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- The top 25 stories curated by editors and fellow readers!

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Who Needs an AI Doppelganger? - Intelligencer

Is AI supposed to do work for you, or as you? So far, Meta’s attempt
at digital cloning is more like performing a bad impression.

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Mark Cuban Reveals Regrettable Shark Tank Deal That 'Drives Him Crazy'
Was A Chocolate Covered Pretzel Company Who Offered Free Shipping
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This Adobe-backed AI marketing startup went from a $5 to $85 million
valuation working with brands like L'Oréal, Hasbro, and Sweetgreen in
just three years – here's how there's an opportunity to invest at
$1,000 for only $0.50/share today.

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Bitcoin Reaches Record $80,000Boosted By Trumps Win - Forbes
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President-elect Donald Trump addresses the crowd during an election
night party at the Palm Beach ... [+] County Convention Center in West
Palm Beach, Florida on November 6, 2024. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The
Washington Post via Getty Images)















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Why open-source AI models are good for the world - The Economist
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Open innovation lies at the heart of the artificial-intelligence (ai)
boom. The neural network transformerthe t in GPTthat underpins OpenAIs
was first published as research by engineers at Google. TensorFlow and
PyTorch, used to build those neural networks, were created by Google
and Meta, respectively, and shared with the world. Today, some argue
that AI is too important and sensitive to be available to everyone,
everywhere. Models that are open-sourceie, that make underlying code
available to all, to remix and reuse as they pleaseare often seen as
dangerous.

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The new Trump Trade looks scarier than the old one - WSJ
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Treasury yields, which rise when bond prices fall, climbed after
Tuesdays election, lifted by bets that a second round of Trump tax
cuts will boost growth, inflation and budget deficits. Stocks and
Treasury yields similarly surged eight years ago when Trump claimed
his first electoral wina major part of what investors called the
reflation trade."














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Inside the audacious plan to reopen Three Mile Islands nuclear plant -
WSJ [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=91962&nl=daily]
At a small gathering for CEOs last year, OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman
made a stunning pronouncement: Future data centers for some
artificial-intelligence models would require as much power as a large
city.

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Avoid these 4 mistakes and misconceptions when receiving an
inheritance, according to financial planners | Business Insider India
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It can be difficult to make big financial decisions, especially around
an emotionally charged subject. According to financial advisors, many
inheritors end up spending the money they receive usually from a
deceased parent or grandparent in just a few years.














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What Donald Trump's first 100 days will look like
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Trump will return to the White House in January after securing 270
Electoral College votes and carrying pivotal swing states in the race
against Vice President Kamala Harris, four years after voters rejected
him in the polls in the race against President Joe Biden. In his
victory speech, Trump touted his victory as a "mandate" to enact an
array of policies.

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The antipoverty agenda under Trump isnt all lost
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Our mission could not be more clear and more necessary: We have a duty
to explain what just happened, and why, and what it means for you. We
need clear-eyed journalism that helps you understand what really
matters. Reporting that brings clarity in increasingly chaotic times.
Reporting that is driven by truth, not by what people in power want
you to believe.














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Netanyahu admits he ?okayed? Lebanon pager blasts; reveals three
recent calls with Trump on Iran
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Netanyahu confirmed Sunday that he greenlighted the pager operation in
Lebanon, spokesperson Omer Dostri told AFP.

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Tens of thousands celebrate fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years ago with
concerts and art installations
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BERLIN -- Tens of thousands of people celebrated the fall of the
Berlin Wall 35 years ago in Germany's capital on Saturday with
open-air concerts, art installations and official events commemorating
one of the country's most historic days on .














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China delimits a contested South China Sea shoal in a dispute with
Philippines
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BEIJING (AP) ? China has published baselines for a contested shoal in
the South China Sea it had seized from the Philippines, a move that?s
likely to increase tensions over overlapping territorial claims.

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Archaeologists Are Bewildered by a Skeleton Made From the Bones of at
Least Eight People Who Died Thousands of Years Apart
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Researchers performed DNA testing on the bones highlighted in this
image. Paumen, Wargnies and Demory / Fdration Wallonie-Bruxelles /
Veselka et al.














