A series of gains for America's unions made during President Joe Biden's administration are vulnerable now that President-elect Donald Trump is headed back to the White House. Historic union contracts that came about with automakers and high-profile companies like Apple, Amazon, Chipotle, Boeing, UPS, Hollywood studios and Starbucks during the Biden administration. Trump is an advocate for companies to have more control over employee pay and anti-union initiatives Trump's administration is expected to push for a deregulatory approach to labor.

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Governments at the COP29 talks approved Monday new UN standards for international carbon markets in a key step toward allowing countries to trade credits to meet their climate targets. On the first day of the UN climate talks in Azerbaijan, nearly 200 nations agreed to ground rules for setting a market in motion after nearly a decade of talks. Other key aspects of the overall framework must be negotiated, but the decision brings closer a UN-backed market trading in high-quality credits.

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After Donald Trump won the 2024 election, a cruise line is offering a four-year package for customers to "Skip Forward" and avoid his presidency. Villa Vie Residences.announced its "Skip Forward" program, priced at around $40,000 a year. Trump detractors can also purchase the four-year package at once, priced at either $159,999 per head for a room for two or $255,999 for a single-occupancy cabin.

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Before Donald Trump's recent election victory, who is the only other US president to be elected to serve non-consecutive terms? What years?

Friday's answer: The oldest auction house in operation is Stockholm's Auktionsverk ("Stockholm's Auction House"), opened in 1674 in Sweden