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The Work You Do, the Person You Are - The New Yorker (No paywall)
[[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=60521&nl=daily I had to
do for the two dollars was clean Her house for a few hours after
school. It was a beautiful house, too, with a plastic-covered sofa and
chairs, wall-to-wall blue-and-white carpeting, a white enamel stove, a
washing machine and a dryer—things that were common in Her
neighborhood, absent in mine. In the middle of the war, She had
butter, sugar, steaks, and seam-up-the-back stockings.

Part of my pride in working for Her was earning money I could
squander: on movies, candy, paddleballs, jacks, ice-cream cones. But a
larger part of my pride was based on the fact that I gave half my
wages to my mother, which meant that some of my earnings were used for
real things—an insurance-policy payment or what was owed to the
milkman or the iceman. The pleasure of being necessary to my parents
was profound. I was not like the children in folktales: burdensome
mouths to feed, nuisances to be corrected, problems so severe that
they were abandoned to the forest. I had a status that doing routine
chores in my house did not provide—and it earned me a slow smile, an
approving nod from an adult. Confirmations that I was adultlike, not
childlike.

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- Elena Rodriguez, Tech Entrepreneur

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Fewer babies are born in the months following hot days - The Economist
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THE HOTTEST year on record, 2023, may not retain its title for long;
2024 already looks as though it may overtake it. As temperatures
continue to rise, countries will scramble to prevent heat deaths and
tackle extreme weather. But global warming also has much subtler
effects—including, researchers suggest, on fertility.

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Swiss watchmakers put employees on state-funded leave as luxury demand
disappears - Fortune Europe (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=60521&nl=daily]
Girard-Perregaux and Ulysse Nardin have become the first brands to
confirm they’re using a state program to retain jobs and avoid
permanent cuts. Sowind Group, which owns the two manufacturers, has
put about 50, or 15%, of its 320 workers on so-called short-time
work or furlough, according to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Patrick Pruniaux.















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BMW, Toyota aim to make hydrogen-powered EVs mainstream with
partnership - mint (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=60521&nl=daily]
The German carmaker said Thursday that it will release
hydrogen-powered versions of one of its existing model lines in 2028
as part of its strategy—which Toyota shares—to broaden its reach
with various fuel types. BMW and Toyota’s hydrogen cars will use
powertrains, which contain the engine and transmission, developed in
tandem by the companies, according to a joint statement.

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North Korean spies are infiltrating US companies through IT jobs -
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WASHINGTON—When cybersecurity company KnowBe4 was filling a remote
IT job in July, it hired a highly skilled applicant who gave his name
as Kyle and spoke accented English. He asked the company to ship his
company laptop to an address in Washington state.














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Marijuana Is Too Strong Now
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A strange thing has happened on the path to marijuana legalization.
Users across all ages and experience levels are noticing that a drug
they once turned to for fun and relaxation now triggers existential
dread and paranoia. “The density of the nugs is crazy, they’re so
sticky,” a friend from college texted me recently. “I solo’d a
joint from the dispensary recently and was tweaking just walking
around.” (Translation for the non-pot-savvy: This strain of
marijuana is not for amateurs.)

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More Advertisers Plan To Drop Spending On Elon Musk's X Next Year
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As Elon Musk struggled to rebuild X's ability to generate revenue, the
site suffered a mass advertiser exodus late last year, and at least
some of those departures were evidently due to pro-nazi content. A few
months later, Musk told advertisers "go fuck yourself." 














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The information wars are about to get worse, Yuval Harari argues - The
Economist (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=60521&nl=daily]
“Let Truth and falsehood grapple,” argued John Milton in
Areopagitica, a pamphlet published in 1644 defending the freedom of
the press. Such freedom would, he admitted, allow incorrect or
misleading works to be published, but bad ideas would spread anyway,
even without printing—so better to allow everything to be published
and let rival views compete on the battlefield of ideas. Good
information, Milton confidently believed, would drive out bad: the
“dust and cinders” of falsehood “may yet serve to polish and
brighten the armory of truth”.

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JD Vance Accused Of Downplaying School Shootings As 'Fact Of
Life'--Here's What He Really Said - Forbes (No paywall)
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Democrats blasted Republican vice presidential candidate, Sen. JD
Vance, R-Ohio, for his comments Thursday for characterizing school
shootings as “a fact of life,” but Vance’s team has claimed the
comments were taken out of context—as Wednesday’s Georgia school
shooting was the latest to expose partisan divides on gun control.














