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Editor's Pick

The secret behind the worlds happiest country - The Economist (No
paywall)
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seventh year running Finland has just been declared the world’s
happiest country by the World Happiness Report, launched in 2012 to
promote the sustainable development goals of the United Nations (UN).
Those surveyed were asked to evaluate their lives on a scale of one to
ten, with ten the highest. While Scandinavian countries as usual
occupied the top spots, both America and Germany fell out of the top
20. War- and revolution-racked Afghanistan held the bottom spot in the
ranking of 143 countries, with a score of only 1.7 compared with
Finland’s 7.7 and Denmark’s 7.6.

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RayzeBio, Dice alums raise $370 million for new autoimmune startup -
STAT (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=61949&nl=daily]
After leading his previous company through a back-to-back IPO and M&A
deal, the former chief executive of RayzeBio has raised $370 million
to develop autoimmune therapies he believes could be
“mega-blockbusters.”

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OpenAI Says ChatGPT Could Cause Emotional Dependence: Expert |
Entrepreneur
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By Sherin Shibu Edited by Melissa Malamut Aug 9, 2024















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Study links bananas, oats and yoghurt to greater diabetes risk in
susceptible children
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Children who are susceptible to type 1 diabetes and eat bananas, oats
and yoghurt are more likely to contract the disease, while consuming
strawberries and blueberries lowers the risk, research has found.

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Red Lobster CEO secretly visited restaurants around the country before
being made boss - Fortune (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=61949&nl=daily]
For food critics, it’s common convention to never post your face on
social media, lest you be recognized at a restaurant you’re tasked
with reviewing and get preferential treatment. With the same
surreptitious style, incoming Red Lobster CEO Damola Adamolekun
frequented locations of the seafood chain months before he took the
helm, assessing its food and how to improve the company.














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Siemens Says It's Building The First U.S. Bullet Train Factory -
Forbes (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=61949&nl=daily]
Siemens plans to add a U.S. rail manufacturing facility in central New
York to make bullet trains for Brightline West’s railway connecting
Las Vegas to Los Angeles, calling it the country’s first such
factory dedicated to producing high-speed trains.

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Don't Make This Common Networking Mistake - Harvard Business Review
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When it comes to job searches, everybody knows how important
networking is. But a surprising number of people fail to follow up
with the people they’ve met with and sought advice from. That’s a
problem, because it can alienate mentors and hold job seekers back.
The authors discuss the main reasons for this lack of follow-up and
then recommend a simple three-part plan for following up effectively.














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'Founder Mode' Reveals a Devastating Double Standard - Inc.com (No
paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=61949&nl=daily]
When I asked Christene Barberich to come onto Inc.'s flagship podcast
in October of last year to talk about being a control freak, she was
initially taken aback. Me? A control freak? No, never. Not me. Even
so, the Refinery29 co-founder asked a former employee: "Was I a
control freak?" The answer? "Yes. Unequivocally, yes, you were."

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Chronic fatigue syndrome could be quickly diagnosed via a blood test -
New Scientist (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=61949&nl=daily]
Levels of certain cells, fatty molecules and proteins in the blood are
different in people with chronic fatigue syndrome than in those
without it, which could help doctors spot the condition sooner














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The Dawn of a New Frontier: Why Did the Commercialization of Space
Happen? - Discover Magazine (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=61949&nl=daily]
When humans first set their sights on the stars, space exploration was
dominated by superpowers, national pride, and the race to outdo rival
nations. After all, the Apollo Moon landings were carried out as more
of a statement of Cold War superiority than a business venture.

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Russia's Espionage War in the Arctic - The New Yorker (No paywall)
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It was polar winter, one long night. The lakes had frozen in the Far
North, and the foxes and the grouse had shed their brown fur and
feathers in favor of Arctic white. To survive the months of snow and
ice, predators resort to camouflage and deception. But so do their
prey.














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How the Debate Will Test Harris and Trump
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When Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump
step onto the debate stage in Philadelphia at 9 p.m. on Tuesday night,
it will mark the first time the two politicians have ever met. The
evening is set to present crucial tests for both candidates in a race
that polls show to be in a statistical dead heat.

