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Why Are Start-Ups Losing So Much Money? - American Affairs Journal

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losses for today’s start-ups are much more common than they were
decades ago, and the losses are much bigger. VCs are making back less
from their initial investments than at any point since the global
financial crisis of 2007–9. According to a study by Jay Ritter, only
22 percent of start-ups were profitable in 2021, the year of peak
IPOs, versus 80 percent in the early 1980s. And today’s start-ups
are not...

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Wife of 'abducted' Ugandan opposition figure says he won't get justice
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The wife of Ugandan opposition politician Kizza Besigye has said she
does not expect him to get a fair trial after he was detained in
neighbouring Kenya, brought home and accused of possessing weapons and
other offences in a military court.

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NASA: Mystery of Life's Handedness Deepens
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The mystery of why life uses molecules with specific orientations has
deepened with a NASA-funded discovery that RNA -- a key molecule
thought to have potentially held the instructions for life before DNA
emerged -- can favor making the building blocks of proteins in either
the left-hand or the ri















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Astronauts of the Underworld: The Scientists Venturing Into the Deep,
Dark Earth
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Blind spiders and whip scorpions, the future of climate change,
photosynthesis in the dark - here's what the deepest places on Earth
can reveal about life and the universe.

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Why Companies' Attempts to Close the Gender Pay Gap Often Fail
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Gender pay equity has become a big point of contention at many
companies. Not only have politicians and other public figures spoken
out against the gender pay gap, but there has also been a rising tide
of high profile lawsuits targeting major employers, most notably in
the U.S.














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Peanuts and the Quiet Pain of Childhood: How Charles M. Schulz Made an
Art of Difficult Emotions
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J.R.R.

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The Pilgrim As a Historian
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Pilgrimage is not meant to be easy, but it remains a popular pursuit -
even for non-believers.














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Trump Roils Markets With Tariff Threat on China, Mexico, Canada -
Bloomberg (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=100714&nl=daily]
President-elect cites flow of drugs, people across US borders
Republican has vowed to tighten border security in second term

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Brussels raises stink over Dutch manure protectionism - FT (No
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Netherlands challenged over plan to restrict use of biogas not made
from domestic dung














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How Texas Created a Womens Health Crisis - The New Yorker (No paywall)
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The doctor did not mince words. When nobody wants to train in Texas,
as the physicians get older and retire, there will be no ob-gyns in
the state, she told me. And thats when youll really see maternal
mortality go up. At the time, I was reporting on how doctors across
Texas were delaying, or even outright denying, life-saving care to
pregnant women, in compliance with the states abortion laws.
Performing an abortion in nearly all circumstances was classified as a
felony, for which physicians could lose their medical license and be
sentenced up to life in prison. So, quietly, many doctors had begun to
wonder, Why stay in Texas?

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China Says No One Will Win A Trade War After Trump Tariff
AnnouncementAsian Stocks Hit - Forbes (No paywall)
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Chinese Embassy officials in the U.S. warned Monday that a trade war
between the two countries would have no winners, after President-elect
Donald Trump reiterated his plans to impose additional tariffs on
Chinese imports.














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Cassava Sciences and its Alzheimer's drug are done. The damage lingers
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Four years on, the Cassava Sciences story ended Monday exactly as many
knew it would with the companys experimental drug for Alzheimers
disease, simufilam, proving to be nothing more than a placebo in a
large clinical trial.

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Consumed by Caregiving - Harvard Business Review (No paywall)
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Marti Bledsoe, a past guest of the show, recounts how she burned out,
quit her job, intended to get a new job after taking a breather, and
then wasnt able to for over a year. Thats because someone in her
family kept getting sick or hurt, she had to move twice, and all of
the logistics and emotional support fell to her (because who else was
going to do it?!).














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How Morgan Stanley courted dodgy customers to build a
wealth-management empire - WSJ (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=100714&nl=daily]
Morgan Stanley discovered last year that a yearslong brokerage
customer had been convicted in 2005 in a U.S. courtfor lying about
terrorism investigationsand had links to al Qaeda bombings of U.S.
embassies.

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Im putting together a legal dream team to defend Israel - WSJ (No
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The International Criminal Court, of which neither Israel nor the U.S.
is a member, has issued arrest warrants for Israels prime minister and
former defense minister as well as a Hamas terrorist commander who is
probably dead. Although Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant cant be
arrested in the U.S. or Israel, several European countries have
already indicated they would arrest them, if they are found within
their territory.














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AI ads can look weird. Brands like Coca-Cola are making them anyway. -
WSJ (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=100714&nl=daily]
Marketing professionals and consumers alike mocked logos that they
describe as badly rendered, shiny faces and distorted proportions
released by the same advertiser behind humanity-affirming campaigns
like Hilltop," in which young people sang, Id like to buy the world a
Coke."