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How to Lead Like a Coach - Harvard Business Review (No paywall)
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The modern workplace demands that executives move away from a
command-and-control style and instead adopt a model based on the idea
of the leader as a coach. Companies have devoted extensive resources
to this effort, in the form of time-intensive training programs and
expensive new technologies, but without great success. In this
article, the authors draw on their experiences as behavioral
scientists and propose a simpler, cheaper, and more-effective
approach: Help leaders identify interactions that they’re already
having with their employees and work to transform them into coaching
moments.

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Fed's Daly Calls for Rate Cuts to Buoy Labor Market - Inc.com (No
paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=60521&nl=daily]
The Federal Reserve needs to cut interest rates to keep the labor
market healthy, but it is now down to incoming economic data to
determine by how much, San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly said on
Wednesday. 














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The mathematical theory that made the internet possible - New
Scientist (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=60521&nl=daily]
The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter.
Each month, we hand over the keyboard to a physicist or mathematician
to tell you about fascinating ideas from their corner of the universe.
You can sign up for Lost in Space-Time here.

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Healthy People/Healthy Planet - Discover Magazine (No paywall)
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Keeping people healthy also means keeping our environment free of
pollutants and limiting our exposure to disease-causing microbes. Here
we highlight projects that need your help researching and improving
human and environmental health. Try one or all of them this month, as
we commemorate Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, Pollution Prevention
Week (Sept. 15th-21st), World Water Monitoring Day (September 18th)
and National Eye Health Week (September 23rd-29th).














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Israeli forces withdraw from Jenin--but West Bank operation not over
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On Thursday, a reporter for The Associated Press said that Israeli
forces were seen leaving a refugee camp in Jenin and by Friday
morning, no other Israeli troops were inside the refugee camps.

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Animal testing, explained
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Independent journalism is more important than ever. Vox is here to
explain this unprecedented election cycle and help you understand the
larger stakes. We will break down where the candidates stand on major
issues, from economic policy to immigration, foreign policy, criminal
justice, and abortion. We’ll answer your biggest questions, and
we’ll explain what matters — and why. This timely and essential
task, however, is expensive to produce.














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Inside the Rise of Bitcoin-Powered Pools and Bathhouses
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The scene inside Bathhouse, a spa in Manhattan, is one of complete
serenity. Visitors recline in 105-degree pools, surrounded by cedar
tiles and elegant marble slabs from Brazil. But just beyond closed
doors, in harshly-lit back rooms, an unexpected source helps forge the
bliss: rows and rows of continuously-running Bitcoin mining computers.

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OnlyFans owner paid 359m dividend as company's revenues grow 20% in a
year
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OnlyFans was founded in 2016 by the then 33-year old British
entrepreneur Tim Stokely, who was joined by his father Guy, a former
banker, as a director. The business was sold to Radvinksy for an
undisclosed sum in 2018 and saw its revenue boom during the
coronavirus pandemic, making it one of the UK's most successful tech
startups - paying $149m in corporation tax to the Treasury last year.













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Dell Technologies, Palantir set to join S&P 500 Index
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Dell will replace e-commerce site Etsy (NASDAQ:ETSY) in the U.S.
equity market benchmark, and Palantir will replace American Airlines
Group (NASDAQ:AAL), S&P Dow Jones Indices said in a statement about
quarterly rebalancing.

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Hakan Sukur and his exile in U.S.: 'I'm like a good version of
Voldemort - he who shall not be named'
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In the Galatasaray club museum, there’s a film dedicated to their
victory in the 2000 UEFA Cup final. They remain the only Turkish team
to win a European trophy, so they’re rightly proud of the
achievement.

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Max is giving college students in the US a 50 percent discount again
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You can get a Max subscription at half the amount it costs other
subscribers in the US if you're a college or a university student.

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DRC receives first donation of 100,000 mpox vaccines to contain
outbreak
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Lusamaki said: “Its presence in Kinshasa, the capital city, with
multiple international connections by air traffic and multiple
exchanges with Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo, illustrated the
need for improved surveillance strategies to control the spread of the
disease.”

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American-Turkish woman shot dead at anti-settler protest in West Bank
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Internationally mediated talks aimed at brokering a ceasefire and
hostage release in the now 11-month-old conflict have repeatedly
stalled. Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is under
increasing pressure from allies to agree to a truce; he has insisted
that Israeli troops cannot withdraw from the Gaza-Egypt border – a
red line for Hamas – despite giving the measure the green light in a
previous round of talks in July.

