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• Trump trade war shift away from Chinese manufacturing has reached tipping point - A long-term supply chain shift pulls the rest of Asia even with manufacturing giant China, but for importers, a short-term cash crunch from tariffs is looming.
• From the California gold rush to Sydney Sweeney: How denim became the most enduring garment in American fashion - The American blue jean was created in 1873 by tailor Jacob Davis, who patented the design with Levi Strauss, founder of the eponymous denim retailer
• CNBC's Inside India newsletter: How a government app in India triggered a backlash over internet freedom - The Indian government asked phone manufacturers to preload a state-run cybersecurity app with no option to disable it, drawing a public backlash.
• Software startup deploys Singapore’s first quantum computer for commercial use - Singapore-based software firm Horizon Quantum Computing has become the first private firm to deploy a quantum computer for commercial use in the city-state.
• Jeffrey Epstein island photos and videos released as top banks share files with House Oversight Committee - The release comes as Attorney General Pam Bondi is on a deadline to publicly share files related to Epstein and his convicted accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.
• How Black Friday became a retail letdown: 'To sustain the ride, they started to dilute it' - Black Friday used to be the biggest in-person shopping event of the year, but for six straight years, online sales have outpaced stores.