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 | From the Editor's Desk In sibling birth order, who’s the winner? The debate between pressured-but-successful older children or free-spirited but overlooked younger siblings has consumed many over the years, even leading to the rift between psychology founder Sigmund Freud (a firstborn child) and his middle-child colleague Alfred Adler. When it comes to corporate success, though, the data is unquestioned: Older children have it made. |
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| Work Mega Millions player wins $1.13 billion jackpot sold in New Jersey  The next big U.S. lottery drawing will be Wednesday night for an estimated $865 million Powerball jackpot. No one has won that prize since New Year’s Day, making for 36 drawings without a winner. |
| Work Mega Millions player wins $1.13 billion jackpot sold in New Jersey  The next big U.S. lottery drawing will be Wednesday night for an estimated $865 million Powerball jackpot. No one has won that prize since New Year’s Day, making for 36 drawings without a winner. |
| Work China's 'battery king' dismisses solid-state EV commercialisation as years away - FT (No paywall) CATL chief Robin Zeng says much-vaunted tech for electric vehicles is currently impractical and unsafe |
| Work Korean Conglomerate LG To Invest $74 Billion In AI, Biotech, Cleantech And Other Growth Areas - Forbes (No paywall)  LG Corp., one of South Korea’s largest conglomerates, announced Wednesday it plans to invest 100 trillion won ($74 billion) in the country over the next five years to diversify its business portfolio. |
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| Work Inside a C.E.O.'s Bold Claims About Her Hot Fintech Start-Up  Amira Yahyaoui, a human rights activist, promoted the success of her student aid start-up, Mos. Some of her statements do not add up, according to internal data and people familiar with the company. |
| Work Happy-Go-Lucky Australia Is Feeling Neither Happy, Nor Lucky  For nearly three decades, Australia seemed to have a sort of get-out-of-jail card that allowed it to glide through the dot-com bust and the global financial crisis without a recession, while its citizens mostly enjoyed high wages, affordable housing and golden prospects. |
| Work Former Chiefs cheerleader Krystal Anderson dies days after stillbirth  \"We will miss her kind spirit, joyful energy, and her sparkle,\" their message continued. \"Our thoughts and prayers are with her family and loved ones. We will cherish every moment we had with her.\" |
| Work The tech executive who believes AI needs more voice-based learning systems  Talent is everywhere, but opportunity isn’t. Before we talk about great products, we need people. Ideas live in people’s minds and must be trained, supported, and inspired. If we invest more in people and focus less on short-term benefits, we will develop more impactful long-term solutions that improve the quality of life worldwide. |
| Work China to challenge Biden's electric vehicle plans at the WTO  Under the new U.S. rule, only 13 of the more than 50 EVs on sale in the U.S. were eligible for tax credits, down from about two dozen models in 2023. Automakers have been scrambling to source parts that would make their models eligible for the credits. |
| Work Lawmakers in Thailand approve bill to legalize same-sex marriage  Lawmakers, however, did not approve inclusion of the word “parent” in addition to “father and mother” in the law, which activists said would limit the rights of some LGBTQ+ couples to form a family and raise children. |
| Work Mother mourns loss of her only child after high school seniors murdered in South Dallas  “My babies will never see the light of day again. They don’t have a future anymore. You took that from them,” she said. “If you know something, please say something. Please say something. Please get justice for Kamari and Camren. They deserve justice. |
| Work ‘Sobering results’ of employer survey need rapid response  That is the challenge for the chamber and other civic organizations that in Mr. Sanchez’s vision will work with universities and smaller employers, who are by far the hardest hit, to seek new links between businesses and higher education to fill the employment gap between expectations and realities. |
| Work Ronald Wasson: Aventura city manager seeks to develop parks, open spaces  “My overall goal is to continue managing those expectations and managing the growth of the City of Aventura and Miami-Dade County,” he said. “We are always looking for ways that we can do to make the city even better, which is the bottom line for government.” |
| Work FYI Miami: March 28, 2024 GETTING A MOVE ON: Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava told the chamber’s economic summit that Miami International Airport is projecting 77 million passengers a year by 2024, up from 53 million last year. Alluding to the airport’s highly publicized issues with moving passengers internally, she reassured the audience “don’t worry, we’ll have the escalators and elevators fixed by then.” |
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| Work ‘Scary low’ Miami-Dade jobless rate rises a hair  Construction had the second-largest year-long percentage gain, up 6.9% to 59,100 jobs. Mr. Skordeles of Truist noted the sector’s gain in amazement after counting 14 construction cranes along I-95 in a drive down from Fort Lauderdale and two more out the window in downtown Miami as he spoke. |
