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Transform the daily grind to make life more interesting – a philosopher shares 3 strategies to help you attain the good life

Transform the daily grind to make life more interesting – a philosopher shares 3 strategies to help you attain the good life

Imagine it’s Monday morning, too cold and too dark, but once that alarm goes off, you know you’ve got to rally. The kids have to get to school. You’ve got to get to work. And,…

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Peru declares environmental emergency after oil spill By Reuters

Peru declares environmental emergency after oil spill By Reuters

LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s government on Thursday declared an environmental emergency in a northern coastal area, where state oil firm Petroperu last weekend spilled a shipment into surrounding waters of the Pacific Ocean. A vessel…

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What does 2025 hold for interest rates, inflation and the American consumer?

What does 2025 hold for interest rates, inflation and the American consumer?

Brian Blank is a finance scholar and Fed watcher who researches how companies navigate downturns and make financial decisions, as well as how markets process information. Brandy Hadley is a finance professor who leads a…

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Local governments are using AI without clear rules or policies, and the public has no idea

Local governments are using AI without clear rules or policies, and the public has no idea

In 2017, the city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands deployed an artificial intelligence (AI) system to determine how likely welfare recipients were to commit fraud. After analysing the data, the system developed biases: it flagged…

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Oil edges up on China stimulus hopes, US inventory drop By Reuters

Oil edges up on China stimulus hopes, US inventory drop By Reuters

By Emily Chow and Alex Lawler SINGAPORE/LONDON (Reuters) -Oil edged higher on Thursday in thin holiday trade driven by hopes for additional fiscal stimulus in China, the world’s biggest oil importer, and supported by an…

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Early pregnancy endings are an overlooked workplace issue – here’s how that could change

Early pregnancy endings are an overlooked workplace issue – here’s how that could change

In the UK, early pregnancy endings are defined as pregnancies that end before 24 weeks’ gestation. These include miscarriages, abortions (sometimes called terminations), ectopic pregnancies where an embryo implants outside of the womb, and molar…

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An AI system has reached human level on a test for ‘general intelligence’. Here’s what that means

An AI system has reached human level on a test for ‘general intelligence’. Here’s what that means

A new artificial intelligence (AI) model has just achieved human-level results on a test designed to measure “general intelligence”. On December 20, OpenAI’s o3 system scored 85% on the ARC-AGI benchmark, well above the previous…

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Oil prices ease on surplus concerns, dollar strength By Reuters

Oil prices ease on surplus concerns, dollar strength By Reuters

By Nicole Jao NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices edged lower on Monday in thin trade ahead of the Christmas holiday on concerns about a supply surplus next year and a strengthened dollar. futures settled down…

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Three possible futures for the global economy if Trump brings in new trade tariffs

Three possible futures for the global economy if Trump brings in new trade tariffs

The last time Donald Trump was US president, he entered trade wars with China and Europe. But despite his bravado and tariffs, the US trade deficit did not improve. In fact, it deteriorated from US$195…

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India appoints Malhotra as central bank governor

India appoints Malhotra as central bank governor

India appoints Malhotra as central bank governor – Central Banking End of drawer navigation content Skip to main content Government chooses not to renew Das’s term for another three years Sanjay Malhotra The Indian government…

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