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Elon Musk buying MSNBC? A difficult feat, because it isnt for sale -
WSJ (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=100714&nl=daily]
Last week, Comcast said it was moving forward with a plan to spin off
its NBCUniversal cable networks into a separate company. That news
prompted speculation that the Tesla chief executive might pursue
left-leaning news channel MSNBC.













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How Trump can rid Washington of wokeness | Mint - WSJ (No paywall)
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That the electorate has rejected wokeness should be obvious by now.
Donald Trumps most effective campaign ad featured the tagline, Kamala
is for they/them. President Trump is for you. Even liberal New York
Times columnist Maureen Dowd wrote after the election that woke is
broke.

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Europe cant make Ukraine enough weaponsSo its paying Kyiv to do it -
WSJ (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=100714&nl=daily]
KYIV, UkraineUkraines European allies, struggling to produce enough
weapons for Kyivs war effort, are pioneering a new method: Giving
Ukrainians money to do it themselves.

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Why Elon Musk can never balance the budget, in one chart
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Our mission could not be more clear and more necessary: We have a duty
to explain what just happened, and why, and what it means for you. We
need clear-eyed journalism that helps you understand what really
matters. Reporting that brings clarity in increasingly chaotic times.
Reporting that is driven by truth, not by what people in power want
you to believe.

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Europe must wake up to win arms race, warns NATO commander
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Europe can't win the future arms battle with the rules they've imposed
on themselves today, NATOs Supreme Allied Commander Transformation
(SACT) Admiral Pierre Vandier said in his first press interview since
taking command in late September.

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Starkman: GM Under CEO Mary Barra is an Undeniably Soulless and
Dishonest Company
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The writer, a Los Angeles freelancer and former Detroit News business
reporter, writes a blog, Starkman Approved. Imagine earning a Harvard
MBA and an undergraduate degree in engineering from prestigious MIT
and dedicating your entire professional life to General Motors.

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Why Erik and Lyle Menendez Didn't Appear at Resentencing Hearing
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Due to technical difficulties, Lyle and Erik Menendez were unable to
virtually attend their court hearing on Monday, confirmed to Newsweek
by veteran investigative journalist and author Robert Rand--who was
present at the court--and has covered the case since 1989.

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Walmart to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion policies
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Walmart, the world's largest retailer, is rolling back its diversity,
equity and inclusion policies. This brings it in line with several
major corporations that have reviewed their operational practices
after facing considerable pressure from conservatives.

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The Leak Scandal Roiling Israel - The Atlantic (No paywall)
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The scandal rocking Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus inner
circle began with a headline in giant type announcing Hamass
horrifying plans for Israeli hostages, and an exclusive story about a
document said to be from the computer of the organizations
then-leader, Yahya Sinwar. The headline appeared in German but
precisely fit Netanyahus domestic needs.

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Where J.D. Vance Gets His Weird, Terrifying Techno-Authoritarian Ideas
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In 2008, a software developer in San Francisco named Curtis Yarvin,
writing under a pseudonym, proposed a horrific solution for people he
deemed not productive: convert them into biodiesel, which can help
power the Muni buses.

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New UK non-dom concession accelerates wealthy peoples exit plans - FT
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Anyone leaving before April 2025 will become exempt from inheritance
tax after three years

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Which languages take the longest to learn? - The Economist (No
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THE DIFFICULTY in learning a foreign language lies not only in its
inherent complexity. Languages are complex in different ways (though
all are learnable by infants). The main reason a language is hard is
that it is different from your own.

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US charges against Gautam Adani put loyal Jefferies on the spot - FT
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New York-based bank was vocal champion of Indian group whose
billionaire head is accused of bribery scheme

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Liam Payne's last moments laid bare by hotel employee in Argentina
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Liam Payne was attempting to escape from his hotel when he fell to his
death, an employee has claimed.

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The number of children recruited by gangs in Haiti soars by 70%,
UNICEF says
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Gangs in Haiti are recruiting children at
unprecedented levels, with the number of minors targeted soaring by
70% in the past year, according to a report released Monday by UNICEF.

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Elon Musk acknowledges something that was obvious about the new
Twitter: It's no longer a good place for links.
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For anyone who posts links to X, it's been intuitively clear that
since Elon Musk took over, posts with links don't get the same reach
as they used to. On old Twitter, a tweet with a link to a news article
would often go viral or get a lot of engagement.

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Microsoft's Response to Its Major Outage Is the 1 Thing No Company
Should Ever Do
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On Monday, Microsoft suffered a widespread outage that affected
Outlook and Teams. Reports started appearing early Monday morning, and
escalated throughout the day as more people showed up at work.