| Work Shortcut sought to get free Golden Passport transit rides  Commissioner Eileen Higgins, who chairs the commission’s transportation committee, asked at last week’s meeting that the mayor’s report on the issue include an analysis that she had asked for two years ago of renewing the Golden Passport cards on line. She also suggested an easy step: as residents turn 65, the county should simply mail to each of them a Golden Passport without any application at all. |
| Work Miami Beach buying $6 million house. Now, how to use it?  “It should be do-able,” said Mr. Greene. “It would only get a little questionable … if 95% of it was non-building department. We would have to take a look at that. But yes, I believe that all those uses should be able to be there as long as I think the Building Department is getting the ability for people to go in and file permits, pay permit fees, talk to someone from the building department. As long as that use is there, there can be charged backs from other funds and departments that would make use of it.” |
| Work Miami Beach looks to hire a condo ombudsman  Despite the initial motion passing, discussion lingered of amending the item for the position to be a Florida certified condominium attorney. However, it had already been passed as is to the finance committee. |
| Work Japanese drugmaker Noven gets county aid to expand here  The addition of ten workers is not a major increase for Noven, which now lists more than 300 employees. The new employees would receive average annualized salaries of $80,000 and annual benefits of $29,000 apiece. |
| Work This Impressive Ballston Penthouse Condo Offers Breathtaking Sunset Views and More - Washingtonian  Hyde Park isn’t just a residence—it’s a vibrant community with a private park, pool, BBQ area, game room, and more. Plus, with utilities included and complimentary laundry facilities on every floor, convenience is at your fingertips. |
| Work Colorado woman arrested in Arkansas for fatal cyclist hit-and-run in Eagle County  Troopers requested a search warrant and found Whitmarsh’s car, a white 2012 Subaru Outback, parked in her garage with windshield damage “consistent with striking a pedestrian” and debris inside the car, according to the affidavit. |
| Work Canadiens slow down surging Avalanche, snap Colorado’s nine-game winning streak  The 24-year-old has become the club’s No. 2 goaltender during the second half of the season after beginning the year in the AHL. He and Ivan Prosvetov have had chances to play behind Alexandar Georgiev because Pavel Francouz has missed the entire season with an injury. Avs GM Chris MacFarland told DNVR earlier this week that Francouz, who will be an unrestricted free agent this offseason, has given the club no indication that he will try to continue playing. |
| Work What suspects in deadly NYPD cop shooting may have been doing before shots fired: Source  Video of the scene shows a car with an apparent bullet hole in the passenger side door. Officers recovered a firearm at the scene. The shooting took place right outside of City Councilwoman Selvena Brooks-Powers\' office. |
| Work A man who went into a Wells Fargo and said he had explosives is shot by officer, police say  Hannah Wiley covers the Bay Area and North Coast for the Los Angeles Times. She previously worked with The Times’ Sacramento bureau as a state politics reporter, covering the Legislature and pivotal policy issues including homelessness and housing, mental health, addiction, gun control and the state judicial system. Before coming to The Times, she covered state politics for the Sacramento Bee. Wiley has a bachelor’s degree from St. Louis University and a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University. She is based in San Francisco. |
| Work What’s Going on With Legal Marijuana in New York?  There are a few things the governor mentions when she talks about why the program is a disaster. The biggest thing is the proliferation of illicit shops that have jumped the line to open. There are over 2,000 rogue shops in New York City, and about only 85 licensed dispensaries statewide. There are many more unlicensed shops than there are legal places to buy safe, tested weed, which sends tax revenue toward repairing some of the harm of the war on drugs. The state is still trying to figure out how to achieve those central goals of the legalization law. |
| Work In Senate Race Shake-Up, Frustration With Establishment Politics  Ms. Murphy’s exit leaves Andy Kim, a 41-year-old congressman from South Jersey, as the odds-on favorite to be elected in November. If successful, he would be the country’s first Korean American senator and one of the Senate’s youngest members. |
| Work A Bustling Block, a Traffic Stop and an Officer’s Life Cut Short  Older officers, retired officers will tell you: This is the worst part of the job. It’s facing the potential danger of walking up to a parked car or an apartment door, with no real idea of what’s happening inside. |
| Work The Challenges That a Deadly Night Poses for Eric Adams  Adams lamented what he said were “bad people doing bad things to good people,” but he was adamant that the city had not spiraled out of control. I asked Emma G. Fitzsimmons, who as our City Hall bureau chief covers Adams daily, to discuss whether the two incidents were an inflection point in his efforts to reassure New Yorkers about safety. |
| Work Man in Custody in Fatal Shooting of N.Y.P.D. Officer  Mr. Rivera had surgery at Jamaica Hospital and is expected to survive. He has not yet been arrested or charged in the killing because of his medical condition, according to a law enforcement official with knowledge of the case. |
