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Profits over politics: Why U.S. companies still bet on China
Beijing Review
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The U.S.-China Business Council, which represents 270 American companies doing business in China, recently released the results of its annual member survey. The 2025 survey results showed that despite trade tensions, the ability to operate in the...
India’s Income Tax law revision: Why well begun is still only half done
Mint
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July 28, 2025
A Lok Sabha Select Committee was set up to look at the draft Income Tax Bill framed by the Simplification Committee, which has submitted its report with 285 recommendations, a majority of which seem to find favour with the government; the net...
Upset at budget airline’s role in ICE deportations, 100 protesters rally near BWI
Baltimore Banner - Maryland
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July 27, 2025
If you haven’t heard of Avelo Airlines, you’re not alone. The budget airline, founded in 2021, is based in Texas and has just two direct flights from Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. Yet about 100 people gathered...
COLUMN: Grass fires impacting Colorado's Western Slope
The Gazette - Colorado
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On the plains, grass fires rip across miles of pastures, fueled by wind and drought, two things that carouse around together like two drunks with a pocketful of whisky money. Fires move fast and burn hot, fought by small volunteer crews, farmers...
Now Hiring: Careers in the cockpit in demand
Spectrum News 13 - Florida
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July 28, 2025
OSHKOSH, Wis. — Every day he’s in the cockpit, Captain Rusty Bliss operates on a firm timetable. Bliss needs to get cargo and documents where they need to be on time. He’s a pilot with Mountain Air Cargo, Inc. operating out of Cleveland, Ohio....
Kazakhstan–U.S. Tariff Question Indexes a Broader Geopolitical Pattern
Times of Central Asia
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July 28, 2025
When the United States announced a 25% tariff on selected imports from Kazakhstan, effective August 1, it offered little explanation beyond a vague appeal to restoring the trade balance. At first glance, this seemed routine, indeed almost...
White House reportedly told Pete Hegseth’s team to stop doing polygraph tests after complaint
The Independent (U.S.)
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July 28, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Three things you should never say after someone’s pet dies
The Independent (U.S.)
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July 28, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Should We Be Concerned About America’s Declining Birthrate?
The Patriot Post
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new data showing that the U.S. dropped to an all-time low birth rate in 2024, as the average number of children a woman gives birth to in the country decreased to 1.6%. That places the U.S....
Why companies are leaning into skills-first, AI-enabled employment models
Fortune
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Good morning. As AI continues to revolutionize business, companies are fundamentally rethinking their workforce strategies for the decade ahead—and exploring new options. This topic came up during a panel session at the Fortune Brainstorm AI...
Simpson Foundation Awards $75,500 In Employee Scholarships Across Three Communities
The Richmond Register - Kentucky
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United Set to Hire More Special Olympics Athletes As Customer Service Ambassadors
Travel Daily Media
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July 28, 2025
United SOSA duties include welcoming customers in the airport lobby and helping them find check-in kiosks, bag check locations and navigate security lines. NFL hall of famer Jerry Rice suits up in San Francisco to help recruit and 'train' with...
Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 7.28.25
Florida Politics
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July 28, 2025
Good Monday morning. She said ‘Yes!’ — Congratulations to Nick Iarossi and Celine Pelofi on their engagement under the Tuscan sky at Castiglione del Bosco. Congratulations to the beautiful couple. ___ Breaking late Sunday — “U.S. and E.U. strike...
Express Scripts to drop coverage of weight loss drugs for A-B employees
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Missouri
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ST. LOUIS — Express Scripts will stop covering weight loss drugs for workers at Anheuser-Busch, one of the region's biggest employers, next month. In a letter to an Anheuser-Busch employee dated July 2025 and obtained by the Post-Dispatch, Express...
Pilato says 'outside the box' experience will benefit sheriff's office
GoUpstate - South Carolina
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Nine candidates are running for the Republican nomination for Spartanburg County Sheriff. The GOP primary is scheduled for August 5, though early voting is underway. The special election to replace former Sheriff Chuck Wright will take place on...
U.S. F-47 Next-Gen Aircraft Developer In Trouble As Workers Threaten Strikes At Boeing’s Fighter Jet Factories?
The Eurasian Times
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July 28, 2025
Union members representing workers at two Boeing factories, where fighter jets are assembled, rejected the company’s proposed new contract on Sunday, increasing the likelihood of potential strikes. “IAM Union members delivered a clear message: the...
State public health departments fear looming federal cuts in Trump’s next budget
Kiowa County Press - Colorado
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July 28, 2025
Between 2016 and 2022, as congenital syphilis cases rose nationally and especially in the South, Mississippi saw a one thousand percent increase — from 10 to 110 — in the number of newborn babies who were hospitalized after contracting the...
The White House's AI Action Plan: A Wakeup And Shakeup Call For The Corporate Boardroom
Forbes
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The RMS Titanic on her maiden voyage. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group ... More via Getty Images)Universal Images Group via Getty Images The White House’s AI Action Plan was released last week. Ambitious and...
How edge AI can help reinvent American manufacturing
Manufacturing Dive
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July 28, 2025
When manufacturing leaders think about reshoring, they imagine a future where U.S.-based factories operate as hubs of efficiency, adapting seamlessly to demand fluctuations, maintaining maximum uptime and securing supply chains against...
Speak up to preserve the U.S. Constitution
The Durango Herald - Colorado
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× Thousands of federal employees have lost their jobs due to the current administration’s cuts and threats to cut U.S. government programs. Each job lost has ripple effects throughout our economy and society. Those people who are losing or have...