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

Editor's Pick

How to know when it's time to go -- Bitfield Consulting

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job is never easy, and it’s a consequential decision. But when
it’s time, it’s time. Here’s how to escape the comfort trap, and
take the next step in your career.

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Editor's Note: Companies will sometimes ask you to take part in an
"exit interview", usually presented as an information-gathering
exercise where you can give honest feedback about your employment, and
why you're leaving. Sometimes they'll ask for suggestions that could
help improve things for the employees who are staying. Sounds innocent
enough, right? It's a trap

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Man Is Arrested in Connection With Little Mountain Fire
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Tens of thousands of residents remain under mandatory evacuation
orders. As of Thursday morning, the Palisades fire near Malibu and the
Pacific Palisades neighborhood was only 21 percent contained. The
Eaton fire, burning near Pasadena, was 55 percent contained.

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Taylor Swift Is Breathing Some Life Into Target - Bloomberg (No
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The retailer got a holiday boost from an exclusive deal to sell the
megastar's Eras Tour book. But can it repeat the performance?






















 










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Google thinks it has the best AI tech. Now it needs more users. - WSJ
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CEO Sundar Pichai recently told employees he believes the companys
Gemini AI technology has surpassed the capabilities of competitors and
he wants the chatbot built on it to be used by 500 million people by
the end of 2025, said people familiar with the matter.

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Map shows seven states expecting heavy snow ahead of Arctic blast
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Millions are bracing for subzero wind chills this weekend as the
coldest air of the season hits most of the country. The Arctic blast
will bring snow squalls to several states, and seven other states are
expecting heavy snow ahead of the plunging temperatures.







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A new Supreme Court case seeks to make it harder to get screened for
cancer
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What 2025 Holds for the World
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When I talked to Borge Brende recently about what 2025 has in store
for us, he started by looking not forward but backward. Seeking to
understand our new horizonsthe theme of this issuethe World Economic
Forum president compared this year to 1918, 1945, and 1989. We are, in
his view, living at a moment of seismic change. There is a new order
on its way, he said, but we dont know exactly where it is. Following a
year of global elections, marked by rising populism and fury at the
establishment, we enter into 2025 alert to new challenges and
opportunities ahead, and aware that they can come swiftly.















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How the AfD got its swagger back - The Economist (No paywall)
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IT IS A bitingly cold evening in Bautzen, a handsome town nestled in
the hills of the Oberlausitz, deep in the east German state of Saxony.
But spirits are high at the election stand of the hard-right
Alternative for Germany (afd). Our land first, because we love
Germany! proclaim banners in the partys trademark bright blue. The
mood inside the party is really good, beams Frank Peschel, who sits in
Saxonys parliament. The afd took 39% of the vote here at last years
European election, and your correspondent struggles to find any local
not planning to vote for it at the national election on February 23rd.
The left calls us Nazis, but we just want a normal life, says Simon, a
20-year-old. He will deliver his first vote to the party next month.

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Travelers discover vacationing in a ghost town can be grim - WSJ (No
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For a vacation to Italy, Ramy Awad wanted an adventure. So he picked
Fossa, a town deep in the middle of the country that was abandoned
after a 2009 earthquake. But things quickly went sideways for the
35-year-old and two friends he brought with him.







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This hedge fund created an Excel on steroids - WSJ (No paywall)
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When the firm couldnt find something on the market to, for example,
consistently and quickly pull and analyze the entire universe of daily
stock prices for all time, it sought to make it a reality.

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How to Write a Job Description That Actually Gets People to Apply -
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On the spectrum of managerial chores, writing a job description
probably falls somewhere between conducting employee performance
reviews and filing expense reports high on tedium, low on immediate
gratification. But experts advise shifting your perspective. Instead,
see it as a chance to showcase how your organizations vision, brand,
and values connect with what jobseekers care about most. To get the
attention of potential candidates, follow these steps: 1) Reflect on
the qualities, knowledge, experience, and skills that would make a
candidate a good fit. 2) Highlight how the job connects to the
organizations strategy. 3) Showcase opportunities for growth. 4)
Emphasize skills, not diplomas 5) Highlight autonomy. 6) Choose your
words carefully. 7) Be transparent about rewards. 8) Dont be boring.






















