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- The top 25 stories curated by editors and fellow readers!

Editor's Pick

Cambridge researchers develop urine test for early detection of lung
cancer | University of Cambridge

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scientists have developed a urine test for early detection of lung
cancer. The test, the first of its kind, detects "zombie" cells that
could indicate the first signs of the disease.

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Editor's Note: Lung cancer has a poor prognosis for many patients
because often there are no noticeable symptoms until it has spread
through the lungs or into other parts of the body. The new urine test
will allow doctors to spot the disease before it develops.

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How to write your own job description (and invent your role)
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? Hey, it's Wes. Welcome to my weekly newsletter on managing up,
executive communication, and standing out as a higher performer. I
originally published a version of this essay in September 2019. If you
find this post helpful, please share it with friends and colleagues.
Enjoy.

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The first known animal that's "immune" to alcohol intoxication
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If a 175 pound-man drank five one-liter handles of vodka in a day, he
would die. But when a tiny Oriental hornet weighing half a gram
consumes the equivalent amount of alcohol relative to its body size,
it carries on like nothing happened. Many animals, humans among them,
imbibe alcohol.















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Why Swedish Women Are Quitting Work
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Sweden has a reputation for strong gender equality, but some young
women are giving up their jobs.

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Crazy ideology: US companies drop diversity efforts as conservative
pressure mounts - FT (No paywall)
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Scale of the pullback is an abrupt reversal from policies that
appeared poised to widely influence corporate ranks














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When You Have Two Bosses and They Dont Talk to Each Other - Harvard
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Levs promotion to senior project manager came with an unexpected
challenge. Although he continued to report to his functional boss,
Gina, the head of product development, he now also answered to a
project-specific boss, Navin, the leader of a critical new software
implementation. This dual reporting structure was meant to speed up
delivery, but Lev soon noticed that his two bosses hardly talked to
each other. He often found himself relaying information between them,
trying to align conflicting priorities and navigatedifferent
directives.

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Why You Should Start Using Encrypted CommunicationsToday - Inc (No
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If youre concerned about the privacy of your communications,
encryption is your friend. Thats the surprisingly blunt assessment of
Jeff Greene, executive assistant director for cybersecurity at the
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, the federal outfit charged
with protecting our data,in light of the ongoing compromise of the
U.S. telecommunications infrastructure.














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Will private markets morph into ETFs? BlackRock thinks so - WSJ (No
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Back in 2009, in the shadow of the global financial crisis, BlackRock
bought Barclays Global Investors for around $15 billion. Included in
that business focused on index investing was iShares, the provider of
exchange-traded funds. ETFs exploded into the massive asset class they
are today, as foundations of both active and passive strategies,
helping turn BlackRock into the worlds largest asset manager, now
overseeing an incredible $11.5 trillion of clients money.

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Food prices reach 19-month high in November, UN says | Today News -
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The FAOs food price index, which tracks global prices for a basket of
staple foods, averaged 127.5 points in November, a 0.5% increase from
Octobers level and 5.7% higher than a year earlier. The index stands
at its highest level since April 2023, but is still significantly
below the record reached in March 2022 after Russias invasion of
Ukraine.














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Battle for 7-Eleven could be tipping point for Japanese M&A - WSJ (No
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TOKYOThe multibillion takeover battle for the Japanese owner of
7-Eleven is unfolding against a backdrop of heightened deal activity
involving foreign bidders, fanned by a weak yen, undervaluation, and a
profitability gap at many big Japanese firms compared with their
international peers.

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This blind box held a pleasant surprise for investors - WSJ (No
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Forget semiconductors or artificial intelligenceone of the years
hottest stocks has fur and plastic eyes and comes from China. Pop Mart
has turned cute collectible toys into treasure, and you might see more
of its shops around if its overseas expansion goes according to plan.














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New video of UnitedHealthcare CEO suspect emerges
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The chief suspect in the killing of Brian Thompson appears to have
dumped something on a pile of trash bags before shooting the
UnitedHealthcare chief executive in New York, footage obtained by
Newsweek shows.

