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Qantas apologises after R-rated movie played to passengers on Sydney to Tokyo flight
The Guardian - 7 Oct 2024 07:25
Technical issues meant the film, starring Dakota Johnson, was played on all screens before it was swapped for a family-friendly movie Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, fr...
Clearly Canadian was an iconic soda in the '90s. Now it's back and more popular than ever
Fast Company - 7 Oct 2024 10:00
A new generation is discovering the fizzy flavored drink that defined the 1990s. Taste is a powerful vessel for time travel. And, well, if you're going to try to resurrect a nostalgic brand from yesteryear, that time mac...
E.V. Tax Credits Are a Plus, but Flaws Remain, Study Finds
The New York Times - 7 Oct 2024 14:21
The Inflation Reduction Act was a compromise between competing priorities. Evaluating the law on the effectiveness of the $7,500 tax credit for E.V.s is tricky.
Boomers spent their lives accumulating stuff. Now their kids are stuck with it.
Business Insider - 7 Oct 2024 11:22Can selling off homes for $1 solve urban blight?
BBC - 7 Oct 2024 01:21
Baltimore is allowing people to buy homes for next to nothing to try to improve neighbourhoods.
China released a blitz of stimulus measures to boost its economy. Now begins the balancing game.
Business Insider - 7 Oct 2024 02:00The Middle East is on high alert for October 7 anniversary attacks as Israel intensifies strikes on Gaza and Lebanon
Business Insider - 7 Oct 2024 12:21This ex-Microsoft executive-turned-CEO is betting on 'gritty tech'
Fast Company - 7 Oct 2024 11:00
Toni Townes-Whitley, CEO of government contractor SAIC and one of only two Black women running a Fortune 500 company, explains the power of mission-critical tech. Hello and welcome toModern CEO!I'm Stephanie Mehta, CEO a...
5 ways to organize your brain using compartmentalization
Fast Company - 7 Oct 2024 09:00
These compartmentalization techniques can help you complete your work more efficiently and protect your personal time. In psychology, compartmentalizing is a defense mechanism people use to avoid cognitive dissonance--th...
'My Time Is Important, Too!': Child-Free Worker Called 'Lazy' for Saying 'No' to Coworker Who Always Asks Her to Cover Shifts Because of Her Kids
IBTimes - 7 Oct 2024 08:50
A Reddit user shares their experience of a coworker who constantly dumped shifts on them, leading to a workplace conflict.
Butterfly Equity is taking luxury wine maker Duckhorn private in $1.95 billion all-cash deal
Market Watch - 7 Oct 2024 13:46Activist Starboard Value Takes $1 Billion Stake in Pfizer
Wall Street Journal - 7 Oct 2024 02:00
The drugmaker's shares have slumped as demand for Covid-19 vaccines and treatments has slowed.
More than 70 retailers urge Reeves to make 20% cut to business rates
The Guardian - 7 Oct 2024 01:01
In letter to chancellor, Tesco and M&S are among firms warning tax could result in widespread store closures More than 70 retailers, including Tesco, Marks & Spencer and Ikea, are lobbying the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, ...
Why Goldman Sachs has bumped up its S&P 500 target for the third time this year
Market Watch - 7 Oct 2024 14:55Scholar Rock's stock soars more than 230% on positive trial of treatment for spinal muscular atrophy
Market Watch - 7 Oct 2024 14:50Leading Fitness Franchises to Kickstart Your Business Journey
Small Business Trends - 7 Oct 2024 13:20
If you're thinking of owning a fitness franchise, these fitness franchise opportunities will inspire you to take the next step.
The world's largest chipmaker TSMC is about to be tested as it uses more and more power
Business Insider - 7 Oct 2024 11:00Kind Humanoid wants to be the iPhone of cyborgs
Fast Company - 7 Oct 2024 10:00
Designed in conjunction with Fuseproject, the humanoid robot features a face inspired by surrealism that is welcoming but not quite knowable. It looks like a person made out of wires. Christoph Kohstall, founder of the s...
Bitcoin 'still the best-performing asset' after weak Q3: NYDIG
Coin Telegraph - 7 Oct 2024 05:47
Bitcoin is currently exactly where it was in the last two cycles, said NYDIG's research head Greg Cipolaro, who said crypto could be in for a big Q4.
Oil Falls; Sentiment Likely to Remain Weak
Wall Street Journal - 7 Oct 2024 02:51
Oil fell in early Asian trade. Sentiment will likely remain weak, given seasonal trends, while tensions in the Middle East will slightly offset this, ANZ said.
Nikkei Rises 1.9%, Tracking Wall Street Gains
Wall Street Journal - 7 Oct 2024 02:23
Japan's Nikkei Stock Average rose 1.9% to 39379.84 in early trade, tracking Wall Street gains.
Experts Fear Cryptocurrency Outflows May Affect Exchange Rates in Brazil
Bitcoin.com - 7 Oct 2024 00:30
Analysts believe that, in the future, outflows derived from cryptocurrency purchases could affect the domestic exchange rate in Brazil. The Central Bank of Brazil indicates that crypto assets and recreational services ac...