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Stressed-Out Americans Plan to Buy Fewer Christmas Gifts, Donate Less to Charity

November 20, 2022 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Stressed-Out Americans Plan to Buy Fewer Christmas Gifts, Donate Less to Charity
Inflation is souring the holiday season, a crucial time when companies, charities and nonprofits typically collect their biggest haul of the year. “I can’t give the way I want to this year.”

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Rising Interest Rates Put Small Business Owners’ Plans on Hold

November 20, 2022 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Rising Interest Rates Put Small Business Owners’ Plans on Hold
Add rising interest rates to the challenges small businesses are already grappling with, including inflation, labor shortages and strained supply chains.

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Holmes Sentenced to Over 11 Years for Theranos Fraud

November 20, 2022 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Holmes Sentenced to Over 11 Years for Theranos Fraud
Elizabeth Holmes, convicted of defrauding investors in blood-testing company Theranos, was sentenced to 135 months in prison, capping the extraordinary downfall of a onetime Silicon Valley wunderkind.

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U.S. Home Sales Fall for Ninth Straight Month

November 20, 2022 Erin Slifka Comments Off on U.S. Home Sales Fall for Ninth Straight Month
Sales of previously owned homes declined 5.9% in October from the prior month, the National Association of Realtors said.

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Musk Reinstates Trump’s Twitter Account After Online Poll

November 19, 2022 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Musk Reinstates Trump’s Twitter Account After Online Poll
The move broadens the former president’s potential reach days after he declared another run for the White House.

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They Lived Together, Worked Together and Lost Billions Together: Inside Sam Bankman-Fried’s Doomed FTX Empire

November 19, 2022 Erin Slifka Comments Off on They Lived Together, Worked Together and Lost Billions Together: Inside Sam Bankman-Fried’s Doomed FTX Empire
The emerging picture of what went wrong suggests the crypto empire was a mess almost from the start, with few boundaries, financial or personal.

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Tesla Board View That Elon Musk Is Irreplaceable Emerged in Pay Trial

November 19, 2022 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Tesla Board View That Elon Musk Is Irreplaceable Emerged in Pay Trial
The directors’ desire to keep the serial entrepreneur focused on the car maker contributed to the pursuit of a multibillion-dollar equity grant.

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Twitter’s Mass Resignations Test Elon Musk’s Management Playbook

November 18, 2022 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Twitter’s Mass Resignations Test Elon Musk’s Management Playbook
Mr. Musk has tried to frame demands for long hours of “hardcore” work at Twitter in altruistic terms but it isn’t clear that they are motivating employees.

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Elizabeth Holmes Is Sentenced to More Than 11 Years in Prison for Defrauding Theranos Investors

November 18, 2022 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Elizabeth Holmes Is Sentenced to More Than 11 Years in Prison for Defrauding Theranos Investors
A jury had convicted Elizabeth Holmes earlier his year on charges that she misrepresented the startup’s technology, finances and business prospects to investors.

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Elon Musk Launches Twitter Poll About Reinstating Donald Trump’s Account

November 18, 2022 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Elon Musk Launches Twitter Poll About Reinstating Donald Trump’s Account
The Twitter boss shared details of company’s speech policy and tweeted that some accounts would be reinstated.

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