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'Deeply disturbed' White House calls for inquiry into killing of
Ay?enur Eygi
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In August, an American activist said he was shot in the leg by Israeli
forces during a protest in Beita. The man, who spoke to the AFP using
a pseudonym, said Israeli troops were "firing teargas at us, live
rounds" and that he was shot while he was running away.

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Exclusive: C-Zero is raising $18M to make emission-free hydrogen using
natural gas, filings reveal | TechCrunch
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Salesforce has acquired Own Company, a New Jersey-based provider of
data management and protection solutions, for $1.9 billion in cash.
Own is Salesforce’s biggest deal since buying Slack for $27.7…

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Startups have to be clever when fighting larger rivals | TechCrunch
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Palantir’s CTO Shyam Sankar has become “a secret weapon for Valley
defense tech startups,” TechCrunch’s Margaux MacColl reported. One
of its earliest employees, he started a program called First Breakfast
in 2023 that doesn’t provide breakfast but does offer a set of
software tools that can give new defense tech startups a leg up.

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VC pitch show 'Meet the Drapers' partners with TikTok | TechCrunch
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Overall, as an investor, Draper has backed companies like Baidu,
Hotmail, Skype, Tesla, SpaceX, AngelList, SolarCity, Ring, Twitter,
Docusign, Coinbase, Robinhood, Twitch, Cruise and others, as well as,
more controversially, Theranos.

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Public EV startup with an indicted CEO is looking to raise an
additional $100 million | TechCrunch
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Salesforce has acquired Own Company, a New Jersey-based provider of
data management and protection solutions, for $1.9 billion in cash.
Own is Salesforce’s biggest deal since buying Slack for $27.7…

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Fivetran, DataStax & NEA are coming to Disrupt 2024 | TechCrunch
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Join us at Disrupt 2024 to explore how these leaders are pushing the
boundaries of what’s possible. You’ll learn why the next
generation of AI isn’t just about better algorithms but about the
smart, seamless flow of data that fuels them. And you can engage with
the very people who are building the tools and frameworks that will
power our data-driven future. 

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Boost your brand by hosting a Side Event at Disrupt 2024 | TechCrunch
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Seize the opportunity to shine at one of the year’s most anticipated
tech events with your very own Side Event. “Disrupt Week” is your
chance to be at the heart of the startup world. Start your application
now before today ends!

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Students and Recent Grads: Last day to save on Disrupt 2024 Student
Pass | TechCrunch
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Salesforce has acquired Own Company, a New Jersey-based provider of
data management and protection solutions, for $1.9 billion in cash.
Own is Salesforce’s biggest deal since buying Slack for $27.7…

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Real estate revolutions and beanie baby economies | TechCrunch
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Salesforce has acquired Own Company, a New Jersey-based provider of
data management and protection solutions, for $1.9 billion in cash.
Own is Salesforce’s biggest deal since buying Slack for $27.7…

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TSMC's Arizona Trials Put Plant Productivity on Par with Taiwan
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The go-to chipmaker for Apple Inc. and Nvidia Corp. originally planned
to have its first Arizona plant start full production in 2024, but
pushed back the target to 2025 due to a lack of skilled workers. The
delay fueled concerns that the company might not be able to make chips
in the US as efficiently as in Taiwan.

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US IRS enforcement efforts recover $1.3 billion in unpaid taxes,
Treasury says
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"During the previous (Trump) administration, as audit rates on
high-income taxpayers fell, the share of audits on taxpayers with
incomes under $200,000 increased," Yellen said in remarks to be
delivered at an IRS service center in Austin, Texas. "In 2019, the top
one percent of Americans was estimated to owe over one-fifth of unpaid
taxes, leaving ordinary Americans to shoulder the burden."

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Palantir, Dell Among New S&P 500 Members as Index Rebalances
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Inclusion in the US equity benchmark can elevate a company’s profile
and is becoming more important as passive investment funds grow.
Expulsion from the benchmark can weigh on stock prices, as index funds
sell shares to realign with the S&P 500’s new composition.

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My Audience with the Pope, by David Sedaris - The New Yorker (No
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If you were to say to me, “You can be in a room with either Chris
Rock or the Pope,” I’d say, “Chris Rock, please.” Nothing
against the Pope, but he’s never made me laugh. Neither has he come
up with a viable solution to America’s gun problem the way Chris
Rock has, saying that the firearms themselves can be unregulated but
that every bullet should cost five thousand dollars.

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Taking Photos from Space with NASA Astronaut Matthew Dominick -
Scientific American (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=60521&nl=daily]
If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning
journalism by subscribing. By purchasing a subscription you are
helping to ensure the future of impactful stories about the
discoveries and ideas shaping our world today.

