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The Fed's biggest challenge has become the 'Sasquatch of the financial world'
The "neutral rate" of interest is something most economists and Fed officials are convinced exists, but it has never been seen.
AFP
All eyes on G20 for breakthrough as COP29 climate talks stall
Negotiations were deadlocked Saturday at the midway point of the UN climate summit, with hopes pinned on G20 leaders intervening to strike a critical finance pact at the crunch talks.- 'World is watching' - The G20 leaders meeting starting in Brazil on Monday will be closely scrutinised for signs of political will to revive the stalled talks in Baku.
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McDonald's is investing $100 million to bring customers back after E. coli outbreak
McDonald's is investing $100 million to bring customers back to stores after an outbreak of E. coli food poisoning tied to onions on the fast-food giant's Quarter Pounder hamburgers. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said that slivered onions on the Quarter Pounders were the likely source of the E. coli. Taylor Farms in California recalled onions potentially linked to the outbreak.
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Xi, Biden to meet as Trump return looms
US President Joe Biden and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will hold their last meeting Saturday, a day after both leaders warned of turbulent times ahead as Donald Trump returns to the White House.- 'Significant political change' - Xi and Biden, who will be meeting for the third time overall, warned separately at the summit on Friday of choppy waters ahead.
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GOP lawmakers channel Trump at climate summit: Drill more fossil fuels
Their message about expanding U.S. gas production came at a global meeting that's focused on moving the world away from fossil fuels.
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Kamala Harris raised $1 billion-plus in defeat. She's still sending persistent appeals to donors
Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party's prodigious fundraising operation raised more than $1 billion in her loss to Donald Trump, but the vice president is still pushing donors for more money after the election. Democrats are sending persistent appeals to Harris supporters without expressly asking them to cover any potential debts, enticing would-be donors instead with other matters: the Republican president-elect's picks for his upcoming administration and a handful of pending congressional contests where ballots are still being tallied. “The Harris campaign certainly spent more than they raised and is now busy trying to fundraise,” said Adrian Hemond, a Democratic strategist from Michigan.
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Internet cut during protests in India's violence-hit Manipur state
Authorities in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur suspended internet and mobile services and imposed an indefinite curfew on Saturday in areas where protesters were besieging politicians' homes over deadly inter-ethnic violence. In the latest deaths, security forces found three bodies believed to be members of the majority Meitei community in a river on Friday. At least 250 people have died and 60,000 been uprooted in Manipur since May last year in inter-communal clashes over government grants and quotas in jobs and education.
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Can Donald Trump 'save TikTok'? The clock is ticking.
Donald Trump pledged to "save TikTok," but a required divestment of the app is set to take effect the day before he moves into the Oval Office. A D.C. court case will determine what happens next.
CNN
NASA’s only visit to Uranus happened during a rare cosmic occurrence
This week, revisit what you know about Uranus, explore the far side of the moon, rediscover the famed fossil known as Lucy, and meet an otherworldly sea creature.
AFP
Super Typhoon Man-yi pounds the Philippines
Super Typhoon Man-yi battered the Philippines on Saturday, with the national weather forecaster warning of a "potentially catastrophic and life-threatening" impact as huge waves pounded the archipelago's coastline."Potentially catastrophic and life-threatening situation looms for northeastern Bicol region as Super Typhoon 'Pepito' further intensifies," the forecaster said hours before it made landfall, using the local name for the storm and referring to the southern part of the main island of Lu
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California man sentenced to life for hate crime in the killing of a gay college student
A California man convicted of stabbing to death a gay University of Pennsylvania student in an act of hate was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole.
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Tropical Storm Sara tracker: 2 feet of rain in forecast; flooding in Honduras
Heavy rainfall from Tropical Storm Sara caused roads to flood and a bridge to partially collapse in northern Honduras.
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Tropical Storm Sara drenches Honduras’ northern coast with flash flooding and mudslides in forecast
Sustained rain fell overnight and continued into the morning in the city of San Pedro Sula, where the storm cut off access to an entire community when a river crossing washed away. The Hurricane Center expects the storm will move near the Bay Islands of Honduras on Saturday before approaching Belize.
AFP
Farmers target PM Starmer in protest against new UK tax rules
Hundreds of farmers, many in tractors, gathered in Wales on Saturday to protest against UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his government's decision to change inheritance tax rules for farms. Farming unions have called the planned changes "disastrous", and around 200 farmers gathered outside the Welsh Labour conference in Llandudno on Saturday, where Starmer was speaking inside.
CNN
Zelensky says Ukraine war will end ‘faster’ under Trump presidency
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday said Russia’s war in Ukraine will end “faster” when Donald Trump takes over as US president.
CNN
Half a million evacuated as Super Typhoon Man-yi makes landfall in the Philippines
Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes as Super Typhoon Man-yi is making landfall along the eastern coast of Catanduanes, Philippines on Saturday.
CNN
Trump returns to Madison Square Garden for UFC event as he builds out administration
President-elect Donald Trump is set to make his return to Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, visiting the New York City landmark arena for an Ultimate Fighting Championship event.
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Olav Thon, billionaire Norwegian real estate developer, dead at 101
Olav Thon, a billionaire entrepreneur recognizable for his bright red cap who went from selling leather and fox hides in his youth to build one of Norway's biggest real estate empires, has died, his company said Saturday. “It is with great sadness that we have today received the news that Olav Thon has passed away,” Olav Thon Gruppen said in a statement. Thon was born in the village of Ål in the Hallingdal Valley, northwest of Oslo, on June 29, 1923.
Yahoo Finance
This week in Bidenomics: Uh-oh, reflation
Inflation is ticking back up, and markets are betting it will get worse once President-elect Trump takes office.
Politico
The ‘team of vipers’ is back
Cliff Sims wrote the definitive tale of Trump administration infighting. He’s back, and fangs are out.

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