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Port of Baltimore fully reopens after Key Bridge collapse

The main shipping channel into Baltimore’s port has fully reopened to its original depth and width following the March 26 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which blocked most maritime traffic...

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Here is 2024’s growing list of U.S. layoffs by sector

Companies in the U.S. and Canada have continued their job cuts in 2024 after letting go thousands last year, as the outlook on interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve remains uncertain even as...

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Virgin Galactic reverse stock split: Shares tumble as space tourism company...

Virgin Galactic Holdings, the space tourism company founded by Richard Branson, said Thursday that its board of directors has sanctioned a 1-for-20 reverse stock split of the company’s common stock....

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How IVF could be impacted by the Southern Baptist Convention’s latest resolution

Southern Baptist delegates expressed alarm Wednesday over the way in vitro fertilization is routinely being practiced, approving a resolution lamenting that the creation of surplus frozen embryos...

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Evolving cities, evolving façades: public digital art can make our cities better

Urban centers have changed a lot over the past several years.  The proliferation of digital screens has drastically changed their look and feel; the global pandemic put an urgent spotlight on their...

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Abortion pill access is preserved, thanks to a unanimous Supreme Court decision

The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously preserved access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year, in the court’s first abortion decision since...

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How Donald Trump became the crypto candidate in the 2024 election

Ahead of the 2024 election, Donald Trump is pitching himself as the chosen candidate for crypto adherents. He reportedly told a campaign stop in California earlier this month he wants to be the...

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Get a job at one of these 15 companies if you want to work with a great...

While everyone knows that good or bad leadership can make or break a company, it’s hard to tell without having worked somewhere exactly what the internal company culture is like.  That’s where...

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10 housing markets where prices have jumped the most since 2022—and 10 where...

Want more stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the free, daily ResiClub newsletter. To better understand how home prices have shifted since the mortgage rate shock,...

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Supreme Court sides with Starbucks in Memphis union case—limiting the NLRB’s...

The Supreme Court on Thursday made it harder for the federal government to win court orders when it suspects a company of interfering in unionization campaigns in a case that stemmed from a labor...

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Why this call center’s labor dispute might cost it a $7 billion contract

In what some are hailing as a win for workers, the Biden administration has told a call center operator with a history of contentious labor disputes that it will have to reapply for its current $7...

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Here’s what’s at stake in Tesla shareholders’ vote over Elon Musk’s $56...

Elon Musk is on the verge of yet another massive payday. Tesla shareholders were set to approve a $56 billion pay package for the billionaire, the electric vehicle-maker’s CEO said in a post on X late...

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Largest oil group sues to block Biden’s EV push

The nation’s largest oil trade group, which includes Exxon Mobil and Chevron, filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday seeking to block the Biden administration’s efforts to reduce planet-warming emissions...

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This cockpit-alert system could be a safety ‘game-changer’ for airport runways

As a Delta Air Lines jet began roaring down a runway, an air traffic controller at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport suddenly blurted out an expletive, then ordered the pilots to stop...

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Broadcom stock split date nears: What that means for investors as AI...

Chipmaker Broadcom released its latest earnings report on Wednesday, which beat expectations and sent share prices soaring. It also announced a 10-for-1 stock split, which will begin trading on a...

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Threads will now offer live MLB score updates

Threads will start showing live Major League Baseball scores starting today, the company’s CEO Adam Mosseri said on the social platform. The company started testing the feature with live NBA scores in...

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The EU’s AI Act raises questions about data transparency and trade secrets

A new set of laws governing the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the European Union will force companies to be more transparent about the data used to train their systems, prying open one of the...

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Senate confirms two FERC energy regulators—a win for Biden’s renewable energy...

President Joe Biden’s grip on a key federal energy commission will last beyond his first term, giving a boost to the Democrat’s push for renewable energy regardless of the election results in...

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How China could retaliate against Europe if a trade war breaks out

Now that Europe has announced tariffs on China-made electric cars, the continent is bracing to see if the other shoe drops. Will China retaliate with tariffs on European cars, taking aim at Germany’s...

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How legit are Roaring Kitty’s predictions for GameStop?

When Keith Gill appeared on a YouTube video in the summer of 2020 to discuss GameStop, he argued that the company’s future was far rosier than the market expected. Nearly four years later, he remains...

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