Subject: Daily Skimm: Buy myself all of my favorite things
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Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 06:44:52 -0500 (EST)

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JANUAR= 22, 2019

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Skimm'd while getting answers to our biggest money Qs

QUOTE O= THE DAY

"We have had an overwhelming response" – A Pennsylvania police department asked for volunteers to get drunk and help with officer training. But yo= probably didn't need us to tell you how that turned out.

HOPPED OFF THE PLANE AT D=VOS

The Story

The Worl= Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland starts today. Don't go back to s=eep.

I'm up...but refresh my memory.

Every year, the world's elite (CEOs, world leaders, b=llionaires) jet off to the Swiss Alps and brag about how smart they all ar=. They also talk about issues like globalization, and how it affects the e=onomy, the planet, jobs, and tech. German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be=there. So will Prince William, and biz leaders like Microsoft CEO Satya Na=ella.

What's the buzz this year?

China…as in whether the US and China can play nice on the world =tage. The two largest economies have been in a trade war. And it's startin= to take a hit on China's economy, which last year grew at its slowest pac= since 1990. Cue: investo=s starting to sweat over how long this tension will last and the effect on=the global economy. Trade talks are set to start up again next week.

T=e US…as in it's day 32 of the partial government shutdown. So =resident Trump had to decline=his invite to tend to business at home. Here's the update on the shutd=wn: over the weekend, House Dems added $1 billion in border security funding in a spending bill to r=open the gov. Trump declined. Then he offered up another deal: three years of protection for Dreamer= and people with temporary protected status, in exchange for $5.7 billion =or the border wall. Dems declined. And...now you're all caught up.

T=e UK…as in Brexit=/a> is still a bloody mess. After UK parliament rejected PM Theresa May's =eal, she had to come up with a plan B...in less than a week. Yesterday, sh= revealed the new plan to=lawmakers. It looked a lot like the original one. Reminder: there's less t=an 10 weeks before Brexit goes into effect. We'll be here, keeping calm an= carrying on.

T=e Fourth Industrial Revolution…as in some people think we're i= the middle of one. It pr=tty much means that tech is changing the way we live, work, and interact, =ut it's not all rainbows and robotic unicorns. Unlike the last few Industr=al Revolutions, companies, governments, and people might not be able to ke=p up with all these new changes. Expect this topic to come up.

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Davos has long been a go-to networking event for the =ich, powerful, and famous – and where they can talk policy and try=to set agendas. But with geopolitical tensions and some key leaders sitting this one out, the tone i= expected to be more somber this year.

REPEAT AFTER ME...

What DC can't stop talking about…

Politics, because always. Here's the latest: yesterda=, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-C=) announced she's running for president in 2020. Harris – a first-=erm senator – made her announcement to coincide with Martin Luther=King Jr Day. And with the same week 47 years ago that Shirley Chisholm ann=unced her candidacy to be the first black woman to seek the nomination of = major party for prez. Harris joins seven other Democrats who are also eyeing the job. DC is also bu=zing about BuzzFeed. Last week, it dropped a bombshell report that special counsel Robert Mueller ha= evidence that President Trump directed his ex-lawyer Michael Cohen to lie=to Congress about an idea to build a Trump Tower in Moscow. Lying to Congr=ss is illegal, so the report had everyone talking. Then Mueller's team cam= out and rejected it – a rare move for them. BuzzFeed's been doubl=ng down, saying its reporting is legit. But it's making people question th= outlet's credibility. =peaking of things making waves, more is coming out about that viral encounter between a Native Ame=ican man and high schoolers in MAGA hats. Turns out, the situation was more complicated than the ini=ial video showed.

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What to say when you feel victimized by personalized =ds…

France knows le feeling. Yesterday, French regulators told Google to hand over =bout $57 million for violating GDPR – the strict data privacy rules the EU implemented=last year. France says Google isn't being clear about how it collects and =ses Europeans' data. It also accused the co of not properly getting consen= to do things like show personalized ads. This is the first major penalty =gainst a US company to come out of the new EU rules. Speaking of tech comp=nies in the spotlight, WhatsA=p. It's limiting the number of messages you can forward as a way to co=bat fake news. Last year, rum=rs spread on the platform and led to killings in India. Now, the co is=limiting the number of times you can forward the same message from 20 down=to five. It hopes this will slow down the spread of fake news and violence=

What to say when the same people keep getting promote=…

You again? The New England Patriots are heading to the Super Bowl for the third=year in a row. And the ninth time with QB Tom Brady. Yes, Brady knows he h=s haters. No, he doesn't care=/a>. The Pats will be facing off against the Los Angeles Rams – wh= are making their first appearance in the Super Bowl in 17 years. And you'=l be hearing about a controve=sial non-call that helped the Rams get there. The two will face off on=Feb 3.

What to say when you have a million tabs open�=A6

X...but how do I write it?

Investing. What like it's hard? Well not anymore. We =kimm'd some of the biggest things to know to grow your green:

- The investing terms and tips to kn=w (think: ETFs, fiduciary, all the good ones)

- Financial planning for major life =vents (think: new raise, new living situation)

- Answers to your biggest money ques=ions (think: never confuse a 401(k) and a Roth IRA again)

New =ear, New...Less Broke You.

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SKIMM'RS

Raise a glass to…Natalie H (MO) and=Emily G (MO), who are getting their master's degrees this month. They =id it while working at the same company...full-time. Because co-workers wh= get their master's together, stay together.

C=eers to…Ashley Mont (NJ), who had her first scientific paper p=blished in a journal. And to Blayne W (PA), who is all self-taught =hen it comes to coding and web design. Oh, and just got a job in the field=

(=ome) Birthdays...Catherine Levene (NY), Heather Hartnett (NY), Gordon =rawford (CA), CC Bernstein (NY), Aaron Kusch (CO), Carly Salczynski (TX), =hristina Guanciale (OH), Grace Jemison (PA), Miranda Maier (KY), Dans Aver=uch (AL), Daniela Suarez (MA), Scoops Karabach (MI), KK Phelan (IL), Nick =hompson (IN)

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