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Muhammad is UKs most popular boys baby name for first time
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Muhammad has become the UK's most popular baby name for boys for the
first time, new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has
revealed. The name has been among the top 10 names for baby boys since
2016, but has now overtaken the previous favourite, Noah.














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Biden cant save Trumps enemies with preemptive pardons
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a member. Our mission has never been more urgent. But our work isnt
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What We Know About Fatal Shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO
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A manhunt is currently underway as the New York Police Department
(NYPD) looks for the gunman who targeted and fatally shot
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on the morning of Wednesday, Dec.
4.














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The most practical soft skill for a software engineer
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For engineers, one of the most important soft skills is empathy. The
level of empathy within an engineer is usually highlighted when
talking to business/product people.

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Fewer low-altitude clouds may explain 'missing' 0.2C of warming from
Earth's hottest year: study
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A drop in the number of low-altitude clouds was behind unexplained
warming that contributed to the world's hottest year on record, a new
study suggests. The record-breaking heat of 2023, which saw the planet
warm an average 1.













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Payrolls increased 227,000 in November, more than expected;
unemployment rate at 4.2%
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Job creation in November rebounded from a near-standstill the prior
month as the effects of a significant labor strike and violent storms
in the Southeast receded, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported
Friday.

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China's ban on key high-tech materials could have broad impact on
industries, economy
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BANGKOK (AP) -- China has banned exports of key materials used to make
a wide range of products, including smartphones, electric vehicles,
radar systems and CT scanners, swiping back at Washington after it
expanded export controls to include dozens of Chinese companies that
make equipment used to p

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Intel aims to reinvent itself as foundry focus sharpens amid
leadership shake-up
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Intel wants to be "the western provider of leading-edge silicon,"
according to interim co-chief executive David Zinsner, but needs a
successful products division for this to be possible.

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Romanian Court Cancels Presidential Election Amid Russian Influence
Fears
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Constitutional court throws Romanian politics into turmoil, 2 days
before runoff vote was due to take place.

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Telecom Industry 'Think Tank' Feebly Tries To Smear Community Owned
Broadband
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We've noted for decades how the U.S. broadband sector is a mess thanks
to corruption and unchecked monopoly power working tirelessly to
undermine U.S. telecom competition. The result is high prices, spotty
access, slow speeds, and comically terrible customer service.

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When They Hear Plants Crying, Moths Make a Decision
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You may not want to sit next to a crying baby on an airplane.
Apparently, moths feel the same way about plants. When some plants are
dehydrated or under some other form of stress, they cry a mournful
melody made of ultrasonic clicks.

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AI Weapons and the Dangerous Illusion of Human Control
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"I'll be back," Arnold Schwarzenegger famously promised in the 1984
sci-fi hit The Terminator. He wasn't kidding. In a 2023 interview, the
actor turned governor suggested that the movie's vision of autonomous
weapons was now a reality.

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I'm a dad in Australia. I'm worried about the way the social media ban
will affect my 14-year-old.
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My 14-year-old son often rolls his eyes when I talk politics, but he
has taken a keen interest in the topic lately, since Australia's
government has decided to ban everyone in the country from accessing
social media until they turn 16.

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Elon Musk Backed Trump With Over $250 Million, Fueling the Unusual
'RBG PAC'
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Elon Musk, the world's richest man, spent over a quarter of a billion
dollars in the final months of this year's election to help Donald J.
Trump win the presidency, federal filings revealed on Thursday. The
sum is a fraction of Mr. Musk's wealth.

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Elon Musk weighs in on whether he would abuse his growing political
influence
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As for Altman, Musk was an OpenAi co-founder in 2015 before he left
over a conflict of interest in 2018. A few years later, he launched
his own artificial intelligence startup, xAI, which just secured
another $6 billion in funding, according to a regulatory filing. Musk
has sued OpenAI and has asked a federal court to stop it from becoming
a for-profit business and to prevent it from allegedly requiring
investors to refrain from funding rivals, including xAI.

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Canada Moves to Protect Arctic From Threats by Russia and China
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Canada’s government said the country was committed to increasing
military spending in the Arctic, including a 5 billion Canadian
dollar, or $3.6 billion, upgrade of defense systems used by the North
American Aerospace Defense Command — a joint operation of the two
countries.

