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There is a clear formula for running a winning airline in 2024: Carving up cabins, catering to high-end travel and putting a price on nearly every aspect of flying. ?? https://on.wsj.com/3VakpVD

Israel’s military said a cease-fire in Lebanon had taken effect, raising hopes of a period of calm after two months of intense fighting.

Steve Witkoff has been one of Donald Trump’s closest and most constant friends on his climb back to power. Now Trump has tapped his old friend for a substantial role in setting U.S. foreign policy: as Middle East Envoy. The appointment of another developer—as opposed to a diplomat—deepens the sense that Trump ultimately views the Middle East crisis as a complicated property negotiation. Witkoff shares that view, seeing it in part as “one giant real estate deal,” according to a person familiar with his thinking. Whether he has grasped the tangled history and nuance of the Middle East is another question. ?? Read more: https://on.wsj.com/3ZovKUo

??: https://on.wsj.com/3ZmPE1Z Medical residency applications for dermatology slots are up 50% over the past five years, with women flooding the zone. A younger generation of physicians wants better work-life balance than their predecessors and, unlike pressure-cooker medical specialties such as cardiac surgery, dermatology fits the bill. “It’s one of the only fields where you can work 40 hours a week like a normal person,” says Dr. Lindsey Zubritsky, 36, who has two children and sees patients between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., three days a week. The boom in skin care, and its popularity on social media, has added to the profession’s allure. Read more: https://on.wsj.com/3ZmPE1Z

The women on "The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives" are stars. Their hair is a phenomenon. ??: https://on.wsj.com/4i2XXax

From Opinion: One of the main reasons why Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris was the high inflation of 2021-23. Yet almost every economist will tell you that Trump’s proposed policies are inflationary, writes Alan S. Blinder.

Backlogs in due-diligence reviews, missed red flags and weak technology: Morgan Stanley internal documents reveal day-to-day operations appeared to fall short of anti-money-laundering standards ?? https://on.wsj.com/49chC46

Israel and Hezbollah have come to a cease-fire ending a year of fighting. Now Unifil is, again, at the center of efforts to keep the peace.

Among the millions of people suffering mental illness is the son of Ed Scolnick. The 84-year-old drug developer is now chasing a new schizophrenia treatment. Will he live long enough to see it?