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  This holiday shopping season is going to be tough. Here are 4 ways to keep from overspending Opinion by Catherine Franssen for  CNN Business  Perspectives Updated 1920 GMT (0320 HKT) November 18, 2021 As  supply chain disruptions  continue to impact businesses around the globe, consumers could have a tough time holiday shopping this year — whether due to a lack of inventory, higher prices or both. And given the nearly two years of constant stress and exhaustion around Covid-19, shoppers will be more vulnerable than ever to the marketing tactics retailers use to trick their brains into frantic spending and hoarding. Most of us don't realize it, but our brains are inherently lazy. Due to both resource availability and functional properties, neurons (a.k.a. brain cells) get tired with use. To prevent its own fatigue, the brain takes shortcuts and tries to make quick, "intuitive" judgements rather than long, drawn-out considerations. These quick assessments of the w

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  THE RICHEST WOMEN IN THE WORLD Net worth: $89.1billion  French L'Oréal heiress Françoise Bettencourt Meyers is the richest woman in the world, according to Forbes. She is No. 12 on the list of the world's richest people. Net worth: $61.9 billion Alice Walton is the daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton.  She is an avid art collector and founded Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas. Net worth (with family): $60.2 billion Julia Flesher Koch was the richest woman in the world from 2019 to 2020.  Her husband, chemical engineering magnate and political donor  David Koch, died in August of 2019 . Net worth: $56.4 billion MacKenzie Scott, formerly MacKenzie Bezos, joined Twitter on April 4, 2019 to announce that she would retain control of 25% of the former couple's shares in Amazon  after her divorce  from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Since then, she's  donated  billions to charity. Net worth: $46.9 billion  Jacqueline M

  Why the world is still arguing over face masks, 20 months into the pandemic By  Rob Picheta , CNN Updated 0541 GMT (1341 HKT) November 2, 2021   London (CNN)  At the start of the pandemic, much of the Western world followed a similar playbook for tackling Covid-19. Spikes in transmission were met with  lockdowns ; international travel was heavily restricted; and though domestic constraints frequently proved controversial, hygiene measures like social distancing, hand-washing and  mask-wearing  were strongly encouraged -- if not legally mandated. But those days are behind us. Pandemic management now differs widely from country to country -- with  the face mask  just one example of the world's increasingly fractured approach to Covid-19. The science behind masks is fairly clear, and has only become more robust over the course of the pandemic. Studies have shown that  masks significantly decrease the chances of transmitting  coronavirus, and some types of masks can help