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The holiday shopping season is upon us. We share some tips from pros on how to get the most for your dollars.
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Several Arrested as Protesters Block ICE Agents From a Potential Raid in NYC The New York TimesMultiple people arrested during anti-ICE demonstration in Chinatown ABC7 New YorkProtesters arrested in NYC over possible ICE-related activity near Chinatown ABC News
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FDA official, without providing data, claims link between COVID-19 vaccines and pediatric deaths CBS NewsF.D.A. Seeks More Oversight of Vaccine Trials and Approvals The New York TimesBlaming some child deaths on covid shots, FDA vows stricter vaccine rules The Washington PostFDA claims Covid shots killed 10 children and vows new vaccine rules NBC News
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Shareholders who've never endured a prolonged market downturn believe they have nothing to lose.
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Apple AirPods Are Over 40% Off at Walmart with Free Shipping — Going Fast Athlon SportsApple AirPods Black Friday Deals 2025 — Save 47% Ahead of Cyber Monday NBC NewsAirPods Are Up to 47% Off for Black Friday Consequence of SoundAmazon's AirPods Pro 3 deal drops Apple's earbuds to their best price yet PCWorldThe best Black Friday deals on AirPods from Amazon,
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Blaming some child deaths on covid shots, FDA vows stricter vaccine rules The Washington PostFDA to tighten vaccine rules after memo ties COVID-19 shot to child deaths The HillUS FDA memo links 10 child deaths to COVID vaccines, New York Times reports ReutersF.D.A. Seeks More Oversight of Vaccine Trials and Approvals The New York Times
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Donald Trump's big move on visa, asylum follows 'Third World' comment after guard killed near White House | Hindustan Times Hindustan TimesTrump admin live updates: Trump says Venezuelan airspace should be 'closed in its entirety' ABC NewsUS State Department stops processing visas for Afghan allies ReutersCapehart and Wehner on Trump's reaction to the National Guard shooting PBS
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As businesses dive into Black Friday following a year upended by tariffs, the rule seems to be that the bigger you are, the more optimistic you feel.
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Customs brokers are using AI and "tariff engineering" to help importers save millions as trade rules change frequently.
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Mark Pauly, Professor Emeritus of Healthcare Management at the Wharton School, examines Senator Bill Cassidy's new health savings account-based proposal, evaluates its relationship to existing ACA tax credits, and offers broader insights into the persistent economic and political challenges of U.S. health care reform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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 Topic: MediaPoliticsThe NYT "Needle" in 2016
The 2020 election showed that doing live reporting on election counts when the order of counting has a bias is misleading and emotionally draining. Of course, there is no actual "race" with totals moving back and forth, one candidate in the lead and then another. That's just an illusion created by the bias in the order. The result is actually a fixed fact after the polls close, and we're just uncovering different parts as time goes by.
It's a bit like scratching off a lottery card. The final result of the card is fixed, you just get some drama revealing bits of it at a time.
The press get good ratings and we can't stop them from reporting this, even when they know the reports are misleading. But instead of one number, there's really two numbers to show from partial results:
The best estimate of the final number based on your models and what data you have
The amount of uncertainty in that estimate (which you might show as a scalar, or as a distribution.)
As we know, Trump even worked to exploit that lie, known as the red mirage, to call the election into question. It's serious stuff.
This particular time, we the following large biases.
In person votes were usually counted before
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Wednesday's selling carried into Thursday as investors continued to take a risk-off approach to markets following the Federal Reserve's latest policy announcement.
The central bank issued its third jumbo-sized rate increase yesterday and set expectations that it will continue to hike rates over its next few meetings. However, the Fed is not alone in its aggressive stance. Several global central banks have increased their benchmark rates this week in an ongoing effort to tame inflation, including the Bank of England and Switzerland's National Bank, which earlier today issued 50 basis point and 75 basis point rate hikes, respectively. (A basis point is one one-hundredth of a percentage point.)
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"Global equities are struggling as the world anticipates surging rates will trigger a much sooner and possibly severe global recession," says Edward Moya, senior market strategist at currency data provider OANDA. "Most of these rate hikes around the world are not done yet which means the race to restrictive territory won't be over until closer to the end of the year."
The reaction here at home was a selloff in bond prices, which sent yields on government notes spiking. The 10-year Treasury yield surged 19.2 basis points to 3.704% - its highest level since early 2011 - while the 2-year Treasury yield spiked 12.1 basis points to 4.116%, its loftiest perch since late 2007.
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As for stocks, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite
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TWO years ago, a group of elders in this village in north-western Uganda agreed to lend their land to refugees from South Sudan. About 120,000 are now in the surrounding area. Here they live in tarpaulin shelters and mud-brick huts on a patch of scrub where cows once grazed. Kemis Butele, a gravel-voiced Ugandan elder, explains that hosting refugees is a way for a remote place, long neglected by the central government, to get noticed. He hopes for new schools, clinics and a decent road—and "that our children can get jobs".
There are more than 20m refugees in the world today, more than at any time since the end of the second world war. Nearly 90% reside in poor countries. In many, to preserve jobs for natives, governments bar refugees from working in the formal economy. Uganda has shown how a different approach can reap dividends. The government gives refugees land plots and lets them work. In some places, the refugees boost local businesses and act as a magnet for foreign aid. Mr Butele and many...Continue reading
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