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Newsom Vetoes Home-Buying Assistance for Undocumented Immigrants
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Home loans to undocumented people living in the United States are
legal but rare. However, California Democrats have pointedly sought to
remove immigration status as a condition of receiving a number of
state benefits, including health insurance, college financial aid and,
most recently, campus jobs at state-funded universities.

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Harris's Debate Tutor: A Lawyer Unafraid of Telling Politicians Hard
Truths
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When she is not preparing top Democrats for debates — in addition to
her four previous cycles of involvement at the presidential and
vice-presidential level, she has worked with Senators Mark Warner of
Virginia and Cory Booker of New Jersey — Ms. Dunn is a top lawyer
for some of America’s leading technology firms.

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America's frequent flyer programs are drawing new government scrutiny
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Airlines for America, an industry trade group, defended its members’
credit card practices, telling CBS News that “U.S. carriers are
transparent about these programs, and policymakers should ensure that
consumers can continue to be offered these important benefits.”

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The IRS got $1.3 billion in unpaid taxes from rich Americans
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Thanks to the IRA, the IRS said it has been able to modernize
65-year-old technology and launch more digital tools in the last two
years than in the previous two decades. That includes the Direct File
program, which lets people electronically file their taxes directly to
the government for free. It was piloted in a limited number of states
last year and will be rolled out in all 50 states for next year’s
tax season.

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Mixed August jobs report adds to US economy concerns
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"Although hiring has slowed, the US job market continues to generate
solid job gains and wage growth that is consistently beating
inflation," the White House Council of Economic Advisors said in a
blog.

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Stock Slide as Investors Wrestle With Shifting Bets on Rate Cuts
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Investors appear keen not to sacrifice gains made earlier in the year
by betting that the rally could still inch a little higher: An August
survey of fund managers by Bank of America showed that while most
still expect the economy to keep growing as the Fed lowers interest
rates, the level of concern over a misstep by the central bank is
high.

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Michael Lerner, 81, Is Dead; Founder of a Combative Jewish Magazine
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But Rabbi Lerner continued to be concerned about what he called
America’s “ethical and spiritual crisis” and the “desire for
meaningful connection.” That concern was the focus of his book
“The Politics of Meaning: Restoring Hope and Possibility in an Age
of Cynicism,” published in 1996.

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An Agonizing Dilemma: When Obesity Prevents a Joint Replacement
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Less than half of orthopedic surgeons in a survey published last year
said they would operate on a patient with a B.M.I. over 40 — more
than 22 million American adults fell into that category in 2017-18.
Only 11 percent would operate on one of the 3.9 million Americans with
a B.M.I. over 50. And patients with a B.M.I. over 55 would be rejected
almost everywhere. Just 3 percent of U.S. orthopedists would operate.

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Peacekeepers needed to end 'harrowing' abuses in Sudan, say UN experts
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The fighting began in the capital, Khartoum, but has since spread to
14 of the country's 18 states. Thousands of people have been killed, 8
million have been displaced internally, and a further 2 million have
fled to neighbouring countries.

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Dell and Palantir to join S&P 500; shares of both jump
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Shares of another software maker, Workday, were down 2% after hours.
In an early Friday email, the Bank of America trading desk named
Workday among its top candidates for S&P inclusion, alongside
Palantir.

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Aid agency insiders claim BBC 'blocking' Gaza humanitarian appeal
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At the time, a BBC spokesperson said the corporation rejected his
allegations. "As the listener could hear, Mishal Husain was asking
legitimate and important questions in a professional, fair and
courteous manner."

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U.S. crude oil falls to lowest level since June 2023, posts worst week
in nearly a year
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OPEC+ delayed plans to increase production by 180,000 barrels per day
until December as oil sold off steeply. The output hike will bring
about 2.2 million barrels per day back onto the market through the end
of next year.

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S&P slumps to worst week in over 1-1/2 years amid September blues,
growth concerns
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Turning to the weekly performance of the S&P 500 (SP500) sectors, nine
of the 11 ended in the red. Technology topped the losers with its 7.1%
plunge. Consumer Staples and Real Estate were the two gainers. See
below a breakdown of the performance of the sectors as well as their
accompanying SPDR Select Sector ETFs from August 30 close to September
6 close:

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Amcomri Entertainment CEO Robert Price steps down (NEOE:AMEN:CA)
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Amcomri Entertainment CEO resigns, company ceasing operations.

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Person in Missouri caught H5 bird flu without animal contact
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