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An easier way to switch banks

Oct 22, 2024
The way you bank and apply for credit could fundamentally change in the next couple of years.
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Consumers are falling out of love with bigger dating apps

Oct 22, 2024
The honeymoon period between big-name dating apps and users is waning. But that's not the case for sapphic platform HER.
Courtesy HER

Hyundai lists in India

Oct 22, 2024
From the BBC World Service: Hyundai Motor Indias shares get off to a bumpy start after a $3.3 billion initial public offering.
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How tech is boosting the turnout of disabled voters

Oct 22, 2024
Michelle Bishop of the National Disability Rights Network explains the balance between accessibility and security risks, and how to separate that from misinformation.
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Women deserve credit

Oct 21, 2024
Not long ago, women could be denied a line of credit if there was no male cosigner. It was perfectly legal. Also: storybook-style houses and wild-caught Alaska salmon.
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The rise of pharmacy deserts

Oct 21, 2024
Hundreds of communities across the U.S. no longer have any drugstores.
The local pharmacy closures have disproportionately affected rural and low-income communities.
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The World Bank, the IMF and the U.S. election

Oct 21, 2024
Global finance leaders gather today in Washington, D.C., for the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
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A "call to arms" of sorts for corporations

Oct 21, 2024
Today: What responsibility do corporations have to American democracy?
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BHP in court over Brazilian dam disaster

Oct 21, 2024
From the BBC World Service: A civil trial is beginning in London to determine whether the mining company was responsible for the 2015 Mariana dam collapse.
Cacique Bayara, a member of the Pataxos people, holds a bottle of contaminated water from the river Doce, during a victim gathering outside of the High Court in London on Monday.
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