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The Surprising Reason Writing Remains Essential in an AI-Driven World
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another important element to writing that often gets overlooked.
Writing requires the compression of an idea. When done poorly,
compression removes insights. When done well, compression keeps the
insights and removes the rest. Compression requires both thinking and
understanding, which is one reason writing is so important.

Great writing requires you to position your idea in a way that will
resonate with the reader. Average writers start with what they want to
say without considering how it will land with the reader. Great
writers understand the journey starts with what the reader desires.
Think of the difference as starting at the beginning or the end of a
maze. When you start at the beginning, you have to convince people the
path is the right one. When you start at the end, they already know
you’re taking them where they want to go.

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Portugal wildfire deaths rise to seven after firefighters trapped in
blaze
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Human-caused climate breakdown is making heatwaves more likely and
more intense, with some – such as the extreme heatwave in western
Canada and the US in 2021 – all but impossible without global
heating.

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'It's a lot of pedalling, mate': cyclist Lachlan Morton making record
pace in 14,200km journey around Australia
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More than a century ago, in June 1899, Arthur Richardson left Perth to
ride the circumference of the Australian continent. He returned 245
days later. Richardson's epic journey was part of a movement of
long-distance cycling, known as "the Overlanders", which flourished at
the turn of the century.















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The battle brewing over blood tests for cancer - WSJ (No paywall)
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Blood tests for cancer detection, known as liquid biopsies, can still
be unreliable, but progress is being made. Competition between
different diagnostics companies is also intensifying.

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Instagram is restricting teen accounts--and blocking sneaky
workarounds - WSJ (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=65918&nl=daily]
Starting this week, it will begin automatically making youth accounts
private, with the most restrictive settings. And younger teens won’t
be able to get around it by changing settings or creating adult
accounts with fake birth dates.














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How Netflix won the streaming wars - FT (No paywall)
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The company has staged a remarkable recovery since the great
correction of 2022 and now has the edge over Hollywood rivals

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Intel CEO lays out new steps to cut costs and bolster chip-making
division - WSJ (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=65918&nl=daily]
Intel said it would further separate its chip-manufacturing and design
operations as part of a new raft of measures to weather one of the
most significant crises in its five-decade history.














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A secretive Russian submarine unit could sabotage the subsea network
of cables that powers the internet - Business Insider (No paywall)
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The official told Business Insider that the alliance was stepping up
measures to protect the cables in the wake of a report that they're
being targeted by Russia's General Staff Main Directorate for Deep Sea
Research.

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Meet the enigmatic manager who oversees Larry Page's Google fortune -
Business Insider (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=65918&nl=daily]
In 2014, a New York developer was in negotiations to buy two pristine
islands in the Caribbean, a mile north of St. Thomas. He had made an
offer of $9 million, but the deal had hit a snag. Suddenly, out of
nowhere, a mysterious company based in Palo Alto, California, swooped
in and snapped up both islands for $23 million.














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Best Business School Rankings 202425 - Bloomberg (No paywall)
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Stanford Tops Businessweeks B-School Ranking for Sixth Straight Year

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College Football Players Learn an Ugly Truth About Getting Paid -
Bloomberg (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=65918&nl=daily]
Yes, the stars are making millions. Everyone else is vulnerable to
boosters making promises they cant or wont keep.














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Live news: S&P 500 touches new intraday high - FT (No paywall)
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for your first year. Make up your own mind. Build robust opinions with
the FT’s trusted journalism.Offer available here until 24th October.

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The broken business model of British universities - The Economist (No
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The Labour Party barely talked about higher education in the run-up to
this year’s election. In government, universities’ problems are
harder to ignore. In a dour speech on September 10th Sir Keir Starmer,
the prime minister, included universities among a list of public
services that he said were “crumbling” and “worse than we
expected”.














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New HarrisX/Forbes Poll: Harris Won Debate--But It Largely Hasn't
Changed Voters' Minds - Forbes (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=65918&nl=daily]
Vice President Kamala Harris is up four points over former President
Donald Trump in a new Forbes/HarrisX survey taken after last week’s
debate—the latest poll that shows voters believe Harris outperformed
Trump in the debate, but it largely hasn’t changed her standing in
the horserace.