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An extremely practical guide to this year's cold, flu, and Covid
season
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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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The 100-yard-wide strip of land that divides Israel and Hamas on a
cease-fire - WSJ (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=61949&nl=daily]
The Philadelphi corridor, also known as Salah al Din Axis, is a nearly
nine-mile-long, 100-yard-wide area inside Gaza. It has played a key
role for Hamas to smuggle arms and material across the border from
Egypt, including through tunnels that the militants dug under the
frontier.

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Look before leaping into the world's hottest stock market - WSJ (No
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There are fundamental reasons for investors to be bullish on the
country. India’s economy is strong despite a recent slowdown, with
gross domestic product in the second quarter up 6.7% year on year.
That has helped drive earnings growth: Net income for the companies in
the Sensex index rose 9% year on year in the second quarter, according
to Morgan Stanley.














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Lab-grown stem cells could be a 'breakthrough' for cancer treatment -
New Scientist (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=61949&nl=daily]
The lab-grown cells have so far only been tested in mice, but when
infused into the animals, the cells became functional bone marrow at
similar levels to those seen after umbilical cord blood cell
transplants.

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Sharks deserting coral reefs as oceans heat up, study shows
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This is likely to harm the sharks, which are already endangered, and
their absence could have serious consequences for the reefs, which are
also struggling. The reef sharks are a key part of the highly diverse
and delicate ecosystem, which could become dangerously unbalanced
without them.













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RayzeBio, Dice alums raise $370 million for new autoimmune startup
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Allison DeAngelis is the East Coast biotech and venture capital
reporter at STAT, reporting where scientific ideas and money meet. She
is also co-host of the weekly biotech podcast, The Readout Loud.

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Tesla doesn't need xAI's help to improve its self-driving tech, Elon
Musk says
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At least three shareholders have filed lawsuits regarding shifting
resources from Tesla to xAI. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren has
accused Tesla’s board of “neglecting its duty” and asked if it
has reviewed Musk’s plans to use Tesla’s resources to aid his
other firms, which include includes aerospace firm SpaceX, tunneling
venture The Boring Co., and brain chip startup Neuralink.

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Opinion | The 23 Words Harris Needs to Say to Win
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Thomas L. Friedman is the foreign affairs Opinion columnist. He joined
the paper in 1981 and has won three Pulitzer Prizes. He is the author
of seven books, including “From Beirut to Jerusalem,” which won
the National Book Award. @tomfriedman • Facebook

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Harris Said She Is Ready for the Debate
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Edward: Most American voters do not see foreign policy as a decisive
issue or a priority in U.S. elections, unless American troops are
directly involved in a disastrous war, so candidates generally do not
spend much time talking about U.S. alliances or global affairs.
However, we might see journalists ask both Harris and Trump questions
about their foreign policy views in the televised debate on Tuesday.

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Tens of thousands of artefacts looted from Sudan museum, says official
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Staff had been forced to abandon the site shortly after fighting
erupted between the RSF and the army in April last year. Thousands of
people have been killed since the war began, 8 million have been
displaced internally, and a further 2 million have fled to
neighbouring countries.

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Ex-fashion mogul Peter Nygard sentenced to 11 years for sexual assault
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He is fighting extradition to the US, where he faces federal charges
in New York for nine offences including conspiracy to commit
racketeering, transportation of a minor for purpose of prostitution,
and sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion.

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Fast-spreading wildfire east of LA forces thousands to flee amid
fierce heatwave
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California’s Line fire, only 3% contained, has charred more than
21,000 acres as temperatures soar into triple digits

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DoJ warns states over voter purges ?as it happened
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Oprah Winfrey, in collaboration with Win with Black Women, will host a
live-streaming event "Unite for America" in support of Kamala Harris.
Takes place Sept. 19 at 8 pm/ET across multiple platforms including
Youtube, Instagram, Facebook, Tiktok and Twitch.

