Most active investment firms of ultra-wealthy

A version of this article appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. Tech billionaire Eric Schmidt’s family office took the top spot in CNBC’s inaugural Inside Wealth Family Office 15 list, which ranks the most active…

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US military carries out operation against ‘narco-terrorist’ supply complex in Ecuador

The US military conducted a “successful” operation against a “narco-terrorist” supply complex in Ecuador as part of the Trump administration’s effort to dismantle drug trafficking networks in the Western Hemisphere, according to defense officials. At the request of Ecuador, U.S. military joint forces conducted a targeted operation against a suspected drug-trafficking facility inside Ecuador… Source…

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Astrocytes clear amyloid plaques and preserve cognitive function in Alzheimer's mouse models

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have discovered a natural mechanism that clears existing amyloid plaques in the brains of a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease and preserves cognitive function. The mechanism involves recruiting brain cells known as astrocytes, star-shaped cells in the brain, to remove toxic amyloid plaques that build up in many Alzheimer’s…

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