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“He was like, ‘You’re never gonna get that off again, man,'” Harnett recalled Damon saying on “The Tonight Show.””He’s like, ‘You’re gonna spend the rest of your life trying to get that weight off, and it’s never gonna come off because your body’s gonna want to get that weight back on. You’re just gonna keep growing back out to that size.” The fact that Damon’s advice was too little too late wasn’t lost on Hartnett. “He kept telling me, like, over the course of the production,” he added. “I was like, ‘Thanks, Matt.'”Damon knows about the dangers of gaining and…

To be clear, NASA is not declaring that it’s discovered Martian life. Rather, its Perseverance rover has drilled a sample from a rock with attributes that could have come from ancient microbial activity, the agency announced Thursday.”This is exactly the kind of sample that we wanted to find,” Katie Stack Morgan, a lead scientist on the Perseverance mission, told Business Insider.3 key features could point to alien lifeThe rock, nicknamed Cheyava Falls, has three critical features:First, white veins of calcium sulfate are clear evidence that water once ran through it.Second, the rock tested positive for organic compounds, which are the…

By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK (Reuters) – A hedge fund study that said the U.S. Treasury last year effectively provided economic stimulus by moderating long-dated bond sales has sparked a debate in the bond market and a denial from the U.S. Treasury that said it was not aiming for such an effect. The U.S. Treasury Department announced in November it would slow the pace of auction size increases of long-dated debt securities, a move that gave relief to bond markets rattled by previous increases in long-term debt supply. This led to a decline in 10-year Treasury yields equivalent to the…

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters) -The New York Stock Exchange said on Friday that the debut of billionaire investor Bill Ackman’s new U.S. fund, Pershing Square USA, has been delayed, without providing a reason. The initial public offering, which was expected to price on Monday, is now “pending on a date to be announced,” the exchange said on its website late on Friday. Ackman’s firm said the deal is going ahead and a person familiar with his thinking said he hopes the pricing will occur as early as late next week or early the following week. “Pershing Square USA. Ltd. is…

Dow Jones climbed 650 points on Friday in a recovery bid. September rate cut is still being priced in as a sure thing after US inflation print. With US PCE inflation in the books, markets will pivot to next Friday’s NFP. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) scorched 650 points higher on Friday after a close-enough-to-expectations print in US Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index (PCE) inflation came in cool enough to allow investors to keep hopes for a September rate cut pinned to the ceiling. Markets are expecting the Federal Reserve (Fed) to hold rates steady for one more meeting in July…

The approval of Bitcoin ETFs by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in January 2023 has opened the floodgates for significant institutional investment in the newly approved market. However, US states are also rushing to capitalize on the success of these ETFs by allocating a portion of their pension funds to reap profits and diversify their investments. Wisconsin, Jersey City, Michigan Allocate Millions To Bitcoin ETFs The first state to take the plunge was Wisconsin, which in May 2023 allocated approximately $98.6 million, or 2% of its pension fund, to BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF. Now, two more states…

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The annual major league run on relievers is underway. With the July 30 trade deadline looming and contenders seeking bullpen reinforcements, the Arizona Diamondbacks jumped into the market by acquiring left-hander A.J. Puk late Thursday. Puk, who settled well into a relief role with the Florida Marlins this season, will add left-handed depth to the Diamondbacks’ bullpen and could emerge as a primary setup man for closer Paul Sewald. Puk gives Arizona a left-hander to pair with righty Kevin Ginkel in front of Sewald as the defending National League champions push for a return to the playoffs after falling to…

Lockheed Martin has released new details about the air-launched hypersonic Mako missile, which promises to be the first hypersonic weapon in the world that can be launched from the internal weapons bay of not just the F-35, but the F-22 Raptor as well.This new missile has been under development for seven years and has been touted by Lockheed officials as a “multi-mission” weapon system capable of maritime strike, counter-air defense, and a variety of other surface-attack operations. It was originally developed for the US Air Force, but now may find a home with the US Navy instead.Hypersonic missiles are weapons…

The 2024 Paris Games kicked off with an impressive opening ceremony.There were several allusions to famous French works of art, including “Les Misérables.”The bells of Notre-Dame were rung for the first time since the destructive fire in 2019. The 2024 Olympics are being held in Paris this year, kicking off with Friday’s opening ceremony.The final budget for this year’s Games is set to come in under $10 billion, which is only 25% more than the city’s initial number. And nothing shows off the production value of the Summer Games quite like the opening ceremony.From incredible performances to a parade of…