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WorkThe self-checkout kiosk horror show could be nearing its end   Still, 60% of consumers said they prefer self-checkout as of 2021. That’s true even though 67% said they’ve had self-checkout machines fail. But a growing number of consumers are souring on self-checkout, thanks to endless frustrations, accusations of theft, and wasted time. Work
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WorkElton John's 2024 Emmy earned him EGOT status alongside these 18 winners  Helen HayesHelen Hayes became the first woman to achieve EGOT status with her spoken word Grammy win for Great American Documents in 1977. She had previously won two best actress Oscars for The Sin of Madelon Claudet and Airport, two best actress Tony Awards for Happy Birthday and Time Remembered, and an Emmy for her role on Schlitz Playhouse of Stars. She later won one more Tony Award: the Lawrence Langner award in 1980. WorkThe Zelensky-Trump Divide at Davos  The Biden administration says airline mergers have made travel more costly. Last year, the Justice Department won a lawsuit that forced JetBlue and American Airlines to end a regional code-sharing alliance.
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WorkYouTube Cuts 100 Employees as Tech Layoffs Continue  Google has been looking for more than a year for ways to cut costs and trim bureaucracy. Last Thursday, the company eliminated more than a thousand jobs from its core engineering division; its voice-operated product, Google Assistant; and some projects involving augmented reality, the technology that combines the real world with a digital overlay. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkNew CNN head says network needs to recapture 'swagger and innovation'  With cord-cutting, the audience for cable television in the US has fallen by one-fifth in the past two years, he said. CNN's full-day ratings averaged 479,000 in 2023, down 15% from a year earlier. Fox News Channel's 1.22 million was down 18% and MSNBC's 780,000 was up 6%, according to the Nielsen company. WorkWorkWorkRahm's upcoming LIV debut, LPGA season opener and more from pro golf  Aaron Jarvis, the Latin American Amateur Championship winner in 2022, is also in the field. The UNLV sophomore was the event\'s first winner from the Caribbean. Last year\'s champion, Argentina\'s Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira, turned pro and competed on PGA Tour Canada last year. WorkWhy aren't there any Americans left in MotoGP?  \"For the sport to grow, it needs to be international, and the only way you can do that is you have to have international riders, so it\'s important to Dorna. They are always asking, \'Where\'s the next American?\' So they understand that they need it,\" Rainey said. \"Now, if a young American was to go over there and race in those national championships or race in Moto3 or Moto2 and he gets the results, I think he\'ll get to the top quicker than maybe a Spanish rider would because there\'s so many Spanish riders that a hot American right now I think would supersede all that. WorkA Reporter’s Journey Into How the U.S. Funded the Bomb  These arguably hairsplitting thoughts nagged at me thanks to my job as a congressional correspondent focused on federal spending. (I was in Berlin for a brief break — so much for that.) The assignment requires me to wade through dense legislative documents — sometimes on the order of thousands of pages — in search of projects and earmarks that lawmakers would rather taxpayers not know they are paying for. WorkWorkSynthetic memories use AI to help dementia patients visualize the past  Today’s email was written by Heather Landy (earliest memory: playing with her dad on the living room floor and feeding him pretend oats while she imagined he was a horse) and edited by Susan Howson (earliest memory: a mobile of fish made out of calico fabric that hung above her changing table). WorkUS retail sales show the economy is just like an old Superman cartoon from 1942  Because consumer spending is the lifeblood of the US economy, if things aren’t faltering there, then we have a decent shot of things turning out okay. Fewer members of the National Association Business Economists are expecting a recession this year. Consumers are feeling more optimistic too! In short, there’s an increasingly good chance the robbers aren’t going to get the gold. WorkChicago shows Teslas struggle in cold weather. Here's why.  