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U.S. Finalizes Rule Requiring Two-Person Crews on Freight Trains

The regulation ensures that the nation’s largest freight railroads will not be able to reduce the number of workers aboard their trains from today’s status quo.The regulation ensures that the nation’s largest freight railroads will not be able to reduce the number of workers aboard their trains from today’s status quo. Railroads, Federal Railroad Administration, Transportation […]

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To Curb Bird Flu, Taxpayers Pay Millions to Kill Poultry. Is It Needed?

Big poultry farms have received millions of dollars for their losses. Animal welfare groups contend that aid reinforces inhumane cullings of sick birds.Big poultry farms have received millions of dollars for their losses. Animal welfare groups contend that aid reinforces inhumane cullings of sick birds. Poultry, Agriculture and Farming, Animal Abuse, Rights and Welfare, Avian Influenza,

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Ari Emanuel’s Endeavor to Go Private

Silver Lake, the investment company, will buy shares in the Hollywood and sports firm that it doesn’t already own, valuing Endeavor at $13 billion.Silver Lake, the investment company, will buy shares in the Hollywood and sports firm that it doesn’t already own, valuing Endeavor at $13 billion. Agents (Business), Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Media, Endeavor Group,

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Yellen to Visit China for Top-Level Economic Talks

The Treasury secretary plans to address a surge of Chinese green technology exports during meetings in Beijing and Guangzhou.The Treasury secretary plans to address a surge of Chinese green technology exports during meetings in Beijing and Guangzhou. Yellen, Janet L, Treasury Department, Guangzhou (China), China, United States International Relations, International Trade and World Market, Customs (Tariff) Read

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China’s Advancing Efforts to Influence the U.S. Election Raise Alarms

China has adopted some of the same misinformation tactics that Russia used ahead of the 2016 election, researchers and government officials say.China has adopted some of the same misinformation tactics that Russia used ahead of the 2016 election, researchers and government officials say. Presidential Election of 2024, Rumors and Misinformation, Conspiracy Theories, Social Media, Computers and

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Regulators Force Microsoft to Unbundle Teams from Office

The tech giant is unbundling Teams from its Office software suite, as it faces mounting scrutiny on both sides of the Atlantic.The tech giant is unbundling Teams from its Office software suite, as it faces mounting scrutiny on both sides of the Atlantic. internal-storyline-no, Microsoft Corp, OpenAI Labs, Slack Technologies Inc, Zoom Video Communications, Antitrust Laws

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Google to Delete Billions of Chrome Browser Records in Latest Settlement

The internet giant resolved a lawsuit that claimed it had deceived users by tracking their web activity in the Chrome browser’s private Incognito setting.The internet giant resolved a lawsuit that claimed it had deceived users by tracking their web activity in the Chrome browser’s private Incognito setting. Google Inc, Privacy, Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues, Boies,

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How One Tech Skeptic Decided AI Might Benefit the Middle Class

David Autor, an M.I.T. economist and tech contrarian, argues that A.I. is fundamentally different from past waves of computerization.David Autor, an M.I.T. economist and tech contrarian, argues that A.I. is fundamentally different from past waves of computerization. Artificial Intelligence, Computers and the Internet, Labor and Jobs, Wages and Salaries, Productivity, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Autor, David Read

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