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The US government wants developers to stop using C and C++
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Opinion I must be a glutton for punishment. Not only was my first
programming language IBM 360 Assembler, my second language was C.
Programming anything in them wasn't easy. Programming safely in either
is much harder.

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The Trump administration transition starts now. Here?s what to know
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WASHINGTON (AP) ? Donald Trump?s impending return to the White House
means he?ll want to stand up an entirely new administration from the
one that served under President Joe Biden.














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Endangered icebergs and melting glaciers are prompting the rise of
?last-chance tourism? in Greenland
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?The effects of global heating are at their most pronounced in the
Arctic,? Michael Hall, a University of Canterbury professor and
tourism expert, told AFP.

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Apple Vision Pro 2 could launch as early as next year ? and Apple
smart glasses could be on the way
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The Apple Vision Pro hasn?t exactly been a roaring success for Apple,
but it sounds like the company is still moving forward with a
successor. According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple could launch the
Apple Vision Pro 2 as early as next year ? powered by the
still-unannounced M5 chip.













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?0: Our First Generalist Policy
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We are living through an AI revolution: the past decade witnessed
practically useful AI assistants, AI systems that can generate
photorealistic images and videos, and even models that can predict the
structure of proteins.

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You Too Can Write a Book!

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Reclusive billionaire heir Timothy Melon gave $125 million to help
elect Trump, even more than Elon Musk donated
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In the 2024 election cycle, Mellon, 82, donated $125 million to the
super PAC Make America Great Again, Inc. that supported Trump,
according to Federal Election Commission documents. And including,
donations to help Republican congressional candidates and Robert F.
Kennedy Jr.

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Trump wants to expand the federal death penalty, setting up legal
challenges in second term
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Throughout his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump signaled he
would resume federal executions if he won and make more people
eligible for capital punishment, including child rapists, migrants who
kill U.S. citizens and law enforcement officers, and those convicted
of drug and human trafficking.

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PM, it?s far better to stand firm rather than suck up to Trump
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Wednesday 9 November 2016: a misty, drizzly day in Washington DC, an
overwhelmingly Democrat city in trauma after the shock victory of
Donald Trump in the election the previous day. A Washington rarity, a
declared Trump supporter, was among a group of guests for lunch in the
residence that day.

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A Real Estate Queen and the Secret She Couldn?t Keep Hidden
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Alice Mason was throwing one of her black-tie dinner parties. For
years, she?d been hosting events that New York City?s social pages
fawned over, but she didn?t expect that this one would disrupt a
secret she?d kept for much of her life.

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Forget the Nanny, Check the Chatbot. AI May Soon Help With Parenting -
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As AI technology advances, its natural that startups and big tech
names want to profit off the revolution by finding ways to put it into
more corners of everyday life. Current examples include applications
that help you out at the office, assisting in fighting employee
burnout, and in more intimate, subtle scenarios like health care. Now,
according to Andreessen Horowitz partner Justine Moore, AI is set to
help out with something very human indeed: the complex, stressful,
heartfelt, wonderful job of being a parent.

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Power in the Palms: Inside the pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago
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Donald Trump?s Florida residence and private club Mar-a-Lago is once
again the Winter White House - the place to be seen for West Wing
hopefuls as the US president-elect assembles a new administration
behind its opulent doors.

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How to Fix America's Broken Electoral System
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The high stakes U.S. election this week is on track to match the
record 66% turnout set four years ago, and surpass the routinely lower
midterm election turnout that peaked at 49% in 2018. But as records
go, these look sad when you consider that many democracies get closer
to 80% of their voters to head to the polls.

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Marvel drops Captain America: Brave New World trailer
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Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25
years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging
interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars is the trusted
source in a sea of information. After all, you don’t need to know
everything, only what’s important.

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Australia 'not immune from trade tensions', Chalmers says of incoming
Trump presidency
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On Thursday Rudd's private office account confirmed "past
commentaries" about Trump had been removed from his personal website
and social media channels "out of respect" for the office of president
of the United States and following his election.

