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☆ Chip-supplier stocks jump as the US weighs up fresh China sanctions
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Targeting Chinese chip equipment makers could benefit European firms such as ASML. The Biden administration is reported to be considering fresh sanctions against Chinese semiconductor equipment manufacturers, pushing up stocks of semiconductor suppliers in Europe and Japan. The suggested curbs would add an extra 100 Chinese chip equipment makers to the entity list, the outlet reported. AdvertisementAs part of the sweeping sanctions, the US could add 200 Chinese chip firms to its trade blacklist, Wired reported. American chip equipment makers and allies such as Japan and the Netherlands reportedly pushed back against earlier proposals.

Persons: Biden, SMIC, Jim Reid, Mao Ning, US Department of Commerce didn't Organizations: Wired, Bloomberg, Tokyo, Huawei, CSI, Deutsche, US Department of Commerce, Business Locations: Europe, Japan, China, Shanghai, Netherlands

☆ France's political chaos drives borrowing costs to the same level as Greece's for the first time
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesFrance's brewing political crisis is spilling into financial markets with the country's borrowing costs hitting the same level as debt-ridden Greece's for the first time on record Thursday. The spread — the difference in yield between two bonds — between French 10-year government bond yields and their Greek counterparts was reduced to zero earlier Thursday. The yield on the French 10-year stood at 3.0010% while the same Greek bond stood at 3.030%. French officials looked to defend the economy on Thursday, but acknowledged that bond investors viewing French debt as risky as Greece's was a worrying development. Economy Minister Antoine Armand said Thursday that the French economy could not be compared with Greece's, however.

Persons: Storm Caetano, Michel Barnier, Barnier, Emmanuel Macron, Antoine Armand, Greece's, Armand, Jason Da Silva, CNBC's, Marine, George Pachantouris Organizations: Chatelet, Getty, Investors, Economy, BFM, Google, Global Investment, Arbuthnot, Rabobank Locations: Chatelet Les Halles, Paris, Greece, France, Europe

☆ Opinion | My Brother Is Doing the Trump Dance
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Maureen Dowd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

I can assure you that Kevin is very real and, this year, very excited. Somehow this racist dictator was able to assemble a new coalition of Black, Hispanic, middle-class and working-class voters. Turns out even people in blue America don’t like it when their groceries cost more and they feel less safe. I must admit I had misgivings about Trump and his election denial after Jan. 6, but Nancy Pelosi’s hijacking of the House’s special investigating committee shifted my perspective. There was no world in which Trump could have come out of that committee without being scarred.

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☆ Shohei Ohtani: Los Angeles Dodgers star seeks $325,000 worth of baseball cards from his ex-interpreter
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Associated Press | Story The | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

AP —Baseball star Shohei Ohtani wants his former interpreter to hand over hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of baseball cards he says were fraudulently bought using his money. The legal filing alleges Mizuhara accessed Ohtani’s bank account beginning around November 2021, changing his security protocols so that he could impersonate him to authorize wire transfers. By 2024, Mizuhara had used that money to buy about $325,000 worth of baseball cards at online resellers eBay and Whatnot, according to the court documents. Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball star Shohei Ohtani, leaves federal court in Santa Ana, California, on June 4, 2024. Earlier this year, Ohtani and the Dodgers won the World Series, and the baseball star won his third Most Valuable Player award.

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☆ DOGE: How far could Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy go to cut federal regulations?
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Tami Luhby | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy intend to lean on two recent Supreme Court rulings that they argue will make it easier to tear up a multitude of federal regulations. However, multiple legal and regulatory experts told CNN that Musk and Ramaswamy are misinterpreting the decisions, which could actually make it harder to overturn existing rules. Slashing needed workersWhat’s more, the endeavor would require a lot of assistance from agency staffers – the very workers that Musk and Ramaswamy have promised to cut. For instance, in a town hall on X last month, Musk repeatedly criticized government regulations, citing their interference with his companies. “It’s quite arduous getting regulatory approval,” Musk said while discussing his Neuralink startup that develops implantable brain-computer interfaces.

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☆ Despite Ozempic and RFK Jr., Uncrustables and Twinkies believe ‘very strongly that snacking continues’
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

But the owner of Twinkies and Uncrustables is predicting that nothing will be able to stop America’s insatiable hunger for snacks. “As it relates to anything in the political domain, we believe very strongly that snacking continues,” J.M. Food companies aren’t betting on Kennedy and the Trump administration to influence their businesses and Americans’ eating habits. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesSmucker believes that its food brands’ appeal and Americans’ craving for snacks will outweigh any changes Kennedy may bring. The brand includes meals high in protein and fiber that are “intended to be a companion for GLP-1 weight loss medication users and consumers focused on weight management.”

