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As well as drawing an unprecedented amount of attention and resources to the search for her mother, it has also inspired feverish speculation and given rise to a string of false leads.

From BBC

"It probably doesn't exist anymore – because a lot of the people that gave rise to some of that culture have gone now," says a cabinet minister.

From BBC

Analysts have attributed the rise to enthusiasm about artificial-intelligence breakthroughs in China and a truce in the trade war between the U.S. and China.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Texas criminal code now says that a statement made during or after investigative hypnosis “is not admissible against a defendant in a criminal trial, whether offered in the guilt or innocence phase or the punishment phase of the trial, if the hypnotic session giving rise to the statement was performed by a law enforcement agency to investigate the offense that is the subject of the trial.”

From Slate

Enbridge, which moves roughly 30% of the crude oil produced in North America and nearly 20% of the natural gas consumed in the U.S., affirmed its forecast for adjusted Ebitda in the new year to rise to between C$20.2 billion and C$20.8 billion, while distributable cash flow was projected to be C$5.70 to C$6.10 a share.

From The Wall Street Journal