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What's a Brain?
[[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=72964&nl=daily all have
one: three pounds of winkled grey-pink peering out at the world from
behind castle walls of bone. It’s the seat of consciousness and
dreams. It holds memories, harbors love, shocks with fear, awe, and
pain; it works over the raw input of the senses, smoothing the
chemical signals, wavelengths of light, vibrations and electrical
messages it receives into a cogent picture of its realm.

Yep, that’s a brain—mine and yours, the same brain that brought us
language and agriculture, that threw the first spear. The same an
unnamed scribe first etched into papyrus some 3,500 years ago
(searching for the right hieroglyph, he chose “skull-marrow,”
something to scoop out when the time comes for mummification, favoring
that glorified muscle, the heart, for transport into the realms of the
Dead).

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to think about how today's decisions and trends will unfold in ways
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greatly value."
- Sara Khan, Investment Strategist, Global Finance Partners

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Is the World Really Running Out of Sand? Practical Engineering
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If you have to know the answer right away, it’s no; or at least, my
goal with this video is to convince you that the world is not running
out of sand. But if it were that simple, I wouldn’t be here (right?)
and you probably wouldn’t be either. In fact, I was really surprised
by some of the things I didn’t know as I dug deeper into the topic
further, and how some of the most widely spread sand “facts” are
dead wrong.

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The Hidden World of Electrostatic Ecology | Quanta Magazine
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Imagine, for a moment, that you’re a honeybee. In many ways, your
world is small. Your four delicate wings, each less than a centimeter
long, transport your half-gram body through looming landscapes full of
giant animals and plants. In other ways, your world is expansive, even
grand. Your five eyes see colors and patterns that humans can’t, and
your multisensory antennae detect odors from distant flowers.















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Teeth-cleaning robots, red-light therapy: Whats ahead for dental
health - WSJ [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=72964&nl=daily]
That future is getting closer, scientists say. “We are really
looking for disruptive technology," says Dr. Hyun (Michel) Koo,
co-founding director of the Center for Innovation & Precision
Dentistry at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Civility and Then a Clash Over Jan. 6: Seven Takeaways From the Debate
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Mr. Vance dodged and pivoted. He argued that the Democrats were the
real threat to democracy and claimed that Ms. Harris censored
Americans, citing old Facebook policies. He had no answer to the
question itself. The exchange showed both the limits and requirements
of serving as Mr. Trump’s running mate. “That’s why Mike Pence
isn’t on this stage,” Mr. Walz said.














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Olivia Nuzzi, Reporter Linked to R.F.K. Jr., Accuses Ex-Fianc of
Harassment
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Mr. Lizza said the allegations against him were not true. “I am
saddened that my ex-fiancée would resort to making a series of false
accusations against me as a way to divert attention from her own
personal and professional failings,” he said. “I emphatically deny
these allegations, and I will defend myself against them vigorously
and successfully.”

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China Rally Spurs $7 Billion Loss for Shorts of US-Listed Stocks
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“BABA’s stock price might see the greatest impact if shorts begin
covering in size as the stock has seen increased short selling into
this rally,” Dusaniwsky said. “With short selling no longer
offsetting some of the long buying pressure in the stock,
buy-to-covers side-by-side with long buying may steepen the trajectory
if its price moves.”














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The best iPad cases for 2024
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How often you charge your iPad will depend on how often you use it.
Most iPads will last at least a regular work day with frequent usage,
which is one of the reasons why many have opted to use their iPads as
laptop replacements. But with heavy usage, like constant video
streaming or gaming, will come more rapid battery drain. A good rule
of thumb is to charge your iPad when you go to sleep each night, that
way you’ll have a topped-up device waiting for you in the morning.

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Nikes sales are in a funk. Its working off a Jordan hangover. - WSJ
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A year ago, Nike Chief Executive John Donahoe celebrated growing the
sneaker giant’s Air Force 1, Air Jordan 1 and Dunk into the three
largest multibillion–dollar footwear franchises in industry history.
Sales of the models were strong and paved the way for the sneaker
giant to report $51 billion in sales.