The winter months can demand from your EV battery overall. The heater, defroster, lights, and wipers all consume extra power, which can contribute to faster battery drain and decreased range. Driving through snow and ice can increase the car’s rolling resistance, requiring more energy to move it. The extra weight of snow on the car can add further strain. WorkWorkWorkTrain ticket machines charging double online price  In December, the Department for Transport announced regulated train fares in England would rise by up to 4.9% from March - an increase capped below inflation and delayed from January when hikes usually come into force. WorkOctopus Energy: Bills will fall in April, says boss  Higher energy prices risk stoking inflation just as it has begun to slow. Meanwhile, the cost of shipping containers on vessels has jumped, meaning that companies could choose to pass on this expense to consumers. WorkWorkBoeing groundings continue as FAA inspections proceed  Boeing said this week that an outside party would be brought in to assess its production practices, with Boeing commercial airplanes president and CEO Stan Deal saying the company was \"not where we need to be\". WorkUK seeks urgent talks with Fujitsu on Horizon scandal  \"We\'re now working with police forces across the country to pull together what will have to be a national investigation,\" he said, adding that \"there are tens of millions of documents to be worked through\". WorkWorkWizz Air pays out £1.2m over disrupted flights  Wizz Air has been the worst major airline for flight delays from UK airports for two years in a row, according to analysis of CAA data, although the company said it had improved punctuality in 2023. WorkWorkElectric Car Owners Confront a Harsh Foe: Cold Weather  “When it’s cold like this, cars aren’t functioning well, chargers aren’t functioning well, and people don’t function so well either,” said Javed Spencer, an Uber driver who said he had done little else in the last three days besides charge his rented Chevy Bolt and worry about being stranded with a dead battery — again. WorkWorkClimate crisis to increase cancer risk for tens of millions of people in Bangladesh  The implications of the change in the underlying chemistry of aquifer water caused by climate breakdown are not limited to Bangladesh – they will be felt throughout the world. “These chemical processes are global,” Frisbie said. “There’s this reduction of arsenic in Manchester, there’s the salt effect in Louisiana [because of] floods like Hurricane Katrina. So because these are universal chemical processes, this is a global problem.” WorkConsumer Bureau Proposes Overdraft Fee Limits for Large Banks  The proposed rule would apply only to institutions with assets of $10 billion or more, a category that includes roughly 175 of the nation’s more than 9,000 banks and credit unions. Those large providers collect about two-thirds of all overdraft fee revenue, the bureau said. WorkCondé Nast Is Folding Pitchfork Into GQ, With Layoffs  “Both Pitchfork and GQ have unique and valuable ways that they approach music journalism,” Ms. Wintour said, “and we are excited for the new possibilities together. With these organizational changes, some of our Pitchfork colleagues will be leaving the company today.” WorkWorkSix Reasons Drug Prices Are So High in the U.S.  “The U.S. market is the bank for pharmaceutical companies,” said Ameet Sarpatwari, an expert in pharmaceutical policy at Harvard Medical School. “There’s a keen sense that the best place to try to extract profits is the U.S. because of its existing system and its dysfunction.” WorkWorkA.I.’s Latest Challenge: the Math Olympics  The paper’s co-authors are Dr. Trinh’s doctoral adviser, He He, at New York University; Yuhuai Wu, known as Tony, a co-founder of xAI (formerly at Google) who in 2019 had independently started exploring a similar idea; Thang Luong, the principal investigator, and Quoc Le, both from Google DeepMind. WorkApple Expected to Remove a Health Feature From New Apple Watches  Tripp Mickle reports on Apple and Silicon Valley for The Times and is based in San Francisco. His focus on Apple includes product launches, manufacturing issues and political challenges. He also writes about trends across the tech industry, including layoffs, generative A.I. and robot taxis. WorkWorkWorkWorkFailed JetBlue buyout leaves Spirit Airlines with a tough path forward  The airline swooped in with a hostile takeover bid for Spirit in April 2022, weeks after Spirit announced a merger agreement with fellow budget carrier Frontier Airlines. Spirit shareholders ultimately rejected the Frontier cash-and-stock deal and went for JetBlue\'s, increasingly sweetened, all-cash $3.8 billion offer instead. WorkWorkNow hiring: 'New-collar' workers, no degree necessary  \"I am seeing a lot of people with college degrees going back and learning coding or something skill-specific as a way to reenter the market,\" Safani said. \"Either they are not happy in their career, or they are not that employable.\" WorkWorkWorkRetail sales rose 0.6% in December, topping expectations for holiday shopping  The reports come with markets anxious over the direction of Fed policy. Current market pricing anticipates the central bank enacting six quarter-percentage point rate cuts in 2024, twice what Fed officials indicated in December. Stronger-than-expected economic growth and inflation could force the Fed into keeping policy more restrictive. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWork TradeBriefs Publications are read by over 10,00,000 Industry Executives About Us | Advertise Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe (one-click) You are receiving this mail because of your subscription with TradeBriefs.
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