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WorkCan a Diagnosis Make You Better? As our diagnostic categories expand to include ever milder versions of disease, researchers propose that the act of naming a malady can itself bring relief. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkTrump opens land for coal mining, offers to boost coal-fired power plants The Trump administration said it will open 13 million acres of federal lands for coal mining and provide $625 million to recommission or modernize coal-fired power plants. The moves come as President Donald Trump has vowed to reverse the years-long decline in the U.S. coal industry. Coal is a reliable but polluting energy source that's long been shrinking amid environmental regulations and competition from cheaper natural gas. Under Trump's orders, the Energy Department has required fossil-fueled power plants in Michigan and Pennsylvania to keep operating past their retirement dates to meet rising U.S. power demand amid growth in data centers, artificial intelligence and electric cars. The latest announcement on Monday would allow those efforts to expand. WorkWorkMIT's concrete battery just got 10 times more powerful Scientists have been working for the last few years on enhancing concrete - arguably the most common construction material on the planet - to store energy. That includes researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), who found a way to combine cement, water, and carbon black to create a 'supercapacitor' for this purpose back in 2023. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkPerplexity Makes $200 AI Browser Free to Battle 'AI Slop' - Business Insider As human and AI-generated "slop" floods the internet, Perplexity says it's fighting back by making Comet -- its AI-native browser that normally costs $200 a month -- free for anyone in the world, forever."We want to build a better internet, and that needs to be accessible to everybody," Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas told Business Insider at a launch event in San Francisco on Wednesday. WorkWorkThe unravelling of France's centrist project - The Economist When Emmanuel Macron took to the stage at the United Nations in New York on September 22nd and 23rd he made one landmark speech to declare France's recognition of a Palestinian state, and another in defence of multilateralism. The first earned him warm applause; the second reminded his remaining supporters why they voted for him. "We have no right to cynicism. We have no right to fatigue. We have no right to the spirit of defeat," he declared. Mr Macron remains a vigorous figure in foreign affairs. Yet no amount of energetic diplomacy abroad can mask what is happening at home: the unravelling of his great centrist venture. WorkVladimir Putin is testing the West - and its unity - The Economist DRONES OVER Poland; MiG fighters traversing Estonian airspace; telecom cables damaged deep beneath the Baltic Sea; airports paralysed by cyber-attacks and quadcopters; mysterious explosions and assassinations; bot swarms pumping out propaganda to disrupt elections: none of these on its own is a casus belli, but together they are adding up to something new and dangerous. Vladimir Putin is waging a grey-zone campaign against NATO: a cheap, deniable and calibrated effort to unsettle Europe that is carefully short of outright conflict. "We are not at war," Germany's chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said this week. "But we are no longer at peace, either." WorkWorkHep-B is the only vaccine given at birth. Why doctors say it can't wait - WSJ The hepatitis B vaccine was licensed for use in the U.S. in 1981.It's the first and only shot most U.S. babies receive: the hepatitis B vaccine--a constant for decades in U.S. newborn care that doctors say is responsible for virtually eliminating childhood cases of the disease.Now that routine protection could be at risk as the Trump administration considers delaying the shot, the latest in a string of moves that undercut longstanding vaccine recommendations. The president recently quipped that perhaps the vaccine could be delayed until as late as age 12. WorkWorkWorkBerkshire Hathaway's Greg Abel seals first deal as CEO-elect with $10bn OxyChem buy - FT Berkshire Hathaway has agreed to buy the petrochemicals business of Occidental Petroleum for $9.7bn, in the first deal masterminded by Greg Abel since he was named Warren Buffett's successor as chief executive.Occidental said on Thursday that it would sell its OxyChem business to Berkshire, in an all-cash deal that is part of the oil and gas group's multiyear divestment programme aimed at cutting its $24bn debt pile. The deal is the conglomerate's biggest transactions in three years. WorkCrypto stockpiling craze cools after red-hot summer - WSJ The hot crypto-treasury summer is over.More than 200 companies went all-in on stockpiling digital currencies this year. Many investors are already cooling to the idea.Corporate purchases of bitcoin have fallen steadily in recent months, and in September dropped to their lowest pace since April. A quarter of the public companies that adopted a bitcoin treasury strategy are now trading below the total value of their digital-token holdings, according to K33 Research. WorkThe reclusive Swede who helped make Taylor Swift a pop star - WSJ Taylor Swift had been writing and releasing albums for six years before she landed her first No. 1 on the Hot 100 chart. "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," with its thunderous drums and hook made for firing up full stadiums, signaled the start of Swift's turn from country to pop.She made the song with help from Max Martin and Shellback, Swedish producers with a nearly unparalleled track record of hits. "I have always been so fascinated by how Max Martin can just land a chorus," Swift told Billboard in 2012. "He comes at you and hits you, and it's a chorus--all caps, with exclamation points." WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkLA's Entertainment economy is looking like a disaster movie - WSJ LOS ANGELES--Brian Mainolfi has been drawing since he came to this city in 1994. The Baltimore native started as an assistant to legendary Looney Tunes animator Chuck Jones, worked on Disney's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and "Mulan," and spent a decade on the animated sitcom "American Dad."The appeal of the work was simple. "People love cartoons," he said. "And I love making cartoons."Since his last show was canceled in 2024, Mainolfi's artistic output has been limited to dinosaurs and monsters in his sketchbook. Like thousands of people who work in the entertainment industry, he has become collateral damage of a precipitous slowdown in production. The only work he's found is teaching an animation class at a Cal State campus three hours away, for $350 a week. WorkWorkTraders scour private data to gauge US jobs slowdown amid BLS turmoil - FT US investors are hunting for private jobs data after the Federal government shutdown blocked a crucial labour market report, compounding concerns about the reliability of official economic statistics in the Trump era.The Bureau of Labor Statistics will not publish its monthly data as planned on Friday, leaving global markets -- and the Federal Reserve -- without a crucial signal about the US economy's health. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWork TradeBriefs Publications are read by over 100,000 Industry Executives About Us | Advertise | Privacy PolicyUnsubscribeYou are receiving this mail because of your subscription with TradeBriefs.
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