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J. D. Vance Got the Conversation He Wanted at the Vice-Presidential
Debate - The New Yorker [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=72964&nl=daily]
Vice-Presidential debates are normally for the archives: the
transcript gets recorded and then filed away. Strain your memory and
try to recall: Who won the debate between John Edwards and Dick
Cheney? Biden-Ryan? Even Harris-Pence, just four years ago? In the
rush of the Presidential race, these events were simply speed bumps.
The best way to approach Tuesday nights version was with a certain
measure of historically earned skepticism. Was there any reason to
think that this Vice-Presidential debate would actually matterwould
even be rememberedby Election Day, now a little more than a month
away, when so few have in the past?

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Exclusive: Femtech startup Perelel is acquiring Slow Ventures-backed
sexual health startup LOOM
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Google is announcing new Chromebook models today with Samsung and
Lenovo. With Samsung’s Galaxy Chromebook Plus model in particular,
the company is also introducing a new multifunctional quick insert
key.…














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The other British invasion: how UK lingo conquered the US
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I am an American, New York-born, but I started to spend time in London
in the 1990s, teaching classes to international students. Being
interested in language, and reading a lot of newspapers there – one
of the courses I taught was on the British press – I naturally
started picking up on the many previously unfamiliar (to me) British
words and expressions, and differences between British and American
terminology.

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Vance Strains to Sell a Softer Trump
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And as for Mr. Trump’s refusal to accept the results of the 2020
election and his role in the violent and deadly siege on the Capitol
on Jan. 6? Well, said Mr. Vance, Mr. Trump “peacefully gave over
power” on Inauguration Day two weeks later.














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Meet the Moderators: Margaret Brennan and Norah O'Donnell of CBS News
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“In a debate, we’re performing a public service and that is to tee
up a conversation in which the candidates use the time themselves to
make their case about why their policy is best for Americans,” Mr.
Brennan said in a statement provided by CBS.

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Opinion | This Is Why MAGA Loves JD Vance
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We know exactly how that turned out. Pence had no positive effect on
Trump. None of Trump’s best advisers could change that man. The most
they could do was throw their bodies in front of bad policy or
outright criminality, at least until they resigned or were fired. Even
Pence, the most loyal of the decent men around Trump, couldn’t shake
him from his determination to try to steal an American election. So
Pence, too, is gone — wandering in the political wilderness with the
few remaining conservative dissidents.














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3 Traps on the Way to Becoming a Customer-Centric Company - Harvard
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Researchers analyzed data from more than 1,000 customer-centricity
transformation projects over the past 25 years. They found that only
15% of CEOs and sales teams have a customer-centric strategy. Most run
their company or customer relationships based on a product-focused
mindset, which puts the onus on finding a market to sell ones products
to, rather than orchestrating growth together with customers. Instead,
firms should ask three key questions to ensure customer centricity:
Are our strategic objectives and transformation efforts aligned with
our customers priorities? Are our solutions-design and deployment
efforts configured based on customer-validated input? And, are our
organizational setup and investments allocated to customer commitments
for mutual success?

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At a Wisconsin Watch Party, the Debate Leaves Some Students Uninspired
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Students were given a handout guiding them on ways to analyze the
debate and a bingo card filled with phrases to cross out as the debate
went on (among them: “fentanyl,” “tax cut” and “American
people”). A television showing live fact-checking from the
PolitiFact website was set up next to the debate screen.













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Opinion | Actually, We Absolutely Do Need to Escalate in Iran
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Iran now presents an intolerable threat to Israel, America and the
liberal-international order.

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The Great 3 Billion Shipping Container Heist - Bloomberg
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How P&R Containers shifted from shipping to the more profitable
business of simply ripping people off.

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Trump Claims Harris Just Requested Another Debate-But Says Again He
Wont Do It - Forbes [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=72964&nl=daily]
Former President Donald Trump claimed the Harris campaign sought a
second debate in a post on his Truth Social platform shortly after
Tuesday nights vice presidential debatea purported offer he turned
down once again.

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FDA misses target date for releasing rules to make pulse oximeters
more equitable - STAT [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=72964&nl=daily]
New guidelines to force device manufacturers to make pulse oximeters
more equitable for patients with darker skin have not been released by
the Food and Drug Administration, despite agency officials saying for
months new rules would be issued by Sept. 30.

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How to Build A Virtual Cell With Artificial Intelligence - Discover
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The cell is a biochemical factory of immense complexity. As
fundamental units of life, cells harvest energy from the environment
and use it to synthesize complex molecular machinery, to build
replicas of themselves and to move. This is a 4-billion-year-old trick
that even today mystifies biologists who struggle to understand the
processes and principles at work.

