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These features ‘set you ahead of the competition’ when selling a home

A prospective home buyer is shown a home by a real estate agent in Coral Gables, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Today’s home sellers may be able to command higher prices due to recent increases. Certain luxury features may help sell your home for more money or faster than …

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Diddy pays Sting ‘$5,000 a day’ for sampling his biggest hit song

Sean “Diddy” Combs is still paying the price for sampling The Police’s “Every Breath You Take,” and it’s not cheap. The mogul, who sampled the smash hit for his 1997 “I’ll Be Missing You” tribute to the late Notorious B.I.G., tweeted this week that he’s still paying Police frontman Sting …

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What to do if you see your job listed online offering a higher salary

At their best, laws where pay ranges are required on job ads can help you figure out whether a role is worth your time to apply. In a worst-case scenario, though, salary transparency laws can be a wake-up call that you’re being severely underpaid compared to other people in the …

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Michael Jordan sneakers lead blockbuster Sotheby’s auction

Michael Jordans 1998 NBA Finals Air Jordan XIIIs sneakers are displayed during a press preview in New York on April 6, 2023 at Sothebys for the upcoming auction Victoriam, a special two-part curated collection of sports artifacts. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images Michael Jordan’s shoes from Game …

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Tons of clean energy stuck waiting in line

Heavy electrical transmission lines at the powerful Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, located in California’s Mojave Desert at the base of Clark Mountain and just south of this stateline community on Interstate 15, are viewed on July 15, 2022 near Primm, Nevada. The Ivanpah system consists of three solar thermal …

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Bill Gates, AI developers push back against Musk, Wozniak open letter

If you’ve heard a lot of pro-AI chatter in recent days, you’re probably not alone. AI developers, prominent AI ethicists and even Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates have spent the past week defending their work. That’s in response to an open letter published last week by the Future of Life Institute, …

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VP Harris to announce major U.S. order for community solar power

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris waves as she arrives to address youth gathered on Black Star square in Accra, Ghana, Tuesday March 28, 2023. Misper Apawu | Pool | Reuters Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday plans to announce a commitment between South Korean solar cell manufacturer Qcells and Virginia-based Summit Ridge Energy to deploy …

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How Amazon health clinic top doctor thinks about patients as customers

Amazon has long had high ambitions for disrupting the health-care sector, as all big companies —outside the health industry — probably should. The cost that companies, and the economy, pay into the bloated U.S. health system is, as Warren Buffett once said, like a “tapeworm” on the economy. In fact, …

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Layoffs are up nearly fivefold so far this year with tech companies leading the way

Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, US, on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. Alphabet Inc. is expected to release earnings figures on February 2. Marlena Sloss | Bloomberg | Getty Images Companies announced nearly 90,000 layoffs in March, a sharp step up from the previous month and a giant acceleration from …

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Australian regulator cancels Binance’s license at exchange’s request

The logo of cryptocurrency exchange Binance displayed on a phone screen. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto via Getty Images Binance’s Australian derivatives license was canceled at the crypto exchange’s own request, the Australian Securities & Investments Commission said Thursday, after the regulator had begun a “targeted review of Binance” in February. …

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