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☆ Europe's banks brace for tougher competition under Trump 2.0
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-09 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

JPMorgan , Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley shares all soared while the STOXX Europe 600 Banks index is down more than 1% for the week. "If U.S. banks get the expected policy support, they could ramp up loan volumes and optimize capital in ways that Europe's banks just can't match right now," Materazzi said. Since early 2010, European banking shares have fallen 10%, while U.S. lenders have more than tripled. The European Central Bank has estimated that euro zone banks' return on equity fluctuates around 5%, against 10% in the U.S., linking it to higher U.S. fee income and legacy non-performing loans with which European banks still grapple. A wave of deregulation should give European banks some leverage to lobby for easing the rules in Europe, which are already more onerous, one banking executive told Reuters.

Persons: Boris Roessler, Donald Trump, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, David Materazzi, Materazzi, Karin Keller, Sutter, Rachel Reeves, Trump Organizations: Getty, JPMorgan, Galileo, European Central Bank, Trump . Swiss, Reuters, The Locations: Frankfurt, U.S, Britain, Basel, Italy, USA, Europe, The U.S

☆ New aspects of mummified Egyptians revealed by scans at Chicago’s Field Museum
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-09 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Researchers at the Field Museum scan a mummified individual displayed in the "Inside Ancient Egypt" exhibition. Ancient Egyptians believed that the soul remained inside the body after death, so embalmers mummified bodies to preserve the spirit for the afterlife, according to Field Museum scientists. A Field Museum researcher analyzes composite scans of a mummified child. On display at the New York World’s Fair for two years, he then returned to the Field Museum after getting lost in the luggage and being sent to San Francisco. “One of the big things for these ancient Egyptian individuals is how you continue to live after death.

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But some are pointing to an issue with far less power in American politics: transgender rights. Between the 2020 and 2024 elections, transgender rights have become a political flashpoint in the nation’s culture wars. And perhaps nothing stoked more conversation than the issue of transgender girls and women competing in girls and women’s sports. “Please do not blame trans issues or trans people for why we lost,” he wrote on X on Thursday. Brianna Wu, a prominent transgender Democratic activist, told NBC News in an interview that the debate over trans rights has “radically shifted” in recent years.

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☆ Her wife died and she went on a cruise. Then she met a fellow passenger who changed her life forever
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +27 min

“But Bobbi didn’t.”At the end of the 10-day cruise, Tam disembarked thinking how Bobbi was very different from their ex-husband. Tam & Bobbi WatermanAlmost 1,000 miles apart, Tam and Bobbi stayed in touch via instant messages and social media updates. Tam & Bobbi WatermanAs Bobbi started living authentically in 2023, she and Tam also started preparing for the trip of a lifetime. So when they learned about Royal Caribbean’s Ultimate World Cruise, a nine-month long world cruise setting sail in December 2023, the couple jumped at the chance. “That was the hardest thing on the world cruise, because my passport was my old name and my old gender.

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Prince William said the past year has been “brutal” as his wife and father announced their diagnoses with cancer. It's probably been the hardest year in my life," William told NBC News' international partner, Sky News, at the end of a weeklong tour in Cape Town, South Africa, for the fourth annual Earthshot Prize. King Charles III announced his cancer diagnosis in February following a procedure for benign prostate enlargement. "Trying to get through everything else and keep everything on track has been really difficult," William, Prince of Wales, told Sky. "It's interesting you say that, ’cause I couldn't be less relaxed this year," he told Sky.

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☆ Giuliani says he can't surrender a Joe DiMaggio jersey in his $148M defamation case because it's locked up in Ronkonkoma, NY
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Laura Italiano | Haven Orecchio-Egresitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

He said his signed Joe DiMaggio jersey was in a Long Island storage facility he had no access to. An employee reached by phone on Thursday told Business Insider the warehouse was a "patriotic venue," not a storage facility. A business on the same lot, Corporate Transfer, is advertised as a storage facility. Asked after court what the holdup with the storage facility might be, Giuliani told BI he didn't know. Giuliani was also ordered to continue working with the plaintiffs on getting access to the storage facility.

