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☆ Here are steps you can take to avoid overspending next holiday season
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-31 | by ( Annie Nova | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

More than half of 2024 holiday shoppers, or 55%, felt stress at the costs associated with the season, according to a survey conducted online in September by The Harris Poll on behalf of NerdWallet. Still, 32% of consumers thought it was important to purchase holiday gifts and experiences to show their love for family and friends, despite the expenses, the survey found. "This builds a level of almost manic euphoria and gives us permission to ignore a spending plan, achieve instant gratification and worry about the aftershocks later." To that point, 10% of holiday shoppers this year were considering tapping their emergency savings for gifts, according to NerdWallet. To avoid overspending during the holidays, people need to plan ahead and create a spending budget, experts say.

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☆ Can Notre Dame finally win the big one? How Marcus Freeman changed Irish’s mindset
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-31 | by ( Pete Sampson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +11 min

Notre Dame had tried to convince itself it could catch the sport’s modern royalty that night. That Notre Dame hasn’t won a major bowl in 31 years — 44 other programs have since a win over Texas A&M in the 1994 Cotton Bowl — shouldn’t matter. (Ronald Martinez / Getty Images)If this Notre Dame team does something no Notre Dame team has done in a generation, it will start with the Irish believing they actually can. When Notre Dame lined up for a fake field goal against Indiana, it sent Curt Cignetti scrambling to call a timeout. It was all in service of building Notre Dame into a different kind of a contender, one that believes it can finally get over the line.

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☆ Home Depot is Jim Cramer's favorite housing-related stock for 2025 — here's why
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-31 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

We initiated our position in Home Depot in early September , betting that falling mortgage rates could spark activity in the languishing housing sector. Despite two more Fed rate cuts for a total of 100 basis points, or 1 percentage point, of easing in 2024, the 10-year Treasury yield remained elevated. If mortgage rates drop below 6%, the company's comparable sales should return to positive territory in time, reversing the weakness in big-ticket projects. But there is a risk that longer-term bond yields — which mortgage rates track more closely — will continue to rise. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

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☆ This 100-Year Set of Fine China Has Passed Through 5 Generations of Women
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-31 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +15 min

A family’s set of dishes has passed through five generations of women, but will the teacups, plates and bowls make it to a sixth? The bowl, specifically used to serve berries, is part of a set of fine china that has been in her family for over a century. For over a century, this set of fine china has been handed down from woman to woman in the same family. Of all the pieces that were eventually broken in the china set, the teacup has the most delicate seal. A correction was made on Jan. 1, 2025: An earlier version of this article incorrectly named the first woman to own the china set as Gertrude.

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☆ 5 real-estate investors and agents share their 2025 market predictions and advice on how to capitalize
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-31 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Real-estate investors shared their predictions for 2025 and top advice. Here's what Laricy and other veteran investors and agents predict will happen in the real estate game in 2025. AdvertisementDana Bull says to think long-term and not wait for rates to dropDana Bull is a real-estate agent, investor, and consultant. I think the market is going to take off like a rocket ship," said the top Chicago real-estate agent, adding that, "obviously, every market is extremely local." "Go on the general MLS, Realtor.com, Zillow, Redfin, and just look for homes that have been on the market for 50 days, 60 days, 90 days, 100 days," he said.

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The restaurant, which charges nearly $500 per person for dinner, only serves water from the Swedish company Nordaq, said Executive Chef Martin Öfner. Zen is one of more than 140 Michelin-starred restaurants that serve Nordaq water, company CEO Johanna Mattsson told CNBC Travel. The company aims to reduce single-use water bottles in the hospitality industry — both the cheap plastic variety commonly found in hotel rooms, to glass-bottled European mineral water served in higher-end restaurants. The Indian hospitality company ITC Hotels created its own brand of "zero-mile" water called SunyaAqua to reduce single-use plastic bottles in its 140 hotels. In the latter, Be WTR's founder and CEO Mike Hecker said water may travel slightly farther than ITC Hotel's "zero mile" water, but not by much.

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☆ Boeing’s terrible year is ending with the worst aviation tragedy of 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-31 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

A plastic sheet covers an area of the fuselage of the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max airplane that lost a door plug shortly after taking off from Portland, Oregon, on January 5. The strike halted most of Boeing's commercial plane production. During the strike Boeing announced it would be forced to cut 10% of its global workforce of 171,000 employees in a cost-saving move to limit losses going forward. Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are assembled at a factory in Renton, Washington. The plane, a 737-800, has a very strong safety record, unlike its successor 737 Max model.

