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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson vows to stay in power despite party revolt
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson battled to remain in office Wednesday, brushing off calls for his resignation after…
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Smaller Companies Are Urged to Adopt Multifactor Authentication
Too many small and medium-size businesses rely on usernames and passwords alone to secure their systems, leaving them vulnerable to…
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Exxon Sees Green Gold in Algae-Based Fuels. Skeptics See Greenwashing.
Some scientists regard Exxon Mobil Corp.’s long-running quest to turn algae into a transportation fuel as little more than a…
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The Colorado River Is in Crisis. The Walton Family Is Pushing a Solution.
The first-ever official shortage on the Colorado River has intensified a debate over how to provide water for 40 million…
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The Facebook Whistleblower, Frances Haugen, Says She Wants to Fix the Company, Not Harm It
Frances Haugen, a former product manager hired to help protect against election interference on Facebook, said she had grown frustrated…
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Apple Doesn’t Make Videogames. But It’s the Hottest Player in Gaming.
Apple Inc. AAPL 0.81% doesn’t make hot videogames such as “Fortnite,” or consoles such as the Xbox. But with little…
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Parents, Here Are Teen Girls’ Rules for Instagram
Instagram can be toxic to teen girls. Plenty of people outside of Facebook Inc. have said it. My colleagues recently…
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Amazon’s New Devices: the Astro Home Robot, a Smart Thermostat, a Wall-Mounted Echo Show and More
Amazon.com Inc. AMZN -2.64% streamed a media event Tuesday focused on new devices. As you might expect, it included updates…
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Logistics Operators Raise Pay, Enlist Robots to Meet Holiday Demand
Warehouse operators are throwing every tool they can at increasingly urgent efforts to hire seasonal workers as they brace for…
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Costco Limits Toilet Paper Purchases as Shortages Make an Unwelcome Return
A customer at a Giant store reaches for one of the last packages of toilet paper, which became scarce after…
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Oil jumps 3% in bid to snap 7-day losing streak as dollar retreats
Oil futures began the week with a bounce, rising Monday after the U.S. benchmark suffered its biggest weekly drop since…
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Digital Addictions Are Drowning Us in Dopamine
A patient of mine, a bright and thoughtful young man in his early 20s, came to see me for debilitating…
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Ex-Lanistar staff allege bullying, sexism, and a ‘loser’s table’ for missing targets
Staff at celebrity-promoted fintech startup Lanistar were routinely sexually harassed and bullied over the past year, according to the accounts…
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Security-Camera Tips to Keep Your Home Safe While You Are Away
I joined the summer travel surge last month. In the whirlwind of it all, I remembered to pack my bags,…
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This is the No. 1 reason unemployed Americans aren’t looking for work
Amid a record number of job openings, Americans are taking their time looking for work, with only about 10% of…
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The EU’s digital wallet — the direction of travel for financial services?
Earlier this month, the EU unveiled plans to introduce a bloc-wide digital identity wallet as Covid-19 continues to turbocharge digital…
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Sajid Javid set to leave JPMorgan after shock health secretary post
The UK’s newly-appointed health secretary Sajid Javid is to step down from his post as a senior adviser on the JPMorgan’s advisory…
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WHO head slams ‘scandalous inequity’ in COVID vaccines with 10 countries accounting for 75% of doses administered
The head of the World Health Organization slammed wealthy countries for a “scandalous inequity” in COVID-19 vaccines that is prolonging…
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World Economic Forum cancels August Singapore meeting
The World Economic Forum has cancelled its August meeting in Singapore because of renewed fears over the Covid-19 pandemic. As recently…
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Goldman Sachs offers Covid-19 vaccines to thousands of staff in India as infections soar
Goldman Sachs is offering Covid-19 vaccinations to thousands of its staff in India and rolling out fresh relief efforts in…
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Don’t bail on stocks now, says world’s top fund manager BlackRock
Another mega earnings day is already under way, with Microsoft and Alphabet coming later, while the Federal Reserve kicks off…
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Disney fan complains that Walt Disney World is becoming too ‘woke’ — here’s what’s changed at the park and why
A longtime fan of Walt Disney World penned an op-ed blasting the company for making changes to popular attractions in…
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Investigation launched into PM’s texts to Dyson
The prime minister’s office has instructed the UK’s Cabinet Office to investigate Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s texts with vacuum cleaning tech billionaire…
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India records more than 200,000 COVID cases for seventh straight day as hospitals run low on oxygen
The global tally of confirmed cases of the coronavirus-borne illness COVID-19 climbed above 143 million on Wednesday, as India reported…
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Oprah’s Oatly aims for IPO
Oatly has formally filed paperwork Monday for an initial public offering in the US, nine months after private-equity giant Blackstone…
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A new law would require employees to save for retirement
Auto-enrollment may be just what Americans need to save more for retirement — but perhaps only if the government makes…
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U.S. COVID deaths top 500,000 as experts look to FDA meeting on J&J’s one-dose vaccine
The U.S. surpassed half a million deaths from the coronavirus-borne illness COVID-19 on Monday, as experts braced for a Food…
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