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☆ ‘Death by a thousand cuts’: How experts warn Trump could use an authoritarian playbook to go after the media
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Hadas Gold | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Trump has praised the leaders of many of these nations, especially Hungary’s far-right prime minister Viktor Orbán. Those angles include attacking journalists, discrediting their reporting, applying pressure on media owners to induce self-censorship, launching legal challenges, and leveraging wealthy allies to buy up media outlets to turn them into government mouthpieces. Those outlets were then centralized into the powerful media conglomerate, the Central European Press and Media Foundation (KESMA). That hub now controls roughly 500 outlets, Wójcik said, “consolidating the majority of pro-government media under a single entity.”The few remaining independent media outlets that continue to operate in the country “face challenges, including legal obstacles and broadcast license denials,” Wójcik said. Kamenchuk also expressed optimism that the “levers and limits” on the executive branch enshrined in US law will work to protect the free press.

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☆ Giuliani says he can't surrender a Joe DiMaggio jersey in $148M defamation case because it's locked up in Ronkonkoma, NY
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Laura Italiano | Haven Orecchio-Egresitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

His signed Joe DiMaggio jersey is in a Long Island storage facility he has no access to, he said. An employee reached by phone Thursday told Business Insider that the warehouse is a "patriotic venue," not a storage facility. A business located on the same lot, Corporate Transfer, is advertised as a storage facility. Joe DiMaggio's jersey is no longer on the wall of Rudy Giuliani's apartment, lawyers in his $148M defamation case say. Asked after court what the holdup with the storage facility might be, Giuliani told Business Insider he didn't know.

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☆ I swore I would leave the US if Trump won the 2016 election. Here's how that worked out for me.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Sonya Moore | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Sonya Moore decided that if Trump won in 2016, she would leave the US. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Advertisement"If Trump wins this election, I'm moving out of the country." Trump won the election, and 9 months later, I left the US. After four months in India, I continued making my way through Asia for eight more months.

Persons: Sonya Moore, Trump, Moore, —, I'm, uproot, Dalai Lama, I've, We've Organizations: Service, Trump Locations: Asia, Siem Reap, Cambodia, India, Dalai, Maldives, Bali, mountaintops, Laos, Philippines, Myanmar, Manhattan, COVID, France, Papua New Guinea, America

☆ Fossil finding uncovers large ‘terror bird’ in Colombia
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Mindy Weisberger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The fossil leg bone of an extinct terror bird that was found in Colombia's Tatacoa Desert is shown. While some terror bird fossils have been found in Florida and Texas, the specimen from La Venta is believed to be the northernmost terror bird from South America documented by scientists. Placing terror birds in La Venta “is one step closer to understanding how terror birds finally got to North America,” Degrange said. A map shows the countries in North America and South America (in gray) where terror bird fossils have been found. “We know that probably one of the drivers that led terror birds to get larger and larger was the competition between species of terror birds — but why that big?” he said.

Persons: ”, Federico Javier Degrange, Degrange, phorusrhacids, “, ” Degrange, Karen Moreno, Moreno, ” Moreno, —, Mindy Weisberger Organizations: CNN, National University of Córdoba, Museo, Apex, National Monuments Council, Austral University of Chile’s Institute of Earth Sciences, Scientific Locations: Colombia, La, Palaeontology, Argentina, South America, what’s, Brazil, Venta, Florida, Texas, La Venta, North America, Chile

☆ I've flown on Singapore's world's longest flight in business class. It was nice, but the new seats will be a game changer.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I'm exited Singapore Airlines is adding doors to business class after flying the current seat. AdvertisementIn early 2023, I flew Singapore Airlines on the world's longest flight to experience what is considered a top-tier business class. Taylor Rains/Business InsiderSince then, I've flown in door-equipped business class on Japan's All Nippon Airways and British Airways. The carrier announced plans in November to retrofit 41 Airbus A350 planes with a new door-equipped business class. Air India launched its new pod-like business class in January as it completely overhauls its brand.