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Rebels Advance in Syria as Iran Steps Back
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TikTok, a video app used by more than 170 million Americans, moved one
step closer today to disappearing from the U.S. market. A panel of
federal judges unanimously upheld a new law that requires the app’s
Chinese owner to either sell TikTok to a non-Chinese owner by
mid-January or face a nationwide ban in the U.S.

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Next weeka??s inflation data could derail a market thata??s priced for
perfection
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A surprisingly hot report could curtail hopes for a December rate cut
from the Fed and put inflation back at the forefront of investors'
minds.

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DOGE's Musk, Ramaswamy want Congress to pass huge spending cuts.
That's a tough sell
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Nonetheless, the idea is gaining steam in the GOP. Federal
return-to-work policies were the most frequently mentioned example of
potential cost cutting by Republicans who spoke with CNBC on Capitol
Hill this week.

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The S&P 500 is up nearly 30% for the year. Don't expect such high
returns to continue, experts say
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The S&P 500 rose more than 24% in 2023, and if the index rises this
year more than 20%, that would be only the third time that there have
been back-to-back gains of that size in the past century, according to
Deutsche Bank.

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CFPB sues Comerica Bank, alleging it failed to administer federal
benefits program
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The CFPB has taken action against banks for mishandling benefits in
the past, including in 2022 when the bureau fined Bank of America $100
million for mishandling state unemployment benefits in 2020 and 2021.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency also fined the bank $125
million in a separate order.

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Golden Minerals announces NYSE American notice to commence delisting
and intended transition to OTCQB market
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Golden Minerals Company (AUMN) faces delisting from NYSE American,
with stock expected to trade on OTC Pink Market starting December 16,
2024.

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Google Wallet can now hold your US passport
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Google has been testing the use and storage of digital passports in
Google Wallet for some time. Several states have started accepting
digital IDs just in the last few months. New Mexico is the newest
state to accept digital IDs including driver’s licenses and state
IDs in Apple Wallet and Google Wallet.

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Crypto evangelist David Sacks will serve as Trump's AI and
cryptocurrency advisor
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As for Trump, appointing Sacks to his advisory council shows just how
much his stance on crypto has changed. As recently as 2021, he said he
thought Bitcoin seemed “like a scam,” and advocated for “very,
very high” government regulation of the currency. That was before
the crypto industry funneled $131 million during the 2024 election to
get 274 pro-crypto candidates elected to the House of Representatives
and 20 candidates to the Senate. During his campaign, Trump promised
to make the United States “the crypto capital of the planet.”

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Canada boosting Arctic presence in face of Russian threats
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It will also create a new Arctic ambassador post and open consulates
in Alaska and Greenland, as it seeks to settle a boundary dispute with
the United States in the Beaufort Sea and finalize a deal with Denmark
to split Hans Island.

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Missing US journalist Austin Tice believed alive in Syria, mother says
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In the final months of the last Trump administration, two US officials
– the government’s top hostage negotiator, Roger Carstens, and
Kash Patel, now Trump’s pick to lead the FBI – made a secret visit
to Damascus to seek information on Tice and other Americans who had
disappeared in Syria.

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Hopeful hearts and other startup news | TechCrunch
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Voyager Ventures investment director Leonardo Banchik and other
climate tech investors are cautiously optimistic about policy changes
being considered by the second Trump administration. These won’t be
universally detrimental to the sector, and some might even stand to
benefit climate tech, TechCrunch heard.

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Y Combinator alum Nowadays, founded by sisters, raises $2M to automate
event planning | TechCrunch
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The startup joins an increasingly crowded field. Established players
like Cvent and Eventbrite are adding AI tools to their offerings, for
instance. And Partiful, the New York-based event-planning app, has
been named Google’s app of the year.

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Who knew you could get a $500 million valuation without launching a
product?
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Anthony Ha is TechCrunch’s weekend editor. Previously, he worked as
a tech reporter at Adweek, a senior editor at VentureBeat, a local
government reporter at the Hollister Free Lance, and vice president of
content at a VC firm. He lives in New York City.