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Equal has a plan to fight India's growing cyber fraud problem |
TechCrunch
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Ravi Kumar, co-founder and CEO of Upstox, who has also invested in
Equal’s maiden round and is one of the early customers for its
identity verification and account aggregator, told TechCrunch that
it’s the cost and uptime that gives the trading platform a reason
not to look for building a similar tech in-house.

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Asian Stocks Set to Fall, Bitcoin Passes $81,000: Markets Wrap
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This week, traders will be parsing data from Australian jobs to
Chinese retail sales and industrial production, inflation from the US
and Eurozone as well as growth readings in the UK and Japan. A swath
of Federal Reserve officials are scheduled to speak which may help
indicate the central bank’s thinking following the election result.

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Senators Vying to Be G.O.P. Leader Vow to Quickly Confirm Trump
Nominees
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“It is unacceptable for Senate Ds to blockade President
@realDonaldTrump’s cabinet appointments,” he wrote on social media
on Sunday. “If they do, we will stay in session, including weekends,
until they relent. Additionally, the Constitution expressly confers
the power on the President to make recess appointments.”

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25 Escaped Monkeys of 43 Are Captured in South Carolina
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In 2014, 26 monkeys escaped and were recaptured within two days. In
2017, the company was fined $12,600 by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture for that episode and other failures to contain the
animals.

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Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille Is Fired
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Mr. Conille, who speaks fluent English and was seen as someone removed
from traditional party politics because he hadn’t lived in Haiti for
more than a decade, was considered a favorite of the international
community, who are key financial donors and have considerable weight
in Haitian affairs.

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Will Trump Prosecute His Foes? Allies and Adversaries Expect a Wave of
Revenge.
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But that may underestimate the depth of his resentment and desire for
retaliation after the multiple impeachments, investigations,
indictments and lawsuits aimed at him. He may not go after the biggest
figures, like President Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris, but
allies expect him to pursue at least some of the targets he has
singled out. And even if he holds back on some, his mercurial nature
means that no one can assume he would not change his mind, creating an
atmosphere of intimidation that may inhibit vocal dissent.

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Ben Baldanza, 62, Dies; Brought No-Frills Flying to Spirit Airlines
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Mr. Baldanza, an eager, media-friendly evangelist for his airline,
touted the resulting ultralow fares, which averaged just $75 in 2013,
down from an already low $94 in 2008. He called Spirit a “dollar
store in the sky” and its aircraft “buses with wings,” and he
made no apologies for meager service or miserly fees.

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Trump 'most likely' needs 60 votes in Senate to enact tariff plan,
Sen. Rick Scott suggests
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However, Trump could "assert national security" or use "a lot of
different things in the law" to potentially impose across-the-board
tariffs, Jason Furman, a Harvard University professor and former chair
of the Council of Economic Advisers during the Obama administration,
told CNBC.

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Fed's Kashkari says Trump tariffs could reheat inflation if they
provoke global trade 'tit for tat'
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Trump and his backers like billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk have also
been outspoken about their desire to give the president input on Fed
policy decisions. The central bank views its political independence as
a core feature that allows it to shape monetary policy exclusively
based on the health of the U.S. economy, not election incentives.

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Jack Dorsey dramatically scales back crypto ambitions for Block
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In his 1,400-word letter to shareholders, Dorsey focused entirely on
the company's lending offerings for small businesses. A significant
chunk of that is the buy now, pay later product from Afterpay, which
Block acquired for $29 billion in 2021.

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Trump's Presidency Could Spell a Lonely and Dangerous Stretch for
Europe
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In France, President Emmanuel Macron has seen his power wane in the
aftermath of a calamitous decision to call snap elections this year.
It took France months to form a government after that vote, which left
the lower house of Parliament in near deadlock and yielded a shaky
coalition clinging to power against the far-right and the left.

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Russia Says It Shot Down Waves of Ukrainian Drones Above Moscow
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Also in the attacks early Sunday, local officials said 23 drones had
been shot down in the Russian border regions of Belgorod, Bryansk and
Kursk, where drone strikes occur more regularly. Drones also struck
the western Kaluga and Tula regions.

