Healthy Deal Pipeline Fuels Revived IPO Outlook for 2025

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  Silicon Valley’s largest start-ups to shun IPOs in 2025

  Huge recent fundraising deals for Databricks, SpaceX and OpenAI further delay need for stock market debuts
  
  Financial Times - 17h
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  2024 Tried to Kill DEI. Could Costco Launch a Revival in 2025?

  Conservative activists have successfully convinced companies such as McDonald’s and Walmart to shut down their DEI programs. Costco said no.
  
  Inc. - 2d

• Eating Healthy

  The science behind Well’s ultraprocessed foods challenge.
  
  The New York Times - 5d

• Blast of frigid US weather revives volatility in heating fuel markets

  Parts of the country may face the coldest January in more than a decade after years of warmer winter temperatures
  
  Financial Times - Jan. 3

• What economists say about the UK’s outlook for 2025

  Below are full responses to the FT’s annual survey about the British economy
  
  Financial Times - Jan. 2
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  Swisscom Trims Profit Outlook on Early Closing of Vodafone Italia Deal

  Swisscom lowered its core earnings guidance after the deal to merge its Italian subsidiary Fastweb and Vodafone’s operations closed on Dec. 31.
  
  The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 2
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  Ukraine halts pipeline carrying Russian natural gas to Europe, as deal expires

  "We stopped the transit of Russian gas, this is a historic event," Herman Galushchenko, Ukraine's energy minister, said in a statement.
  
  ABC News - Jan. 1

• Russian Gas to Europe Stops Flowing After Ukraine Refuses to Renew Pipeline Deal

  The move is expected to have limited impact on the continent, which has diversified its energy supplies since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
  
  The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 1
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  How to Start (and Keep) a Healthy Habit (2025)

  Whether you want to run a marathon or learn to play the guitar, here’s how to set yourself up for success.
  
  Wired - Jan. 1

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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.
  
  Inc. - 2h
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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).
  
  Inc. - 2h
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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. - 3h
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  Booming Market for E-Commerce Returns Spurs an Acquisition by DHL

  Huge volumes of returned goods from online purchases are inspiring legacy freight operators to buy specialized delivery companies, increasing their share of the growing business in buyer’s remorse.
  
  Inc. - 4h

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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 - 5m

• 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 - 10m

• 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 - 22m

• 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.
  
  CNBC - 25m
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  American Airlines’ use of ‘ESG activist’ BlackRock failed workers, US judge says

  Case over pension scheme management highlights rising risks of legal challenges over environmentally-focused policies
  
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