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Ice cream franchisee asks for clarity on California fast food labor law - KCRA Sacramento

"It's upsetting that someone can write a law like this, hand it over to unions, and walk away from it."

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Sam Bankman-Fried: Disgraced 'Crypto King' to be sentenced - BBC.com

The former boss of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX is due to be sentenced for multi-billion dollar fraud.

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Ending 6% commissions could create a ‘Venus flytrap’ for home buyers: economist - MarketWatch

‘I hope the presiding judge throws the settlement out,’ economist says

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Eli Lilly Stock Jumps Entry Point As Weight-Loss Drugs Fervor Heats Up - Investor's Business Daily

The company already sells as obesity treatment, but it's working on next-generation drugs.

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Meet the NJ liquor store clerk who sold $1.13B Mega Millions ticket - New York Post

TiYahna Bambaata held the life-changing winning ticket in her hand at the Neptune Township ShopRite Liquor store before handing it over to the lucky customer.

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Speech by Governor Waller on the economic outlook - Federal Reserve

Thank you, Barbara, and thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today. 1 My subject, as it often is, is the outlook for the U.S. economy, and how th

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Oregon governor signs nation's first right-to-repair bill that bans parts pairing - Ars Technica

Starting in 2025, devices can't block repair parts with software pairing checks.

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Dow surges more than 450 points, S&P 500 closes at a fresh record: Live updates - CNBC

Stocks rose Wednesday following a losing session on Wall Street that pulled the indexes further from record levels.

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New England's last coal plants to close by 2028 | New Hampshire Public Radio - New Hampshire Public Radio

Granite Shore Power, which owns two plants in New Hampshire, says it will redevelop the sites into renewable energy parks, with solar and battery storage.

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Sam Bankman-Fried Prison Sentence Shaped by FTX Crypto Fraud - Bloomberg

Evidence from the criminal trial of Sam Bankman-Fried suggests fraud was built into FTX from the very beginning.

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Biden administration announces $1.5 billion loan for first reopening of a shuttered nuclear plant - The Hill

The Biden administration on Wednesday announced a $1.5 billion loan to restart a Michigan nuclear power plant.  The loan, made through the Energy Department’s Loan Program’s Office with Inflation Reduction Act funds, will allow Holtec to restart the Palisades…

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Paramount Global Debt Cut to Junk Status by S&P Global - Hollywood Reporter

The credit rating for the studio is lowered to BB+, one level below investment grade, over concerns for weak cash flows and "downside ratings pressure" as the studio pivots from linear TV to streaming.

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Trader Joe's upped the price of its bananas for the first time in decades. Here's why - The Associated Press

It may not be too “appeeling,” but the price of some bananas are rising by a few cents. Trader Joe’s recently upped the price to 23 cents for a single banana, marking a 4-cent — or 21% — increase from the grocer’s previous going rate for the fruit that remain…

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Janet Yellen warns China against clean energy dumping - Financial Times

US Treasury secretary tells Beijing its trade practices will distort markets and harm workers