🗞️CEO Murdered In NYC

December 4th, 2024

Good Evening 🇺🇸,

What happened today,

• UnitedHealthcare CEO, Brain Thompson, was shot and killed outside the Hilton hotel in Manhattan today, police are investigating the shooting as a targeted attack

• It has been reported that Trump is considering replacing his nominee to be the Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, with Florida governor Ron DeSantis and Trump officially picks Paul Atkins to replace Gary Gensler as SEC Chair

• Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, Kash Patel, was targeted in an Iranian cyberattack 

• The Supreme Court seems likely to uphold ban on gender-affirming care

• The ADP Private Payroll report came out today, private payrolls grew by 146k in November, less than expected

• 22% of US renters spend entire income on rent per Redfin

• DOW up .69% / S&P up .61% on the day

• France's government collapses after losing no-confidence vote in parliament, this means French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has been forced to resign just three months into his term, after lawmakers on the left and the right united to support a no-confidence motion 

Plus: A look at the survival rate of U.S. businesses

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Quote of the day: "Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that count” -Winston S. Churchill

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