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Maybe let's just not talk about politics at work?

Oct 11, 2024
One expert's advice: just avoid political discourse in the workplace.
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China detains workers at iPhone maker

Oct 11, 2024
From the BBC World Service: Chinese police have detained four Foxconn workers in circumstances Taipei has described as "strange."
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Bytes: Week in Review — Breaking up Google, TikTok troubles and the "Godfather of AI" gets a Nobel Prize

Maria Curi, tech policy reporter at Axios, joins Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino for "Tech Bytes: Week in Review."
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The data dogs

Oct 10, 2024
Federal Reserve official Austan Goolsbee talks about getting enough data to make good economic policy. Plus, Kai rides along with the Coast Guard in Alaska.
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The future of FEMA funding

Oct 10, 2024
The agency faces a funding crisis.
A member of the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force searches a flood-damaged property with a search canine in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Asheville, North Carolina.
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The gifts of mortality and movement, from “Notes From America”

Oct 10, 2024
Recommended listening for “This Is Uncomfortable” fans: A conversation with choreographer Bill T. Jones.
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There's gold in them there central banks!

Oct 10, 2024
Gold has held its value over the long term, making it a compelling investment for central banks.
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For public good, not for profit.

What shoppers really want is some disinflation

Oct 10, 2024
Consumers are frustrated with persistently high prices.
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Tributes paid to former Tata Group boss

Oct 10, 2024
From the BBC World Service: Ratan Tata was one of India's most recognized and celebrated industrialists.
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Some of the walls around Meta's Threads app are coming down

Threads' new features inch the social platform closer to the decentralized fediverse, where users on multiple networks interact. Will Oremus of The Washington Post says Meta takes a more open approach when it's playing catch-up.
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