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In a Politicized America, SiriusXM Faces Employee Pressure to Leave Georgia

As political tensions overflow into the conversations at board rooms and water coolers across corporate America, employees are increasingly calling for their C-Suite to take a stance. This has left corporate leadership with a new job: How to position their company at a time when consumers and employees are demanding that they take a stand, …

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This Skincare Company Admitted to Posting Fraudulent Reviews but Escaped FTC Punishment

Money / By admin

Sunday Riley’s luxury skincare products have had a glowing reputation for quite some time. But it turns out that over the last two years, some of the product reviews on Sephora.com weren’t showing their true face. Many were coming directly from the skincare company, and in some cases, CEO Sunday Riley herself. This week, the …

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Here’s what SoftBank’s long-term WeWork strategy may be

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WeWork CEO and founder Adam Neumann is leaving the company, but doing so with $1.7 billion from WeWork. Peter Eavis from The New York Times and CNBC’s Robert Frank discuss the eyebrow-raising exit package.

The Margin: Americans are spending almost half a billion dollars on Halloween costumes for their pets

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Pet parents tell MarketWatch how they’re getting their furbabies into the Halloween spirit

The Tell: Stock investors can’t ignore politics because it’s ‘the only reason’ a recession is a threat

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Investors are hypersensitive to political headlines ranging from trade war to Brexit to impeachment right now. And there’s a good reason why, says one investor.

Capitol Report: Senate bill aims to help people delete Facebook by making data more portable

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Three senators on Tuesday roll out a bill that they said would make it easier for users to leave the leading social media platforms, in a fresh sign of how Big Tech is in Washington’s crosshairs.

Project Syndicate: Locking China out of the dollar system could backfire on America

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Donald Trump’s repeated weaponization of the dollar undermines trust among holders of dollar-backed and U.S.-verified assets

Google Fi will soon connect you to two LTE networks at once

Technology / By admin

Enlarge Google Fi is getting an upgrade today with what Google is calling “Dual Connect” technology—the ability to connect to two of Google Fi’s licensed mobile networks at once for faster switching. With Google Fi, Google is operating as a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO)—a company that doesn’t build its own networks but instead resells network …

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How Flagstaff Arizona switched to LEDs without giving astronomers a headache

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Enlarge / A couple of different types of dark-sky-friendly LED streetlights. (credit: Scott K. Johnson) “I feel like we’re protecting the last tree, in a way.” That’s what Flagstaff, Arizona, city council member Austin Aslan said at a recent meeting. The subject of that earnest statement might surprise you: it was streetlights. To be more …

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Neanderthal glue was a bigger deal than we thought

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This replica shows how Neanderthals might have used birch tar to haft a projectile point. (credit: Paul R. B. Kozowyk) Fifty-thousand years ago, a Neanderthal living in Northwestern Europe put sticky birch tar on the back side of a sharp flint flake to make the tool easier to grip. Eventually, that tool washed down the …

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