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☆ Treasury yields pull back on last trading day of 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-31 | by ( Sophie Kiderlin | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

ET, the yield on the 10-year Treasury was down by over two basis points to 4.5187%. The 2-year Treasury yield was last more than two basis points lower to 4.2333%. U.S. Treasury yields were lower on Tuesday, the final trading day of the year, as investors considered the outlook for 2025. Treasury yields on Tuesday extended Monday's declines, which came after the 10-year Treasury yield hit a multi-month high last week after rising distinctly across the last three months of the year. Investors considered what could be in store for markets in 2025 and weighed some of the last economic data points of 2024.

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☆ New Year’s resolutions: The history of the annual tradition
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-31 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The practice of making New Year’s resolutions may be done with optimistic intent. The ancient city of Babylon was located in what’s now Iraq, roughly 55 miles (88.5 kilometers) south of Baghdad. “Like many ancient New Year’s festivals, (Akitu) lauded creation and fertility on both an agricultural and cosmic scale,” Moss said. “In 1893,” McKenzie said, “Yenowine’s Illustrated News out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, published a list of citizens’ ‘Resolutions,’ many of which seem to be lightly satirical: ‘Frank A Lappen: To steer clear of Milwaukee during the whole of 1894.’”New Year’s resolutions were a firm tradition by the 20th century, McKenzie said. At this point, the tradition had also moved beyond religious contexts, reflecting the beginnings of the broader secularization of society, Moss said.

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☆ A flight attendant has died after the cabin of the plane he was working on filled with smoke
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-31 | by ( Nora Redmond | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A flight attendant working for Swiss Air has died after a plane's cabin filled with smoke mid-flight. On December 23, a flight from Bucharest to Zurich diverted due to engine issues and smoke. A young Swiss International Air Lines flight attendant died after smoke started to fill the cabin and cockpit. AdvertisementSWISS announced it was working with the relevant authorities, the engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney, and the aircraft manufacturer Airbus. A special flight from Graz to Zurich was organized on the morning of Christmas Eve to get passengers to their destination.

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☆ The comic book industry has nearly died before. Some artists fear AI will kill it
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-31 | by ( Michael Nam | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —It may surprise some people unfamiliar with the comic book industry, with its multibillion-dollar movie tie-ins, that it’s been on the verge of collapse multiple times over the decades. Still, some artists are embracing generative AI despite tensions over its use, hoping to ride the disruptive wave like comic book creators have done time and again to survive. A view of atmosphere during New York Comic Con 2024 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on October 17, 2024 in New York City. AI also could address small business pain points by developing pitches, handling repetitive tasks and aiding in research, attorney Gamal Hennessy who specializes in working with comic book creators, told CNN. Steve Ellis, an industry veteran and art teacher, said he remains concerned about the potential barriers to entry AI could create in the comic book industry.

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☆ NFL Power Rankings Week 18: Vikings on a roll, but can they beat the Lions?
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-31 | by ( Josh Kendall | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +25 min

Minnesota Vikings (14-2)Last week: 5Sunday: Beat Green Bay Packers 27-25What’s next? Detroit Lions (14-2)Last week: 2Monday: Beat San Francisco 49ers 40-34What’s next? That means he would need only 101 yards against the Giants in Week 18 to break Eric Dickerson’s NFL record of 2,105, set in 1984. ETGO DEEPER What we learned in NFL Week 17: Vikings alive for top seed, Colts ‘embarrassing’6. : Clinch the NFC SouthAll Tampa Bay has to do to win its fourth straight NFC South title is beat New Orleans in Week 18.

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☆ Marc Fogel: Sister of American teacher jailed in Russia hopeful for his release after US declares him ‘wrongfully detained’
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-31 | by ( Edward Szekeres | Teele Rebane | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Fogel’s family said it was “completely heartbroken and outraged,” in a statement released at the time. “The United States has been working to secure Marc Fogel’s release for some time. CNN has reached out to the State Department. Fogel’s sister, Anne, told CNN on Tuesday that her family is pleased by the government’s decision to formally designate her brother as wrongfully detained. The designation moves Fogel’s case to the Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs within the State Department.

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☆ Want to invest in weight loss drugs? Here’s where UBS thinks they’re headed in 2025
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-31 | by ( Amala Balakrishner | In Amala-Balakrishner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The biopharma sector has been hotly watched among investors over the past two years amid a boost to the industry by the growing popularity of the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) drugs used in weight loss treatments. Kennedy "has publicly criticized proposals to allow government health plans to pay for GLP-1 drugs due to financial concerns," the analysts noted. Market leaders Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk have been market leaders in the GLP-1 drugs sector. Shares in Eli Lilly are up around 34.4% since the start of the year, while its Danish rival Novo Nordisk has seen a loss of around 16% in the year-to-date. Both Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk offer injectable weight-loss drugs and are in the process of introducing pills to support weight management.

