Month: November 2024

Analysts love these cheap stocks that have plenty of upside heading into 2025
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Analysts love these cheap stocks that have plenty of upside heading into 2025

Amid today’s historically expensive market, there are still a host of health care and energy companies that are attractively priced for investors. Stocks have had an impressive run this year, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S & P 500 ending November trading on a strong note, touching all-time highs this past week. The […]

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Oracle is on pace for the best year since 1999. What led to the meteoric rise
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Oracle is on pace for the best year since 1999. What led to the meteoric rise

Bets on artificial intelligence and the buildout of large language models have hoisted shares of a once ubiquitous megacap technology stock to its best year in a quarter century. Oracle has soared 75% this year, headed for its second-best year on record and best since 1999, when shares roughly quadrupled in price. ORCL YTD mountain […]

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4 tips for handling the holidays as a newly single person: ‘Give yourself grace,’ therapist says
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4 tips for handling the holidays as a newly single person: ‘Give yourself grace,’ therapist says

A few Christmas Eves ago, Nicola Slawson got very, very drunk. The London-based writer had spent the previous Christmas with her ex and was attempting to bury those memories. “I was going through a heartbreak and I think I really didn’t handle it well,” says Slawson, who writes The Single Supplement, a newsletter for single […]

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I’m a travel writer who has visited 68 countries—the 4 ‘magical places’ I think about moving to most
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I’m a travel writer who has visited 68 countries—the 4 ‘magical places’ I think about moving to most

I wonder what it would be like to live in most of the places I visit, but I know I can’t make everywhere home.  As much as I would love to wake up in Sydney every morning, Australia is just a little too far away from everywhere else. As vibrant as Istanbul is, it’s a […]

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I interviewed 70 parents who raised highly successful adults—their top 4 regrets: ‘I shouldn’t have fixed things for them’
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I interviewed 70 parents who raised highly successful adults—their top 4 regrets: ‘I shouldn’t have fixed things for them’

As parents, we often wonder if we’re doing the right thing for our children. No one is immune to that kind of thinking. I have interviewed hundreds of young entrepreneurs and their parents to learn how they were raised. Most parents who raised highly successful adults did a great job. What surprised me is that […]

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Canada Prime Minister Trudeau visits Florida to meet with Trump amid tariff threat
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Canada Prime Minister Trudeau visits Florida to meet with Trump amid tariff threat

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in a press conference about the Royal Mounted Police’s investigation into “violent criminal activity in Canada with connections to India”, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada October 14, 2024.  Blair Gable | Reuters Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Donald Trump’s Florida resort on Friday to meet […]

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As Syrian rebels sweep into Aleppo, army closes airport and roads, sources say
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As Syrian rebels sweep into Aleppo, army closes airport and roads, sources say

A fighter inspects a seized Syrian Army rocket launcher in the district of Khan al-Assal which was taken over by Jihadists and their Turkish-backed allies in the northern Syrian Aleppo province, on November 29, 2024.  Aaref Watad | Afp | Getty Images Syrian authorities closed Aleppo airport as well as all roads leading into the […]

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Ukraine asks NATO for membership invite next week, letter shows
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Ukraine asks NATO for membership invite next week, letter shows

Ukrainian soldiers prepare the M777 artillery, in the direction of Marinka, Ukraine on 15 August 2024.  Diego Herrera Carcedo | Anadolu | Getty Images Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has urged his NATO counterparts to issue an invitation to Kyiv at a meeting in Brussels next week to join the Western military alliance, according to […]

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In a shock offensive, insurgents breach Syria’s largest city for the first time since 2016
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In a shock offensive, insurgents breach Syria’s largest city for the first time since 2016

Insurgents breached Syria’s largest city Friday and clashed with government forces for the first time since 2016, according to a war monitor and fighters, in a surprise attack that sent residents fleeing and added fresh uncertainty to a region reeling from multiple wars. The advance on Aleppo followed a shock offensive launched by insurgents Wednesday, as thousands […]

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Drone pilots are in high demand — but what is the job really like?
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Drone pilots are in high demand — but what is the job really like?

They’re some of the world’s most in-demand tech jobs – but what does a day in the life of a drone pilot look like? CNBC looked at the most current and cutting-edge drone jobs in three different industries. From rescue missions, filming travel videos, to inspecting buildings for signs of corrosion, they’re all working with […]

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