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☆ Video: Assad regime has ended in Syria. Reporter explains the significance
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Nick Paton Walsh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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CNN —As many in Syria celebrated the end of the long rule of Bashar al-Assad, rumors swirled about his whereabouts. Assad has not been seen or heard from since rebels declared Damascus “liberated” after sweeping through the capital and seizing key sites. Since the uprising began, and the rebels rapidly advanced through the country, Assad has kept a low profile. On Saturday, as the rebels encircled Damascus, a source told CNN that Assad was nowhere to be found in the city. CNN cannot confirm whether Assad was on this flight.

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☆ Top Wall Street analysts tout these energy stocks for attractive dividends
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Tipranks.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Moreover, the appeal of dividend stocks increases as interest rates decline, as is currently the case. Following the recommendations of top Wall Street analysts can help investors pick attractive dividend stocks, given that these experts conduct an in-depth analysis of a company's financials to assess its ability to pay — and increase — dividends. Here are three dividend-paying stocks, highlighted by Wall Street's top pros as tracked by TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their past performance. ChevronWe start this week with oil and gas producer Chevron (CVX). It returned $7.7 billion to shareholders in the third quarter, including $4.7 billion in share buybacks and $2.9 billion in dividends.

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☆ Biden launched a US chipmaking boom. The jobs boost will come under Trump.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Hiring for roles in semiconductor manufacturing could come under the Trump administration. AdvertisementThe Biden administration's efforts to boost US semiconductor manufacturing and employment could bear fruit during the Trump administration. When reached for comment, the Trump-Vance transition team didn't respond to a question about Trump's plans to boost US semiconductor manufacturing employment. Samsung is projecting that it will begin chip production at its chip factory in Taylor, Texas in 2026. Advertisement"The point is to have more chip manufacturing, which will mostly come over the next few years," he said.

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☆ President-elect Trump says Ukraine to 'possibly' receive less military aid
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

In an exclusive interview with Donald Trump on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday, the president-elect told NBC News' Kristen Welker that Ukraine will "possibly" receive less military aid once he takes office. Trump told Welker of support that has gone to Ukraine since the war began in February 2022. All told, the U.S. has committed more than $62 billion in assistance to Ukraine since the conflict started nearly three years ago. The comments suggest that Zelenskyy's diplomatic skills were to credit for the tens of billions of dollars in U.S. military aid packages, rather than the country's actual needs. "Europe is in for a fraction, and war with Russia is more important for Europe than it is for us," Trump told Welker.

Persons: Donald Trump, Britain's Prince William, Kristen Welker, Trump, Welker, Lloyd Austin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, that's, Putin Organizations: Notre, Dame de, Cathedral, NBC, . Defense, NATO, U.S Locations: British, France, Paris, Ukraine, Europe, U.S, Russia, Russian

☆ Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez on what to expect from 'AI 2.0'
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Companies will soon focus on customizing AI solutions for specific needs, Cohere's CEO says. Major AI companies like OpenAI are also releasing tools for customization. AdvertisementIf this was the year companies adopted AI to stay competitive, next year will likely be about customizing AI solutions for their specific needs. He added: "Every company will be an AI company." AdvertisementLast June, Cohere partnered with global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company to develop customized generative AI solutions for the firm's clients.

Persons: Aidan Gomez, Cohere, we've, Gomez, OpenAI, Thomson Organizations: LinkedIn, Oracle, IT, Fujitsu, McKinsey & Company, o1, Thomson Reuters, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Business

☆ Can Trump save TikTok? Here's where his cabinet picks stand on a TikTok ban.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementPresident-elect Donald Trump's views on whether TikTok, which a Chinese company owns, poses a threat to the United States have shifted 180 degrees. In 2020, Trump unsuccessfully sought to ban TikTok in the United States but has since had a change of heart. Some of Trump's top cabinet nominees support a TikTok ban. TikTok has denied accusations that it influences content inside the United States or is addictive to children. A spokesperson for TikTok told Business Insider that the TikTok ban law was "conceived and pushed through based upon inaccurate, flawed and hypothetical information, resulting in outright censorship of the American people."

