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How unions could help reality TV cast and crew win better pay and working conditions

How unions could help reality TV cast and crew win better pay and working conditions

“Just because you can exploit young, doe-eyed talent desperate for the platform TV gives them, it doesn’t mean you should.” Original Real Housewives of New York star Bethany Frankel recently issued this rallying call for…

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Why US tribes struggle to tap billions in clean energy incentives By Reuters

Why US tribes struggle to tap billions in clean energy incentives By Reuters

3/3 © Reuters. Brett Isaac, founder and co-CEO of Navajo Power, attends the first annual Tribal Energy Equity Summit in Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S., May 22, 2023. Sarah Arnoff Yeoman/Handout via REUTERS/File photo 2/3 By…

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Why managers’ attempts to empower their employees often fail – and even lead to unethical behavior

Why managers’ attempts to empower their employees often fail – and even lead to unethical behavior

A majority of American workers right now are not feeling very motivated on the job, a new survey suggests. Management experts often encourage business leaders to motivate employees by empowering them. The idea is that…

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Indigenous knowledges informing ‘machine learning’ could prevent stolen art and other culturally unsafe AI practices

Indigenous knowledges informing ‘machine learning’ could prevent stolen art and other culturally unsafe AI practices

Artificial intelligence (AI) relies on its creators for training, otherwise known as “machine learning.” Machine learning is the process by which the machine generates its intelligence through outside input. But its behaviour is determined by…

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US Senate confirms Jefferson and Cook for Fed posts

US Senate confirms Jefferson and Cook for Fed posts

The US Senate voted to confirm two people nominated by president Joe Biden for senior posts on the Federal Reserve on September 6. It confirmed Philip Jefferson as vice-chair of the Fed’s board. It also…

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Oil prices fall further as supply-driven rally cools, weekly gains on tap By Investing.com

Oil prices fall further as supply-driven rally cools, weekly gains on tap By Investing.com

© Reuters. Investing.com– Consolidation in oil markets continued in Asian trade on Friday, with prices falling further below 10-month peaks as a mix of profit taking, strength in the dollar and fears of an economic…

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The UK economy’s COVID bounceback was stronger than we thought – but here’s why people are still feeling financial pain

The UK economy’s COVID bounceback was stronger than we thought – but here’s why people are still feeling financial pain

The UK has been transformed from the laggard of developed economy COVID recoveries, after a recent data revision by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed its growth was stronger than previously thought after the…

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Ever wonder how your body turns food into fuel? We tracked atoms to find out

Ever wonder how your body turns food into fuel? We tracked atoms to find out

Inside our bodies at every moment, our cells are orchestrating a complex dance of atoms and molecules that uses energy to create, distribute and deploy the substances on which our lives depend. And it’s not…

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Chinese rare earth prices hit 20-month high on Myanmar supply worry By Reuters

Chinese rare earth prices hit 20-month high on Myanmar supply worry By Reuters

© Reuters. A mining machine is seen at the Bayan Obo mine containing rare earth minerals, in Inner Mongolia, China July 16, 2011. REUTERS/Stringer/File photo BEIJING/HANOI (Reuters) -Chinese rare earth prices jumped to their highest…

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IRS is using $60B funding boost to ramp up use of technology to collect taxes − not just hiring more enforcement agents

IRS is using $60B funding boost to ramp up use of technology to collect taxes − not just hiring more enforcement agents

The Internal Revenue Service is getting a funding boost thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, which President Joe Biden signed into law in 2022. That legislative package originally included about US$80 billion to expand the…

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