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Homebuilder stocks are trying to tell us something about the 2025 housing market

Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. During the pandemic housing boom, publicly traded homebuilders achieved record...

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45 years ago, the Walkman changed how we listen to music

Back in 1979, Sony cofounder Masaru Ibuka was looking for a way to listen to classical music on long-haul flights. In response, his company’s engineers dreamed up the Walkman, ordering 30,000 units...

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What happened with American Airlines today? Update after AA flights grounded...

Holiday travelers flying with American Airlines experienced widespread Christmas Eve disruptions on Tuesday after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that the airline had grounded all...

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Starbucks strike will expand to over 300 U.S. stores on Christmas Eve

A strike at Starbucks will expand to over 300 U.S. stores on Tuesday, with more than 5,000 workers expected to walk off the job before the five-day work stoppage ends later on Christmas Eve, the...

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Trump transition team may seek ‘day one’ withdrawal from WHO

Members of Donald Trump‘s presidential transition team are laying the groundwork for the United States to withdraw from the World Health Organization on the first day of his second term, according to...

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Phenylephrine is being phased out of cold medicines: Here are alternatives

Changes are coming to the cold and cough aisle of your local pharmacy: U.S. officials are moving to phase out the leading decongestant found in hundreds of over-the-counter medicines, concluding that...

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Nordstrom to be taken private in $6.25 billion deal from founding family and...

Century-old department store Nordstrom has agreed to be acquired and taken private by Nordstrom family members and a Mexican retail group in a $6.25 billion deal with the industry being squeezed by...

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Biden to decide Nippon Steel’s bid for U.S. Steel after a panel deadlocks on...

A powerful government panel on Monday failed to reach consensus on the possible national security risks of a nearly $15 billion proposed deal for Nippon Steel of Japan to purchase U.S. Steel, leaving...

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AI-assisted wildlife surveillance is eavesdropping on endangered spider monkeys

The endangered Geoffrey’s spider monkeys that dangle high in the rainforest canopy are elusive and hard for scientists to track. So biologist Jenna Lawson hid 350 audio monitors in trees across Costa...

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NORAD live tracker: How to follow Santa Claus in real time as he delivers...

He’s made a list, he’s checked it twice, and now Santa Claus is working his way around the world on his busiest day of the year. And with Amazon workers on strike and American Airline flights being...

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TikTok is full of bogus, potentially dangerous medical advice

TikTok is the new doctor’s office, quickly becoming a go-to platform for medical advice. Unfortunately, much of that advice is sketchy at best. A new report by the healthcare software firm Tebra found...

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AI use cases are going to get even bigger in 2025

Over the past two years, generative AI has dominated tech conversations and media headlines. Tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, Midjourney, and Sora captured imaginations with their ability to create text,...

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YouTube TV price hike got you down? 5 free alternatives

Was YouTube TV’s recent price increase the straw that broke the camel’s back for you? When does the cost of streaming TV stop going up? When?!! The answer is: Never. These streaming services are going...

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What’s open on Christmas Day 2024? Holiday hours for Walgreens, CVS, Red...

If you find yourself short a roll of gift-wrapping tape or a stick of butter, or you suddenly decide you don’t want to cook, here’s a list of stores and restaurants that are open on Christmas Day...

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From AI to RTO, 15 HR leaders share their future of work predictions for 2025

People leaders have had their hands full this year. The return-to-work debate and concerns over artificial intelligence and employee retention have dominated many workplaces in 2024. As companies have...

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These gorgeous holiday cards by Josef and Anni Albers show the Bauhaus at its...

Following their precipitous meeting at the famed Bauhaus school in 1922, artists Josef and Anni Albers, arguably the most enduring couple to emerge from the Bauhaus movement, would chart the rest of...

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YouTube has a new plan to combat clickbait

Thumbnails play the YouTube equivalent of a movie poster, aiming to draw your attention to click and watch when you have hundreds of videos clogging your recommended content. Most of us have been...

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Can we please, please, please quit redesigning everything?

Here’s my Christmas wish this year: I wish everybody would just quit redesigning everything. Take Jaguar’s recent highly publicized rebranding. I’m still trying to figure out what that bevy of angular...

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Why early-career professionals should consider board service to build...

The next generation of corporate directors will need to be more adaptable, strategic, and visionary than ever. Today’s pace of change demands it, and obligations to generate long-term value creation...

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Why social media influencers are going to have a very big 2025

As 2024 rolls into 2025, big changes are potentially afoot in the world of social media. TikTok is potentially weeks away from closure in the United States. X (the app formerly known as Twitter)...

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