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Democrats keep IVF in the spotlight with another Senate vote - STAT
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You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s
twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and policy of health and
medicine. Sign up here to receive it in your inbox on Tuesdays and
Thursdays.














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How Crossfit Became the New Power Lunch - Inc.com (No paywall)
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When Paul L. Gunn met Dave Chatterjee, his future business partner, in
2022, they weren't rubbing elbows at a conference or standing in line
for drinks at a tech meet-up. The former neighbors reconnected at
their local gym.

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Snoring isn't just a nuisance, it's dangerous. Why can't we treat it?
- New Scientist (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=65918&nl=daily]
Snoring is often viewed as harmless, at least to the snorer, but we
are now uncovering its potentially serious effects on cardiovascular
health. And finding ways to stop is surprisingly challenging













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When Was Halley's Comet Last Seen and Will It Ever Return? - Discover
Magazine (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=65918&nl=daily]
Despite making its appearance only once every roughly 75 years,
Halley’s Comet is perhaps one of the most famous objects in the
night sky. It last passed by Earth in 1986, and both astronomers and
skywatchers are eagerly anticipating its return in 2061.

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The Origins of Friday the 13th
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It’s the first Friday the 13th of 2024, undoubtedly seen as one of
the most unlucky days of the calendar year. This year will see the
date occur twice, with the next one in December. Friday the 13th is
known to be a day of bad luck, but how it got its “spooky”
reputation dates back centuries, although an exact time frame isn’t
clear.

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What happened to Nate Silver
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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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One million are now dead or injured in the Russia-Ukraine war - WSJ
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KYIV , UKRAINE : The number of Ukrainians and Russians killed or
wounded in the grinding 2½-year war has reached roughly one million,
a staggering toll that two countries struggling with shrinking prewar
populations will pay far into the future.

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Fed prepares to lower rates, with size of first cut in doubt - WSJ (No
paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=65918&nl=daily]
The decision over whether to cut the Fed’s benchmark interest rate,
currently at a two-decade high between 5.25% and 5.5%, by either a
larger half percentage point or by a traditional quarter point will
come down to how Chair Jerome Powell leads his colleagues through a
finely balanced set of considerations.

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Trump, who signed SALT deduction cap into law, now vows to 'get SALT
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The SALT cap and other tax provisions of the 2017 tax law are set to
expire at the end of 2025. Harris has not said she will try to
preserve the Trump-era cuts, but she has vowed not to raise taxes on
Americans making less than $400,000 a year.

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Latinas contributed $1.3 trillion to U.S. economy, new report says.
That number could be even bigger
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"We expect that dynamic to be increasingly important over the next
three decades," he said. "What we're seeing now is really just the
beginning of what will be an increasingly important story in the
United States economy."

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Harris-Trump election has Big Tech 'at a crossroads' after slump in
dealmaking
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Trump as president blocked some deals on national security grounds,
following recommendations from the Committee on Foreign Investment in
the United States. Regulators under President Joe Biden, meanwhile,
have filed a record number of merger enforcement actions, Bloomberg
reported.

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Exploding Pagers Targeting Hezbollah Kill 11 and Wound Thousands,
Lebanon Says
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The blasts appeared to be the latest salvo in a conflict between
Israel and Hezbollah that escalated after Hamas attacked Israel on
Oct. 7, and Hezbollah, its ally, began firing rockets into northern
Israel in support. Both militant groups are backed by Iran.

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Opinion | America's Role in the World Is Hard. It Just Got Much
Harder.
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In Syria, you have a Syrian government in charge in Damascus, and the
rest of the country is a patchwork of zones controlled by Russia,
Iran, Turkey, Hezbollah, and U.S. and Kurdish forces. The Hamas
network in Gaza could be reached only via Qatari and Egyptian
mediators. And even Hamas had a military wing inside Gaza and a
political wing outside Gaza.

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Uber's rider ID program is available everywhere in the US as of
tomorrow
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Correction, September 17 2024, 10:45AM ET: This story and its headline
originally stated that Uber's rider verification program was rolling
out nationwide as of today. The rollout starts tomorrow, September 18.
We apologize for the error.

