Economy
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Verisk analytics CFO Elizabeth Mann sells $73,964 in stock
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After-Hours Movers: GNRC, FLNC, LEN
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Trump says US interest rates should be 1% or lower
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The MLB and its Dominican pipeline is selling false promises and shady contracts to children as young as 11
Baseball is just as much a Dominican sport as it is an American one. For generations, the MLB has relied on the small island country for a steady stream of young talent. Now, a new investigation by ProPublica may explain why: boys barely old enough to swing a bat are reportedly being promised multimillion-dollar deals.…
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Japan has a problematic age gap: 100,000-plus residents are over 100 and the pension system is buckling
For the first time in its history, Japan has more than 100,000 people over the age of 100—and nearly 90% of them are women. The surge of centenarians is straining the country’s resources and making the male/female ratio at senior home mixers impossibly unbalanced. To put the official total of 107,677 into context, that’s enough 100-year-olds to…
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America’s bedrot era: How the dopamine recession created the ‘couch economy’
You’ve been there. You’re on the couch, and the kitchen might as well be a mile away. Cooking is out of the question, let alone walking to pick up takeout. So, you order delivery instead because it’s three taps away on your phone. Welcome to the new modern economy: whatever you want, delivered instantly to…
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Safeguard Global’s four-day workweek looked like a win—until burnout and secret Friday work pushed its CEO to ditch the mandate
What works for one may not work for another… …with one notable exception: a company that listens to its employees and uses those insights to inform its workforce strategies. That works every time. Case in point: Safeguard Global. After piloting a four-day workweek in 2023, the Austin-based workforce management company used employee feedback from the program to…
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‘Good News’ In AI Doomsday Talk: James Gallagher Says Bills Implementing Guardrails ‘On The Horizon’
Congressman James Gallagher (R-CA) joined “Forbes Newsroom” to discuss legislation on AI safety and his new legislation, the Drone Safety Statement Modernization Act.
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First ‘Virginia Payload Module’ For Block V Submarines Completed
General Dynamics Electric Boat shared a photo of the first VPM for the U.S. Navy’s future Virginia-class Block V submarines, beginning with USS Arizona (SSGN-803)