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Here's the full list of 35 US AI startups that have raised $100M or
more in 2024 | TechCrunch
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Automation and IT monitoring company Progress on Monday announced that
it intends to acquire file management platform ShareFile for $875
million in cash and credit. Progress CEO Yogesh Gupta said…

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Alpha Partners raises $153M third fund for pro-rata investments |
TechCrunch
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Automation and IT monitoring company Progress on Monday announced that
it intends to acquire file management platform ShareFile for $875
million in cash and credit. Progress CEO Yogesh Gupta said…

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Progress acquires file management platform ShareFile for $875M |
TechCrunch
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Automation and IT monitoring company Progress on Monday announced that
it intends to acquire file management platform ShareFile for $875
million in cash and credit. Progress CEO Yogesh Gupta said…

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Whose Tax Plan Is Better: Trump Or Harris? This Social Media
Influencer Says A Harris Administration Would Save Middle-Class
Americans On Taxes
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This article Whose Tax Plan Is Better: Trump Or Harris? This Social
Media Influencer Says A Harris Administration Would Save Middle-Class
Americans On Taxes originally appeared on Benzinga.com

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This Secretive Billionaire Thinks He Can Cure HIV. Here's Why. -
Forbes (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=61949&nl=daily]
It’s opening day at the Ragon Institute’s new building, a
sparkling 323,000-square-foot glass-and-steel edifice on Main Street
in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Governor Maura Healey, New England
Patriots owner Robert Kraft and presidents past and present of MIT,
Harvard and Mass General Brigham are sipping lemon spritzers and
nibbling hors d’oeuvres. A choir of a dozen scientists and staffers
starts singing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” Everyone is here to
toast Phillip “Terry” Ragon, the billionaire founder of software
company InterSystems, and his wife, Susan, also an executive at the
firm. The Ragons have donated $400 million for research to harness the
immune system to fight disease. Soon, instead of singing, these same
scientists will be running experiments on gleaming white-and-silver
lab benches in a bid to cure one of the world’s most elusive
viruses: HIV.

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What It's like to Receive an Eye and Face Transplant - Scientific
American (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=61949&nl=daily]
In June of 2021 Aaron James experienced a terrible accident while
working as an electrical lineman. The 46-year-old military veteran and
Arkansas resident lost much of the left side of his face—including
his left eye—to severely disfiguring electrical burns that also
destroyed his left arm.

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How Boston became the safest big city in America - The Economist (No
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In the basement of Charles Street AME, a church in Roxbury, a
historically black neighbourhood in Boston, Haseeb Hosein, the captain
of the local police district, delivers the good news. “We’ve had
no homicides in B2, year to date,” he says. “Keep on praying,”
he says, to a chorus of “amens.” “I can tell you, the district
is going really well when we’re focusing on barbershop music, when
we’re focusing on cars blasting music,” he says. “Music is my
biggest community concern and I am a happy camper.”

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Trump's Latest Photo Book Offers Gossip, Boasting and a Threat
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Strict adherence to the historical record is apparently not this
book’s aim. Mr. Trump writes that the mother of Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau of Canada was “somehow associated” with Fidel
Castro, the Cuban dictator. “A lot of people say that Justin is his
son,” he writes. “He says that he isn’t, but how the hell would
he know!”

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Stellanis recalls 1.2 million Ram 1500 pickup trucks
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The news of the recall comes after Stellanis recalled more than 1
million Dodge, Chrysler, and Jeep vehicles across North America in
June due to a software bug that could increase the risk of a crash.

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Meta rejected Donald Trump's claim that Mark Zuckerberg is ditching
Democrats in 2024
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“Seeing Donald Trump get up after getting shot in the face and pump
his fist in the air with the American flag is one of the most badass
things I’ve ever seen in my life,” he told Bloomberg. “On some
level as an American, it’s like hard to not get kind of emotional
about that spirit and that fight, and I think that that’s why a lot
of people like the guy.”

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Tesla workers trained Autopilot to ignore road signs
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Work such as this is designed to teach Tesla cars operating Autopilot
of Full-Self Drive how to behave on the roads correctly. However, the
software has so far been linked to dozens of crashes on America’s
highways, including run-ins with parked police cars and rail
crossings.

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The final agenda for the Space Stage at Disrupt 2024 | TechCrunch
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Automation and IT monitoring company Progress on Monday announced that
it intends to acquire file management platform ShareFile for $875
million in cash and credit. Progress CEO Yogesh Gupta said…

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Deshaun Watson Is Accused of Sexual Assault
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Watson was fined $5 million by the N.F.L. and suspended for 11 games
in 2022 for violating the league’s personal conduct policy. Among
the terms of his disciplinary settlement with the N.F.L. were that he
would not be subject to any further punishment from the league for any
other accusations arising from the “same or substantially similar
conduct” that happened before the discipline was imposed. He could
be investigated and further penalized, though, for any previous
incident that involved the use or threat of physical force or that is
charged criminally.

