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Working moms are paid 58 cents for every dollar dads earn

This year, Moms’ Equal Pay Day lands on September 8, which signifies how far into the year moms must work to catch up to what dads earned last year alone.  On average, moms working full-time earn just 74 cents for every dollar paid to a dad in the U.S., the …

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8 depictions of the Queen Elizabeth II in pop culture

Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday, bringing to an end the longest tenure of any monarch in the history of the United Kingdom. Over the past 70 years of her reign the Queen was a pop culture staple, appearing in television and films spanning decades. Her broad appeal led to …

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Crypto mining could hinder battle against climate change: White House

An array of bitcoin mining units inside a container at a Cleanspark facility in College Park, Georgia, U.S., on Friday, April 22, 2022. Elijah Nouvelage | Bloomberg | Getty Images The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy on Thursday warned that cryptocurrency mining operations could hinder the country’s …

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Want to retire early? Answer 1 question first

Those pursuing FIRE — short for “financial independence, retire early” — aim to turn the traditional rules of personal finance on their head. Save and invest a large portion of your income now, the thinking goes, and you can retire in your 40s, 30s or even 20s. There are plenty …

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NASA repairing hydrogen leak to launch Artemis 1 mission in late Sept

NASA’s Artemis I rocket sits on launch pad 39-B at Kennedy Space Center on September 02, 2022 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images NASA said Thursday that it is working to fix the issues that delayed the launch of its Artemis I moon rocket last week, and …

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Clean hydrogen industry got huge boost from Inflation Reduction Act

A sign for a hydrogen fuel pump at a train refueling station in Germany. Hydrogen has a diverse range of applications and can be used in a number of industries. Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg | Getty Images A tax credit tucked into Inflation Reduction Act could turbocharge the nascent clean hydrogen …

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Queen Elizabeth II of Britain, world’s longest-serving monarch, dies at 96

Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh wave from the balcony at Buckingham Palace during the queen’s coronation celebrations June 2, 1953. Keystone | Getty Images Queen Elizabeth II, the world’s longest-serving monarch who as a teen witnessed the horrors of World War II and as an aged sovereign …

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You may owe taxes for federal student loan forgiveness in these states

Marko Geber | DigitalVision | Getty Images If you’re one of the millions of Americans expecting student loan forgiveness, you won’t owe federal taxes. But that doesn’t mean you’re off the hook at the state level. Indiana is the latest to confirm forgiveness will trigger state income taxes, and some …

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Deadline for rail strike which could cost $2 billion a day nears

A maintenance-of-way worker watches as an eastbound freight train passes by his track gang in Alva, Oklahoma. Bloomberg | Getty Images On the heels of the latest round of labor negotiations between the National Mediation Board, unions, and freight railroads, the Association of American Railroads has released a report projecting …

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Biden climate act may create your next job, and a half-million careers

A worker at First Solar in Perrysburg, Ohio July 8, 2022. Megan Jelinger | Reuters Caton Fenz already thought that 2022 was going to be a good year. The 44-year-old CEO of Houston-based ConnectGen, which builds wind and solar power plants that sell electricity to utilities, had planned to hire …

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