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Elon Musk is becoming a liability for his own businesses

SpaceX just pulled off an audacious, successful launch of its Starship rocket booster. The event, which occurred Sunday, is a massive moment for Elon Musk’s space exploration firm, and could...

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Casio hacked: What to know about the data breach impacting the Japanese...

Casio, the Japanese maker of watches, calculators, and other electronic goods, is the latest company to fall victim to a major data breach. Last Monday, the company issued a brief statement announcing...

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Former inmate exposes students to clean energy careers

Inside a converted warehouse in one of Philadelphia’s poorest neighborhoods, students circle around Jackie Robinson as he quizzes them about a 1980s furnace. Although they’ll encounter older equipment...

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Employees could see higher quality healthcare benefits as employers get more...

A healthcare spending surge looms in the new year, and Business Group on Health is helping employers understand it. The nonprofit found in a recent survey that large employers expect the cost to treat...

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Appalachian power grids were hit hard by Hurricane Helene. But there’s a...

By the time Hurricane Helene made its way hundreds of miles inland on September 27, it had been downgraded to a tropical storm. But Helene remained unusually expansive and strong, fueled by the warm...

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DJT stock price: Donald Trump’s stock has jumped 84% in the past two weeks....

Fears that shares of Trump Media (Nasdaq: DJT) could collapse, following the end of a lockup period have pretty much vanished. Just weeks after the parent company of Truth Social hit 52-week lows in...

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Trump’s campaign used GoFundMe to raise millions after Butler and Hurricane...

Former President Donald Trump‘s campaign is using GoFundMe to rally its network of deep-pocketed backers and everyday donors around the survivors of his July assassination attempt and Hurricane...

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Lilly Ledbetter, an icon of the equal pay movement, dies at 86

Lilly Ledbetter, a former Alabama factory manager whose lawsuit against her employer made her an icon of the equal pay movement and led to landmark wage discrimination legislation, has died at 86....

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The key local housing market metric to watch heading into 2025

Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. Heading into 2024, ResiClub noted that the key metric to watch for home price...

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Harris targets Black male voters in new economic proposals

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, concerned about slipping support from Black voters, unveiled new policy proposals aimed at Black men on Monday that include forgivable small business...

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How this federally funded education program serves as a blueprint for the...

In 2010, Dreama Gentry met Geoffrey Canada, founder of Harlem Children’s Zone, a much-lauded nonprofit that supports youth from birth through college in a roughly 100-block area of central Harlem. The...

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Google to buy nuclear power for AI’s energy needs

Alphabet’s Google said on Monday it signed the world’s first corporate agreement to buy power from multiple small modular reactors as the technology company looks to meet electricity demand from...

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The Internet Archive is back online after a cyberattack

The Internet Archive is back online after new of a cyberattack took out its digital library and popular Wayback Machine on October 9. The Wayback Machine, a free online tool that lets users view old...

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NVDA closes on record high, Nvidia could top Apple as world’s most valuable...

Chipmaker Nvidia’s stock may just be the hottest thing on the stock market—and as share prices rise, it’s getting closer to becoming the most valuable company in the world. Nvidia’s shares were up...

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Hardware store True Value files Chapter 11, joins list of retailers going...

A long-standing hardware wholesaler, True Value, is filing for bankruptcy. The 75-year-old brand made the announcement Monday, noting that it will sell its operations to rival wholesaler, Do It Best....

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Hiding in plain sight: The key to fix Citigroup’s regulatory woes

Citigroup has struggled to adequately train employees in risk, compliance and data roles, according to the bank’s own assessment, shedding light on why it is taking it years to fix regulatory issues...

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Why K-pop star Hanni made an emotional appeal to South Korea’s parliament

K-pop star Hanni, a member of the group NewJeans, made an emotional appeal on Tuesday for young artists to be treated better in the multi-billion dollar industry, as she relayed her experience of...

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Trump claims he’ll make inflation ‘vanish completely.’ Here’s why experts...

With characteristic bravado, Donald Trump has vowed that if voters return him to the White House, “inflation will vanish completely.”It’s a message tailored for Americans who are still exasperated by...

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A Tennessee natural gas project has been blocked by a federal judge, for now

A federal appeals panel has temporarily halted two permits needed to begin construction on a pipeline project in Tennessee that will supply a natural gas plant.In a split 2-1 decision, the 6th U.S....

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How pastes became a beloved Mexican pastry centuries ago

Isabel Arriaga Lozano carefully fills a small pastry with a savory mix of meat, potatoes and chili pepper. She is crafting a “paste” (pronounced PAH-stay), a beloved Mexican snack with a rich history....

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