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After Media Detour, AT&T Confronts Old Problems Following its spinoff of WarnerMedia, AT&T is back to primarily being a wireless company, with all of the challenges that entails.
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| Health groups sue to make EPA evaluate 'legacy' asbestos risk Health and environmental groups have sued the Environmental Protection Agency, seeking a court order compelling it to evaluate the risks posed by so-called "legacy" asbestos used in old products and buildings. In a complaint filed Tuesday in federal court ...
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Half Of The World's Single-Use Plastic Waste Is From Just 20 Companies, Says A Study In 2019, more than 130 million metric tons of single-use plastics were thrown away, with most of that waste burned, buried in a landfill or dumped directly into the ocean or onto land. Now, a new report finds that just 20 companies account for more than half of ...
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Amazon's Talks With MGM Bring Fresh Shine to Old Movie Libraries James Bond and Rocky Balboa may be past their prime, but a nearly insatiable appetite for content in today's streaming era has boosted their appeal. The characters are from a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer portfolio of movies and shows that has attracted a $9 billion ...
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Amazon extends ban on police use of its facial recognition technology indefinitely The firm said in June its freeze would last a year to 'give Congress enough time to implement appropriate rules.' No federal laws have been passed since.
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Stop new oil and gas investment, energy watchdog says in tougher stance on emissions IEA's updated road map goes beyond what fossil-fuel companies have pledged so far; oil prices trade at 2-year high. Wind power shares space with an oil-drilling platform. The International Energy Agency now calls for no investment in new fossil-fuel supply ...
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The Best CBD Oils for People with Diabetes Broad-spectrum and CBD isolate products do not contain tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), or the chemical found in cannabis that's responsible for the "high" sensation. Full-spectrum CBD products may contain trace amounts of THC, but it's likely not enough to ...
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AMC Meme Revival Pits Trader Euphoria Versus Big Block Trade AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. posted its longest rally since 2018 as individual investor desire to trade meme stocks was reawakened. AMC ended the day higher by 0.6% to $14.03 even after traders circulated news that a 17 million share block trade was ...
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Walmart takes the unusual step of raising its outlook in first-quarter earnings report Walmart Inc. raised its full fiscal year outlook on Tuesday, a move that's abnormal for the retail giant when it reports its first-quarter earnings. "Our typical practice is to not update guidance until ...
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Google previews MUM, its new tech that's 1000x more powerful than BERT Google's Prabhakar Raghavan showcased a new technology called Multitask Unified Model (MUM) at Google I/O on Tuesday. Similar to BERT, it's built on a transformer architecture but is far more powerful (1,000 times more powerful) and is capable of ...
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Every Lamborghini will have an electric motor by 2024 By the end of 2024, every model Lamborghini offers will be a plug-in hybrid, announced CEO Stephan Winkelmann. But don't expect a fully electric Lamborghini supercar anytime soon. Lamborghini hybrid models will combine electric motors and powerful ...
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Former Brooks Brothers minority shareholder sues, claiming 'bad faith.' The fallout from one of the most prominent retail bankruptcies of the pandemic continues. The billionaire Italian former owners of Brooks Brothers have been sued in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York by TAL Apparel and ...
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Take-Two Plans Flood of New Games, Countering Tepid Outlook Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., the video-game maker behind Grand Theft Auto, announced plans for dozens of new titles starting this year, taking the edge off a forecast for light sales and profit in the months ahead as the pandemic lets up. Take-Two is ...
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Shares rise, dollar eases on US rate outlook World stocks pushed higher on Tuesday and the dollar dipped to near three-month lows as bets that U.S. interest rates would remain low helped investors look past any short-term damage stemming from increased COVID-19 infections in Asia.
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: May 18, 2021 On May 17, the FDA provided summary information about the status of CytoDyn, Inc.'s development program for the monoclonal antibody investigational drug, leronlimab, for the treatment of COVID-19. The data ...
