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As a health and wellness reporter, it’s nearly impossible to walk away from my many conversations with doctors, therapists, and authors without identifying a few practices I want to incorporate in my own life.In 2024, I interviewed countless experts, researched intriguing topics and read books that changed my perspective.Here are three things my reporting inspired me to do this year that changed my life for the better.3 things my reporting in 2024 inspired me to do1. Take a social media break for a monthAfter feeling bogged down by mindless scrolling, I decided to spend an entire month without social media.…

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A worker welds at an agricultural machinery manufacturing enterprise in Qingzhou Economic Development Zone in Qingzhou, China, on August 31, 2024.Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesChina’s factory activity growth for December missed analysts’ expectations Tuesday, signaling that Beijing’s stimulus measures were not sufficient to meaningfully boost the country’s ailing economy.The country’s official purchasing managers’ index for December came in at 50.1, data released by the National Bureau of Statistics data showed.The reading missed Reuters’ expectations of 50.3. Manufacturing activity came in 50.3 in November and 50.1 in October. A PMI reading above 50 indicates expansion in activity, while a figure…

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Stocks @ Night is a daily newsletter delivered after hours, giving you a first look at tomorrow and a last look at today. Sign up for free to receive it directly in your inbox. Here’s what CNBC TV’s producers were watching as stocks closed lower on Monday and what will be on the radar as the final trading session of 2024 gets underway on Tuesday. Nat gas surges on frigid forecast The commodity was up as much as 20% on Monday, ahead of what many think will be a serious cold snap next week. The Weather Co.’s Dan Leonard —…

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The biopharma sector has been hotly watched among investors over the past two years amid a boost to the industry by the growing popularity of the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) drugs used in weight loss treatments. Looking ahead into 2025, however, UBS foresees that the sector “will find it difficult to outperform against a more uncertain macro backdrop,” in the short-to medium-term. This is due to the current lower interest rate environment and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health & Human Services, the Swiss investment bank’s analysts detailed in…

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Hobo_018 | E+ | Getty ImagesWhy these two plans reopenedThe Education Department made the plans available again while its new repayment program, the Saving on a Valuable Education plan, or SAVE, remains tied up in legal battles.Republican attorneys general in Kansas and Missouri, who led the legal challenges against SAVE, argue that President Joe Biden is essentially trying to find a roundabout way to forgive student debt after the Supreme Court blocked his sweeping debt cancellation plan in June 2023.The SAVE plan comes with two key provisions that the lawsuits have targeted. It has lower monthly payments than any other federal student loan repayment plan, and it leads…

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A worker assembling a loader transmission mechanism at a manufacturer in Qingzhou, China.Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesAustralia market opened lower on the last trading day of the year, while investors in Asia awaited manufacturing data from China.Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 traded 0.56% lower on a shortened trading day.Japan and South Korea’s stock markets are closed for the New Year’s Eve holiday. South Korea’s consumer inflation accelerated in December, rising 1.9% year on year. CPI came in at 1.5% in November. On a month-on-month basis prices rose 0.4%.Traders will be monitoring China’s manufacturing PMI for December. Analysts polled by Reuters forecast…

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