Category: Business
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Democrats Maintain Majority in the Senate
The Democrats, the party of President Joe Biden, will maintain control of the United States Senate after victories were secured in the legislative elections in the states of Arizona and Nevada, which re-elected their current senators Mark Kelly and Catherine Cortez Masto, respectively, this weekend. The party defied the historical trend of midterm elections, which…
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Finding Large Turkeys May Be a Challenge This Thanksgiving
Finding large turkeys may be a challenge this Thanksgiving due to avian flu and rising prices.
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This is where new businesses are launched
Several business hubs in the U.S. are among the best places in the world to launch a business. A Startup Genome, a research organization that supports small businesses, ranks three American strategic areas among the top five in its latest global start-up ecosystem ranking: Silicon Valley (located in Santa Clara Valley, California), New York, and…
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Federal Court Strikes Down Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Program
A federal judge in Texas struck down President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program, declaring it illegal. The lawsuit was filed by a conservative group, the Job Creators Network Foundation, on behalf of two borrowers who did not qualify for the debt relief. Biden’s program had already been suspended since October 21 due to another…
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Palm Beach Is Becoming ‘The Wall Street South’
The county of Palm Beach, Florida, is becoming known as ‘The Wall Street South.’ This is due to a movement of new companies arriving in the region, many coming from the traditional financial district of New York, Wall Street. There are already over 18,000 companies calling the county home, according to the Business Development Board…
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Would You Pay $19.99 to Have a Twitter Account?
The new owner of the social platform Twitter, Elon Musk, proposed offering users a new subscription service for their accounts to be “verified.” The initial proposed amount was a monthly fee of $19.99. But after receiving much criticism for the charged amount, Musk updated the proposal to $8.00 per month. The Twitter team is working…
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Powerball Remains Accumulated. The Prize Can Now Reach $1.5 Billion
Your chance to become a billionaire continues for another round. No winning ticket was sold for Wednesday’s drawing for the $1.2 billion jackpot. The winning numbers were 2-11-22-35-60 and the Powerball was 23. It is estimated that $1.5 billion is the new jackpot for the next drawing, which will take place on Saturday, November 5.…
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Election Results: The Country Remains Divided
The narrow victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, with just over 60 million votes, against Jair Bolsonaro, who received just over 58 million votes, shows how divided the Brazilian people are between a very conservative right and a left that, in this election, had to move more towards the center to have any chance…
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Lula Elected President for the 3rd Time
Brazilians elected Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva to the presidency again on Sunday, October 30, in the second round of elections, which was contested against current president Jair Bolsonaro. A tight victory for Lula, with less than 2% of valid votes, but no less significant, as it represents the return of the left to power…
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Spanish Prosecutors Withdraw Criminal Charges Against Neymar
Neymar, the forward for the Brazilian National Football Team, no longer faces the possibility of imprisonment after Spanish prosecutors withdrew, on Friday, October 28, the charges of fraud and corruption against the football player, his parents, and several high-ranking football executives involved in his transfer to Barcelona in 2013. However, the trial will continue because…