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☆ Amazon is hedging its big bet on Anthropic with its own AI video model, report says
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Riddhi Kanetkar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

AdvertisementAmazon is developing a new AI model called Olympus for video analysis, The Information reported. Amazon-backed Anthropic has already launched its own multimodal model for images and videos. Amazon may have doubled down on its investment in Anthropic, but it also appears to be hedging its AI bets by developing its own model that can process images and video in addition to text. The tech giant's new model, code-named Olympus, could help customers search video archives for specific scenes, The Information reported. The development and launch of Olympus could reduce Amazon's dependency on Anthropic for multimodal AI, especially if the new video model becomes as a cheaper alternative.

Persons: Anthropic, chatbot Claude Organizations: Anthropic, Olympus, AWS, Web Service, Big Tech Locations: Anthropic

☆ Irregular sleep patterns may raise risk of heart attack and stroke, study suggests
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

They calculated each person’s Sleep Regularity Index (SRI) score, with higher scores denoting more regular sleepers. The team then tracked incidents of cardiovascular death, heart attack, heart failure and stroke over eight years and found that irregular sleepers were 26% more likely to suffer one of these events than those with a regular sleep cycle. Irregular sleep means the variations in the time someone goes to sleep and wakes up. However, it was an observational study and, as such, can only establish a link rather than cause and effect: we can’t know for sure if irregular sleep patterns caused the increased risk. But even those irregular sleepers who got the recommended amount of sleep had a higher risk of suffering a major cardiovascular event.

Persons: Jean Pierre Chaput, ”, “, Chaput, Naveed Sattar, Attar Organizations: CNN, University of Ottawa, World Health Organization, University of Glasgow, Epidemiology & Community Health Locations: Canada, Scotland

☆ NewJeans: Members of K-pop group say they are leaving agency ADOR after dispute
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Seoul, South Korea Reuters —Members of NewJeans, one of the most popular K-pop groups, said on Thursday that they were leaving their agency ADOR, a subsidiary of powerhouse label HYBE. The latest controversy in the K-pop scene has gripped South Korea this year, with accusations, audits and an emotional press conference making headlines. The members of NewJeans announce the termination of their contract with ADOR during a press conference on November 28, 2024 in Seoul. Chung Sung-Jun/Getty ImagesThe five NewJeans members held a late-night press conference to announce their departure from the agency and said they would like to work with Min Hee-jin, ADOR’s former chief who left the agency this month. “Once we leave ADOR, we’ll aim to proceed freely with the activities that we really desire,” said Danielle, one of the band members.

Persons: ADOR, “, NewJeans, Chung Sung, Min Hee, ”, Danielle Organizations: South Korea Reuters —, ADOR Locations: Seoul, South Korea

☆ Target’s Hot Santa Ads Join ‘Hot Frosty’ in Spiced Up Holidays
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Gina Cherelus | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

“Sara, did you hear that?” says the woman in the ad. “It was Santa Claus. And he’s, like, weirdly hot.”Indeed, standing in front of her was the tall, attractive and silver-haired Kris K. (presumably short for Kris Kringle), who apparently moonlights as a sales associate at Target when he isn’t delivering gifts around the world. In another ad featuring the reimagined character, a jolly Kris is seen driving to Target from his home in the snowy North Pole. The new campaign, “Kris From Target,” started on Nov. 17 and stirred up viewers online who weren’t expecting such a dramatic makeover for the timeless Christmas figure.

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☆ Avoid these 3 common mistakes when asking for a promotion, says INSEAD negotiation professor
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Ernestine Siu | In Ernestinesiu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

pixelfit | E+ | Getty ImagesAsking for a promotion can feel daunting and negotiation can be tricky — but learning how to navigate the process is important. People often approach negotiations with the wrong mindset, said Horacio Falcão, INSEAD professor, negotiation expert, author, serial entrepreneur, and designer of INSEAD's "The Negotiation Course for the World," a free course on negotiations launched in November. "For you to become a better negotiator, to some extent, you have to become a better person," he said. Here are three common mistakes to avoid when negotiating for a promotion, according to Falcão. Moving too fastThe first thing to know about asking for a promotion is that "you should not have been waiting for the yearly review to [ask for the promotion]," said Falcão.

Persons: Horacio Falcão, Falcão

☆ When to quit working, take Social Security, and focus on yourself: Older Americans share their regrets about navigating retirement.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Many had regrets about retiring too early, taking Social Security prematurely, and draining savings. Regrets included retiring too early, taking Social Security benefits prematurely, and draining retirement savings too quickly. Kathleen RuddAt 62, she retired from a job paying almost $60,000 a year and opted to take Social Security early. Cashing out Social Security too fastSharon, 77, took Social Security too early, prompting her to unretire to cover expenses. Advertisement"If only someone had just said, do not take Social Security early, do not invest your money this way," Sharon said.

