Month: January 2024

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The Daily Signal - Threat of Houthi Rebels, Jewish Students Sue Harvard, 64 Ways Biden Has Undermined Border Security | Jan. 12

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:


  • The U.S. and U.K. carry out airstrikes against Yemen’s Houthi rebels. 
  • House Speaker Mike Johnson releases a document detailing 64 ways the Biden administration has weakened America’s border. 
  • Jewish students at Harvard University sue their school.
  • Member of the Finnish parliament Päivi Räsänen is being dragged back to court after winning a significant religious freedom fight last year. 


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Document outlines 64 times Biden undermined border security: https://www.speaker.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Biden-Admin-Actions-Undermining-Border-Security.pdf  


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State of the World from NPR - The U.S. and U.K attack targets in Yemen: What It Means for Global Shipping

The series of strikes in Yemen were against the Houthis, an Iran-backed military group, that had been attacking military and commercial vessels in the Red Sea, in what they said was retaliation for Israel's war in Gaza. We hear from our national security correspondent and a international trade expert on the strikes and their economic implications.

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Motley Fool Money - Activist Investors are Acting Up

Twilio’s co-founder and CEO steps down due to activist pressure, and Elliot Management’s $1B stake in Match means changes might be coming.


(00:21) Ron Gross and Emily Flippen discuss:

- The latest inflation numbers and why we shouldn’t bank on rate cuts yet

- Activist investor activity at Twilio and Match Group, and potential plans to take Docusign private.

- Big bank updates, a surprising pop from WD40, and things to watch heading into earnings season.


(19:11) Documentarian Chris Temple talks about his new movie This is Not Financial Advice and how parasocial relationships are impacting what people do with their money and the causes of growing financial nihilism among younger Americans.


(32:46) Ron and Emily break down two stocks on their radar: Despegar and On Holdings.


Stocks discussed: TWLO, MTCH, DOCU, BAC, WFC, JPM, C, WDFC, ONON, DESP


Host: Dylan Lewis

Guests: Ron Gross, Emily Flippen, Mary Long, Chris Temple

Engineers: Dan Boyd

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - MARKETS DAILY: CoinDesk Market Index Week in Review

CoinDesk Indices presents six notable market movement highlights from last week.

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The CoinDesk Market Index (CMI) functions as a benchmark for the performance of the digital asset market, delivering institutional quality information to digital asset investors. Today’s takeaways are provided by Tracy Stephens, senior index manager of CoinDesk Indices with additional analysis from Miguel Kudry, CEO of L1 Advisors. For more on the CMI you can visit: coindeskmarkets.com.

This episode was hosted by Noelle Acheson. “Markets Daily” is executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced and edited by Eleanor Pahl. All original music by Doc Blust and Colin Mealey.

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CrowdScience - Can planting trees solve the climate crisis?

Our question this week comes from a father and his two young boys. They want to know whether it’s possible to plant enough trees to soak up all the extra carbon we are putting into the atmosphere? The quest to find answers takes us to a remote reforestation project in the Carpathian Mountains in Romania which could be a model for other projects looking to tackle the climate crisis through reforestation. We speak to experts to find out how much tree planting and reforestation can do in helping combat the climate crisis. Presenter: Caroline Steel Producer: Margaret Sessa-Hawkins Editor: Richard Collings

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap: January 12, 2024

A winter storm hammers Chicago, migrants housed on CTA buses, and, as the weather worsens, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson delays a 60-day limit on how long migrants can stay in city shelters. Reset goes behind the headlines of those stories and much more in our Weekly News Recap with panelists Carrie Shepherd, reporter for Axios; Dave McKinney, WBEZ state politics reporter; and A.D. Quig, Cook County and Chicago government reporter for the Chicago Tribune.
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Big Technology Podcast - Bill Ackman’s Crusade, A Rabbit Wins CES, Apple Boosts Meta  

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Bill Ackman’s crusade against Harvard & Business Insider 2) Why you shouldn’t plagarize 3) Was Ackman’s wife fair game for reporting 4) Whether Axel Springer should’ve gotten involved 5) Carta ending secondary share sales 6) SEC’s hacked tweet ahead of Spot Bitcoin ETF 7) Bitcoin’s price drop 8) Rabbit wins CES 9) Quora raises $75 million for a new chatbot 10) Is Apple helping Meta?

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