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5 ways to pay down your car loan and save money The average price for a new car is currently $36,744, according to the National Automobile Dealers Association. Most Americans can't afford to pay this out of pocket, which makes taking out a car loan a necessity. Car loans are one of the most common types ...
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Biden takes new electric F-150 for a test drive: 'This sucker's quick' (CNN) It's not every day an American president gets to speed down a driving course in an electric pick-up truck trailed by Secret Service. But on Tuesday, President Joe Biden did just that. Biden made an unscheduled visit to a Ford driving course at which ...
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FanDuel to open new campus in Atlanta; create 900+ jobs The announcement, shared by Gov. Brian Kemp, includes the company investing more than $15 million in the new state-of-the-art campus that will focus on the company's product development, tech, and IT operations.
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Real Estate Investing and NFTs: A Marriage Made in the Blockchain? The reason Bitcoin comes up in pretty much every discussion of NFTs is that by now, it's a somewhat familiar concept based on very similar blockchain technology. Although NFTs use the same technological backbone to track and authenticate individual tokens, ...
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Tuesday May 18 COVID-19 update: Vaccinated Hy-Vee customers and employees not required to wear a mask (WOWT) - Below are today's vaccination updates as well as data reports on new cases and other COVID-19 stats reported by health officials across Nebraska and Iowa. There was no COVID-19 update on Sunday. Keep scrolling to find helpful links and other ...
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Essentia Health, CHI merger falls through DULUTH – Merger talks between Essentia Health and CommonSpirit Health have ended without a deal, leaving a number of hospitals in Minnesota and North Dakota under the Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) brand for the time being. "While we share a ...
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Macy's Beats Expectations And Raises Guidance First quarter 2021 sales were $4.7 billion an increase of 56% over sales of $3.017 Billion in the first quarter of 2020. Of course, many of the Macy's stores were closed during the first quarter 2020. Stimulus checks, more effective control of the coronavirus ...
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Mega Millions jackpot hits $475M ahead of drawing The cash option for the jackpot is $319.4 million before taxes are factored in, which can take a sizable chunk of the winnings. However, the pot is still the ninth largest on record. Two ...
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GMC Hummer EV pickup weighs more than an original H1 Not to mention, the Hummer EV pickup is, battery or not, a giant vehicle. It measures 217 inches long and 87 inches wide -- about eight inches wider than a Silverado. Still ...
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NY Man Seen 'Snorting White Substance,' Harassing JetBlue Passengers Forces Landing NY Man Seen 'Snorting White Substance,' Harassing JetBlue Passengers Forces Landing · In a statement, a JetBlue spokesperson confirmed to NBC News that a passenger "began acting erratically and aggressively toward crewmembers and other customers" ...
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Amazon fulfillment center, more than 500 jobs on the way to Huntsville Officials with Amazon announced today it's building a fulfillment center in the Huntsville metro area, close to Limestone County. Limestone County Chairman Collin Daily confirmed the news to WAFF 48 Tuesday afternoon.
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FEMA to leave midtown Memphis vaccination site Wednesday Meanwhile, the Memphis and Shelby County Joint COVID-19 Task Force said Tuesday those ages 65 and older in Shelby County have nearly reached herd immunity in vaccinations. However, only 25% of people ages 20 to 30 are vaccinated.
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Prophetic investor from 'The Big Short' is betting against Tesla New York (CNN Business) Michael Burry, one of the investors who became famous for predicting the epic collapse in the housing market in 2008 that was chronicled in the book and movie "The Big Short," has a new favorite stock to bet against: Tesla.
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7wireVentures, incubator of digital health giant Livongo, launches $150M consumer health fund The Chicago-based investment firm has closed its second venture fund, a $150 million pool that will be allotted to early-stage digital health companies developing technologies designed to improve the consumer health experience.
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NTSB Final Report Cites Incorrect Rudder Input In Addison, Texas, King Air Crash The NTSB's final report this week on the June 30, 2019, fatal crash of a Beech King Air 350 at Addison Airport in Texas concludes that the pilot likely depressed the wrong rudder pedal in his attempt to maintain control after loss of thrust in one engine.