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Dozens arrested around Australia as federal police target secret app
allegedly used for criminal communications
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The AFP and the US FBI previously ran a platform to gather evidence on
murder plots, drug importations and weapon purchases which were openly
discussed on the network because criminals thought it was secure.

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Exploding pager attack in Lebanon is another blow for US peace hopes
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With both Hamas and Hezbollah under extraordinary pressure, the US has
now warned the groups’ backer Iran against escalation. “We would
urge Iran not to take advantage of any incident to try to add further
instability and to further increase tensions in the region,” said
the state department spokesperson, Matthew Miller.

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Ursa Major nabs $12.5M from US Navy, DoD for 3D-printed rocket motors
| TechCrunch
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AI is increasingly being applied to protein design, the process of
creating new proteins with specific, target characteristics. Protein
design’s applications are myriad, but it’s a promising way of
discovering…

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Prukalpa Sankar on why empathy is her company's greatest asset
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Elsewhere in the interview, she talks about the importance of empathy,
why the company hit a wall while scaling, and of course, about that
Taylor Swift music video announcing her fundraiser. The video was
called “The Tortured Data Department,” a cheeky play on Swift’s
last album “The Tortured Poets Department.” As for what
“Era” Sankar loves best, well, you are going to have to listen to
find out (and hint, it’s not TTPD). 

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A comprehensive list of 2024 tech layoffs | TechCrunch
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AI is increasingly being applied to protein design, the process of
creating new proteins with specific, target characteristics. Protein
design’s applications are myriad, but it’s a promising way of
discovering…

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Londoners will soon see drones ferrying blood between hospitals |
TechCrunch
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AI is increasingly being applied to protein design, the process of
creating new proteins with specific, target characteristics. Protein
design’s applications are myriad, but it’s a promising way of
discovering…

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The final agenda for the Fintech Stage at Disrupt 2024 | TechCrunch
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AI is increasingly being applied to protein design, the process of
creating new proteins with specific, target characteristics. Protein
design’s applications are myriad, but it’s a promising way of
discovering…

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SocialAI offers a Twitter-like diary where AI bots respond to your
posts | TechCrunch
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AI is increasingly being applied to protein design, the process of
creating new proteins with specific, target characteristics. Protein
design’s applications are myriad, but it’s a promising way of
discovering…

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Workday acquires AI-powered document platform Evisort | TechCrunch
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AI is increasingly being applied to protein design, the process of
creating new proteins with specific, target characteristics. Protein
design’s applications are myriad, but it’s a promising way of
discovering…

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Exclusive: Ome's $129 Smart Knob lets you turn off stove burners
remotely
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AI is increasingly being applied to protein design, the process of
creating new proteins with specific, target characteristics. Protein
design’s applications are myriad, but it’s a promising way of
discovering…

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The cybersecurity labor gap now stands at 4M+ open jobs -- Intezer has
raised $33M for AI tools to plug it | TechCrunch
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That represents a potential crossroads for the likes of Intezer:
whether to jump on the consolidation train, or try to go it alone.
Tevet said his company gets approached regularly in exploratory
discussions, but nothing has escalated to a red alert as of yet.

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Express Scripts sues FTC over a 'biased' report about pharmacy benefit
managers
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“The FTC stands by our study,” an agency spokesman wrote us.
“Just three companies control nearly 80% of the market that millions
of Americans must use to purchase necessary drugs at high costs. This
is a complicated and opaque market, and the FTC is committed to using
its clear authority to help the public and policymakers understand
it.”

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A decade after 'lean in,' progress for women isn't trickling down -
WSJ (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=65918&nl=daily]
That’s one of the central findings of a new, 10-year study of the
roles and promotion rates of millions of women and men at major North
American companies. After all the public efforts to advance women at
work, most C-suite promotions put women in positions, like
human-resources and marketing, that don’t lead to the CEO job. Now
as company programs designed to diversify workforces face questions
about fairness, sustaining the progress could get tougher.