 









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FDA authorizes sale of Zyn nicotine pouches, saying public health
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As Zyn nicotine pouches gained viral fame via TikTok and other social
media platforms in recent months, public health organizations and
politicians have been raising concerns about their potential appeal to
young people. Now the Food and Drug Administration has decided Zyn
products can remain on the market.

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Rudy Giulianis Trial Against Georgia Election Workers Postponed After
He Doesnt Show Up To Court - Forbes (No paywall)
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Ex-attorney Rudy Giulianis trial against the Georgia election workers
hes been forced to turn over his assets to was postponed until Tuesday
after Giuliani never arrived at the courthouse, as the former mayor
was slated to go to trial Thursday morning in a dispute over his
Florida condominium and World Series rings.














 









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North Korea Deployed 12,000 Troops To Kursk In October. Three Months
Later, A Third Are Dead Or Wounded.
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A third of the troops North Korea deployed to western Russia's Kursk
Oblast late last year has been killed or wounded, according to
Ukrainian Pres. Volodymyr Zelensky. Col. Ants Kiviselg, the head of
the Estonian defense forces' intelligence center, confirmed the claim.

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At least 78 dead at abandoned South Africa gold mine that was scene of
a standoff
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STILFONTEIN, South Africa -- Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at
least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned
South African gold mine, where they have languished for over two
months during a standoff with authorities who demanded they surrender
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AI Agents Are Here, But Can Generic LLMs power them to Solve Specific
Enterprise Use Cases?
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1. Overall cost of software development will reduce: Building software
will require fewer people, and the speed to ship software will
drastically increase. 2.

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Microsoft CEO: AI Agents Will Transform SaaS as We Know It
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Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, has made some bold predictions about
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EV, hybrid sales reached a record 20% of U.S. vehicle sales in 2024
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DETROIT -- Sales of all-electric vehicles and hybrid models reached
20% of new car and truck sales in the U.S. for the first time last
year -- marking a landmark year for "green" vehicles but coming at a
slower pace than many had previously anticipated.

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ChargePoint is doing something about all the EV charger cable-cutting
crooks
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ChargePoint has had enough of vandalizing thieves who saw through EV
charger cables to steal valuable copper -- so now it's making new
"cut-resistant" cables and adding alarm systems in an attempt to
mitigate the damage.

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The Future of AI Under Donald Trump: Industry-Wide Impacts
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been a game-changer across
industries, from healthcare to finance, but its future depends heavily
on the policies and decisions of governments.

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Billiondollar video game is this the most expensive piece of
entertainment ever made
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How much does it cost to make a video game? The development expenses
of blockbuster games are closely guarded business secrets, but they
have been climbing ever higher over the years towards big
Hollywood-style spending.

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Is this the $200,000 ticket to cheating death?
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A German cryonics start-up is offering a chance at a second life for
the cost of a sports car. Is cryogenics within reach, or still an
empty promise? It is one of three retrofitted and operated by
Tomorrow.

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A.I. Military Start-Up Anduril Plans $1 Billion Factory in Ohio
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Anduril, a technology start-up that designs autonomous systems and
weapons for government agencies and the military, plans to build a $1
billion factory in Columbus, Ohio, the company said on Thursday.

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UK's Starmer arrives in Kyiv for security talks with Zelenskyy days
before Trump is sworn in
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in
Ukraine's capital on Thursday with a pledge to help guarantee the
country's security for a century, days before Donald Trump is sworn in
as U.S. president.

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Denmark tells Trump: Greenland should decide on its own independence
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The Danish premier said last week that she had requested to speak to
Trump but hadn't yet heard back. At the time, she assured there was
"no reason to believe" Trump actually plans to invade Greenland.

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At JPM, biotech industry expresses excitement -- and some anxiety --
about therapies from China
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Are we entering a world in which all of the exciting
new therapeutics come from China? That question and variations of it
could be heard at coffee meetings and late-night cocktail parties this
week during the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference.

