Asia needs to spend much more to adapt to climate change and limit its damage, bank study says

Rangers Get Blown Out By Sabres In Much-needed Wakeup Call

Mistakes that have plagued the Rangers all season finally came to bight them in their 6-1 loss to Sabres.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 8

Storms bring much needed rain to the Northeast and alerts to the West

Both sides of the country are facing some extreme weather as heavy rain pushes northeast and a bomb cyclone low pressure system impacts Northern California and the Pacific Northwest. NBC News ...

The IRS just set 401(k) limits for 2025 — here’s how much you can save

The Internal Revenue Service said Friday that 401(k) contribution limits will climb to $23,500 next year, meaning retirement savers will be able to tuck away a little more in 2025.

Business - MarketWatch - November 2

Kids Wants Video Games More Than Money For The Holidays, Study Finds

It's not a big surprise, but a lot of children want video games for the holidays. The Entertainment Software Association, which represents the US video game industry's interests in Washington D.C., ...

Tech - GameSpot - November 13

Alcohol Deaths Have More Than Doubled in Two Decades, Study Finds

Americans are dying of illnesses related to alcohol at roughly twice the rate seen in 1999.

Health - The New York Times - Yesterday

Switzerland is now flirting with deflation, causing a dilemma for its central bank

Switzerland could be at risk of slipping into deflationary territory next year as a stronger Swiss franc dogs policymakers' efforts to get a handle on prices.

Business - CNBC - October 31

Congress needs to reclaim its role in policymaking

The 119th Congress will be the first to begin since the Supreme Court overturned its 1984 Chevron decision, and their are proposed reforms to restore the role of the legislative branch in ...

Politics - The Hill - November 15

Japan urgently needs to plug its CFO deficit

Investors expect to deal with people fluent in shareholder-focused language

World - Financial Times - 2 days ago

The Climate Election: How climate will impact your bills, health and more

The next president could have a big impact on climate change policies. Here are 11 ways the issue could impact your health, bills, natural disaster recovery and more.

Russia's central bank raises interest rate to 21% to fight inflation boosted by military spending

Russia’s central bank has raised its key interest rate by two percentage points to a record-high 21% in an effort to combat growing inflation

World - ABC News - October 25

Russian central bank hikes interest rate to record-high 21%, to fight inflation fueled by military spending

World - ABC News - October 25

UK Budget as it happened: Rachel Reeves raises tax, spending and borrowing

Taxes rise as chancellor delivers the first Labour budget since 2010

Business - Financial Times - October 30

The Dollar Still Has Its Mojo. X, Not So Much.

Ruining a network is hard, but Elon Musk shows it’s possible.

Top stories - The New York Times - 5 days ago

Could a Trump presidency damage both democracy and the economy? Experts weigh in

Trump could damage the economy, experts say, if he makes good on threats to prosecute political rivals, including Kamala Harris.

Israeli Strikes Damage a Major Hospital in Northern Gaza, Officials Say

Patients and medical staff were wounded at Kamal Adwan Hospital, one of the few in northern Gaza still providing limited medical care, the health ministry and the hospital’s chief said.

World - The New York Times - November 5

We assume damage to Baltic Sea cables was sabotage, German minister says

Boris Pistorius says ‘no one believes’ two undersea fibre-optic communications cables were cut accidentally. Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates Germany has said it has to assume that ...

World - The Guardian - 4 days ago

JPMorgan sues four people over ‘Chase Bank glitch.’ Here’s how much money they allegedly stole.

JPMorgan Chase filed lawsuits against four people or entities on Monday, accusing the customers of withdrawing money that was never in their accounts.

Business - MarketWatch - November 2

Criminals may be leveraging climate change as record acreage burns in Brazil's Amazon

World - Yahoo News - October 25

Threat of foodborne pathogens is growing with climate change, experts warn

Some pathogens that contaminate food are even showing up in the U.S. for the first time thanks to climate change.

Spain’s deadly floods and droughts are two faces of the climate crisis coin

Scientists say violent weather battering Mediterranean is a harbinger of what the rest of Europe can soon expect. Residents of Chiva, a small town on the outskirts of Valencia, can expect a grim ...

World - The Guardian - October 30

Climate change worsened disasters that caused half a million deaths: Report

The 10 deadliest extreme weather events of the previous two decades, which contributed to some 570,000 deaths, were all intensified by human-caused climate change, according to a new study from ...

Politics - The Hill - October 31

Trump Set to Drastically Roll Back Climate Change Initiatives

Under a new Trump administration, many climate change measures may be on the chopping block.

Business - Inc. - November 7

Cop29 could change the financial climate for the world’s wealthy polluters

This week’s summit will focus on paying for the costs of global heating – and much more money is needed. About 50,000 government officials, policymakers, investors and campaigners will gather in ...

World - The Guardian - November 10

All you need to know about COP29

Leaders heading to the annual UN climate talks have a lot of other distractions to contend with

Latin America’s hydro power bet suffers effects of climate change

Drought and floods have played havoc with production across region where almost half of electricity comes from water sources

World - Financial Times - November 11

How Trump's election is impacting COP29, the U.N. Climate Change Conference

This week's United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP29, comes as President-elect Donald Trump, who's said climate change is a hoax, prepares to take office again. CBS News national ...

China urges ‘constructive dialogue’ on climate change under Trump

Envoy tells COP29 summit in Baku that it is ‘firmly’ committed to controlling methane and other super-pollutants

Business - Financial Times - November 12

With dengue cases at an extreme high, research points to climate change's role

Dengue fever has spread at alarming rates this year. New research attributes nearly a fifth of the existing dengue burden to climate change.

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