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☆ Ozempic Scams, Sketchy Weight Loss Products Are Tricking Americans
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Emily Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +18 min

For people struggling with their weight, these drugs can seem like a miracle. AdvertisementThe marketplace is awash in companies trying to ride the Ozempic wave by selling compounded semaglutide, knockoff drugs, and similar-sounding supplements. Even big-name telehealth companies are sending medications to patients without a lot of supervision. To ward off telehealth companies, Eli Lilly cut the price of Zepbound for certain patients who order directly from the company, though the drug is still pricey. She's switched providers — she's now getting her medication from Hers — and continues to shed weight.

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☆ I was pregnant and stressed about being a single mom. Then, a friend changed my perspective, and we ended up co-parenting together.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Cailey Griffin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A conversation with another pregnant single mom on a beach in Costa Rica changed her thinking. Before moving to Costa Rica in 2021, I was based in Los Angeles. I decided to take a quick trip to Costa Rica and ended up movingA friend of mine was already living in Costa Rica at the time. AdvertisementWhen we were in Costa Rica together, it was the first time we were single at the same time. We went to buy comfortable mattresses together, shopped for health insurance in Costa Rica, and even spent Mother's Day together.

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☆ We had an unconventional engagement and wedding. I proposed to him, my engagement ring came after the wedding, and we walked each other down the aisle.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Maria Polansky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

My husband and I had an unconventional engagement and wedding. I proposed to him, and we got my engagement ring after we got married. AdvertisementMy husband and I did pretty much every wedding tradition in reverse when we got married three years ago. Though the low-key proposal came first, I got my engagement ring and had my bachelorette party after the wedding. Related storiesMy ring and bachelorette party came after the weddingWe also chose my engagement ring later because we were focused on securing a wedding date during the pandemic, which was no small feat.

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☆ In a country splintered by civil war, could Syria’s rebels usher in a new dawn?
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Sana Noor Haq | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

‘Extremely challenging’ transition of powerSyria’s armed opposition ultimately plans to form a government defined by institutions and a “council chosen by the people,” Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the militant figure driving the latest rebel swing, told CNN. He heads the dominant group in the coalition, Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), a former Al Qaeda affiliate. Jolani told CNN that abuse in prisons “were not done under our orders or directions” and HTS had already penalized the perpetrators. Thousands of people assembled at the foot of the main square in Damascus, where rebels ransacked Assad’s residence. Muhammad Haj Kadour/AFP/Getty ImagesAnd further afield, Syrian refugees forced to flee the war shared their hopes of returning to a peaceful country.

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☆ Parents are up against the ‘mother lode’ of holiday stress. Here’s how to make it easier
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Kara Alaimo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Then there’s the shipping deadlines, making sure that it’s in your budget.”Like Huggins, many parents are up against the “mother lode” of stress way before the holiday season adds extra demands. To start, how do you want to feel during this holiday season? Instead, she suggested parents ask: “What’s our bandwidth? She suggested parents ask for donations to a charity — which they could select with their kids. That’s another way parents can make a frenetic season feel a little more calm and bright.

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☆ The next batch of iPhone AI features is almost here — and they look more impressive
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Apple's iOS 18.2 update is expected to launch this week with new AI features and improvements. AdvertisementIf you shrugged at Apple's first AI features, the next batch may prove to be a more meaningful update. Like the earlier Apple Intelligence features, the newest AI features will be available for all iPhone 16 models and the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max. AppleSiri received some enhancements in the iOS 18.1 update, but the iOS 18.2 update will further improve the voice assistant and allow integrated access to ChatGPT. AppleApple's Image Playground is its answer to popular AI image generators like OpenAI's Dall-E or Midjourney.

