Month: July 2023

Students at Wesleyan University Joanne Rathe | The Boston Globe | Getty Images In the wake of Supreme Court‘s ruling on affirmative action admission policies, Wesleyan University announced on Wednesday that it will end its policy of giving preferential treatment to legacy students. “We still value the ongoing relationships that come from multi-generational Wesleyan attendance, but there
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At this point, the U.S. housing crisis is well documented. The nation is short some 6.5 million homes, and developers can’t seem to build fast enough to meet the demand. Experts expected rising interest rates to exacerbate the housing shortage by stalling development activity and further throwing off the housing supply-demand pendulum—but in May, there
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No Labels, the independent political organization making noises about a third-party presidential campaign, has released a policy manifesto. Intended to flesh out the group’s rhetorical commitment to common-sense solutions, the document has a lot to say about “taxpayers.” Indeed, if you search the No Labels booklet for the word “tax,” you’ll find 19 occurrences. A
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In this article WMT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Rafael Henrique | Lightrocket | Getty Images Walmart is reducing the cost of its subscription service for Americans who receive food stamps and some other types of government assistance, as it pushes to grow the program and notices more price sensitivity among shoppers. The nation’s
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In this article JNJ Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Kenvue, a unit of Johnson & Johnson’s consumer health business. CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images Kenvue reported second-quarter revenue and adjusted earnings that topped expectations Thursday in the consumer health company‘s first quarterly report since it spun out from Johnson & Johnson two
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The so-called “cage match” between billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg may or may not ever happen. But the two tech moguls are already waging battle for social media users. Zuckerberg’s found early success luring dissatisfied Twitter users to his new competitor, Threads, which launched earlier this month and quickly amassed 100 million users within
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The tentacles of the Covid-19 pandemic left no corner of American life untouched. Now they have even entered the annals of insider trading. Recent insider-trading charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and federal criminal prosecutors offer jolting lessons for all employees and executives who learn confidential corporate information and may then be
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Residential skyscraper buildings beyond luxury villas on the waterfront of the Palm Jumeirah in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. Christopher Pike | Bloomberg | Getty Images A United Arab Emirates resident and Nigerian citizen was sentenced to 8 years in federal prison for orchestrating a multi-million dollar fraud scheme that victimized
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In this article NFLX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Netflix reports second-quarter earnings on Wednesday and investors will pay close attention to the streaming giant’s crackdown on password sharing, as well as the recently launched ad-supported tier. Analysts are predicting — and some data sources have shown
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Even for ‘Barbie’ director Greta Gerwig, negotiating a salary isn’t always easy. Gerwig’s movie is among the most anticipated films of the summer. And while her salary has not been made public, the movie has a budget of $145 million, according to Variety. Gerwig’s leading actors, Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, are each making $12.5
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