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James Earl Jones, Actor Whose Voice Could Menace or Melt, Dies at 93
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Such and incredible talent. For me, the Field of Dreams speech stands
tallest in his forest of redwoods: "The one constant through all the
years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of
steamrollers. It's been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased
again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game -- it's
a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good, and
it could be again."Godspeed, Mr. Jones. Thank you for all that you
gave us.

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Engadget Podcast: Apple Watch Series 10 was the star of the iPhone 16
launch
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Listen below or subscribe on your podcast app of choice. If you've got
suggestions or topics you'd like covered on the show, be sure to email
us or drop a note in the comments! And be sure to check out our other
podcast, Engadget News!

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Guardian Essential poll: more voters blaming Albanese government for
interest rate rises
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Respondents were asked to rank four objectives of the education
system. Ensuring “students have basic literacy and numeracy” was
the top priority for 38% of respondents, followed by “the health and
wellbeing of young Australians” (29%), “that students leave with
the ability to think critically” (18%) and “that students have the
skills to get a good job” (15%).

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12 Great Films of James Earl Jones
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Not many actors have the good fortune to make their big-screen debut
in one of the greatest films of all time. Jones only appears in a
handful of scenes in Stanley Kubrick’s grim nuclear war comedy
“Dr. Strangelove,” but he does a lot with those few minutes,
playing a bombardier whose consummate professionalism leads him to
follow the orders of any crackpot commander or incompetent politician
who barks in his ear.

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Catherine, Princess of Wales, Has Completed Her Chemotherapy for
Cancer
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Kensington Palace did not indicate that Catherine was cancer free. And
officials did not offer further details on the princess’s medical
condition, citing her right to privacy. It has never confirmed what
type of cancer she was being treated for, how far the disease had
progressed, or the details of her treatment, beyond chemotherapy.

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Palestinian Militants in the West Bank Flex New Capabilities
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“If you compare what’s been happening in recent weeks to what was
happening over the past decade, you can see a more organized effort to
carry out attacks,” said Ibrahim Dalalsha, the director of the
Horizon Center, a research group based in Ramallah, in the West Bank.

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Demi Moore and the Subversive Politics of the Naked Body
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She has become known for baring all (or, at least, a lot). But her
work, including her newest film, The Substance, should be understood
in a wider context.

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Opinion | A Clear Choice on the Issue Voters Care About Most
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Both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have plans to address the high
cost of living. The differences between them are stark.

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Opinion | Donald Trump on the Dollar, in His Own Words
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Really? In 2020, Trump predicted a stock market crash if Joe Biden was
elected; as of Friday’s close, stocks are, in fact, up 40 percent
since Biden took office. Now, everyone makes bad predictions; I’m
more alarmed by the idea of handing power to a man who believes that
he’s never wrong.

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Opinion | The World Isn't Ready for What Comes After I.V.F.
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Theres a vibe shift coming for reproductive medicine.

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Ed Kranepool, A Teenage Met Who Lasted 18 Seasons, Dies at 79
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When Stengel assessed Kranepool’s talent, he told The New York
Times: “He don’t strike out too much and he don’t let himself
get suckered into goin’ for bad pitches. I wouldn’t be afraid to
play him. He don’t embarrass you.”

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The new Trump trade is bitcoin, price could top $80,000 if he wins
election, according to Bernstein
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As Election Day draws nearer, so does bitcoin's eventual breakout from
this year's narrow trading range, Bernstein says.

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Bitcoin rebounds from its worst week in more than a year, jumping
above $57,000
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"For bitcoin to experience some upside in the upcoming week, it is
essential for the U.S. equity markets to find some stability or
positive momentum, potentially leading to a decrease in [crypto] ETF
outflows," Bitfinex analysts said in a note Monday. "This relief in
the equity markets could help alleviate selling pressure on bitcoin,
providing a conducive environment for a recovery."

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