Persons: I'm, —, Taylor Rains, I've, Goh Choon Phong, Skytrax's Organizations: Singapore Airlines, Service, All Nippon Airways, British Airways, Boeing 777X, Air India, Air, Turkish Airlines, American Airlines, Korean Locations: Singapore, Qatar

☆ AI robot’s portrait of Alan Turing that ‘challenges what it is to be human’ sets record, selling for $1.08 million
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The paintings depict British computer scientist, mathematician and codebreaker Alan Turing. “There’s a slightly apocalyptic view of AI art wiping out everybody. for good’ which led to Ai-Da bringing up Alan Turing as a key person in the history of A.I. “’AI God,’ a portrait of pioneer Alan Turing, invites viewers to reflect on the god-like nature of AI and computing while considering the ethical and societal implications of these advancements. Alan Turing recognised this potential, and stares at us, as we race towards this future,” the robot added.

Persons: Alan Turing, ”, Ai, Aidan Meller, Turing, Meller, “, Alastair Sooke, Pablo Picasso, ” Ai, Da, she’s, ‘, Turing’s, Sotheby’s Organizations: CNN, British Locations: New York, British, Cornwall, England, Turing’s

☆ Australian school named world’s best new building of 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Oscar Holland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Singapore CNN —A humble suburban school in Australia has fended off competition from skyscrapers, museums and airport terminals to be named World Building of the Year 2024. Brett BoardmanA school had long been on the south Sydney site, though the old 1970s building was no longer fit for purpose, according to fjcstudio, the design firm behind the project. The World Building of the Year was selected from the winners of each category, as chosen by a panel of 175 festival delegates. Friday’s result marks the second consecutive year that the WAF judges opted for an educational building, with a serene boarding school in China taking last year’s title. Darlington Public School is also the second Sydney building to win in the past three years, after Quay Quarter Tower — dubbed the world’s first “upcycled” skyscraper for retaining two-thirds of an old high-rise on the site — won in 2022.

Persons: Singapore CNN —, Brett Boardman, fjcstudio, Alessandro Rossi, “, ”, — Organizations: Singapore CNN, Darlington Public School, Housing, Darlington Public, National Star Observatory of Locations: Singapore, Australia, Sydney, Chippendale, fjcstudio, WAF, ” Sydney, National Star Observatory of Cyprus, Polish, Turkey, China, Copenhagen, Denmark

☆ 'It's gross, it's unprofessional': Some LinkedIn users are being put off the platform by unsolicited flirtatious DMs
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

studioEAST | Getty ImagesSome LinkedIn users have reported receiving unsolicited flirtatious messages via the platform, with expert Bernie Hogan at the Oxford Internet Institute saying the employment-focused social website is increasingly being used for dating purposes. "It's just a gross feeling ... it's gross, it's unprofessional," Huddy told CNBC. "LinkedIn is not a workplace, it merely frames itself as a workplace," he told CNBC Make It. A recent Forbes Health Survey of 1,000 Americans who have used dating apps in the past year found that 78% felt fatigued emotionally, mentally, or physically by dating apps sometimes, often, or always. "So LinkedIn has effectively created a dating site without dating," Hogan added.

Persons: Bernie Hogan, Blair Huddy, Huddy, She's, Shriya, DatingNews.com, Hogan, Courtney Boyer, Boyer, Sasha Dutta, Dutta, Oscar Wong Organizations: Getty, Oxford Internet Institute, Hudson Davis Communications, CNBC, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Facebook, Forbes Health Survey Locations: studioEAST, Los Angeles, U.S, Central Florida, Asian

☆ Election tailwinds are good but valuations suggest it's a nearly perfect world: Crossmark's Bob Doll
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailElection tailwinds are good but valuations suggest it's a nearly perfect world: Crossmark's Bob DollBob Doll, Crossmark Global Investments CIO, and Ernie Tedeschi, Yale Budget Lab director of economics, join 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss if there's a risk the economy gets too hot, if equity markets have the green light to move higher, and more.

