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Briefing: Hyundai’s Cryptic Teaser Says ‘Something Big Is Coming’

Strategic angle: The weird teaser provides few clues as to what the automaker will reveal at the New York Auto Show later this week.

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Briefing: 401(k) Alternative Asset Rule Proposed by Labor Department

Strategic angle: The Department of Labor has proposed a rule regarding how plan sponsors and fiduciaries can include alternative assets in 401(k) retirement accounts.

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Briefing: Maximize your wealth with these tax strategies

Strategic angle: Building and protecting your wealth is more than just making smart investment decisions. Tax planning is also essential.

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Briefing: Nearly 1 in 3 car buyers are underwater on trade-ins — analyst calls dollar amount 'troubling'

Strategic angle: An estimated 30.5% of car buyers with a trade-in owe more than it's worth, up 4.2 percentage points from a year ago but still below the prepandemic share.

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Briefing: The 2026 Palisade Has A Second Seat Problem, In Case The First Wasn’t Enough

Strategic angle: Nearly 47,000 Palisade and Palisade Hybrid owners are being notified about a seat belt defect with a fix coming in May.

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Briefing: PetroChina reports 4.47% drop in 2025 net profit

Strategic angle: PetroChina's financial outlook shows a decline in net profit for the year 2025.

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Briefing: Toyota's New Mid-Engine Sports Car Is Getting ‘Better Every Day’

Strategic angle: The production model could revive the MR2 moniker.

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Briefing: Science finds a place on Artemis 2

Strategic angle: While the Artemis 2 mission is primarily a test flight, the four astronauts on board will conduct some science during the nearly 10-day mission.

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Briefing: Mechanic Refuses To Install Parts Customers Buy Themselves. Then He Admits His Shop Raises Part Prices: ‘Worst Human Beings'

Strategic angle: A mechanic's controversial policy on parts leads to a shocking admission about pricing practices.

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Briefing: The Washington Post is setting prices 'based on personal data.'

Strategic angle: Dynamic pricing and how they decide what to charge you.

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Briefing: How Energas Turned an Environmental Concern into Cuba’s Cheapest Power

Strategic angle: Exploring the innovative strategies of Energas in transforming environmental challenges into affordable energy solutions for Cuba.

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Briefing: Shields: 'Dubois can put people's lights out!'

Strategic angle: Claressa Shields believes Caroline Dubois can follow in her footsteps and become a multi-weight world champion.

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Briefing: Opinion: STAT+: Washington is on the verge of true PBM reform

Strategic angle: Like it or not, PBMs are fiduciaries.

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Briefing: Three killed as unfinished building collapses on church service in Ghana

Strategic angle: Locals say the structure, in a school complex, was in use despite lying unfinished for a number of years.

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Briefing: Jack White hits out at ‘egomanical conman’ Donald Trump’s plan to sign all US currency

Strategic angle: The former White Stripes frontman has slammed the US Treasury Department’s decision to include Trump’s signature on dollar bills.

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Briefing: The Biggest Skoda Ever Is Packed With First-Time Features

Strategic angle: Peaq is Skoda's first model with the windshield washer built into the wiper.

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Briefing: Central Haitian town descends into fire and bloodshed from gang warfare

Strategic angle: Violence erupted in the central Haitian town of Petite-Rivière de l'Artibonite early Sunday morning as a powerful gang warred with a vigilante group.

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Briefing: America’s gig economy

Strategic angle: Self-employment, at both the high and the low end, is keeping consumption afloat — but for how long?

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Briefing: Private capital: what are the risks?

Strategic angle: As investors seek to retrieve their money, the $22tn industry rejects comparisons with 2008. Regulators aren’t so sure.

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Briefing: What to do when the ‘public good’ of information goes bad

Strategic angle: The creation and dissemination of reliable news is at an economic disadvantage