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Current Event canuckIn China's film industry, the Communist Party is in the director's chair
Actors who prove effective ambassadors for the People’s Republic may see their careers rise, while those who test Chinese authorities can face negative consequences, even if they are stars.
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4 days ago
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'Devastated': As Layoffs Keep Coming, Hopes Fade That Jobs Will Return Quickly
From airlines to paper mills, the job news is grim, and there are growing signs it won't be getting better anytime soon. On Thursday, the Labor Department reported nearly 2.4 million new applications for state and federal unemployment benefits last week.
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6 days ago
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Monopolies Make Their Own Rules
Zephyr Teachout’s new book lays bare the private legal system that shores up their immense power—and hides it from public view.
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6 days ago
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Actor Depp accuses ex-wife of lying in libel action against UK tabloid
Hollywood star Johnny Depp accused his ex-wife, actress Amber Heard, of conducting extra-marital affairs and lying about him beating her up when he appeared in a London court on Tuesday to pursue legal action against a British tabloid newspaper.
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12 days ago
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Petrol sold to Nigeria from Europe 'dirtier' than black market 'bush' fuel
Black market fuel made from stolen oil in rudimentary “bush” refineries hidden deep in the creeks and swamps of the Niger delta is less polluting than the highly toxic diesel and petrol that Europe exports to Nigeria, new laboratory analysis has found. Shell, Exxon, Chevron and other major oil companies extract and export up to 2m barrels a day of high quality, low sulphur “Bonny Light” crude from the Niger delta. But very little of this oil is refined in the country because its four sta...
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2 weeks ago
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Starbucks to halt advertising on social media
It will continue to post to social media but not for paid promotions
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2 weeks ago
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Why the American Consumer Has Fewer Choices—Maybe for Good
“We may not need 40 different choices of toilet paper.” U.S. companies spent the past decades trying to please everyone. The pandemic made that impossible, and now some no longer plan to try.
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2 weeks ago
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Why Birds Can Fly Over Mount Everest
A story for my granddaughter about oxygen, evolution, and our planet’s fate.
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3 weeks ago
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Andrew Yang is pushing Big Tech to pay users for data
The Data Dividend Project is advocating for data property rights
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3 weeks ago
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The Rich Have Stopped Spending And That's Tanked The Economy
The wealthiest American households are keeping a tight grip on their purse strings even as their lower-income counterparts are spending a lot more freely when they emerge from weeks of lockdown. That decline in spending by the wealthy could limit the whole country's economic recovery.
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3 weeks ago
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I'm not even confident we will see a wrap up to the hockey season. Fingers crossed.
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1 month ago
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Intel will soon bake anti-malware defenses directly into its CPUs
Control-Flow Enforcement Technology will debut in Tiger Lake microarchitecture.
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1 month ago
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Elon Musk in leaked email: Starship now “top SpaceX priority”
The company still has to return two NASA astronauts safely back to Earth from the space station. In an internal email obtained by CNBC, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk told his space company’s staff that they should “please consider the top SpaceX priority (apart from anything that could reduce Dragon return risk) to be Starship.”
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1 month ago
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Another consequence of climate change: dinky little trees
Anyone who has stood at the base of a redwood or visited Sequoia National Park knows the beauty of giant, old trees. But future generations may not get to experience that same sense of wonder. We’ve already lost a minimum of 30% of the world’s old-growth forests since 1900, and as trees face a host of environmental threats, their forests may be made up exclusively of younger, shorter trees.
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1 month ago
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Elon Musk calls for 'break up' of Amazon
The entrepreneur condemned the online retailer after it rejected a book about coronavirus.
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1 month ago
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Michael Jordan announces $100M US pledge in battle for racial equality, social justice | CBC Sports
Michael Jordan and the Jordan Brand are giving $100 million US to organizations dedicated to promoting racial equality and social justice.