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How a Southwest flight attendant successfully lobbied to change Illinois law after not being able to use sick leave to care for her dying husband
As a flight attendant, King had flexibility in her schedule, but she could not use her accrued sick…
Taylor Rains
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INTERVIEW: Home recipes that are set for a $73 million IPO— Mrs Bector’s Food is no cookie cutter
And ahead of the IPO, the spirits are up for the owners, the analysts as well as the grey market…
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UK adds loss of taste, smell to list of COVID-19 symptoms
The latest advice comes as the UK gradually eases up its lockdown to a "stay alert" message, with i…
PTI
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Africa is bucking the trade-war trend with a pact that would transform the continent into the world's biggest free trade area. But will it work?
The African Continental Free Trade Area will be home to more than a billion people, 55 countries, a…
Yusuf Khan
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China's $1 trillion infrastructure project could encourage the spread of invasive bird and reptile species
In addition to threatening human health, invasive species like the African clawed frog and ship rat…
Aria Bendix
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A Kansas newspaper published a cartoon likening the state governor's compulsory face-mask order to the Holocaust
The Anderson County Review's cartoon showed Gov. Laura Kelly wearing a mask emblazoned with the Sta…
Alexandra Ma
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This underground tunnel for cars could cut an hour-long commute down to 15 minutes
Called the CarTube, the firm's concept envisions an underground tunnel of automated, conveyor …
Leanna Garfield
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Nashville will become a critical hub for Amazon's logistics business - but it doesn't mean there will also be a boom in warehouse jobs
It's a flowery name for a serious endeavor. The center will create some 5,000 white-collar jobs wit…
Rachel Premack
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The Chancellor is planning a £23 billion spending bonanza on housing, technology, and transport
Hammond announced the huge "National Productivity Investment Fund" spending programme, to be funded…
Oscar Williams-Grut
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#Independence Day Spl: India's need for Infrastructure development
Infrastructure development is critical for economic development. It has a domino effect on the othe…
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How a little-known 1980 law slashed pay for millions of truck drivers and created big-box retail as we know it
Online shopping and big-box retail likely wouldn't exist today without the deregulation of the truc…
Rachel Premack
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America's infrastructure has been severely impacted by COVID-19. Investing in it could help the economy recover faster.
Speakers at the United for Infrastructure 2020 virtual event highlight how the pandemic has exposed…
Erica Sweeney
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Huawei CEO interview "We will definitely climb to the top, and will come back alive"
On May 18, the CEO of China's communications equipment giant, Huawei (Huawei Technology), res…
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A bunch of toxic waste from the army's 'Project Iceworm' is going to leak into the Arctic
"The question is whether it's going to come out in hundreds of years, in thousands of years, or in …
Rafi Letzter
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Facebook investors are starting to wonder if COO Sheryl Sandberg will leave the company
The report described Sandberg as integral to many of the decisions made, and while she has publicly…
Rob Price
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Why no one will own a car in 25 years
"It may not be the vehicle that brought to you where you are and you may not be in that vehicle lat…
Cadie Thompson
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Google has a $5 million plan to make Silicon Valley as bike-friendly as Copenhagen
What the company really wants is to emulate the gold standard for bike-friendliness, Copenhagen - a…
Chris Weller
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This border post shows how Turkey's ISIS problem keeps getting worse
The Turkish town of Akcakale is a quintessential example of Turkey's still-inconsistent border poli…
Natasha Bertrand
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The Fed has a forgotten role - and it will be critical in getting the US economy 'running on all cylinders'
"Ultimately, we're creating the conditions for economic growth. But those conditions won't be as fe…
Pedro Nicolaci da Costa
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Planting spies, paying people to post on social media, and pretending the news doesn't exist: This is how China tries to distract people from human rights abuses
Some companies appear to have have taken that policy to heart. Last month Weibo, one of China's lar…