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Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP Fall Ahead of Fed Minutes. Why Rate Cuts Matter for Crypto. – Barron's

Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP Fall Ahead of Fed Minutes. Why Rate Cuts Matter for Crypto.  Barron’s Crypto stocks tumble as investors go into risk-off mode  CNBC Cardano, Dogecoin Lead Crypto Losses as Bitcoin Traders Fear Pullback to $100K  CoinDesk Crypto stocks tumble ahead of Friday’s economic conference  Quartz Bitcoin (BTC): Goodbye to $120,000, Dogecoin (DOGE) Can Avoid Breakdown, Shiba Inu (SHIB) Price Shock on Edge  TradingView …

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Millennials are dying at an alarming rate. We have a few ideas as to why.

Millennials are dying at an alarming rate. We have a few ideas as to why.

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. About 3 million Americans die every year. Compared with other rich countries, we die at an alarmingly higher rate: One-quarter of those deaths wouldn’t have occurred if America were only as deadly as its peers. Zoom in, and things get …

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Bitcoin Will Win From Fed Rate Cut Delay Or Confirmation

Bitcoin Will Win From Fed Rate Cut Delay Or Confirmation

Key takeaways: US President Donald Trump’s push for aggressive interest rate cuts could trigger a surge in inflation, weaken the dollar and destabilize long-term bond markets. Even without rate cuts, trade policy and fiscal expansion are likely to push prices higher. Bitcoin stands to benefit either way — whether as an inflation hedge in a rapid-cut environment, or as a …

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Bessent’s Rate View Defies Fed Models, Deutsche Bank Says – Bloomberg.com

Bessent’s Rate View Defies Fed Models, Deutsche Bank Says  Bloomberg.com US Fed to cut rates in September and once more this year, say most economists: Reuters poll  Reuters Why the Fed Will Disappoint the Stock Market, Even if It Cuts Rates in September  Barron’s Is the Fed ready to cut interest rates? Experts weigh in  ABC News All roads lead to inflation: Fed cut …

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Vaccine panel fired by Kennedy had lowest rate of financial conflicts since 2000, study shows – Reuters

Vaccine panel fired by Kennedy had lowest rate of financial conflicts since 2000, study shows  Reuters Healthy Returns: New study casts doubts on RFK Jr.’s reasons for gutting key vaccine panel  CNBC Conflicts on vaccine panels were at record lows before Kennedy’s firings  NBC News Conflicts of interest among federal vaccine advisors were ‘historically low’ through 2024  Endpoints News A Former Member of ACIP …

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Viking Therapeutics stock falls 37% on high dropout rate in obesity trial

Viking Therapeutics stock falls 37% on high dropout rate in obesity trial

Investing.com — Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VKTX) stock plunged as much as 37% Tuesday after revealing results from its Phase 2 VENTURE-Oral Dosing trial for its oral obesity treatment, while Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) shares gained 1.5% as analysts pointed to competitive advantages. The trial demonstrated that Viking’s oral tablet formulation of VK2735, a dual GLP-1 and GIP receptor agonist, met its primary …

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The Gavinmander: How We Would Rate the New California Democratic Map if Voters Approve It – Sabato's Crystal Ball – Center For Politics

The Gavinmander: How We Would Rate the New California Democratic Map if Voters Approve It – Sabato’s Crystal Ball  Center For Politics Gavin Newsom thanks you for your attention to redistricting  CNN California kicks off sprint to redraw House districts for Democrats  The Washington Post Speaker Johnson vows to fight California Democrats’ ‘illegal power grab’  The Hill 5 things to know about Gavin Newsom’s …

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Death rate for US children surges 25 percent in 10 years

Death rate for US children surges 25 percent in 10 years

Elevenlabs AudioNative Player Baby and mom near the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, April 5, 2020 [Photo by https://www.vperemen.com / / CC BY 4.0] The death rate for US children has surged by 25 percent over the past decade, according to a study published last month by pediatrician Dr. Christopher Forrest and colleagues in the Journal of the American Medical …

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