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Freddie Mac: Housing market 3.7 million home shortage is the ‘root cause’ of...

Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. According to a new report published by Freddie Mac economists, the U.S. housing...

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Amazon announces a set of Nova AI models

Amazon’s cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services (AWS), announced a new family of foundation models called Nova to power generative AI applications at its re:Invent 2024 conference on Tuesday....

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New research links depression to more painful periods

Women are two times more likely than men to suffer from depression, particularly during their reproductive years. Previous research, meanwhile, has established a correlation between painful periods...

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Could Elon Musk get rid of daylight saving time?

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have announced plenty of controversial proposals for their Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), but there are some that are managing to gather bipartisan support....

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Job market had more openings and fewer layoffs in October

U.S. job openings increased solidly in October while layoffs dropped by the most in 1-1/2 years, suggesting the labor market continued to slow in an orderly fashion. But the Job Openings and Labor...

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Amazon’s AWS unveils new supercomputer with its AI chips in a challenge to...

Amazon.com’s cloud unit on Tuesday showed new data center servers packed with its own AI chips that will challenge Nvidia, with Apple coming aboard as a customer to use them. The new servers, based on...

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Cargill is laying off thousands of workers

Agribusiness giant Cargill is laying off thousands of its employees. Cargill confirmed this week that it would be reducing its global workforce by about 5%. In a statement sent to The Associated Press...

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Trump vows to block Japan’s Nippon Steel from buying U.S. Steel. Here’s how

President-elect Donald Trump is underscoring his intention to block the purchase of U.S. Steel by Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel Corp., and he’s pledging to use tax incentives and tariffs to...

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Disney+ just got a dash of ESPN

Disney. Pixar. Marvel. Star Wars. National Geographic. Hulu. The Walt Disney Co. isn’t a portfolio of brands so much as a portfolio of portfolios of brands. Today it’s expanding its Disney+ streaming...

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From intimidation to inspiration: How to thrive in peer learning groups...

I still remember walking into my first mastermind group meeting: My heart was racing—a mix of excitement and a lot of nerves. I had finally taken the leap to invest in myself and my business, hoping...

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The Supreme Court has begun hearing arguments on this major transgender...

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Wednesday in just its second major transgender rights case, which is a challenge to a Tennessee law that bans gender-affirming care for minors.The justices’...

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UnitedHealthcare executive fatally shot in Manhattan before investor meeting

Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealth’s insurance unit, was fatally shot on Wednesday morning outside a midtown Manhattan hotel in what appears to have been a targeted attack, New York City police...

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Almost 30% of U.S. drugstores were shuttered within a decade. Here’s why

Nearly three out of 10 U.S. drugstores that were open during the previous decade had closed by 2021, new research shows.Black and Latino neighborhoods were most vulnerable to the retail pharmacy...

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VW’s CEO and union boss clash as factory closures remain on the table

Volkswagen’s CEO and labour boss clashed during a staff meeting on Wednesday, with management pushing for major cuts while workers warned of more strikes if plant closures remain part of wage...

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West Texas is deep in drought. Could oil wastewater be the solution?

There is water in all the wrong places in this corner of West Texas. The Pecos River runs dry through this small town mired in severe drought. But Lake Boehmer, a pool of toxic water flowing from...

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Location sharing is the latest way to hard launch a relationship

Are you location sharing official? Whether it’s for practical reasons, like checking if your partner can swing past your favorite takeaway on the way home, or seeing if they have got home safely from...

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Hong Kong will display thousands of giant panda sculptures, aiming to boost...

Thousands of giant panda sculptures will greet residents and tourists starting Saturday in Hong Kong, where enthusiasm for the bears has grown since two cubs were born in a local theme park. The 2,500...

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Chi-Chi’s plans U.S. return after two decades

Two decades after the once-popular Mexican chain Chi-Chi’s closed its doors, the restaurant is about to make its return.  This week, Hormel Foods, the owner of Chi-Chi’s trademarks, announced a new...

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Raw milk recall in California expands after more bird flu virus is found

A California farm expanded a recall of raw milk sold in stores and halted production after state health and agriculture officials found bird flu virus in more milk samples. Raw Farm, of Fresno,...

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Turn off your away message. A24’s Y2K microsite just brought back AIM

If you’re nostalgic for the internet of the 1990s, there’s a microsite for that. To promote Y2K, the horror comedy from Kyle Mooney and A24 about technology coming to life during the final New Year’s...

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