Thursday, December 5

In The NEWS


Sports, Entertainment, & Culture

> Disney+ integrates ESPN live sports and other select content into its offering, including two new Disney+ exclusive sports studio shows (More)

> Texas, Georgia, and Alabama highlight top 2025 recruiting classes for college football's national signing day (More) | Sports streamer DAZN signs roughly $1B deal for broadcast rights to all 63 matches for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup (More)

> Taylor Swift named Spotify's most-streamed artist worldwide for second straight year; The Weeknd, Bad Bunny, Drake, and Billie Eilish round out the top five (More)


Science & Technology
> Drugmaker Eli Lilly reports its weightloss drug Zepbound showed more than 20% reduction in body weight, roughly 50% more effective than rival Wegovy in randomized control trials (More) | See comparison between the two (More)

> Researchers discover brain circuit linked to resilience against stress in mice; findings may lead to new treatments for chronic depression (More)

> Engineers develop new catalyst that efficiently turns methane gas into useful polymers; reaction produces formaldehyde, which can be combined with urea to create a resin found in common consumer goods (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +0.6%, Dow +0.7%, Nasdaq +1.3%), with all three indexes reaching all-time session highs and closing at records (More) | Bitcoin surpasses $100K in value for the first time; the cryptocurrency has jumped over 45% in value since the US presidential election last month (More)

> Amazon sued by Washington, DC, Attorney General Brian Schwalb (D) for allegedly excluding two historically underserved communities from access to Prime's expedited two-day delivery (More)

> General Motors to record over $5B hit to Q4 profit as it aims to restructure an unprofitable joint venture in Shanghai that has lost market share to Chinese manufacturers in recent years (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> South Korea's opposition parties submit motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol following martial law declaration this week; vote could come as early as tomorrow (More) | See previous write-up (More)

> President-elect Donald Trump to nominate cryptocurrency advocate Paul Atkins to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission (More) | Former Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R) selected to lead Small Business Administration (More) | Peter Navarro selected as top trade adviser (More) | Jared Isaacman—first billionaire to conduct private spacewalk—chosen to lead NASA (More) | Army veteran Dan Driscoll selected for Army secretary (More) | See list of key appointments and nominations (More)

> Final House race called as Democrat Adam Gray is declared winner of California's 13th District; Republicans to hold five-seat majority (220-215) (More)


SOURCE:  1440 NEWS

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