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☆ Jay-Z accused of sexually assaulting 13-year-old in 2000 incident along with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Kara Scannell | Elizabeth Wagmeister | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by Sean “Diddy” Combs has amended her lawsuit to include allegations that she was also assaulted by Jay-Z at the same party. Carter is the first celebrity to be accused of sexual assault in connection to Combs. In a statement addressed to CNN, Carter called the allegations “so heinous in nature that I implore you to file a criminal complaint, not a civil one!! Combs pleaded not guilty to the charges and has denied all wrongdoing in roughly 30 civil lawsuits that have been filed against him. The woman says she hit Combs and ran out of the party, according to the amended lawsuit.

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☆ Superstar outfielder Juan Soto agrees to historic deal with the New York Mets, per reports
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Jacob Lev | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Superstar outfielder Juan Soto and the New York Mets agreed to a historic 15-year and $765 million deal, according to multiple reports. Ahead of last season, Soto was traded to the New York Yankees from the San Diego Padres and had one of the best campaigns of his seven-year career. The Mets are coming off an improbable postseason run which ended in a loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series. The Amazin’ Mets open its 2025 spring training Grapefruit League schedule on February 22 against the Houston Astros at Clover Park in Port St. Lucie, Florida. The team will then begin its regular season on March 27 against the Astros in Houston.

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I was a child during the brief war between Georgia and Russia in 2008. I remember seeing charred buildings in the eastern town of Gori and tanks on the Military Highway, a road that enters Georgia from Russia. When the elections in October ended in Georgian Dream’s favor amid allegations of vote rigging and after months of failed protests, nihilism and fatigue set in. integration talks would be suspended until 2028, in a country where public support for joining the bloc has polled around 80 percent. The mood suddenly shifted: People were no longer defeated; they were furious.

Persons: Irakli Kobakhidze, Georgia’s Locations: Georgia, Russia, Gori, Russian

☆ Russian state news agencies say ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad is in Moscow and given asylum
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad fled to Moscow on Sunday, Russian media reported, hours after a stunning rebel advance took over the capital of Damascus and ended the Assad family's 50 years of iron rule. The Russian agencies, Tass and RIA, cited an unidentified Kremlin source on Assad and his family being given asylum in Moscow, his longtime ally and protector. RIA also said Moscow had received guarantees from Syrian insurgents of the security of Russian military bases and diplomatic posts in Syria. Syrian state television broadcast a rebel statement early Sunday saying Assad had been overthrown and all prisoners had been released. They called on people to preserve the institutions of "the free Syrian state."

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Bashar al, Assad, Bashar Assad, RIA, Russia's, Dmitry Polyansky, Abu Mohammed al, Ahmad al, Bassam, Anas Salkhadi Organizations: Tass, RIA, Associated Press, Kremlin, . Security, Golani, U.S, Islamic Locations: Sochi, Moscow, Damascus, Syria, Russia, Turkey, Kurdish

☆ Insider Today: Bernie talks Elon, RFK Jr.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

You can sign up for Business Insider's daily newsletter here. Business Insider's Mia de Graaf recently got the chance to sit down with Sen. Bernie Sanders to discuss the incoming administration. Adobe's data showed $10.8 billion in Black Friday e-commerce sales, while Cyber Monday hit $13.3 billion, new records for both days. Khosla Ventures; Salesforce Ventures; Menlo Ventures; 500 Global; Business InsiderBI asked readers and top venture capitalists to name the promising young VCs in their networks. This year's investors come from a wide array of backgrounds and a range of different roles.

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☆ Investor Bill Nygren just bought this pharma giant, names two AI-adjacent stocks he likes going into 2025
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Investors should consider scooping up shares of this pharmaceutical giant trading at a discount, according to longtime value investor Bill Nygren. " Merck is attractive on a standalone basis, and it's got really good portfolio characteristics," said the portfolio manager at Oakmark Funds, who bought shares in the third quarter. MRK YTD mountain Shares this year Shares of Merck have underperformed the market this year, slumping more than 5%. Beyond the big pharmaceutical name, Nygren is also finding value in some artificial intelligence implementers, in addition to mainstay megacap player Alphabet . COF YTD mountain Shares this year Charter shares are up nearly 4% this year, while Capital One has rallied 43%.

