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Artificial intelligence is coming for your job: 41% of employers intend to downsize their workforce as AI automates certain tasks, a World Economic Forum survey showed Wednesday. Out of hundreds of large companies surveyed around the world, 77% also said they were planning to reskill and upskill their existing workers between 2025-2030 to better work …
Waffle House has added a 50-cent surcharge per egg to all its menu items due to the rising egg prices stemming from bird flu. “The continuing egg shortage caused by HPAI (bird flu) has caused a dramatic increase in egg prices,” Waffle House said in a statement on Monday. “Customers and restaurants are being forced …
BREAKING: The Trump administration is negotiating a deal that would see Oracle, $ORCL, take over TikTok alongside new U.S. investors, per NPR — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) January 25, 2025 The Trump administration is currently negotiating a deal that would allow Oracle, along with new U.S. investors, to take over TikTok. This move comes after lawmakers passed …
Meanwhile, The Washington Post lost $70 million in 2023, with 2024 looking worse. Why? Years of bias. They sold Biden as sharp, Kamala as centrist, and demonized Trump voters. Even lawsuits are exposing media lies – ABC paid Trump $15 million for Stephanopoulos falsely claiming he was convicted of rape. Now, X dominates real-time news …
(By Carleen Johnson at The Center Square)—The average American household credit card balance as of the third quarter of 2024 was about $10,757 after adjusting for inflation, according to a new study. The personal-finance website WalletHub on Friday released its new Credit Card Debt Study, which found that consumers added $21 billion in debt during …