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FAA proposes fining Knoxville passenger $9K for refusing to wear mask The incident happened Feb. 15 on an Allegiant Air flight from Fort Lauderdale to Knoxville, according to the FAA.
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Canada-US border restrictions extended another month to June 21 OTTAWA -- CTV News has learned that the Canada-U.S. border will remain closed to non-essential travel for at least another month, just days before the current agreement was set to expire. Non-essential travel restrictions have been in place between the two ...
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Tonnage in April Rises 6.9% Year-Over-Year [Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Truck tonnage in April increased a seasonally adjusted 6.9% compared with year-ago levels, according to American Trucking Associations' For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index. The monthly index ...
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Amador County moves to yellow tier; Yolo County advances closer to least restrictive tier SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As California moves closer to reopening on June 15, five counties have been allowed to loosen their coronavirus restrictions. This week Amador, Orange, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties moved to the yellow tier, according to ...
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Full-scale emergency response exercise taking place Wednesday at SLO airport Smoke and emergency vehicles will be visible at the San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport Wednesday afternoon during an emergency response exercise. The airport says the purpose of the full-scale exercise is to "test and evaluate the preparedness ...
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USPS reminds residents to inspect mailboxes during Mailbox Improvement Week Repairing suburban and rural mailboxes improves the appearance of the community and makes delivering and receiving mail safer for carriers and customers. The Postal Service makes this annual request because of the wear and tear that occurs to mailboxes ...
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Duke Energy, NC Leaders Wary Of Investor's Proposal To Split Company Charlotte-based Duke Energy and North Carolina political leaders are fighting back against a Florida hedge fund that wants to break up the company. The fund, Elliott Management, has a history of targeting public utilities by buying large stakes in the ...
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New Fisker Ocean SUV coming to the UK in 2023 via Onto subscription service Previously, the company had revealed that the range topping Ocean model will use an 80kWh battery pack, offering between 250 and 300 miles of range. These high-spec versions of the new electric SUV can recover ...
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Moving Scams Target Cross-Province Moves A noted rise in the amount of moving scams targeting those looking to move East, with the Better Business Bureau confirming some scammers have loaded people's belongings on trucks, only to hold it all for a hefty ransom. The scam singles out victims who ...
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Businesses could keep mask requirements in place, even without county mandate MADISON, Wis. — As we wait to hear if or when Dane County's mask mandate will be lifted, many business owners are trying to decide whether they will follow the CDC guidance or continue to require customers to wear masks. They will either have to trust ...
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Daniel Boulud's Le Pavillon Opens An automated dumpling shop in the East Village, a pivot for Gabriel Stulman's The Jones space, and more restaurant news.
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Students use tech to fight COVID, advocate for racial justice in Samsung contest The winning projects are aimed at combating COVID-related loneliness and depression, cleaning litter from abandoned sites and using smartphones to more easily record interactions with law enforcement for accountability. Since 2010, Solve for Tomorrow ...
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For years, a janitor claimed he invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos. Frito-Lay says it's 'urban legend' For a decade, former Frito-Lay employee Richard Montañez has told the story of inventing Flamin' Hot Cheetos while working as a janitor for the company. A biopic about his life is even set to be turned into a movie soon and directed by Texas native Eva ...
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Complaint alleges discrimination in woman's home appraisals INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A Black Indianapolis homeowner alleges that the value of her home more than doubled after she removed items from her home that identified her race and asked a white male friend to sit in on her appraisal. Carlette Duffy and the Fair ...
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Judge Orders Mediation in Florida's Cruise Lawsuit Against CDC (2:45 p.m. EDT) -- In the latest development in Florida's lawsuit against the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in which the state sought an immediate injunction allowing cruises to begin, a U.S. District Court Judge in Tampa sent the case to ...
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