A real estate company owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has agreed to pay $250 million to settle lawsuits nationwide. The lawsuits claimed that longstanding practices by real estate …
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By ALEX VEIGA
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4/26/24
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The IRS says more than 140,000 taxpayers filed their taxes through its new direct file pilot program. It says the program’s users claimed more than $90 million in refunds and saved roughly $5.6 …
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By FATIMA HUSSEIN
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4/26/24
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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says stagflation could be one of a number of possible outcomes for the U.S. economy as the Federal Reserve attempts to tame stubbornly high consumer prices. In an interview …
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By KEN SWEET
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4/26/24
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One of the demands of antiwar protestors on college campuses is for their schools to divest their endowments from companies that are profiting from Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. Endowments …
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By THALIA BEATY
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4/26/24
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Turkey’s state-run news agency has reported that a court sentenced a Syrian woman to life in prison for a deadly explosion on a busy shopping district in Istanbul in 2022. Alham Albashir was given …
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4/26/24
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Exxon Mobil’s profit declined in its first quarter as natural gas prices fell and industry refining margins dropped. The energy company earned $8.22 billion, or $2.06 per share for the three months …
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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN
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4/26/24
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US probes whether recall of Tesla Autopilot driving system did enough to make sure drivers attention
The U.S. government’s auto safety agency is investigating whether last year’s recall of Tesla’s Autopilot driving system did enough to make sure drivers pay attention to the road. The National …
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4/26/24
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TikTok is banned in a handful of countries and not allowed on government-issued devices in a number of others. That's due to official worries that the popular video-sharing app poses privacy and …
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By KELVIN CHAN
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4/26/24
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China’s vision of the future of the automobile — electrified and digitally connected — is on display at the ongoing Beijing auto show. Organizers say that 117 new models are making their debut …
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By KEN MORITSUGU
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4/26/24
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Journalists see themselves as truth-tellers, and sometimes as contrarians. That fuels news organizations, but it also can bite back. Internal turmoil this spring at NBC News, NPR and The New York …
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By DAVID BAUDER
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4/26/24
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Harvey Weinstein's accusers and their advocates were shocked and angered by an appellate court’s decision to overturn the ex-movie mogul’s 2020 rape conviction. But #MeToo advocates also sought …
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By JOCELYN NOVECK
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4/26/24
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Rooting for Donald Trump to fail has rarely been this profitable. Just ask a hardy band of mostly amateur investors who have collectively made tens of millions over the past month by betting that the …
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By BERNARD CONDON
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4/26/24
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With Donald Trump facing dozens of federal criminal charges and hundreds of millions in legal expenses, Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. went public on the Nasdaq exchange March 26. Its …
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By MARTHA MENDOZA
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4/26/24
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Authorities in Maryland say a high school athletic director used artificial intelligence to impersonate a principal on an audio recording. They say the clip contained racist and antisemitic remarks …
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By BEN FINLEY
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4/25/24
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It's now illegal to sell weight-loss and muscle-building supplements to minors in New York. The first-in-the-nation law went into effect this week. Experts say loose federal regulation of dietary …
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By MAYSOON KHAN
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4/25/24
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Google’s corporate parent Alphabet Inc. has released a quarterly report showing it’s still reaping double-digit revenue gains from its digital advertising empire while sowing potentially …
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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
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4/25/24
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Microsoft has reported that its profit rose 20% for the January-March quarter as it tries to position itself as a leader in applying artificial intelligence technology to make workplaces more …
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By MATT O'BRIEN
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4/25/24
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Smokers in Minneapolis will pay some of the highest cigarette prices in the country after the City Council voted unanimously to impose a minimum retail price of $15 per pack to promote public health. …
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By STEVE KARNOWSKI
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4/25/24
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The FCC on Thursday restored rules to prevent broadband internet providers such as Comcast and AT&T from favoring some sites and apps over others — for instance, by slowing or blocking certain …
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By DAVID HAMILTON
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4/25/24
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Shares in U.K.-based mining giant Anglo American have surged after it received a 31 billion-pound ($39 billion) takeover bid from rival BHP Billiton. The deal would create the world’s biggest …
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By PAN PYLAS
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4/25/24
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