Persons: Bob Doll Bob Doll, Ernie Tedeschi Organizations: Global Investments CIO, Yale Budget Lab

☆ What the world’s largest tech event told us about the innovations of tomorrow
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-07 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

From AI healthcare solutions to groundbreaking mobility and cybersecurity tech, GITEX GLOBAL 2024 showcased innovations and industry shifts set to shape the future digital landscape. Hassan Alnaqbi, CEO of Khazna Data Centers, joins a panel discussion at GITEX GLOBAL 2024. Xpeng Aeroht's flying car prototype and Zapata's Airscooter on display at GITEX GLOBAL 2024. Confronting global challengesWith global cybercrime damage projected to hit $10.5 trillion annually by 2025, cybersecurity was a hot topic at GITEX GLOBAL 2024. Find out more about GITEX GLOBAL 2024 here.

Persons: GITEX, Hassan Alnaqbi, Denis Ledenkof, Robosculptor, ”, Shameer Khader, Salahaldeen AlMarzooqi, cybersecurity, Cybersecurity, Mohamed Al Kuwaiti, “, ” Todd Conklin, Siyuan Liu, Peng Xiao Organizations: Dubai World Trade, Khazna Data, GITEX, Oracle Health, Precision Medicine, Sanofi, Mobility, Transport Authority, Metro, Department, RTA, UAE Government, UAE, US Department of, Treasury, IoT, Strategy, Nissan Hyper Force Locations: cybersecurity, China

☆ I'm a mom of 6 and don't throw birthday parties after age 1. Kids don't remember them and they are a waste of money.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-07 | by ( Nicole Schildt | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Now I only throw a party for the first year, and then plan special family outings for other years. In fact, my kids don't remember most of their birthday parties. In fact, she had almost no recollection of her birthday parties at all. Even if they don't remember the details, it's a special day we can all reflect on together. In the years that followed, we adopted a different approach that no longer involves the massive undertaking of birthday parties.

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☆ Warner Bros. Discovery says it will beef up ads on its Max streaming service
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-07 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Discovery says it will beef up ads on its Max streaming service. Max added 7.2 million subscribers in its third quarter, reaching 110.5 million total subscribers. Discovery's Max streaming service. The newest player in streaming ads, Amazon, recently said it would increase its ad load in Prime Video after rolling out ads to the service in January. Rival Netflix, by comparison, added 5.1 million subscriptions in its most recent quarter and now has 282.7 million subscribers in total.

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CNN —Germany’s governing coalition has collapsed after disagreements over the country’s weak economy led Chancellor Olaf Scholz to sack his finance minister. The coalition has been at loggerheads over how to revive Germany’s economy. What problems is Germany’s economy facing? Germany’s economy, Europe’s largest, shrank last year for the first time since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. Party leader Alice Weidel has already hailed the coalition’s collapse as a “liberation” for Germany.

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☆ How a former unhoused New Yorker helps combat food insecurity in his city
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-07 | by ( Alaa Elassar | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

New York City is experiencing its highest level of homelessness since the Great Depression, according to the non-profit group Coalition for the Homeless. Another New York non-profit, City Harvest, says nearly 1.3 million residents are food insecure, including 1 in 4 children, in America’s most populous city. Is there anyone on this train who’s hungry?” Thomas bellows from the center of the car. But with the number of unhoused and hungry people in New York City only growing, the task often feels daunting. The food is saving someone’s lifelong term, but for him I was helping him live, right there on the spot.”Henry Thomas distributes food in the New York City subway.

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☆ US Army Rangers have been training for a different kind of fight: neutralizing enemy underground nuclear facilities
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-07 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

US Army Rangers and Nuclear Disablement Teams trained this summer to neutralize enemy nuclear sites. The Army's Delta Force was primarily tasked with finding ways to penetrate highly guarded nuclear facilities and neutralize nuclear warheads. Advertisement"The Unit [Delta Force] has been involved with the mission set. A new kind of mission for the RangersThe 75th Ranger Regiment is the world's premier light infantry, special operations unit. AdvertisementToday, the 75th Ranger Regiment is a vastly different organization than it was 20 or 30 years ago.