| Work Judge Imposes Gag Order on Trump in Manhattan Criminal Trial  There is one notable exception to the gag order: Mr. Trump is not prohibited from attacking Mr. Bragg, who has received numerous death threats in recent months. Mr. Bragg voluntarily carved himself out of the order; in other Trump cases, prosecutors are also left out of the gag orders. |
| Work Slain Officer Remembered as a Husband and Father With a Promising Future  And on the home front, a 40-minute drive east on Long Island, his life as a family man was also blooming. He and his wife, Stephanie, had moved into a modest colonial in Massapequa Park as newlyweds and last year had a son, Ryan. |
| Work A Fatal Instant on the Subway Captures New York’s Persistent Challenges  Mayor Eric Adams, who has watched crime in the subway largely defy his attempts to rein it in, sounded a note of defeat on Tuesday, acknowledging that the presence of police officers had not been enough to stop Monday’s attack. |
| Work Harry and Meghan Learned Kate's Cancer Diagnosis on TV  On Friday, the 42-year-old Princess of Wales put months of speculation and conspiracy theories to rest when she shared her cancer diagnosis in a rare video address. Kate said that in the aftermath of planned abdominal surgery, medics found that “cancer had been present.” |
| Work Marissa Mayer's startup just rolled out photo sharing and event planning apps, and the internet isn't sure what to think | TechCrunch  When Marissa Mayer co-founded a startup six years ago in Palo Alto, Ca., expectations were sky high for the former Yahoo CEO and early Google employee. When that startup, Sunshine, revealed that its first app centered around subscription software for contact management, people wondered if something more ambitious might be around the corner. Today, after Sunshine released two equally mundane features – event organizing and photo sharing – internet commenters were decidedly mystified. |
| Work Fireworks.ai open source API puts generative AI in reach of any developer | TechCrunch  Just about everyone is trying to get a piece of the generative AI action these days. While the majority of the focus remains on the model vendors like OpenAI, Anthropic and Cohere, or the bigger companies like Microsoft, Meta, Google and Amazon, there are in fact, a lot of startups trying to attack the generative AI problem in a variety of ways. |
| Work Super Micro Computer Stock Has 12% Upside, According to 1 Wall Street Analyst  JPMorgan Chase is an advertising partner of The Ascent, a Motley Fool company. Keith Noonan has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends JPMorgan Chase. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. |
| Work 3 Millionaire-Maker Technology Stocks  Randi Zuckerberg, a former director of market development and spokeswoman for Facebook and sister to Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is a member of The Motley Fool\'s board of directors. Suzanne Frey, an executive at Alphabet, is a member of The Motley Fool\'s board of directors. Justin Pope has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Advanced Micro Devices, Alphabet, Meta Platforms, Nvidia, and The Trade Desk. The Motley Fool recommends Broadcom. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. |
| Work A Fed rate cut could actually mean bad news for stocks, analyst says  \"Last week\'s Fed meeting put the nail in the coffin on a rate cut, and the market had its best week of the year,\" he said. \"So you gotta take a step back and think to yourself: \'Ok, what is this market rallying on it, because it\'s certainly not rate cuts.\'\" |
| Work 2 Incredibly Cheap Dividend Stocks to Buy Now  Reuben Gregg Brewer has positions in Bank Of Nova Scotia. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Vanguard Specialized Funds-Vanguard Real Estate ETF. The Motley Fool recommends Bank Of Nova Scotia and EPR Properties. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. |
| Work Where Will Nvidia Stock Be in 1 Year?  Wells Fargo is an advertising partner of The Ascent, a Motley Fool company. Harsh Chauhan has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Goldman Sachs Group and Nvidia. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. |
| Work 'Apple will prevail': US faces uphill slog in new antitrust battle \"It gives us a litany of practices that DOJ argues make consumers and developers worse off,\" Olsen said, but the harder question is whether those practices are merely a list of what Apple could do to make things better for developers or customers. |
| Work BYD’s Earnings Miss Triggers Worst Stock Selloff in Seven Months  Despite BYD’s higher sales for premium models and growing production scale, the company’s management struck a more cautious tone at a Wednesday briefings call when discussing unit profit of vehicles, given intense price competition, the Morgan Stanley analysts noted in a separate report. |
| Work Why Tilray Stock Popped Today  Stock Advisor provides investors with an easy-to-follow blueprint for success, including guidance on building a portfolio, regular updates from analysts, and two new stock picks each month. The Stock Advisor service has more than tripled the return of S&P 500 since 2002*. |
| Work Billionaire Bill Ackman Has 37% of His Portfolio Invested in 2 Brilliant Stocks  John Mackey, former CEO of Whole Foods Market, an Amazon subsidiary, is a member of The Motley Fool\'s board of directors. Suzanne Frey, an executive at Alphabet, is a member of The Motley Fool\'s board of directors. Trevor Jennewine has positions in Amazon. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Alphabet, Amazon, Chipotle Mexican Grill, and Microsoft. The Motley Fool recommends the following options: long January 2026 $395 calls on Microsoft and short January 2026 $405 calls on Microsoft. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. |
