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- The top 25 stories read by CXOs! Editor's Pick Million dollar ideas pop up in your feed every day - here's exactly how to spot them Here's how to identify million-dollar ideas in your feed, validate them quickly, and launch them before someone else does. Continued here Work The world's rarest penguins don't fear the heat. Here's how they learned to embrace it. These birds have evolved to withstand the equatorial sun and shelter in volcanic rocks along a subtropical coastline. After 50 years, biologist Dee Boersma continues to learn new things about the species. Work Designed in US, made in China: Why Apple is stuck in tariff tussle Mr Dixit says smartphone tariffs will not cripple Apple should they rear their head again, but regardless will add "pressure - both operationally and politically" to a supply chain that cannot be unwound quickly. Work As Famine Rages in Sudan, U.S. Aid Remains Scarce The stark consequences of the rollback are evident in few places as clearly as in Sudan, where a brutal civil war has combined with a staggering humanitarian catastrophe. Work The Founder of This Cleveland Logistics Firm Became a Champion of Trumps Opportunity Zones - Inc (No paywall) Andre Bryan, the founder and managing partner of BridgePort Group, a Cleveland, Ohio-based global supply chain management and logistics technology firm, is shifting his primary business model. Hes taking advantage of federal Opportunity Zone legislation to move from dry warehousing for industrial manufacturing, where materials are stored between 50 and 80 degrees, to temperature-control cold storage for the bio-pharmaceutical industry, which depends on cold chain logistics for medicines, vaccines, and biologics. Work Sen. Van Hollen Says Trump Administration Made $15 Million Deal With El Salvador To Imprison Deportees Including Abrego Garcia - Forbes (No paywall) Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., said in a press conference Friday the Trump administration has promised to pay El Salvador $15 million to detain deportees including Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland resident erroneously deported last month by the Trump administration. Work The threat to free speech in Germany - The Economist (No paywall) IN 2003 Barbra Streisand, an American chanteuse, sought to block the publication of an aerial photo of her Malibu mansion. When news of her frivolous lawsuit spread, so did the number of people who downloaded the image. The phenomenon of unwittingly publicising information by seeking its suppression became known as the Streisand effect. Something similar has recently unfolded in Germany. Work Capital Ones $35.5bn takeover of Discover Financial approved by US - FT (No paywall) Biggest bank merger since 2008 to go ahead Work Nationwide economic blackout starts: Stores that are exempt from boycott Suzanne Blake is a Newsweek reporter based in New York. Her focus is reporting on consumer and social trends, spanning from retail to restaurants and beyond. She is a graduate of UNC Chapel Hill and joined Newsweek in 2023. You can get in touch with Suzanne by emailing s.blake@newsweek.com. Languages: English Work Everyone is Saying the Same Thing About Netflix's New Medical Drama Pulse is now streaming on Netflix, and it isn't exactly sending hearts racing. Netflix's first-ever English-language medical procedural, from Emmy winner Carlton Cuse and writer Zoe Robyn, is pitched as the platform's answer to Grey's Anatomy. Work WrestleMania? In Los Angeles, It's LuchaMania. Lucha libre, the Mexican version of professional wrestling, is thriving in Los Angeles, where the action and the masks draw fans to venues big and small. Work Judge Rules Against Trump Administration on Passport Changes A group of transgender plaintiffs sued President Trump and the State Department over a new rule prohibiting passports from including a gender different from the sex listed on an original birth certificate. Work US bond markets: Why everyone is watching them closely "Arguably the most worrying aspect of the [recent] turmoil... is an emerging risk premium in US Treasury bonds and the dollar, akin to what the UK experienced in 2022," according to Jonas Goltermann, deputy chief markets economist at Capital Economics. Work Albanese claims victory in Vegemite fight as Canada concedes spread poses 'low' risk to humans Walters claimed he was at risk of losing about C$8,000 (about A$9,000) worth of Vegemite he had already paid for, according to the report, because CFIA told him the batch of Vegemite was non-compliant. Work Could We Store Our Data in DNA? A zettabyte is a trillion gigabytes. That's a lot--but, according to one estimate, humanity will produce a hundred and eighty zettabytes of digital data this year. Work This spa's water is heated by bitcoin mining At first glance, the Bathhouse spa in Brooklyn looks not so different from other high-end spas. What sets it apart is out of sight: a closet full of cryptocurrency--mining computers that not only generate bitcoins but also heat the spa's pools, marble hammams, and showers. Work How Scientists Unearthed the Cosmic Catastrophe That Paved the Way for Humanity If an asteroid hadn't killed off the dinosaurs, humans would almost certainly have never walked the Earth. Work