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The Oscars for the Deep State - The New Yorker (No paywall)
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Lately, I’ve been thinking about all the wonderful investments that
I, a taxpayer in the United States of America, have made. I’m not
just talking about my obvious support of the common good—the almost
five billion free lunches each year for schoolkids who might otherwise
go hungry, the health-care coverage for sixty-seven million seniors
and disabled people, the four-hundred-plus national parks, the hundred
and sixty thousand miles of national highways. I’m talking about
stuff you’ve never heard of, stuff that does not spring to mind
alongside the phrase “Your tax dollars at work”: the rescue of
more than a hundred children illegally employed in meat
slaughterhouses across eight states; the removal of hundreds of tons
of hazardous materials from the wreckage of the Maui wildfires; the
design of the world’s first tornado-resistant building codes, which
address a kind of natural disaster that kills more Americans annually
than earthquakes and hurricanes combined.

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How Work Has Changed for Women in Corporate America Over the Last 10
Years - Harvard Business Review (No paywall)
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Despite progress in the past decade, gender equity still remains
uneven in U.S. companies. Coupled with recent political attacks on the
very concept of DEI and declines in corporate commitments to racial
and gender equity, there’s concern that the next decade may not
bring as much progress as the last one — which is why we need to
keep our foot on the accelerator when it comes to achieving gender
parity at work. According to the latest Women in the Workplace report
from Lean In and McKinsey, many of the tactics experts and scholars
have been recommending to company leaders for years have been paying
off and yielding progress for women in the workplace.

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Vote for Kamala Harris to Support Science, Health and the Environment
- Scientific American (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=65918&nl=daily]
In the November election, the U.S. faces two futures. In one, the new
president offers the country better prospects, relying on science,
solid evidence and the willingness to learn from experience. She
pushes policies that boost good jobs nationwide by embracing
technology and clean energy. She supports education, public health and
reproductive rights. She treats the climate crisis as the emergency it
is and seeks to mitigate its catastrophic storms, fires and droughts.

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For Presidents, Golf Is a Refuge. For the Secret Service, It Can Be a
Headache.
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Most recent American presidents have embraced golf as a bipartisan
tradition — a head-clearing, backslapping escape where a president
is just as likely as anyone else to be betrayed by a putter. But just
as the Reagan episode prompted the White House to rethink whether
presidential golf rounds invited unnecessary risks, Sunday’s
apparently thwarted assassination attempt on former President Donald
J. Trump has sparked questions about the perils that come with
navigating 18 holes across wide-open spaces.

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Biden Administration Extends Review Period for Nippon Takeover of U.S.
Steel
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The move by CFIUS came on the same day that David Burritt, the chief
executive of U.S. Steel, offered a forceful defense of the proposed
merger, saying the tie-up would strengthen America’s national
security. Mr. Burritt also expressed confidence that the federal
government would allow the deal to close despite bipartisan calls to
block it.

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Rutgers President Announces Resignation After a Year Rocked by
Protests
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A strike by thousands of unionized university workers in 2023, which
ended after five days with the help of the New Jersey governor, Phil
Murphy, was rancorous. Protesters supporting the unions gathered
outside of Dr. Holloway’s home, requiring campus police to post a
squad car out front. He now has a police escort when he appears in
public. He hadn’t bargained, he said, for that level of rancor.

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Bernie Sanders says drugmakers could sell generic Ozempic for less
than $100
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The company spokesperson added that the net price of Ozempic has
fallen 40% since launching in the U.S. and that over 80% of Americans
with insurance only pay $25 or less per month for the drug.

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Starbucks just made another big leadership change
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Starbucks has faced declining sales over the past year, which has been
largely driven by the lessened demand for its high-priced beverages,
as well as public boycotts for its stance over the Israel-Hamas war.

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Home sales are growing faster than they have in 2 years
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The housing market may remain sticky, however, with most Americans
waiting for mortgage rates to drop below 6% (or more) before deciding
to move, according to a Bankrate survey. Mortgage rates could continue
to drop once the Fed begins its rate cutting campaign, but a sudden
rush of activity could continue to push prices up.

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$50 Billion in Aid to Ukraine Stalls Over Legal Questions
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The solution was intended to provide Ukraine with a large infusion of
funds without providing more direct aid from the budgets of the United
States and European countries. It also allowed Western allies to make
use of Russia’s assets without taking the step of actually spending
its money, which many top officials in Europe believed would be
illegal.

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