Booming Market for E-Commerce Returns Spurs an Acquisition by DHL

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  Price Stability Slowly Returns to Used Car Markets

  Reduced new auto production during the pandemic cut used car supplies, too, contributing to double-digit price fluctuations and sector instability that may finally be ending.
  
  Inc. - 1d
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  ‘Fairy porn’: is this booming erotica genre an insult to Wales?

  Some of these raunchy fantasy novels borrow heavily from Welsh mythology - prompting concerns about misrepresentation. Name: Fairy porn novels.. Age: Centuries old, but recently having a ...
  
  The Guardian - 4d
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  E-commerce giants jump on China's latest trade-in programme amid heated competition

  Yahoo News - 6d
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  US Steel acquisition by Japan’s Nippon blocked

  Domestic steel production is essential to U.S. security, Biden said.
  
  ABC News - Jan. 3
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  A Stock Market Boom Could Arrive in 2025, According to History

  The S&P 500 has turned negative only twice after an annual return of 20 percent or more.
  
  Inc. - Jan. 3

• India’s next digital payments boom

  Also in this newsletter: Is India’s stock market run waning and some New Year’s Eve party stats
  
  Financial Times - Jan. 3

• U.S. dollar index hits more than two-year high as markets brace for Trump return

  Optimism around the U.S. economy was in focus as markets reopened following disrupted trade over Christmas and the New Year's holiday.
  
  CNBC - Jan. 2

• The booming business of special needs education in England

  The public spending watchdog warns that the system is becoming ‘financially unsustainable’ for councils
  
  Financial Times - Jan. 2

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  It’s Now Possible to Make Batteries Out of Paper

  This startup just won an award at CES for its paper-based battery.
  
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  How a Raytheon Scientist Accidentally Invented the Microwave Oven

  The microwave has a messy origin story. That’s how innovation works sometimes.
  
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  The Most Exciting Tech for Your Business at CES 2025

  Some of the weird and wonderful gadgets announced at the Consumer Electronics Show could help you run your company (or at least have more fun).
  
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  Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket Will Be Jeff Bezos’ Challenge to Elon Musk’s SpaceX

  The scheduled Sunday launch could mark a new phase in competition in the commercial space market, and pave the way for the deployment of Amazon’s Kuiper satellite network.
  
  Inc. - 5h
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  Healthy Deal Pipeline Fuels Revived IPO Outlook for 2025

  Wall Street banks eye private-equity owned companies looking for exits as the lineup of projected public offerings grows.
  
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• Tesla recalling 239,000 vehicles in U.S. over rearview camera failures

  Tesla's voluntary recall is related to issues that may cause rearview cameras to fail, according to filings out Friday.
  
  CNBC - 1h
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  James Arthur Ray, Self-Help Guide Whose Retreat Became Deadly, Dies at 67

  A rising star among New Age motivational speakers, he was brought down by a disaster during one of his retreats in Arizona, where three people died in a sweat lodge.
  
  The New York Times - 1h

• Here’s when you can file your 2024 taxes — and what’s new this year with refunds, tax laws and free tax prep

  Income-tax refunds averaged more than $3,100 last year. How much will they be this year?
  
  MarketWatch - 1h

• Amazon to halt some of its DEI programs: Internal memo

  The company said it is in the process of "winding down outdated programs and materials" as part of a broader review of hundreds of initiatives.
  
  CNBC - 1h

• Fired Disney employee will plead guilty to hacking menus to hide peanut content

  Michael Scheuer, who had been a Disney menu production manager, in one instance added a swastika to a menu during hack, prosecutors said.
  
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