ ” Hwang, ” Organizations: Netflix, NBC News, Globe

☆ A vegan cheese that actually tastes good? Thank this ancient fungus
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( Anna Cooban | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

London CNN —It’s a problem as intractable as the riddle of the Sphinx: How do you make a vegan cheese that people actually want to eat? It was also born from his frustration with the current range of vegan cheese products in stores. It doesn’t feel like a dairy cheese in the mouth.”Consumers have not taken to vegan cheese with the same enthusiasm as vegan milks. “The code has not been cracked yet.”Masiá said the current crop of vegan cheeses generally do “not deliver” what consumers want. Courtesy Formo Bio GmbHFormo vegan cheese Courtesy Formo Bio GmbHA Formo team member operates a cheese press to mold cheese made using micro-fermentation technology.

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☆ New exhibition on Japan’s replica food lifts the lid on delicate craftsmanship
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( Rosa Rahimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Advances in the production method have made more realistic and dynamic presentations of food replicas possible. A food replica of 'Napolitan' or Japanese ketchup spaghetti, considered a popular Western dish in the country. Jeremie Souteyrat/Japan House LondonA selection of food replicas made by Iwasaki Group employees as part of a company-wide competition. Jeremie Souteyrat/Japan House LondonA food replica of a towering burger stacked, produced for one of the Iwasaki Group's internal competitions between its employees. Jeremie Souteyrat/Japan House London

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☆ ‘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.

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☆ Yang Tengbo: British court names alleged Chinese spy who forged close ties to Prince Andrew
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

London CNN —An alleged Chinese spy who forged a close relationship with Prince Andrew has been identified by a British court, the latest twist in a case that has shone a light on Beijing’s influence inside Britain’s institutions. The man, Yang Tengbo, was identified after a judge ruled his anonymity should be removed, PA Media reported on Monday. He was the co-founder of Pitch@Palace China, which expanded into China an initiative for entrepreneurs that was set up by Andrew in 2014. Andrew’s office said last week that the prince ceased his relationship with Yang after receiving government advice. Starmer in November became the first prime minister to meet with China’s President Xi Jinping for six years.

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☆ From true crimes to terror: When is ‘dark tourism’ too dark?
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-14 | by ( David Allan | David G. Allan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Christopher Furlong/Getty Images The Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum, the site where 168 people were killed by a bombing that remains the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in US history. Berk Ozkan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Visitors walk in the ghost city of Pripyat during a tour in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, the site of Ukraine's 1986 nuclear disaster. And somewhere in between is the subjective line that dark tourism dances around. Dark tourism (also known as memorial tourism, or thanatourism, from the Greek “Thanatos” meaning death, or more derogatorily as morbid tourism, or grief tourism) comes in various shades. In the end, you may be the only one who can judge the ethics of visiting these places.

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☆ Images appear to show Russia dismantling military equipment in Syria
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-14 | by ( Freddie Clayton | Freddie Clayton Is A Freelance Journalist Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

(©2024 Maxar Technologies/AFP via Getty Images) AFP - Getty ImagesAt Hmeimim, two An-124 heavy transport aircraft were observed on the airfield with their nose cones raised, ready to load equipment. Other forces, including Russian military convoys, appear to be heading toward the airbase. Another verified video showed Russian military vehicles driving through what appears to be Syria as bystanders waved their shoes at the cars. A separate video, posted by the prominent Russian military-themed Telegram channel "Military Informer," purportedly showed a Russian military column crossing through Kurdish-controlled territories in Syria. Russian military vehicles and artillery guns at the Russian airbase at Qamishli Airport in northeastern Syria on Thursday.