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| Work Minimum wage is UK's 'most successful economic policy in a generation'  "But since 1999 this trend has reversed, and hourly pay inequality has fallen with pay growth for the lowest earners five times that seen by the highest earners - 1.6% versus 0.3 per cent per year," it said. |
| Work Yorkshire estate known as world's first nature reserve gets Grade II listing  Waterton said the chemicals were damaging trees and polluting his lake, leading to a long-running and expensive court case against the soap works. He eventually won, forcing it to move to a different location. |
| Work Wednesday briefing: The bizarre Tory attack on Sadiq Khan - and what the London mayoral race might bring  Chris Knowles, the lead mycologist in the project, adds: "A lot of people ask, why put all this effort, time and money into rescuing it? It seems to be the right thing to do ⦠It's a stunning, almost unique-looking fungus with an incredibly niche lifestyle. It is so interesting, exciting and not fully understood yet that it would be a terrible thing to lose." |
| Work More than half of UK female musicians have experienced discrimination - report  The findings show there is "still so much work to be done" to ensure pursuing a career in music is more equitable, said Sarah Woods, chief executive of both Help Musicians and Music Minds Matter: "We hope these insights will encourage the industry to continue collaborating to reduce gender-based barriers and ensure gender equity in every part of music." |
| Work Cambridge council orders removal of 'poorest quality' statue of Prince Philip  She added: "It is not site-specific and is a work already purchased and has no relationship to this site. It is too large a scale for the context of the space it will be located within and will compromise the quality of the new development." |
| Work Middle East crisis live: Israel intensifies strikes on southern Gaza  Parliamentary pressure is building on the UK government to ban arms sales to Israel. A letter signed by more than 130 parliamentarians to the foreign secretary, David Cameron, highlights action taken by other countries, most recently Canada, which last week announced it would halt all arms exports to Israel. |
| Work MPs and peers sign letter urging UK government to ban arms sales to Israel  The legal challenge alleges that the suspension decision was made illogically and without due consideration of evidence, of international obligations, or of Foreign Office decision-making frameworks. |
| Work Russia-Ukraine war live: Russia launches fresh drone attack on Ukraine  And away from the war there was some good news for Ukraine on the football pitch with their team qualifying for Euro 2024 following a 2-1 defeat of Iceland at a match played at Poland’s Wroclaw stadium on Tuesday night. As Jonathan Liew writes in our match report, for the thousands of Ukrainian fans who witnessed them qualifying for their first major tournament since the start of the conflict: |
| Work Splendour in the Grass music festival cancelled for 2024 due to 'unexpected events'  "The fact that one of Australia's biggest music festivals is unable to sustain itself any longer should be a massive warning to the NSW government that without urgent intervention, live music as we know and love it will never recover." |
| Work Albanese government not 'engaging deeply and honestly' over NDIS overhaul, Queensland premier says  "We will not get good results for disabled people if a bunch of non-disabled ministers, federal or state, get together in a room and decide for us what is best for us," Steele-John said. |
| Work Molly the magpie: Queensland premier backs return of Instagram-hit bird to couple after being seized  “I know our environment department, I used to be their minister. I know they take their responsibilities under the law very seriously. But I think in these circumstances, there’s room for some flexibility. I just urge them to work with Molly’s carers to get the necessary wildlife carer training so that she can get back home.” |
| Work Sign of the times in Japan as nappy company switches production to adult nappies  A spokesperson for Oji Holdings said the firm would boost production of sanitary products for older people, adding that they expected them to be used in nursing homes and other public facilities. |
| Work Japan dietary supplement recalled amid investigation into two deaths and 100 hospitalisations  It said on Monday that it had not reached a conclusion on a link between the health problems and its supplements. However, analysis had found a possibility that the products contained “ingredients we had not intended to include”, it said. |
| Work Recruitment of nurses from global south branded 'new form of colonialism'  "If you visit particular health facilities then you will see the reality of the situation - unit by unit, or department by department, they are feeling the pinch of their colleagues leaving and the burden of work that is left to those that are at their post." |
| Work Opinion | Has Liberalism Found a Coherent Sexual Ethics?  The question seven years later is whether that vision actually exists — whether social liberalism can find a standard for sexual morality that’s better for human flourishing than bare consent, and a mechanism to constrain sexual misbehavior that’s more effective than the traditional emphasis on monogamy and chastity. |