Iranian minister says nuclear deal possible if US does not make 'unrealistic demands' Grossi, who held talks with Iranian officials during a visit to Tehran this week, said the US and Iran were "at a very crucial stage" in the talks and "don't have much time" to secure a deal. Work Appeals Court Pauses for Now Contempt Proposal by Trial Judge Judge James E. Boasberg had threatened to open contempt proceedings to determine whether the Trump administration had violated his order not to deport Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador. Work Judge Temporarily Halts Mass Firings at Consumer Bureau The court barred the Trump administration from laying off nearly 1,500 workers at the agency until at least April 28. Work Lilly Sabri: I won't put my relationships on social media again Her business - the workout videos and a nutrition app - are thriving and she feels ready to return to her personal Instagram account - but with a very different set of rules this time around. Work Bristol Mamas hub has become a 'lifeline' for more than 38k families The group has rapidly grown in popularity, later becoming a network and hub which supports families to lower the cost of caring for their children, reduce their household waste and to help support those going through hard times. Work U.S. and Iran to Meet Again for Nuclear Talks, as Israel Watches Closely The Trump administration has sent mixed messages about its goal for the negotiations. Work Australia to advocate for Melbourne man charged by Russia after fighting for Ukraine “The people of Ukraine are fighting for a democratic nation, for their own sovereignty, but they’re also fighting for the international rule of law, which is why we do want to see peace, but we do want to see it on the terms that are acceptable to Ukraine.” Work Five priorities to remake the FDA in a time of deep uncertainty - STAT (No paywall) The first few weeks in office are never easy, but the early stumbles of Marty Makary, the new commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration under the second Trump administration, are cause for concern. Confirmed swiftly, he enjoyed broad support from the biotech industry, which hoped that he would usher in a new era of scientific leadership at the agency. Work Trump has two options after a wrongful deportation In a world with too much noise and too little context, Vox helps you make sense of the news. We dont flood you with panic-inducing headlines or race to be first. We focus on being useful to you breaking down the news in ways that inform, not overwhelm. Work Fear and panic at Florida State as deadly shooting sends students fleeing TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- When a 20-year-old opened fire at Florida State University, terrified students barricaded doors and fled across campus, abandoning chemistry notes and even shoes, in a shooting that investigators said killed two men and wounded at least six others. Work Are Tariffs Breaking up Trump's Working-Class Coalition? A large share of the country still seems to view the Republican Party as the party of the people. Work Lifesaving Alzheimers Research Delayed by Trump Funding Cuts - Scientific American (No paywall) On Monday, March 24, Charles DeCarli received an order from the federal government to stop work on his nationwide study of dementia. As the director of the University of California, Daviss federally funded Alzheimers Disease Research Center, DeCarli studies the vascular risk factors, such as diabetes and hypertension, that contribute to 15 to 25 percent of dementia cases. These factors are poorly understood, and there is no Food and Drug Administrationapproved treatment to target them. Work The Terrorism Suspect Trump Sent Back to Bukele - The New Yorker (No paywall) By now, the images of Donald Trumps March 15th flights to El Salvador are all too familiar: shackled Venezuelans being off-loaded from U.S. planes at the countrys Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, and cowering as their heads are forcibly shaved by other prisoners. But in those same scenes, some Salvadorans recognized a face: Csar Humberto Lpez Larios, alias Greas de Stoners, one of three leaders of the street gang MS-13 who was indicted in 2020 on terrorism-related charges and had been brought to the U.S. for trial. Four days earlier, U.S. Attorney John Durham had informed a judge in the Eastern District of New York, where Greas was being charged, that the prosecution was requesting the case against Greas be dropped, due to geopolitical and national security concerns of the United States, and the sovereign authority of the Executive Branch in international affairs. Work A comprehensive list of 2025 tech layoffs | TechCrunch Kate Park is a reporter at TechCrunch, with a focus on technology, startups and venture capital in Asia. She previously was a financial journalist at Mergermarket covering M&A, private equity and venture capital. Work In Fight Over Abrego Garcia's Deportation, Trump Seeks to Shift the Focus The president is trying to rewrite the narrative of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s wrongful deportation as a dispute about illegal immigration rather than the rule of law. Work The Trump Billionaires Who Run the Economy and the Things They Say “You have to laugh to keep