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☆ Ukraine replaces commander following Russian advances on key city of Pokrovsk
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-14 | by ( Kostyantyn Hak | Sophie Tanno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The commander of Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk group of forces has been replaced following Russian advances in the region, a military official said Saturday. The move comes after Lutsenko faced heavy criticism for failing to stop recent Russian advances on the key city of Pokrovsk. Russian forces have been spotted just three kilometers (1.9 miles) from the city, according to Ukrainian mapping service DeepState. Its fall to Russian forces would mark the largest setback for Ukraine in months and compound Ukraine’s struggles to get off the backfoot while Russian troops pile severe pressure on the eastern front lines. He added that Ukraine had information that North Korean soldiers may be being used along other parts of the front line.

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It is also not clear if Trump's team has communicated with Putin’s government about Ukraine, and if so, what has been conveyed by either side. The transition team declined to comment on whether a Putin ally, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, carried any message from Russia to Trump in his recent visit to Mar-a-Lago. Asked if Walz and others on Trump's transition team are working with the Biden administration on a ceasefire plan, transition spokesperson Brian Hughes said: “Congressman Waltz and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan are in contact on many issues. “The atmosphere thus far in terms of the engagement between the Ukrainians and the incoming Trump team, including Zelenskyy and Trump himself, has been positive,” one of the sources said. The Trump transition team declined to comment on how Trump views the idea of barring Ukraine from joining NATO indefinitely or for some designated period of time.

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☆ I Traded My News Apps for Rumble, the Right-Wing YouTube. Here’s What I Saw.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Stuart A. Thompson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +20 min

athletes doing Mr. Trump’s dance moves were a sign, the hosts said, that Mr. Trump had recaptured popular culture from the clutches of Hollywood liberals. Blame for any hiccups in Mr. Trump’s strategy was assigned to Democrats or even Republicans who were not sufficiently obedient. Perhaps the biggest cheerleader for Mr. Trump was Mr. Bongino, the eponymous host of Rumble’s most-watched show, with 3.4 million followers. I don’t remember seeing Mr. Bongino criticize Mr. Trump — not once. When Mr. Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration later that week after significant pushback, Mr. Bongino never faulted Mr. Trump for the whole ordeal.

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☆ Chinese associate of Prince Andrew banned from UK as national security risk
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Reuters —A Chinese businessman who had forged close links with Prince Andrew and was authorized to act on his behalf to seek investors in China has been banned from Britain on national security grounds. The ban on the Chinese businessman came after the contents of his phone were downloaded when he was stopped under counter-terrorism laws at a UK border in 2021, the ruling said. It said this revealed Prince Andrew had authorized him to set up an international financial initiative to engage with potential partners and investors in China. The prince, 64, the eighth in line to the throne, was a roving UK trade ambassador from 2001-2011. In 2022, the royal family removed his military links and royal patronages.

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☆ Russia launches massive attack on Ukraine’s energy sector, minister says
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Daria Tarasova Markina | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Kyiv, Ukraine CNN —Russia launched a new widespread attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure overnight, forcing the country to implement emergency power outages, Ukrainian authorities said on Friday. Once again, the energy sector across Ukraine is under massive attack,” Ukrainian energy minister German Halushchenko said on his official Facebook page. Ukrenergo, Ukraine’s energy grid operator, said it was introducing emergency power outages across the country. Russia’s latest assault comes after Moscow vowed on Thursday to respond to a Ukrainian attack on a city in southwest Russia, which Russia claimed involved six US-made ATACMS ballistic missiles. Ukraine acknowledged making “tangible hits on Russian targets,” Wednesday, including military and energy facilities, but has not said what type of missiles were used.

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WASHINGTON — Key House and Senate lawmakers are demanding top federal law enforcement officials immediately brief them about mysterious drone sightings in New Jersey and New York, as the White House downplayed any potential threats to national security or the public. But lawmakers say that they — and the public — need more information after weeks of sightings in New Jersey and other states. “But the public deserves to know more, and it’s up to the FBI and Homeland Security to brief the public immediately. For weeks, residents have been spotting and taking videos of drones, which officials have described as commercial-grade devices and not typical “hobbyist” drones. "We’re going to try to get answers, and we’ll go from there.”So far, an all-member House briefing on the drones has not been scheduled, though some individual members have been briefed.

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