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How Biden’s paid leave proposal would benefit workers, their families and their employers too

How Biden’s paid leave proposal would benefit workers, their families and their employers too

The Biden administration is proposing a massive expansion of federal benefits through a 10-year US$1.8 trillion package that includes new spending on child care, the continuation of the expanded child tax credit and more robust…

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Gold Up as Fed Continues Easy Monetary Policy, Dollar Weakens By Investing.com

Gold Up as Fed Continues Easy Monetary Policy, Dollar Weakens By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Gina Lee Investing.com – Gold was up on Thursday morning in Asia on the back of the U.S. Federal Reserve maintaining its easy monetary policy as it handed down its latest policy…

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FTC warns the AI industry: Don’t discriminate, or else

FTC warns the AI industry: Don’t discriminate, or else

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission just fired a shot across the bow of the artificial intelligence industry. On April 19, 2021, a staff attorney at the agency, which serves as the nation’s leading consumer protection…

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We spent six years scouring billions of links, and found the web is both expanding and shrinking

We spent six years scouring billions of links, and found the web is both expanding and shrinking

The online world is continuously expanding — always aggregating more services, more users and more activity. Last year, the number of websites registered on the “.com” domain surpassed 150,000,000. However, more than a quarter of…

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Oil Up With Help from US Stockpiles, Goldman as India Burns From Covid   By Investing.com

Oil Up With Help from US Stockpiles, Goldman as India Burns From Covid   By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Oil prices rose about 2% on Wednesday, helped by bullish U.S. inventory and a Goldman Sachs (NYSE:) forecast for $80 a barrel within the next six months, even…

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What’s a capital gain and how is it taxed?

What’s a capital gain and how is it taxed?

President Joe Biden plans to propose doubling the tax wealthy people pay on their capital gains. Under the plan, which he intends to present during an April 28, 2021, speech to Congress, the tax rate…

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Apple’s new ‘app tracking transparency’ has angered Facebook. How does it work, what’s all the fuss about, and should you use it?

Apple’s new ‘app tracking transparency’ has angered Facebook. How does it work, what’s all the fuss about, and should you use it?

Apple users across the globe are adopting the latest operating system update, called iOS 14.5, featuring the now-obligatory new batch of emojis. But there’s another change that’s arguably less fun but much more significant for…

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Gold Down Against Rising U.S. Treasury Yields, Ahead of Fed Policy Decision By Investing.com

Gold Down Against Rising U.S. Treasury Yields, Ahead of Fed Policy Decision By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Gina Lee Investing.com – Gold was down on Wednesday morning in Asia against rising U.S. Treasury yields. Investors also await the U.S. Federal Reserve’s for further clues on the direction of the…

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Airbnb hosts, Uber drivers and waiters who are more politically conservative get slightly higher ratings and tips

Airbnb hosts, Uber drivers and waiters who are more politically conservative get slightly higher ratings and tips

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Customers give higher ratings and tips to politically conservative Airbnb hosts, Uber drivers and waiters than to ones with more liberal…

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how the amazing engineering of army ants can teach us to build better

how the amazing engineering of army ants can teach us to build better

Army ants (Eciton burchellii) are known for their vast foraging raids. Hundreds of thousands of ants flow like a river from their nest site, scouring the jungle as they prey on anything unable to escape…

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