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Investors' allocation to US stocks hits record high amid 'super-bullish sentiment': BofA survey
Increased optimism about growth in the US economy and new policies from the Trump administration have investors growing increasingly bullish on US stocks heading into 2025.
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Apparent carbon monoxide poisoning leaves 12 people dead at Georgian ski resort: Reports
Authorities believe that the victims died from a suspected carbon monoxide poisoning, reports say. An investigation into the incident is ongoing.
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Israel vows to maintain 'full freedom of action' in Gaza, says ceasefire is close
Israel's defense minister has vowed that it would maintain “full freedom of action” in the Gaza Strip after fighting ends in the Palestinian enclave, a day after raising hopes that a ceasefire and hostage deal was imminent.
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Netanyahu holds security briefing atop strategic Syrian peak
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a security briefing Tuesday atop a strategic Syrian mountain inside the UN-patrolled buffer zone on the Golan Heights that Israel seized this month, the defence minister said. Netanyahu, Defence Minister Israel Katz and the heads of the armed forces and the domestic security agency visited "outposts at the summit of Mount Hermon for the first time since they were seized by the military", Katz's office said.
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Tesla stock jumps to another high as Mizuho more than doubles price target to $515
Tesla stock’s end-of-year rampage rolled on, with shares hitting another high based on optimism for Tesla's "autonomous opportunity" and a Trump-controlled executive branch.
Reuters
Starbucks workers union authorizes potential US strike
Workers United, which has a bargaining delegation that represents workers at 525 Starbucks stores in the United States, said the coffee giant has yet to bring a comprehensive economic package to the table, while hundreds of legal disputes over unfair labor practices remain unsettled. The union, which has been urging Starbucks to increase wages and staffing at its stores as well as implement better schedules, said it had not yet decided on when to go on strike. Starbucks did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
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UN envoy to Syria warns conflict not over
Syria's conflict "has not ended" even after the departure of former president Bashar al-Assad, the UN's envoy to the country warned Tuesday, highlighting clashes between Turkish-backed and Kurdish groups in the north.Geir Pedersen, the UN's special envoy for Syria, also called at the Security Council for Israel to "cease all settlement activity in the occupied Syrian Golan" and said an end to sanctions would be key to assisting Syria.
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Biden calls for ban on congressional stock trading
President Joe Biden endorsed a ban on congressional stock trading in an interview that’s being released this week, belatedly weighing in on an issue that has been debated on Capitol Hill for years. “Nobody in the Congress should be able to make money in the stock market while they’re in the Congress,” Biden said. The interview was conducted by Faiz Shakir, a political adviser for Sen. Bernie Sanders, and published by A More Perfect Union, a pro-labor advocacy and journalism organization.
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Billion-dollar donation from Netflix's Reed Hastings leads 2024's list of biggest gifts
The Chronicle’s annual list of the biggest charitable donations from individuals or their foundations totaled nearly $6 billion in 2024, with half of that coming from three contributions of $1 billion or more each. Two of those three gifts went to medical schools to provide financial aid. Altogether, four of the top donations on the list, totaling $2.3 billion, went to support financial aid.
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Russian 'shadow fleet' to be boarded or sanctioned if it refuses to prove insurance
Vessels of Russia's so-called shadow tanker fleet will be boarded or put on a sanctions list if they do not provide proof of insurance, Estonia's prime minister said on Tuesday. 'Shadow fleet' refers to vessels used by Russia to move oil, arms and grains around in violation of international sanctions imposed on it over the Ukraine war. The vessels are not regulated or insured by conventional Western providers.
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Two stars may be orbiting each other near a supermassive black hole in our Milky Way galaxy
Scientists have spotted what appear to be two stars whipping around each other near the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. Nearly every large galaxy has a supermassive black hole at its heart. The one in the middle of the Milky Way, called Sagittarius A(asterisk), is about 4 million times more massive than our sun and is relatively quiet, occasionally swallowing gas or dust that comes its way.
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US Fed begins final 2024 rate meeting with cut expected
The US Federal Reserve began its last interest rate meeting of the year on Tuesday, with expectations high for another rate cut and a signal from policymakers that the pace of cuts will slow next year.The Fed will also publish updated economic forecasts alongside its rate decision, and many analysts expect policymakers to slightly dial back the number of interest rate cuts they expect next year. da/des
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Business owners should not forget anti-money laundering rule currently in legal limbo
Small business owners should not forget about a rule — currently in legal limbo — that would require them to register with an agency called the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, by Jan. 1. The registration is part of the Corporate Transparency Act, an anti-money laundering statue passed in 2021. Under the CTA, the owners and part-owners of an estimated 32.6 million small businesses must register personal information with FinCEN, such as a photo ID and home address.
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Whaling activist Watson freed after Denmark rejects extradition
Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson was on Tuesday released from detention after Denmark refused a Japanese extradition request over a 2010 clash with whalers. Tokyo accuses Watson of injuring a Japanese crew member with a stink bomb intended to disrupt the whalers' activities during a Sea Shepherd clash with the Shonan Maru 2 vessel in 2010.
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Canada's Justin Trudeau on the ropes as finance minister quits, Trump looms
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland quit rather than take a demotion after she opposed Trudea's plans for more government spending.
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IKEA names its furniture for Swedish destinations. This American road tripped to visit them
Back in July, copywriter Kevin Lynch, originally from Chicago, and his puppy Umlaut, visited all 21 counties in Sweden, stopping off at places with IKEA products named for them.
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Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq slide as Fed kicks off two-day policy meeting
The Fed meeting kicks off with investors on alert for clues to the path of rates after the widely expected December cut.
CNN
Alcohol is not good for us. 5 tips to stay safe(r) if you drink
Alcohol is used as a social lubricant, maybe more so as holiday festivities approach. But drinking carries health and other risks. Here are five tips to make it safer.
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First Lady Jill Biden announces she is leaving her teaching post after historic tenure
Dr. Jill Biden was the first FLOTUS to keep her day job while serving in her White House role. She left Northern Virginia Community College.
Reuters
Austrian far right to lead state government in Styria for first time
Austria's far-right Freedom Party, which won a state election in Styria last month, announced a coalition deal on Tuesday that will make its leader there governor of the southern state. It is the first time one of Austria's nine states will be led by the eurosceptic, Russia-friendly Freedom Party (FPO) since its charismatic then-leader Joerg Haider was governor of Carinthia in the 2000s. The three weeks it took to reach a coalition deal contrasts with national coalition talks that are still ongoing following the country's general election on Sept. 29.

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