Persons: Bill Nygren, it's, Nygren, Rob Davis, Merck, bode Organizations: Merck, Oakmark, CNBC, Charter Communications, Capital Locations: financials, China

☆ Biden says U.S. will support Syria and its neighbors after Assad dynasty collapses
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Amelia Lucas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., November 26, 2024. The U.S. will support Syria's neighbors, including Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon and Israel, during the transition period and send senior officials to the region, Biden said. He also pledged to continue the mission against ISIS and to ensure the security of detention facilities in Syria that hold ISIS fighters. He added that U.S. forces conducted a dozen precision air strikes in Syria on Sunday, targeting ISIS camps and operatives. That pledge will include humanitarian aid to help Syria after 13 years of civil war.

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☆ 2024 College Football Playoff guide: What to know about the new 12-team format, at-large bids
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Stewart Mandel | Matt Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

College football entered a new era Sunday with the unveiling of the first 12-team Playoff bracket. The 12 participants are, in order of seeding: Oregon, Georgia, Boise State, Arizona State, Texas, Penn State, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Tennessee, Indiana, SMU and Clemson. In 2012, leaders of the BCS approved the College Football Playoff, which launched in 2014 as a four-team postseason knockout tournament. GO DEEPER How exactly will College Football Playoff home games work? GO DEEPER College Football Playoff 2024 projections: Who are the national championship favorites?

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☆ Kim Yong-hyun: South Korean prosecutors detain ex-defense chief over martial law imposition
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Jerome Taylor | Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Senior prosecutor Park Se-hyun said in a televised statement Sunday that authorities launched a 62-member special investigation team on the martial law case. Kim is a central figure in Yoon’s martial law enforcement, which led to special forces troops encircling the National Assembly building and army helicopters hovering over it. In Kim’s impeachment motion document, the Democratic Party and other opposition parties accused him of proposing martial law to Yoon. The Defense Ministry said it has suspended three top military commanders over their alleged involvement in the martial law imposition. In a parliamentary hearing on Friday, Lee, one of Yoon’s closest associates, defended Yoon’s martial law decree, saying the president exercised his powers “within the boundaries of constitutional processes and law.”

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☆ Analysis: How Marco Rubio could raise the stakes for Cuba if he becomes secretary of state
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Patrick Oppmann | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Havana, Cuba CNN —For more than 60 years Cuba has buckled under US economic sanctions and its own government’s missteps. The son of Cuban exiles, Rubio has long made it his mission to ramp up the US trade embargo on Cuba. If confirmed, Secretary of State Rubio will face far more pressing issues like Russia’s war in Ukraine, conflict in the Middle East and countering growing Chinese influence in the world, particularly in Latin America. As secretary of state, Rubio could run point on devising additional economic sanctions on Cuba, increasing funding for dissidents and pro-democracy programs that Havana considers tantamount to regime change, and further restricting US travel to Cuba. During the first Trump administration, “Rubio called the shots on Cuba,” a US diplomat who did want to be quoted by name told CNN.

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☆ I didn't like 'Gilmore Girls' until I was a single mom. Watching it helped me create the parent-child dynamic I always wanted.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Alex Archambault | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

When I watched "Gilmore Girls" as a single mom I felt inspired by Lorelai Gilmore's parenting. AdvertisementWhen "Gilmore Girls" aired, I was in high school and had no interest in the show. As a young single mom adjusting to parenting alone, I could suddenly see myself in Lorelai. As I kept watching, I found "Gilmore Girls" felt like the guide to navigating motherhood on my own — one I desperately needed. AdvertisementWith that, "Gilmore Girls" also inspired me to find ways to make every day special for me and my son.

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☆ I have not seen a stock market like this in 42 years. Here's why and how to approach it
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Or, maybe the whole market has a new expectation of stocks — and, stocks are delivering on those expectations and then some. Maybe that's why it is up more than 900% for the year. Maybe that's why it is now a roughly $140 billion company. With so many other opportunities to raise money — such as private equity and venture capital firms trying to get in — the stock market almost doesn't matter. But only new supply can bring this market down because valuation has ceased to mean much for most of the market.

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