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Drake accuses Spotify, UMG of artificially inflating streams of
Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" in court filing
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Rapper Drake's company Frozen Moments filed a petition in a New York
court Monday accusing the streaming service Spotify and Universal
Music Group of conspiring to inflate the streams of Kendrick Lamar's
hit diss track "Not Like Us.

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Pine Labs picks bankers for $1-bn IPO, gears up to go public in first
half of FY26
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Fintech major Pine Labs has picked five investment banks as advisors
for its $1-billion initial public offering (IPO) slated to be launched
in the first half of financial year 2026, people briefed on the matter
told Moneycontrol.

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Influencers Want Brands' Sponsorship, But Not Their Rules
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In September 2018, Snapchat launched a new generation of its Snap
Spectacles. Instead of relying on a traditional advertising campaign
to promote the camera-enabled sunglasses, the brand chose an
influencer to get the word out.

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Halt Impostor Syndrome Before It Happens
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Isabela is an associate at a global management consulting firm, where
she started working shortly after earning an MBA from a top business
school. Her strong analytical and quantitative skills, coupled with
her interpersonal and communication skills, have garnered Isabela high
performance ratings.

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Chinese films about COVID-19, gay romance win big at Taiwan awards
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Films from China about the COVID pandemic and a gay romance won major
prizes on Saturday in Taiwan at the Golden Horse awards, the
Chinese-speaking world's version of the Oscars.

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How Science Can Drive Global Solutions
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From powering a cleaner planet to unlocking the mysteries of space,
three visionaries at Monday's TIME100 Talks in London explored a
crucial challenge: how to transform promising breakthroughs in science
into real-world solutions.

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When Your High Standards Derail Your Success
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High standards aren't a bad thing, but they can hold you and your team
back when they become inflexible.

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Macy's says employee hid up to $154 million in expenses since 2021
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Macy's said a former employee concealed up to $154 million in delivery
expenses over the course of nearly three years. The person who
allegedly hid the money is no longer with the company, the department
store operator said Monday morning, ahead of its third-quarter
earnings report.

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Sean 'Diddy' Combs' case raises questions about the many observers who
might have ignored his alleged crimes
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The billionaire hip-hop producer Sean Combs was charged in September
2024 with sex trafficking and a range of other offenses - and
continues to be hit with lawsuits from alleged victims.

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PAN card with QR code soon! Modi govt okays Rs 1400 cr project
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PAN 2.0 Project: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA),
chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the PAN 2.0 Project
for the Income Tax Department on Monday, with a budget of Rs 1,435
crore.

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You're doing SIPs, but are you doing it smartly?
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SIPs or systematic investment plans have become everyone's favourite
way to build wealth bit by bit. It's easy, automatic and you don't
need a lump-sum investment amount to kick it off--one can start with
as little as a few hundred rupees a month.

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Deadliest Israeli strike yet on central Beirut leaves gruesome scenes
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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Stepping through the charred ruins of her
neighbourhood in central Beirut, Lebanese seamstress Laila Amayrad
watched bulldozers pick through a building flattened by an Israeli
strike days ago, hoping her friends' bodies would be found.

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I have some notes on Sam Altman's note-taking advice
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Nilay's main love language is trolling, and so he sent me this video
of Sam Altman talking about note-taking, because he knew it would
annoy me. Now I recognize there is a school of thought which will say
something like "Whatever it is that will get you to successfully take
notes is correct.

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Prosecutors demand 20-year jail sentence for husband in mass rape
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French prosecutors have demanded a 20-year jail sentence for Dominique
Pelicot, who is accused of drugging his former wife Gisele for a
decade and inviting 50 men recruited online to rape her.

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A Short Introduction to Automotive Lidar Technology
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Ubiquitous adoption of lidar in self driving cars needs one major
thing: lower cost. Lidar has proven to be a capable technology for
level 4 autonomous driving, and is already used in self driving taxis
by Waymo and Cruise.

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Google's iOS app now injects links on third-party websites that go
back to Search
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Google has introduced a new feature on iOS that injects links on
third-party websites that take users back to Google Search. Recently,
Google announced new "Page Annotations" within the Google app on iOS.

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Dad who flew to LAX to find missing daughter Hannah Kobayashi dies by
suicide near airport
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The body of Ryan Kobayashi, 58, was found in a parking lot on Sunday,
according to the Los Angeles County medical examiner. Los Angeles
Police Department officials said they responded to reports of a body
in the 6100 block of Century Boulevard about 4 a.m.

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Hey, wait - is employee performance really Gaussian distributed??
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It's probably Pareto-distributed, not Gaussian, which elucidates a few
things about some of the problems that performance management
processes have at large corporations, and also speaks to why it's so
hard to hire good people.

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