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The Americans who 'just can't feel sympathy' for healthcare boss slain
in the street
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website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.

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USDA launching mandatory national milk testing program to track H5N1
flu outbreak in cows
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The new federal order allows USDA to obtain raw milk samples from any
player in the production and distribution network. It also requires
herd owners found to have positive cattle to provide information that
would allow the agency to trace the source of the virus and follow
movement of cows. And it reiterates a requirement from an earlier
order that private laboratories and state veterinarians that detect
positive cows must report them to the USDA.

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This Website Shows How Much Google's AI Can Glean From Your Photos
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Software engineer Vishnu Mohandas decided he would quit Google in more
ways than one when he learned the tech giant had briefly helped the US
military develop AI to study drone footage.

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The Philosopher L. A. Paul Wants Us to Think About Our Selves - The
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The Sonoran Desert, which covers much of the southwestern United
States, is a vast expanse of arid earth where cartoonish
entitiesroadrunners, tumbleweeds, telephone-pole-tall succulentsmake
occasional appearances. It was in this iconic, Looney Tunes landscape
that dozens of philosophers gathered in the winter of 2022 at a
three-thousand-acre dude ranch on the outskirts of Tucson, Arizona, as
if inhabiting a thought experiment of their own design. Between
archery practice and lassoing lessons, they met in an adobe structure,
where there was talk of inconsistency relations and the concept of
entailment. How does probably work? was unanimously agreed to be one
of the more polarizing questions a person could ask.

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What to Know about Lead Contamination in Cinnamon - Scientific
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Spices bring up feelings of comfort, cultural belonging and holidays.
They can make our homes smell amazing and our food taste delicious.
They can satisfy our cravings, expand our culinary horizons and help
us eat things that we might normally dislike. Spices have
health-enhancing properties and, in medicine, have been used to heal
people since the ancient times.

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Could the next pope come from Africa or Asia? - The Economist (No
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In the shadow of the giant pillars that encircle St Peters Square,
Nancy Samai sells visitors tickets to the Vatican Museums. A Roman
Catholic, Ms Samai arrived in Italy 22 years ago after fleeing the
civil war in her native Sierra Leone. As she works, she can see the
very window from which Pope Francis greets pilgrims on a Sunday. Like
many of them, she wonders whether one day the face that emerges from
that window might be black. If America can have Barack Obama as its
president, then surely the next pope can be African, she says. Thats
my dream. Thats what Im praying for.

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Generative AI is transforming radiology, and its only the beginning -
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Medical imaging already leads the way in the clinical application of
artificial intelligence: Algorithms that help to analyze CT scans,
MRIs, and X-rays account for more than three-quarters of AI-based
devices authorized by the Food and Drug Administration. But at the
annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America this week,
the next generation of AI large language models was at the center of
attention. Products using LLMs to streamline radiology documentation
dominated the demonstration hall, and several sessions centered on
health technologys latest poster child.

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TikTok Faces US Ban After Appeals Court Refuses to Block Law -
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TikToks Chinese parent company faces a ban in the US if it doesnt meet
a Jan. 19 deadline to sell the video-sharing app as a result of a
federal appeals court ruling Friday.

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The UnitedHealthcare CEO Shooting Has Corporate America Panicking
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As soon as the manhunt for the killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian
Thompson got underway, the security and risk-consultancy firm Kroll
started getting calls from its clients. As the the head of enterprise
security risk management, Matthew Dumperts job is to protect
executives and wealthy individuals from a wide variety of threats,
including violence. I spoke to him the day after the attack about the
public reaction to the vigilante-style killing and whether the
shooting is a wake-up call for corporate America.

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A Second Trump Term Is Set to Scramble Trade Alliances
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Trade relationships have been undergoing a seismic shift over the past
eight years as the United States has backed away from its longstanding
position as a champion of globalization and free-trade agreements. Mr.
Trump’s first presidency included a sharp turn toward protectionism,
as he negotiated deals globally but ended up leaving much higher
tariffs in place against allies like Mexico and Europe, and
competitors like China.

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