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☆ Buy a building, get a Banksy. ‘Well Hung Lover’ Bristol property goes on sale
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Rosa Rahimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —A Banksy mural in Bristol, southwestern England, is set to be sold at auction next year, along with the building it was created on. “Well Hung Lover” was painted on the side of a building on Bristol’s Frogmore Street in 2006, with the city’s residents later voting to keep the mural. The building, which once housed a sexual health clinic, will be put up for auction by Hollis Morgan, an estate agency and auction house in Bristol. While the future owner has to ensure the “Well Hung Lover” stays put, they have no obligation to maintain it. Last year, a Banksy mural in Dover, southern England, valued at around £1 million ($1.2 million), was lost for good after the building it was painted on was knocked down.

Persons: London CNN —, Hollis Morgan, ”, weathers, it’s Organizations: London CNN, European Union, Britain Locations: Bristol, England, Dover

☆ OPEC+ postpones meeting to decide oil production strategy to Dec. 5, sources say
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Ruxandra Iordache | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A view shows the logo of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) during the United Nations climate change conference COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 13, 2024. The OPEC+ oil alliance postponed a meeting to decide the next steps of its crude production strategy to Dec. 5, two delegate sources told CNBC. The coalition, made up of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, was initially scheduled to meet on Dec. 1. The OPEC+ coalition is currently operating three sets of separate oil production cuts, in response to an uncertain demand outlook. Under its formal output strategy, member nations are curtailing their combined production to 39.725 million barrels per day (bpd) into next year.

Organizations: Organization of, Petroleum, CNBC Locations: United Nations, Baku, Azerbaijan, OPEC, Kuwait City, Kuwait

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☆ With Trump Returning and Hezbollah Weakened, Iran Strikes a Conciliatory Tone
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Farnaz Fassihi | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In mid-November, Iran dispatched a top official to Beirut to urge Hezbollah to accept a cease-fire with Israel. Around the same time, Iran’s U.N. ambassador met with Elon Musk, an overture to President-elect Donald J. Trump’s inner circle. And on Friday, it will hold talks in Geneva with European countries on a range of issues, including its nuclear program. All this recent diplomacy marks a sharp change in tone from late October, when Iran was preparing to launch a large retaliatory attack on Israel, with a deputy commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps warning, “We have never left an aggression unanswered in 40 years.”Iran’s swing from tough talk to a more conciliatory tone in just a few weeks’ time has its roots in developments at home and abroad. Five Iranian officials, one of them a Revolutionary Guards member, and two former officials said the decision to recalibrate was prompted by Mr. Trump winning the Nov. 5 election, with concerns about an unpredictable leader who, in his first term, pursued a policy of “maximum pressure” on Iran.

Persons: Iran’s U.N, Elon Musk, Donald J, ”, recalibrate, Trump Organizations: Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Revolutionary Guards, Mr Locations: Iran, Beirut, Israel, Geneva

☆ Trump faces a far more emboldened Kim Jong Un this time around
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementTrump has boasted about his chemistry with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Donald Trump has long reminisced about the unlikely bromance he formed with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un while president. His comments suggest that Trump will find Kim a much tougher and more emboldened character to deal with this time around. North Korea's Kim Jong Un and Russia's Vladimir Putin at a military parade in Pyongyang in June. "Kim likely sees in Trump a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to remake his country's relationship with the US, and thereby the wider world," said Chan.

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☆ Reflexive control: How Russia is forcing its enemies to make decisions against their own interests
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Each time, when the West finally accepted Ukraine’s requests, Russia’s most catastrophic threats did not materialize. Although Putin said the attack was “a response from our side” to the Biden administration’s decision on longer-range weapons, Russia has not needed a pretext for such strikes in the past. By providing Ukraine with ATACMS but only allowing it to strike parts of Ukraine occupied by Russia, “we sent Russia the message: ‘You know what? The decision to fire slightly longer-range Western weapons is a difference of degree, not of kind. By law, Russia considers these territories its own, and warned of dire consequences if Ukraine targeted them with Western weaponry.

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☆ Rudy Giuliani's mother-daughter defamation victims still haven't received millions of dollars of his assets
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Thanksgiving is the one-month anniversary of Giuliani's deadline to turn over assets. Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss have received a car and apartment without the paperwork to sell either. Freeman and Moss have subpoenaed the elder Giuliani's tax accountants, Mazars, USA, to see if he declared gifting the rings to his son. AdvertisementA bankruptcy judge dismissed the bankruptcy case within six months, citing Giuliani's "failure to provide even basic disclosure" of his assets. "The car keys without the title is really meaningless, US Court Judge Liman told Giuliani's attorney Joseph Cammarata.