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☆ Here's the most common mistake stock market strategists make heading into a new year — and what it means for 2025
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-31 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Here's the consensus ahead of 2025, and why history suggests that it will be wrong. AdvertisementNo one knows what the year ahead holds, but stock market strategists still must confidently give their takes about what's next anyway. Otherwise, people would look elsewhere for insights about the market landscape or economic backdrop when deciding where to invest. Strategists' biggest fear isn't really being wrong — it's being wrong in the wrong way. Deutsche Bank and BMO also were rewarded for bullish calls last year.

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☆ Putin faces new test with Trump’s return
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-31 | by ( Nathan Hodge | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“Why stand in his way?”That strong leader was a political unknown: a former KGB officer named Vladimir Putin. Then-Prime Minister Vladimir Putin shakes hands with President Boris Yeltsin in the Kremlin, Moscow, on December 31, 1999. But we have to end that war.”Little wonder that champagne corks did not pop in Moscow following Trump’s reelection. But Trump’s mercurial approach to foreign policy means the Kremlin may need to prepare for an unpredictable negotiation. And in his year-end question-and-answer session, Putin too signaled a readiness for negotiation, saying, “Politics is the art of compromise.

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☆ The housing market is heading into 2025 with a worrying supply trend
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-31 | by ( Diana Olick | In Dianaolick | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

There's good news in the housing market to close out 2024: there's a lot more supply. Mortgage rates shot over 7% in October and have mostly stayed there through the end of the year, according to Mortgage News Daily. "Consumers appeared to have recalibrated expectations regarding mortgage rates and are taking advantage of more available inventory," said Lawrence Yun, NAR's chief economist. "Mortgage rates have averaged above 6% for the past 24 months. Buyers are no longer waiting for or expecting mortgage rates to fall substantially.

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☆ Tim Cook has an uphill battle in 2025 after Apple's bets on the Vision Pro and AI didn't pan out
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-31 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Tim Cook placed big bets on the Vision Pro and Apple Intelligence in 2024.iPhone sales are flattening, prompting Apple to search for new revenue drivers. Vision Pro, a huge bet on a world of headset wearers enthralled by virtual and augmented reality, has received a tepid response. As Cook put it ahead of the launch, the Vision Pro marked "the most advanced consumer electronics device ever created." AdvertisementIt's an eye-watering cost that offers one explanation for why Vision Pro reception has been so lackluster. Whether the AI rollout or the Vision Pro can match the hype surrounding them is up in the air.

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☆ Penn State shuts down Boise State Playoff dreams, Ashton Jeanty record chase in Fiesta Bowl
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-31 | by ( The Athletic College Football Staff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

6 seed Penn State became the first team to earn a spot in the College Football Playoff semifinals with a 31-14 win against No. 3 seed Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl on Tuesday night. Both teams entered the game undefeated in the Fiesta Bowl; the Nittany Lions moved to 8-0 in the game, while Boise State fell to 3-1. While not as dominant against Boise State as it was against SMU in the previous round, Penn State was barely in danger Tuesday night. A generally sloppy performance helped keep Boise State in it longer, but Singleton’s late touchdown dash assured another lopsided final score.

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☆ A palm oil company, a group of US financiers, and the destruction of Peru's rainforest
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-31 | by ( Brendan Borrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +62 min

He marveled at the efficiency of the African oil palm, which can produce five times as much edible oil per acre as corn or soy. As environmental activists raised the alarm about the palm oil industry's toll on the tropical forests of Southeast Asia two decades ago, Unilever, the world's largest buyer of palm oil, teamed up with the World Wildlife Fund and other parties to establish the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil. Six years later, as a member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, they sold that operation to Felda Global Ventures, the third-largest palm oil company in the world, for almost $200 million. Not only was García's government offering sweetheart deals to foreign investors under its National Plan to Promote Oil Palm, but the country had more than 3 million acres suitable for oil palm. It was Washington Bolívar, the activist who had helped Ucayali's Indigenous communities fight the palm oil plantations.

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☆ I'm a mom of 5. We are making a lot of sacrifices as a family to keep them out of debt as they get older.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-31 | by ( Alene Laney | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I'm making sacrifices to set up my five kids for financial success. Like many parents, we're trying to help our kids avoid debt and put them on a strong financial path. As a family with five kids, money seems to disappear faster than treats hidden in the pantry. But we've made a lot of sacrifices so that our children can have a fair financial start. AdvertisementI'm hoping that our sacrifices will help our children stay out of debt and build wealth.

