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Retailer bans personal checks after rise in fraud

[ad_1] Target will no longer accept personal checks from shoppers as of July 15, another sign of how a once ubiquitous payment method is going

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Microsoft orders China employees to use Apple iPhone’s

[ad_1] Microsoft will require its employees in China to only use iPhones due to their enhanced security features.  The move comes as Microsoft undertakes a

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Building permits for apartments have plummeted almost 30% since the pandemic—and it could mean higher rents

[ad_1] A wave of apartments is coming, and we’re already seeing its effect: Falling rents, or minimal rent growth. It’s the talk of the town,

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Over 80% of China businesses already use GenAI, higher than world average

[ad_1] China’s business leaders are barrelling ahead of their global peers in adopting generative AI, according to a new survey from North Carolina-based software company

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Extreme heat kills more people in the U.S. than hurricanes, floods, and tornadoes combined. We need a federal heat standard to protect workers

[ad_1] Airport workers in Phoenix. A mail carrier and a fiber optic cable installer in California. This summer, workers across the country are staring down

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New four-day work week experiment cut turnover, improved worker health

[ad_1] A 15-month trial of the four-day work week in the UK has given proponents of the alternative schedule a big boost as researchers running

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Illinois becomes the first state to protect child vloggers

[ad_1] Many influencer parents like to incorporate their family into their TikToks, YouTube videos and other types of short-form content. But a new law in

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Dyson to axe a third of its U.K. workforce as CEO Hanno Kirner warns the vacuum giant needs to be ‘prepared for the future’

[ad_1] Dyson Ltd. is set to reduce its UK workforce by almost a third, and will cut about 1,000 jobs as part of a broader

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European Union freezes Georgia’s accession plans and €30 million in aid due to its controversial ‘Russian law’

[ad_1] Georgia’s accession to the European Union has been halted, and some of the bloc’s financial support to the South Caucasus country has been frozen