Persons: —, Daniel R, Hernandez, Aaron J, Heffelfinger Organizations: US Army Rangers, Nuclear Disablement, Rangers, Service, 75th Ranger, Operations Command, Army's Delta Force, Delta Force, Business, Army Special Forces, Department of Defense, Nuclear Disablement Team, US Army, Army, Green Berets, 7th Special Forces Group, Hernandez Military, 75th Ranger Regiment Locations: China, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Mogadishu, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan

☆ Polymarket plans U.S. return after signaling Trump election win, founder says
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-07 | by ( Jacqueline Corba | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Online election betting platform Polymarket plans to bring its prediction markets back to customers in the United States, on the heels of accurately forecasting the electoral win of President-elect Donald Trump. "I want to give a lot of credit to the people who fought the battle to go and legalize political prediction markets in America," Polymarket founder and CEO Shayne Coplan told Andrew Ross Sorkin on "Squawk Box," in his first live TV interview Thursday. Polymarket's betting platforms are currently only available to customers outside of the United States. In 2022, it halted U.S. operations and paid a $1.4 million penalty to settle charges with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission that it had failed to register with the commission. In October, the U.S. Appeals Court for the District of Columbia Circuit lifted a freeze on competitor Kalshi's election contracts that was put on by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission.

Persons: Donald Trump, Shayne Coplan, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Patricia Millett, Kalshi, Robinhood, Thomas Peterffy Organizations: Futures Trading Commission, Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, Commodities Futures Trading Commission, Interactive Locations: United States, America, U.S

☆ Reconstruction reveals face of a 17th century ‘vampire’ in Poland
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-07 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The striking 3D reconstruction of Zosia, as locals nicknamed her, sheds light on the human found in the grisly grave. Archaeologist Dariusz Poliński, who led the team that unearthed Zosia’s remains, said it was a “mind-blowing” moment when he saw the reconstruction by Swedish forensic artist Oscar Nilsson for the first time. During the course of the 17th century, Poland and Sweden fought a series of wars, so Zosia could have been an outsider within her community. “Maybe because of some misfortune or the death of somebody else, they decided to open the grave,” Poliński suggested. A year after discovering Zosia’s grave, the same team found a child’s remains buried in an unusual way.

Persons: Dariusz Poliński, Oscar Nilsson, ”, Poliński, Nilsson, “ I’m, “, Zosia, ” Poliński, Martyn Rady, Rady, ’, Habsburg Organizations: CNN, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Caravan Media, PBS, Masaryk, Central, University College London Locations: Poland, Toruń, Scandinavia, Sweden, Europe, Swedish, feasted, Austrian, Pień, Dąbrowa

Trump's first 100 days are likely to be a rollercoaster, especially given his affinity for headline-grabbing moves. These structured channels helped ensure open dialogue on issues like tariffs, technology restrictions, and financial stability. A potential role for Elon Musk as a geopolitical go-between China might look to alternative channels to manage relations with Trump's administration. National security and AI, autonomous vehicles National security considerations will also be front and center in Trump's early China policy, especially regarding technology restrictions. Expect tariffs, technology restrictions, and Trump's unique brand of diplomacy to push the relationship to its limits.

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The Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL are enhanced versions of the excellent Pixel 9. The new camera oval on the Pixel 9 Pro phones juts out more than the rear cameras of previous Pixel phones. The Pixel 9 Pro XL (left) has a 6.8-inch display, while the Pixel 9 Pro (right) has a 6.3-inch display. The Pixel 9 Pro XL, with a 6.8-inch display, is a no-brainer for anyone who prefers larger Google Pixel phones or larger Android phones. See our guides to the best Pixel 9 Pro XL cases and best Pixel 9 Pro cases for extra protection.

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