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Octobers Ring of Fire Solar Eclipse: How and When To See It
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This noteworthy event, called an annular eclipse, or a ring of fire
eclipse, will be visible over parts of South America on Wednesday,
Oct. 2. A partial eclipse will also be visible in parts of the world.

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Israeli response to Irans attack to set course of widening war - WSJ
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As Israel weighs how to respond to Tehran’s latest missile barrage,
it could take a page from its previous playbook when, after days of
deliberation, its military targeted a single Iranian military site.

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A Tense, Policy-Heavy Debate Ends With Clash Over Democracy
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Mr. Vance had his work cut out for him, too, during the 107-minute
debate broadcast from New York. He made a number of misleading or
factually incorrect claims, falsely saying that “illegal aliens”
were a significant factor in driving up home prices and distorting Mr.
Trump’s tax cut as primarily benefiting the middle class when
upper-income Americans saw the largest boon.

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How the 2024 election gets mental health right -- and wrong
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Sunday.

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DeepMind and BioNTech build AI lab assistants for scientific research
- FT [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=72964&nl=daily]
Artificial intelligence used to help researchers plan experiments and
better predict outcomes

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Why we avoid effort even though it can improve our well-being - New
Scientist [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=72964&nl=daily]
As someone whose running shoes rarely leave the closet, I am both in
awe of, and perplexed by, my endurance athlete friends. Particularly
hard to grasp is that their love of running marathons or cycling up
mountains isnt in spite of those efforts being so gruelling. They
enjoy them precisely for that reason.

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Siete Family Foods to Sell to PepsiCo for $1.2 Billion - Inc
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Its a big day for Siete Family Foods. PepsiCo has agreed to acquire
the Austin-based packaged food company for $1.2 billion.Launched in
2014 by seven (siete) members of the Garza family, Siete initially
sold almond-flour tortillas to local health food stores, using a
recipe developed by Vernoica Garza, the companys president and chief
innovation officer and a 2023 Inc. Female Founders honoree. Over the
years, the product line expanded to healthier versions of Mexican
American staples such as tortilla chips, canned beans, sauces, and
cookies.

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Police See No Trace of a Serial Killer in Brooklyn. But 3 Deaths Chill
Nightlife.
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The deaths of the three men, whose bodies were found in a creek near
the venues, have chilled the nightlife scene in one of the city’s
most popular neighborhoods for D.J. events and dancing.

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What Are Israels Air Defenses for Irans Missiles? - Bloomberg
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Israel prides itself on having some of the best air defenses in the
world, but these billion-dollar systems are being tested.

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Health care policy features prominently in Vance-Walz VP debate
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Mental health emerged from a question about gun control policy. “We
have a mental health crisis in this country that I really think we
need to get to the root causes of,” Vance said, saying it was a
“big piece” of the gun violence, and also said gun crime is worse
in cities. Walz said that in his state, death by suicide with firearms
is more common in rural areas. He also cautioned against stigmatizing
mental health. 

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New analysis reveals postpartum sterilization rates are higher among
U.S. women with sickle cell
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This story is part of ongoing coverage of reproductive health care
supported by a grant from the Commonwealth Fund. Our financial
supporters are not involved in any decisions about our journalism.

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Trumps ageing is as real as Bidens - FT [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=72964&nl=daily]
The former presidents verbal decline and random meanderings are
shrugged off as just more of the same

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Israel and Iran have just delivered the US elections October surprise
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With American policy in the Middle East in tatters, Donald Trump could
be the principal beneficiary of escalation in the region

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The only moment from the VP debate that mattered
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The US presidential campaign is in its final weeks and were dedicated
to helping you understand the stakes. In this election cycle, its more
important than ever to provide context beyond the headlines. But
in-depth reporting is costly, so to continue this vital work, we have
an ambitious goal to add 5,000 new members.

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Here's Where U.S. Forces Are Deployed in the Middle East
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Kuwait, southeast of Iraq on the Persian Gulf, had about 13,500 U.S.
troops on bases as of 2021. At the time, only Germany, Japan and South
Korea had more U.S. forces. Kuwait was a hub for American forces
during the Iraq war.