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☆ Massive outage leaves nearly 90% of Puerto Rico customers without power
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-31 | by ( Veronica Calderon | Cnn En Español | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A critical failure in Puerto Rico’s power grid has caused a massive blackout affecting a large part of the island, according to a post on Gov. The New Year’s Eve blackout has knocked out power for nearly 1.3 million users, or about 88% of customers, according to LUMA Energy, the Canadian-American power company responsible for power distribution and transmission on the island. The outage is just the latest time that Puerto Rico’s inconsistent power system has faltered on a mass scale. LUMA Energy took over management of the grid in 2021 from the government-owned Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, known as PREPA. After Hurricane Ernesto in August, about half of all electric customers on the island were at one point without power, according to LUMA Energy.

Persons: Pedro Pierluisi’s, ” Pierluisi, Hurricane Maria, María, Hurricane Ernesto Organizations: CNN, Gov, LUMA Energy, Canadian, San, Emergency, Center, Puerto Ricans, Hurricane, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Locations: Puerto, American, San Juan, Palo Seco, Genra

Facing a public relations checkmate, the International Chess Federation surrendered and allowed world champ Magnus Carlsen to wear jeans Monday at the World Blitz Championship in New York City. So while FIDE still has an official dress code, Dvorkovich said it now allows for "elegant minor deviations" such as "appropriate jeans matching the jacket." "Oh, I am definitely playing in jeans tomorrow," Carlsen responded on X after the FIDE statement was released. FIDE found itself playing defense Friday after Carlsen, a five-time world chess champion and seven-time world blitz chess champion, defied the dress code by wearing jeans at the World Rapid Chess Championship, which was also held in New York City. Rather than change out of the jeans he'd been wearing and pay a $200 fine, the Norwegian chess grandmaster refused to play and also withdrew from the World Blitz Championship.

Persons: Magnus Carlsen, Arkady Dvorkovich, Dvorkovich, Carlsen, ” Carlsen, “, ”, ‘ Organizations: International Chess Federation, FIDE, World Rapid Locations: New York City, Norwegian

Marchers in San Francisco's Gay Freedom Day parade carry a banner with a quote from Jimmy Carter on June 26, 1977. “They did not want a photo op with the president and these leaders,” Kirchick said, referring to the Carter administration. Bronski and other historians say that while Carter’s efforts to move the needle on gay rights may seem “small” by today’s standards, he planted the seeds for future presidents. ‘Jesus never said a word about homosexuality’Long after leaving the White House, Carter continued to vocally support gay Americans. And Carter — who taught Sunday school since he was 18 — used an atypical means of reason to justify his support: Christianity.

Persons: Jimmy Carter, Carter, ”, Michael Bronski, “, Carter’s, Harvey Milk, ” Milk, Margaret “ Midge ” Costanza, Roger Ressmeyer, James Kirchick, ” Kirchick, Camp David, ” Anita Bryant, ” Bronski, Bryant, ” Carter, Thomas McGovern, Ronald Reagan, Reagan, Larry Speakes, ‘ Jesus, ’ Long, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Carter —, Christ, Jesus, HuffPost Organizations: Baptist, Harvard University, Young People, Convention, AFP, Getty, National Archives, Philadelphia Gay News, San Francisco, of Supervisors, National Gay Task Force, White House, Gay, White, U.S . Civil Service Commission, New York Times, Briggs Initiative, University of California Santa, GLBT Historical Society, NYC Health Department, Republican, AIDS, Foundation, AIDS Research, “ Locations: United States, Georgia, New York City, Bay, San, Gay Washington, ”, Miss Oklahoma, Florida, California, Sacramento, University of California Santa Barbara

☆ The plane that crashed in South Korea is one of the world's most popular aircraft
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-30 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

South Korea’s acting President Choi Sang-mok ordered an emergency inspection of the country’s Boeing 737-800s, the type of plane used on the the fatal Jeju Air Flight 7C2216. The Boeing 737-800 is one of the world’s most commonly used airplanes, and it has a strong safety record. The plane involved in the crash was about 15 years old. A full investigation could take longer than a year, and the unusual incident has raised more questions than answers, such as why the landing gear wasn’t deployed. Even with a hydraulic malfunction, Boeing 737-800 pilots can drop the landing gear manually.

Persons: Choi Sang, mok, Max, ”, Richard Aboulafia, Jeff Guzzetti Organizations: Muan, Boeing, Max, Air, Aerospace, U.S . National Transportation Safety Board, Federal Aviation Administration, NTSB, U.S, FAA Locations: South Korea, United States

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