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Temperatures to Plummet From Polar Vortex-Related Arctic Blast
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This frigid air will be far colder than the event that occurred
earlier this month, forecasters say.

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What Happens When a Plastic City Burns
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Most modern couches are basically blocks of gasoline.

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Popular sleeping pill shown to block brain's critical cleaning cycle
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Each night, our brains execute a "wash and rinse" routine that clears
away harmful protein waste linked to neurodegenerative diseases like
Alzheimer's. Now, new research shows that a common prescription sleep
aid can disrupt this essential process.

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FTC bans General Motors from selling driver data for five years
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"GM monitored and sold people’s precise geolocation data and driver
behavior information, sometimes as often as every three seconds," FTC
Chair Lina M. Khan said. "With this action, the FTC is safeguarding
Americans’ privacy and protecting people from unchecked
surveillance."

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Google decides it won't comply with EU fact-checking law
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This is happening just after Meta announced it would be ending its
fact-checking program in the US, so who knows if Mark Zuckerberg will
comply with EU laws. X scaled back its professional fact checkers a
while ago. Big tech certainly seems to have a big problem with, um,
facts.

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'TikTok Refugees' are learning Mandarin Chinese on Duolingo for
RedNote
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Meanwhile, RedNote's original Chinese users are getting language
lessons from the app's American imports. They're now apparently
getting schooled on gen Alpha American slang and TikTok trends, like
"my shayla" and "Raw. Next question." Chinese users are also having
fun with the new users, telling them that they're their "Chinese spy"
and jokingly asking for their data to give to China's government.

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Donald Trump reportedly weighing up TikTok ban delay
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NBC, the US broadcaster, has reported that the Biden administration
has been weighing options to keep the social media platform open
beyond Sunday, in an attempt to defer the decision to Trump.

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Brad Pitt reacts to aawfula scammers who fooled French woman using his
pictures
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Anne transferred hundreds of thousands of euros to the person for
medical expenses, only to realize she was scammed when she saw a
photograph this summer of Pitt with his partner, Inés de Ramón.

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Despite VCs investing 75B in Q4 , it's still hard for startups to
raise money, data proves | TechCrunch
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Whether 2025 will see a continuation of the high venture capital
investment levels observed in Q4 of last year remains to be seen.
However, most venture capital funding will probably continue to flow
toward a small cohort of the most promising AI companies.

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Exclusive: Failed fintech startup Bench racked up over 65 million in
debt, documents reveal
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Gary Levin, head of corporate development for Employer.com, told
TechCrunch that the Canadian court is overseeing Bench’s insolvency
proceedings and will supervise the distribution of proceeds to
creditors. He emphasized that Employer.com has a strong balance sheet
that allows it to invest in Bench significantly moving forward.

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Mark Cuban is ready to fund a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky's AT
Protocol | TechCrunch
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Sarah has worked as a reporter for TechCrunch since August 2011. She
joined the company after having previously spent over three years at
ReadWriteWeb. Prior to her work as a reporter, Sarah worked in I.T.
across a number of industries, including banking, retail and software.

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Goldman Sachs' David Solomon tells startups to reconsider going public
| TechCrunch
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Goldman is working more and more with large private companies,
including helping Stripe on its $6.5 billion round in 2023. Stripe is
part of the growing class of large, private tech companies that are
deciding to remain private for much longer. 

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Anduril to build its billion-dollar weapons megafactory in Ohio |
TechCrunch
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Part of Ohio’s appeal was the proximity to Rickenbacker
International Airport, where the company will have access to
12,000-foot runways, as well as ample land, as the company will have
500 acres nearby for potential expansion, it said.

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Netradyne snags 90M at 1.25B valuation to expand smart dashcams for
commercial fleets | TechCrunch
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Rebecca Bellan covers transportation for TechCrunch. She’s
interested in all things micromobility, EVs, AVs, smart cities, AI,
sustainability and more. Previously, she covered social media for
Forbes.com, and her work has appeared in Bloomberg CityLab, The
Atlantic, The Daily Beast, Mother Jones, i-D (Vice) and more.Rebecca
studied journalism and history at Boston University. She has invested
in Ethereum.