from crying,” one Republican pollster said about recent comments by the billionaires on the stock market, retirement funds and Social Security. Work Gen Z Re-Evaluates Their Budgets as a Global Trade War Rages Some young adults with disposable incomes for the first time in their lives are trying to make sense of how tariffs are affecting how they should save and spend. Work Lawsuit Aims to Broadly Halt Deportations of Foreign Students A suit challenges the Trump administration’s campaign in four states and Puerto Rico, and seeks the reinstatement of terminated student visas. Work FSU Shooting Suspect Was Shaped by Guns, Extreme Views and Chaotic Childhood His biological mother said in an interview on Friday that she was bewildered by the attack, and had been against the presence of firearms in her son’s life. Work Artists push back against Barbie-like AI dolls with their own creations "While everyone's busy generating these digital equivalents of small talk, they're missing the actually revolutionary stuff AI can do - it's just wasteful to put all that energy into creating digital fluff when we can use it for solving real-world problems." Work Carmakers Highlight U.S. Manufacturing in Bid to Influence Trump Over Tariffs Wary of directly criticizing the president’s trade policies, automakers are emphasizing how much they have already invested in U.S. manufacturing. Work Why Big Law Firms Aren't Standing Together Against Trump's Assault The arms race for talent seems to have made collective action, within and between firms, nearly impossible. Work Losing Your Home Close to Retirement Age: What to Consider Before You Sell or Rebuild Losing your home in a disaster when you’re at or near retirement age can derail your finances and jeopardize the funds you were counting on. Work Man in custody after late-night chase in Bondi that saw police car allegedly rammed and shots fired On the officer’s decision to discharge a firearm, Radmore said police “review all matters involving police use of force in a number of ways, and that will come out through the investigation”. Work Why the Pentagon Fails Audits Year After Year After Year - Bloomberg (No paywall) Why do we spend on defense this way? Work There's a Climate Showdown Ahead for Big Oil Investors Votes to elect board members of major corporations are typically pro forma affairs. Companies make their recommendations, and shareholders certify it, usually with near unanimity. That wasnt the case this week at BPs closely watched annual meeting. On Thursday, nearly a quarter of BPs shareholders voted against the oil and gas majors current chairman. It was a stunning rebuke of the companys management. Work Video: For Sale: Burnt Lots in Pacific Palisades Jesus Jiménez, a New York Times reporter, goes to the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles to look into the burnt lots on sale for millions of dollars. Several weeks after wildfires destroyed the wealthy neighborhood, homeowners are assessing the damage, their insurance coverage and the costs of rebuilding, and some are deciding to cut their losses and leave for good. Jiménez reports on who is selling and who is buying. Work In Trump Attack on Harvard, Punishment Before Proof The legal underpinnings of the administration’s broadsides against universities and schools stretch precedents and cut corners. Work How to Explain Why You Left a Job When You Signed an NDA Sometimes you just have to be OK with being vague. Plus, what to do when a co-worker has a challenging personality. Work What the Stoic Philosophers Can Teach Todays Policymakers - Foreign Policy (No paywall) Argument: What the Stoic Philosophers Can Teach Todays Policymakers Work Losing International Students Could Devastate Many Colleges Students could bypass the United States for friendlier countries as the Trump administration attacks universities and revokes visas. Their loss could hurt schools and the economy. Work Trump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization. Work What America Gets Wrong About the AI Race - Foreign Affairs (No paywall) Since its founding in 1922, Foreign Affairs has been the leading forum for serious discussion of American foreign policy and global affairs. The magazine has featured contributions from many leading international affairs experts. Work DOGE Is Building a Master Database to Surveil and Track Immigrants Operatives from Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are building a master database at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that could track and surveil undocumented immigrants, two sources with direct knowledge tell WIRED. TradeBriefs Publications are read by over 100,000 Industry Executives About Us  |  Advertise  |  Privacy Policy Unsubscribe (one-click) You are receiving this mail because of your subscription with TradeBriefs. Our mailing address is 3110 Thomas Ave, Dallas, TX 75204, USA Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Followers Blog Archive ▼  2025 (46) ►  November (2) ►  October (11) ►  May (8) ▼  April (21) Fact-checking Trump's rally on his first 100 days.... Chief Strategy Officer by NUS Business School will... Mark Carney leads Canada's Liberals to a remarkabl... Executive Teams Are Losing Stakeholders' Confidenc... 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