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Brent Rooker extension: Slugger agrees to five-year, $60 million deal with Athletics, per report
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The US stock market has never been more concentrated. Does it matter?
World’s biggest game of JengaFinancial Times - 2d -
Big Tech Is So Dominant the Stock Market Would Have Been Flat for 2 Years Without It
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China’s economy still hasn’t fully emerged from the pandemic as a new year dawns
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Fire at a food market in northern China kills at least 8 and injures 15
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A New Guitar Hero Wii Controller Has Been Announced In The Year 2025
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CNBC Daily Open: New year, old problems for stocks
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Tim Ferris Does This 60-Minute Exercise to Start Each New Year and So Should You
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Israeli strikes kill at least 12 Palestinians in Gaza on New Year’s Day
Officials say most of the victims were women and children as Israel’s war against Hamas continues into the new year. Israeli strikes killed at least 12 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on New Year’s ...The Guardian - Jan. 1
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