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We've got an appetizer sampler of stories for you on this first day of 2025, from Boeing to

small business, to women's growing share of wealth and what that means for the economy.

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In New York, I'm Kristen Schwab in for Kyrisdal. It's Wednesday, the first day of January. Happy New Year. As we enter 2025, we move, as we always do, deeper into winter. And this year, perhaps, into steeper heating bills. Natural gas futures this week saw their biggest single-day jump in three years. And prices aren't expected

to go down any time soon as the northeast and Midwest move into a bone-chilling winter. But it

takes more than a cold spell to break a three-year record like that.

Marketplaces Kaylee Wells explains what's going on.

Even for a three-year high, the most obvious explanation is also having the biggest impact.

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