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☆ Trump tariffs would increase the price of cars made by US automakers by over $2K: Wells Fargo
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementDonald Trump said he'd put in place 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports upon taking office. This would push up prices for US-assembled cars by an average of $2,100, according to Wells Fargo. President-elect Donald Trump's proposed tariffs on Mexico and Canada would drive up the price of cars assembled in the US by an average of $2,100, according to estimates made by analysts at Wells Fargo. "Autos are stuck in the middle of Trump's geopolitics," the analysts said in a note on Wednesday, per Fortune. AdvertisementHowever, he said doing so may be more difficult than Trump expects due to massive US investments in Mexico.

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☆ Australia passed a law banning social media for kids under 16. Tech companies will need creative solutions to avoid $32 million fines.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementAustralia's government approved a law that would ban social media for kids under 16. The law gives tech companies one year to figure out how to keep children under 16 from using their social platforms or risk up to $32 million in fines. Australia's new law specifically bars social media companies from asking for users' IDs in an effort to protect privacy rights. Snap Inc., which owns Snapchat, said "device-level age verification" was the best possible option to meet the requirements. "We know some kids will find workarounds, but we're sending a message to social media companies to clean up their act."

Persons: Australia's, Snapchat, Anthony Albanese, Julie Inman Grant, Elon Musk, Albanese Organizations: Meta, New York Times, Google, Inc Locations: Australia

☆ Leading Democrat who represents Silicon Valley encourages liberals to stay on X amid Bluesky exodus
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementA top Democrat urged fellow liberals to remain on Elon Musk's X platform. This month, millions of users have joined Bluesky, which bills itself as a liberal alternative to X.Khanna told Politico that his relationship with Elon Musk is an example of finding common ground. Rep. Ro Khanna, a leading progressive lawmaker representing the heart of Silicon Valley, said liberals shouldn't flee Elon Musk's X, instead urging his fellow Democrats to engage with those who share opposing beliefs. Khanna made the comments on an episode of Politico's Power Play podcast this week amid an exodus of liberal users from X to Bluesky. AdvertisementLast year, Khanna praised Musk as an entrepreneurial "genius" but criticized the Tesla CEO's controversial online behavior, including his posting of edgy memes.

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☆ Apple, Trump and a booming budget surplus: Ireland has much to mull over as voters head to the polls
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Michael Considine | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Kinga Krzeminska | Moment | Getty ImagesIreland goes to the polls on Nov. 29, with center-right parties Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael once again expected to form the nucleus of the country's next government. On the flipside, there are concerns in Dublin that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will look to clamp down on U.S. companies paying taxes in Ireland, instead of in America. Political angleThe country's two biggest parties look once again on track to form a government, despite some travails for Fine Gael as the campaign winds down. The latest Irish Times/Ipsos B&A poll of Nov. 25 shows support for Fine Gael falling six points to 19% over the last two weeks, while Fianna Fáil's backing now stands at 21%. It is nevertheless unclear what policy changes can be expected, given the sway that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are likely to have in a potential government.

Persons: Kinga, Fáil, Donald Trump, Republican Party Sinn, Emma Howard, Jack Chambers, Howard, Trump's Organizations: Images, Fine Gael, Green Party, European Court of Justice, Apple, Irish Times, Republican Party, Housing, Central Bank of Ireland, TU Dublin, CNBC, IMF, ECB, European Commission, Finance, AAA Locations: Ireland, Dublin, America

☆ I'm a C-suite executive and breadwinning mom. I feel pressure to be exceptional and always worry I'm letting someone down.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Jen Glantz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementC-suite executive Michaella Solar-March's husband became a stay-at-home dad in 2017. We both used to work full-time jobs with nontraditional hoursMy husband worked in hospitality and often got called in on nights and weekends to cover shifts. We decided in 2017 that my husband would be a stay-at-home dad, and I'd continue to work as the family's breadwinner. When my husband first became a stay-at-home dad and I became the breadwinner, I struggled with our new identities. I'm fully committed at work and home but always feel I'm letting someone down.

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☆ Trump made unprecedented inroads in Silicon Valley this election
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-28 | by ( Rob Price | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Silicon Valley, long considered a progressive stronghold, has begun to shift toward Donald Trump, according to new voting data analyzed by Business Insider. These numbers show that Trump and Republicans are still a long way off from gaining any real majorities in Silicon Valley. While Elon Musk is based in Texas these days, many of his companies, including Tesla, are still very active in Silicon Valley. Trump, with Musk in support, has promised to cut regulations, which could help Silicon Valley startups grow more quickly. The trend toward Trump in the Silicon Valley electorate mirrors statewide and national trends.

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