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New Face-Mask Rules Put Grocery Workers Back at Center of Debate

May 22, 2021 Erin Slifka Comments Off

Supermarket workers are back in the middle of the conversation about face masks, having to explain store policies, manage anxious shoppers and assess who is allowed to go maskless as mandates ease for the vaccinated.

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Green Finance Goes Mainstream, Lining Up Trillions Behind Global Energy Transition

May 21, 2021 Erin Slifka Comments Off

After years of intermittent excitement and fizzled expectations, environmental-oriented investing is no longer just a niche interest. “We’ve reached the tipping point and beyond,” said one power-company executive.

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Apple’s Tim Cook Faces Pointed Questions From Judge

May 21, 2021 Erin Slifka Comments Off

The chief executive was pressed to defend the App Store’s restrictions on in-app purchases as he testified in an antitrust case triggered by “Fortnite” distributor Epic Games.

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Kansas City Southern to Combine With Canadian National in Roughly $30 Billion Deal

May 21, 2021 Erin Slifka Comments Off

Kansas City Southern said it would combine with Canadian National Railway after deeming the offer as superior to the agreement it had struck with Canadian Pacific Railway.

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Missouri Southern Announces Updates to Campus Operations

May 21, 2021 Erin Slifka 0

(Joplin, MO) – Effective Monday, May 24, Missouri Southern State University will remove on-campus face-covering requirements for fully vaccinated individuals. The decision is based on updated guidance form the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and […]

Bitcoin Miners Are Giving New Life to Old Fossil-Fuel Power Plants

May 21, 2021 Erin Slifka Comments Off

The lofty prices of cryptocurrencies have investors sinking money into electricity generation, risking a backlash.

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DeepMind Tried—and Failed—to Win AI Autonomy From Google

May 21, 2021 Erin Slifka Comments Off

The artificial intelligence unit’s desire for an independent legal structure has been thwarted by its parent company.

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Car Makers Won’t Get Special Treatment in Chip Crunch

May 20, 2021 Erin Slifka Comments Off

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said she is looking for ways to help auto makers amid a global semiconductor shortage but won’t prioritize them over other chip users, as the industry presses the Biden administration for assistance.

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Three Carnival Lines Plan to Resume Alaska Cruises in July

May 20, 2021 Erin Slifka Comments Off

Carnival Corp. said it is planning to resume Alaska sailings in July, in what would be among the first sailings out of the U.S. since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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As Amazon, McDonald’s Raise Wages, Small Businesses Struggle to Keep Up

May 20, 2021 Erin Slifka Comments Off

Companies are forgoing investment and turning down contracts as they compete with unemployment benefits and wage increases at larger firms.

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Articles by Erin Slifka

New Face-Mask Rules Put Grocery Workers Back at Center of Debate

Green Finance Goes Mainstream, Lining Up Trillions Behind Global Energy Transition

Apple’s Tim Cook Faces Pointed Questions From Judge

Kansas City Southern to Combine With Canadian National in Roughly $30 Billion Deal

Missouri Southern Announces Updates to Campus Operations

Bitcoin Miners Are Giving New Life to Old Fossil-Fuel Power Plants

DeepMind Tried—and Failed—to Win AI Autonomy From Google

Car Makers Won’t Get Special Treatment in Chip Crunch

Three Carnival Lines Plan to Resume Alaska Cruises in July

As Amazon, McDonald’s Raise Wages, Small Businesses Struggle to Keep Up

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