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Dub.co is an open source URL shortener and link attribution engine
packed into one | TechCrunch
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“By turning short links into attribution engines, Dub can help
marketers answer the age-old question of ‘What’s my ROI on my
marketing spend?’ — backed by real-world conversion data.”

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Beneath deal-making at J.P. Morgan conference, debate and sympathy
over Americans' anger at health care
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Angus Chen covers all issues broadly related to cancer including
drugs, policy, science, and equity. He joined STAT in 2021 after
covering health and science at NPR and NPR affiliate stations. His
work has been recognized by national Edward R. Murrow awards, the June
L. Biedler prize for cancer journalism, and more.

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Cancer burden is shifting from men to women and old to young
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The report relied on incidence data collected by central cancer
registries through 2021 and mortality data collected by the National
Center for Health Statistics through 2022. That means there’s an
asterisk for the Covid-19 pandemic. The percentage of all deaths due
to cancer increased from 17% in 2021 to 19% in 2022, but when Covid
deaths are excluded, cancer accounted for 20% of deaths in both
years. 

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Powerful Forces Threaten Climate Action, Biden Warns - Scientific
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CLIMATEWIRE | President Joe Biden used the first half of his 17-minute
farewell address Wednesday night to tout his achievements over the
past four years, highlighting infrastructure and climate legislation
that created new jobs across the country.

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Younger women are now more at-risk for cancer than men - WSJ (No
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Cancer rates for women in the U.S. have risen over the past
half-century, particularly among women under age 65 diagnosed with
breast cancer, the American Cancer Society said Thursday. Men,
meanwhile, have experienced a decline in cancer rates compared with
prior decades.

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Wildfires in L.A.: Where Small-Business Owners Can Find Aid, Even If
Insurers Are Squeezed - Inc (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=129738&nl=daily]
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For businesses that were damaged or wiped out by the wildfires that
have scorched greater Los Angeles for a week, there is an overwhelming
sense of grief. Nearly 40,000 acres have burned and tens of thousands
of people have been displaced. Californias state fire agency, Cal
Fire, estimates that more than 12,000 structures have been destroyed
and at least two dozen people have perished.

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State Attorneys General Ask Courts to Preserve Biden-era Gun Control
Measures
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Mr. Platkin’s office led a motion filed Wednesday in the U.S.
District Court for North Dakota as well, this time to intervene on
behalf of a group of undocumented immigrants. That case, which began
as a lawsuit by 19 Republican states against the Biden administration,
challenges a policy that allows some undocumented immigrants already
legally authorized to stay in the United States to also receive
subsidized health insurance under the Affordable Care Act.

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Biden Tightens Cybersecurity Rules, Forcing Trump to Make a Choice
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Some will be reversed next week, making many of Mr. Biden’s steps
nothing more than an exiting political gesture. But the new
cybersecurity requirements add a wrinkle to that debate, potentially
setting up a conflict between the Trump administration’s vow to
deregulate and its pledge to defend against Chinese intrusions into
American networks.

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Cancer's New Face: Younger and Female
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More Americans are surviving cancer, but the disease is striking young
and middle-aged adults and women more frequently, the American Cancer
Society reported on Thursday.

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American Express to pay 230 million over 'deceitful marketing
campaign'
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“We cooperated extensively with these agencies and our regulators
and took decisive voluntary action to address these issues, including
discontinuing certain products several years ago, conducting a
comprehensive internal review, taking appropriate disciplinary
measures, making organizational changes, and enhancing policies,
compliance, and training programs,” Amex said in a statement.

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Cash App parent fined up to 175 million for 'woefully incomplete'
response to fraud
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The order is part of a sweeping effort by the CFPB to crack down on
widespread fraud across payments networks. Last month, the CFPB sued
JPMorgan Chase (JPM+0.77%), Wells Fargo (WFC-0.12%), and Bank of
America (BAC-1.20%) over failures to stop fraud perpetrated through
Zelle, the payments network owned by Early Warning Services, a company
co-founded by the banks.

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