Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Companies tighten security after CEO shooting

Also: Is it too late to get in on crypto? ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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Good morning! It's Daniel de Visé with your Daily Money.

Companies are reevaluating their security measures in the wake of last week's fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, Bailey Schulz reports. 

A number of firms have scrubbed their websites of top executives' biographies and photographs. Others are closing offices or canceling in-person events. Are these changes temporary, or permanent?

Is it too late to get in on crypto?

You scoffed when you heard about millennial hipsters buying up cryptocurrency, hiding your secret shame at not knowing quite what it was.  

You chortled when bitcoin hit $1,000, back in 2013. You shook your head when the digital currency flirted with $20,000 four years later.  

But when Bitcoin soared past $100,000 earlier this month, you felt something different: Envy? Self-doubt? Resignation? 

In recent days, you've even thought about jumping on the crypto bandwagon at last. But you fear you may be too late.

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USA TODAY got a peek behind the scenes at what it takes to close one of Disney's most popular parks and what goes on after guests leave.

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Flags fly at half-staff outside of the office of UnitedHealthcare, the day after the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, Brian Thompson was shot dead, in Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S., December 5, 2024.

Companies are reevaluating security measures in the wake of last week's fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

AUSTIN, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 12: In this photo illustration, a Bitcoin chart is displayed on a cell phone on November 12, 2024 in Austin, Texas. Bitcoin sets a new record as its index performance peaked above $89,000 earlier this morning. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
 

If you aren't already on the bitcoin bandwagon, there may not be room

When bitcoin surged past $100,000 this month, many crypto skeptics felt a pang of something: Envy? Self-doubt? Resignation?

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A shopper walks by the sodas aisle at a grocery store in Los Angeles April 7, 2011. On the streets of America, the debate over inflation is over. Prices are too high and rising too fast, many people say. But policy-makers at the U.S. Federal Reserve largely agree that promoting economic growth is still more urgent that constraining a nascent pick-up in consumer prices.
 

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American society is aging quickly, and most of us want to live in our homes for the rest of our lives, but will that be possible?

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New York's Governor Kathy Hochul makes a transportation announcement on a revised congestion pricing plan at a press conference in New York City, New York, U.S., November 14, 2024.
 

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