?Tis the season. In a world full of noise, a great gift is noise-cancelling headphones. The Wirecutter recommends the Bose QC20 Acoustic Noise Cancelling Headphones for the in-ear crowd.

Quote of the day

Monish Pabrai, ?When we look to make an investment, the greed part of the brain is turned on?A checklist is like a circuit breaker that helps prevent the brain from being able to flip that switch.? (WSJ)

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