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Lagarde Says She Can't Stay Neutral in Current Situation

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European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde says "there is never a good time to leave" but that she wants "to have the freedom of speech, the freedom of expression, and the freedom to engage on matters that are not monetary policy matters." She made the comments at a news conference in Frankfurt after earlier announcing that she will leave her role as head of the ECB in February. Her term was due to expire in October 2027. (Source: Bloomberg)

S&P 500 Movers: NOW, HII

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In early trading on Thursday, shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries topped the list of the day's best performing components of the S&P 500 index, trading up 15.1%. Year to date, Huntington Ingalls Industries has lost about 5.5% of its value. And the worst performing S&am

Nasdaq 100 Movers: FTNT, HONIV

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In early trading on Thursday, shares of Honeywell International topped the list of the day's best performing components of the Nasdaq 100 index, trading up 7.5%. Year to date, Honeywell International registers a 42.2% gain. And the worst performing Nasdaq 100 component thus fa

Dow Movers: GOOGL, HONIV

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In early trading on Thursday, shares of Honeywell International topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 7.5%. Year to date, Honeywell International registers a 42.2% gain. And the worst performing Dow component thus far

What makes forest protection work?

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A new study from the Institute for Food and Resource Economics at the University of Bonn shows that the success of nature conservation measures depends partly on the credible enforcement of environmental laws.

Thrive Holdings agrees to acquire ADT in an all-cash take-private deal, valuing ADT at ~$7.6B in equity value, a ~46% premium over its October 27 closing price (Claire Rychlewski/Axios)

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Claire Rychlewski / Axios:
Thrive Holdings agrees to acquire ADT in an all-cash take-private deal, valuing ADT at ~$7.6B in equity value, a ~46% premium over its October 27 closing price  —  Thrive Holdings has agreed to acquire ADT in an all-cash take-private, valuing the home security company at $15.3 billion in enterprise value, the companies announced today.

Theoretical method uses light to locate anyons, potential quantum computing building blocks

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Theoretical physicists at Emory University have discovered a way to use light to detect the "spectral fingerprints" of anyons—exotic quasiparticles that emerge from the collective behavior of many electrons. Their findings are published in Physical Review Letters. The work offers a new tool for the study of anyons, which hold potential as fundamental building blocks for quantum computing.

How did the Spain train crash happen and what will investigators be asking?

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Audio file appears to point finger at control centre, but there are questions around signalling and technical issues

At least 69 people died when a high-speed train from Madrid to Seville hit another train on the same track from behind near Toledo on Wednesday morning.

Both trains had been brought to a halt earlier when the signalling system failed. The driver of the state-owned Spanish train, a Renfe AVE service, was told by controllers to restart the journey, but crashed into the train in front, run by the private operator Iryo. The front carriages of the AVE train and rear of the Iryo train were destroyed and others derailed.

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