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Iran bombards Israel as the war escalates further - The Economist
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Israel may take it as justification to attack Iran

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A One-in-10-Billion Particle Decay Hints at Hidden Physics -
Scientific American [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=72964&nl=daily]
Once in a very great while, an ephemeral particle called a kaon arises
and then quickly decays away into three other obscure entities.
Whether or not this happens in a particular way has very little
bearing on most of us, who will go about our lives without knowing
either way. But to physicists who have been searching for this arcane
process for decades, it matters a lot; finding out how often it
happens could reveal hidden aspects of our universe.

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Mayor in Wisconsin removes ballot drop box as tensions rise over
voting method
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Wausau mayor says he worried box could be tossed in river, as boxes
remain fixture of debate over state administration

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3 Sensational Ultrahigh-Yield Dividend Stocks That Make for No-Brainer
Buys in the 4th Quarter (and Beyond)
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Sean Williams has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The
Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Pfizer. The Motley Fool
recommends Enterprise Products Partners. The Motley Fool has a
disclosure policy.

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Stocks Steady in Nervy Wait for Israel Response: Markets Wrap
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Separately, Republican JD Vance largely succeeded in sanding down his
hardline reputation, while Democrat Tim Walz’s nerves were on
display as the vice presidential candidates battled over immigration,
abortion, and climate change during Tuesday’s debate.

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The best E Ink tablets for 2024
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We got to spend some time with TCL’s latest E Ink-like tablet at
CES, the NXTPAPER 14 Pro. Using the company’s NXTPAPER 3.0
technology, the device isn’t precisely an E Ink tablet but one that
attempts to strike a balance between the displays of ereaders and
standard slabs. It focuses on eye comfort by filtering out up to 61
percent of blue light, using a Circularly Polarized Light (CPL) screen
and the like. TCL has not revealed pricing for the NXTPAPER 14 Pro,
but it did confirm it would arrive in the US in early 2024.

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1 Bargain-Basement Stock-Split Stock to Buy Hand Over Fist in the 4th
Quarter and 1 Highflier to Shy Away From
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Stock Advisor provides investors with an easy-to-follow blueprint for
success, including guidance on building a portfolio, regular updates
from analysts, and two new stock picks each month. The Stock
Advisor service has more than quadrupled the return of S&P 500 since
2002*.

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Hedosophia leads $7M seed round into retail supply chain AI startup
Ameba | TechCrunch
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Google is announcing new Chromebook models today with Samsung and
Lenovo. With Samsung’s Galaxy Chromebook Plus model in particular,
the company is also introducing a new multifunctional quick insert
key.…

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Japan's $4 Trillion 'Carry Trade' Begins to Slowly Unwind
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“Investors everywhere are underestimating the risk of big
repatriation flows in the long run,” said Shoki Omori, chief desk
strategist at Mizuho Securities Co. in Tokyo. “The Japanese are big
carry traders themselves. The trend is already underway — watch this
space.”

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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy Faces Employee Revolt Over Full-Time Return To
Office Mandate, 73% Consider Quitting: Survey
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The dissatisfaction with Amazon’s rigid return-to-office policy has
already led to a significant increase in resignations, particularly
within its cloud division, In December, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
employees reportedly resigned in large numbers, citing the inflexible
policy as a primary reason.

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Video Footage Shows Fatal Shooting of Kentucky Judge
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After his arrest, Mr. Stines, who is known as Mickey, announced
through his lawyers that he was retiring, at age 43, “to allow for a
successor to continue to protect his beloved constituents while he
addresses the legal process ahead of him.”

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Billionaire Ken Griffin Loaded Up on This High-Yield Dividend Stock.
Should You?
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Stock Advisor provides investors with an easy-to-follow blueprint for
success, including guidance on building a portfolio, regular updates
from analysts, and two new stock picks each month. The Stock
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2002*.

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China and Middle East tensions push commodities into the spotlight:
Morning Brief
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BofA noted that large-cap materials suffered the most when the Federal
Reserve aggressively raised rates starting in 2022. It also
highlighted the sector’s underweight positioning by long-only
managers, both of which leave room for a potential re-rating as
China’s demand accelerates.

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Prediction: This Will Be the Next Stock to Follow Palantir's Path
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Suzanne Frey, an executive at Alphabet, is a member of The Motley
Fool's board of directors. Manali Pradhan has no position in any of
the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends
Adobe, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Palantir Technologies. The Motley Fool
has a disclosure policy.

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