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After the Triumph of Tetris, an Unsolved Puzzle
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In Tetris Forever, Pajitnov acts like a guest star fulfilling his
duties, equal parts smiling and stoic. But in a recent discussion near
his home in Bellevue, Wash., he opened up on life beyond Tetris,
including his nine-year tenure at Microsoft and his aspiration to
release another hit some day.

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Palestinians Try to Sway Trump, Reaching Out to Tiffany Trump's
Relative
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But Mr. Trump has publicly called for the war in Gaza to stop. Mr.
Abbas appears to be reversing course, hoping to influence the
president-elect’s views on the conflict and cease-fire talks.

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Israeli Strike in Gaza Kills Over 30 Palestinians, Emergency Services
Say
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In response to questions about the strike on Sunday, Israel’s
military said that it had hit “a terrorist infrastructure site” in
Jabaliya where militants who posed a threat to troops had been
operating and that it had taken “numerous steps to mitigate the risk
of harming civilians.” The military, which said that the details of
the episode were under review, did not provide evidence for its
assertions.

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Saudi Arabia Hosts a Tennis Final Won by Coco Gauff
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Sports are a major part of the crown prince’s transformational push.
Saudi Arabia muscled into professional golf by pouring $2 billion into
an upstart competitor to the PGA Tour, which disdained the Saudi
league before eventually deciding to partner with it. The country
burst onto the international soccer scene by purchasing the English
Premier League team Newcastle United, luring some of the biggest names
in soccer to the Saudi Pro League and winning a bid to host the 2034
World Cup.

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Opinion | The Democratic Blind Spot That Wrecked 2024
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Maybe it would have been better if the red wave had crashed ashore in
2022.

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Opinion | There Were Two Huge Problems Harris Could Not Escape
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One of the frustrating elements of political commentary is that we
spend far too much time talking about the sweeping and far too little
time talking about the stone. Political hobbyists in particular (and
that includes journalists!) are very interested in ad campaigns,
ground games and messaging.

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Sony's WH-1000XM5 headphones are $100 off in this Black Friday deal
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The XM5s can switch between noise modes depending on your location or
activity, and they can pause audio automatically when you start
speaking. They deliver better call quality than rival models and, in
general, you'll get clear, crisp sound, including punchy bass. You
won't need to charge the XM5s too often either, as they have a 30-hour
battery life.

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Black Friday 2024 deals: The best early sales we could find from
Amazon, Best Buy, Apple, Samsung and more
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You typically will not find cash discounts on Apple’s website for
Black Friday, though it has offered various gift card bundles during
Black Friday in recent years. You may be able to find local Apple
store discounts on accessories, but Apple isn’t a retailer known for
slashing prices on its products. However, you can find more
traditional Apple Black Friday tech deals at other retailers like
Amazon, Walmart, Target and Best Buy.

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Sony is discontinuing its free PS5 PlayStation Camera adapter for PS
VR
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As a reminder, PS VR games do not run on PS VR2, in part because the
headsets use different tracking methods. Some games have been ported
to the latest headset, as well as other VR platforms. However, many
are still only available on the original PS VR, including several
first-party titles. So if you want to play the likes of Astro Bot
Rescue Mission or Everybody's Golf VR via your PS5, you'll need a PS
Camera adapter.

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Australia news live: Antic claims misinformation bill is bid to stop
young Australians being 'red pilled' on social media
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One of the insights from the Respect@Work report is that proactive
engagement by leadership is critical for long-term change. WGEA's new
results show that most CEOs are highly engaged in reviewing, signing
off on, and then communicating these policies (85%), however just over
half (55%) of their Boards are similarly involved.

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Sydney's 'little school project' named World Building of the Year
ahead of towering skyscrapers
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Australian architectural designs won 12 awards at this year's festival
including Parramatta Aquatic Centre for best sports building and the
Nightingale Village apartments in Melbourne's hip Brunswick suburb for
best housing building.

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