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A federal judge in Texas just temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s deportation moratorium

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A US Customs and Border Protection vehicle patrols a new section of the border wall in El Paso, Texas. Jose ...

Goldman CEO David Solomon given a $10 million pay cut as punishment for firm’s involvement in bribery scandal

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Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon speaks at the 2019 Milken Institute Global Conference. Michael Kovac/Getty Images Goldman Sachs slashed CEO ...

One Reddit day-trader claims to have turned $53,566 in GameStop call options into more than $11 million in just over a year

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Ezra Bailey/Getty A Redditor claimed to have turned $53,566 in GameStop call options into an $11.2 million fortune. The trader ...

Sen. Patrick Leahy taken to hospital hours after being sworn in to preside over impeachment trial

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Senator Patrick J. Leahy walking outside after the Senate briefing of the downing of Iranian Airbus A300 by USS Vincennes ...

Members of the 116th Congress rail against social-media companies but posted to Twitter and Facebook a record 2.2 million times

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, seen here on August 24, 2020, was one of the most followed members of Congress during her ...

‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry blasts Reddit-fueled GameStop rally as ‘unnatural, insane, and dangerous’

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The Big Short/Netflix Michael Burry criticized retail investors for working together to drive up GameStop’s stock price. The “Big Short” ...

What the Super Bowl reveals about the state of advertising now

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Starbucks COO Roz Brewer is leaving the coffee giant to become Walgreens CEO, and the only Black woman leading a Fortune 500 company

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Starbucks COO Roz Brewer is leaving the coffee giant. AP Photo/Ted S. Warren Starbucks chief operating officer Roz Brewer is ...

US stocks edge lower ahead of major earnings reports

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Mario Tama/Getty Images US stocks ended lower on Tuesday as investors awaited earnings reports from tech giants. The S&P 500 ...

Belk to file bankruptcy. Retailer, hit hard by pandemic and debt, to stay open.

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The 133-year old department store chain was loaded with debt after its 2015 purchase by private equity firm Sycamore Partners. ...

Belk to file bankruptcy. Retailer, hit hard by pandemic and debt, to stay open.

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The 133-year old department store chain was loaded with debt after its 2015 purchase by private equity firm Sycamore Partners. ...

NC real estate firm buys RTP land in a move to meet bullish warehouse space demand

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Triangle population growth and the rise of e-commerce has caused demand for warehouse space from companies to skyrocket. Powered by ...

North Carolina gained over 30,000 jobs in December, as nationwide jobs took a hit

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While the U.S. as a whole lost 140,000 jobs last month, NC added 30,000. Powered by WPeMatico

National mortgage lender adding more than 300 jobs in Cary after getting NC incentives

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PennyMac Financial Services will create the jobs by 2022, the NC Department of Commerce said. Powered by WPeMatico

NC real estate firm buys RTP land in a move to meet bullish warehouse space demand

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Triangle population growth and the rise of e-commerce has caused demand for warehouse space from companies to skyrocket. Powered by ...

National mortgage lender adding more than 300 jobs in Cary after getting NC incentives

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PennyMac Financial Services will create the jobs by 2022, the NC Department of Commerce said. Powered by WPeMatico

Mankind wouldn’t be able to control superintelligent artificial intelligence, according to a new study

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Machines already perform certain tasks without humans understanding how they learned it. Reuters A Max-Planck Institute study suggests humans couldn’t ...

The UK’s COVID-19 death toll has passed 100,000, one of the worst in the world

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Ambulances line up outside the NHS Nightingale Hospital at the ExCeL centre following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in ...

General Electric surges after earnings show strong cash flow and improving profitability

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General Electric reports strong earnings. Hussein Faleh/Getty Images GE stock surged as much as 10% on Tuesday after the company ...

Pfizer’s CEO said the company is working on booster shots that could combat coronavirus variants

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Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said the company is working on booster shots ...

Function of Beauty lets you design your own shampoo and conditioner based on your hair’s needs – here’s how it worked on 4 different types and textures

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When you buy through our links, we may earn money from our affiliate partners. Learn more. Function of Beauty Table ...

The EU is threatening to restrict exports of coronavirus vaccines to other countries

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Getty The EU has threatened to limit exports of coronavirus vaccines to other countries. It comes after British-based drugs firm ...

Bank of America, KPMG, Mastercard, and some 60 other top companies adopt new ESG metrics

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Brian Moynihan, the chief executive of Bank of America. Joshua Roberts/Reuters Some 60 major companies have agreed to adopt a ...

Biden plans to replace the US government’s fleet of 650,000 vehicles with electric models in a shift to clean energy

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President Joe Biden. Susan Walsh/AP President Joe Biden said Monday he plans to replace the “enormous fleet” of government vehicles ...

Far-right police officers have been serving all along – the Capitol riot just pointed them out

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Security forces respond with tear gas after Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol. Probal Rashid/LightRocket via Getty Images Several off-duty ...

Trump opened an ‘Office of the Former President’ to issue statements from Palm Beach as he remains barred from most social media

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Former President Donald Trump. Getty Trump opened the “Office of the Former President” on Monday to announce post-presidency plans. The ...

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has been permanently banned from Twitter

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MyPillow Founder Mike Lindell speaks to the crowd with Pulse founder Nick Hall at Pulse Twin Cities at U.S. Bank ...

10 things in tech you need to know today

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Queue in front of Gamestop store in Christmas atmosphere in Milan during coronavirus emergency, Milan, Italy, on November 03 2020. ...

Fauci feared people would do ‘dangerous and foolish things’ after Trump’s injecting disinfectant remark

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Getty Dr. Anthony Fauci said he was worried that people would do “dangerous and foolish things” after former President Donald ...

Biden administration calls on Russia to free jailed opposition leader Navalny as well as pro-democracy protesters

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Alexei Navalny appears in a video published by his team on January 18, 2021. Navalny Live/YouTube The Biden administration called ...