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Japan's Environment Ministry Details Heatstroke, Waste and Pet Support After Kumamoto Earthquake
Politics

Japan's Environment Ministry Details Heatstroke, Waste and Pet Support After Kumamoto Earthquake

The ministry outlined heatstroke warnings for car evacuees, disaster waste staff deployments and pet shelter preparation...

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How Vivian Tu Turned Wall Street Spite Into a Millionaire Brand by 27 — Then Redefined Success
Lifestyle

How Vivian Tu Turned Wall Street Spite Into a Millionaire Brand by 27 — Then Redefined Success

Your Rich BFF founder Vivian Tu used competitiveness, a mentor's timely push and a TikTok side project to leave banking ...

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Kontoor's Post-Lee Pivot Earns a $136 Price Target From UBS
Companies

Kontoor's Post-Lee Pivot Earns a $136 Price Target From UBS

UBS lifted Kontoor Brands to a $136 target, seeing the Wrangler and Helly Hansen focus fueling a potential 67% rally aft...

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Dodo Skull Scans Reveal Sharper Senses, Rewriting Extinction's 'Dumb' Myth
News

Dodo Skull Scans Reveal Sharper Senses, Rewriting Extinction's 'Dumb' Myth

CT scans of the world's only two complete dodo skulls suggest a stronger sense of smell, a tactile beak and dawn-and-dus...

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NASA’s ‘Big Bang’ Power Swap Extends Voyager 2’s Science Run
News

NASA’s ‘Big Bang’ Power Swap Extends Voyager 2’s Science Run

Engineers shut down power-hungry hardware and switched to low-power alternatives, buying the nearly 50-year-old probe at...

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Original Collagen Found in Dinosaur Fossil, Overturning Long-Held Fossilization Assumption
News

Original Collagen Found in Dinosaur Fossil, Overturning Long-Held Fossilization Assumption

A University of Liverpool-led team detected collagen remnants in an Edmontosaurus fossil from South Dakota, refuting con...

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Workers’ Comp Claims Still Ignore Mental Health, and Costs Follow
Insurance

Workers’ Comp Claims Still Ignore Mental Health, and Costs Follow

A Broadspire white paper argues that untreated psychosocial risks and benefit-process stress prolong workers’ comp claim...

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Nationwide Agribusiness Executive Sees Low Herd Numbers and Protein Demand Reshaping Cattle Risk
Insurance

Nationwide Agribusiness Executive Sees Low Herd Numbers and Protein Demand Reshaping Cattle Risk

A Risk & Insurance video Q&A with Nationwide's Jeremy Staun points to low herd numbers, inflation and strong protein dem...

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Greens Push Windfall Tax on Oil Companies as German Fuel Prices Bite
Energy

Greens Push Windfall Tax on Oil Companies as German Fuel Prices Bite

Green parliamentary leader Katharina Dröge wants excess oil profits taxed and refunded through lower electricity costs, ...

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German Auto Industry Employment Falls Below 700,000, Lowest Since 2005
Economy

German Auto Industry Employment Falls Below 700,000, Lowest Since 2005

Official data show 42,300 German auto jobs disappeared in a year, with parts suppliers hit hardest as the wider manufact...

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Beijing Tells Food Delivery Platforms: Red-Light Waits No Longer Count Against Riders
Technology

Beijing Tells Food Delivery Platforms: Red-Light Waits No Longer Count Against Riders

Three major food-delivery platforms agreed with Beijing regulators to stop counting red-light waits against couriers and...

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FTC Sidesteps Courts to Drop Fair-Lending Provisions From Auto Dealer Orders
Politics

FTC Sidesteps Courts to Drop Fair-Lending Provisions From Auto Dealer Orders

The Federal Trade Commission signed agreements not to enforce parts of three court orders against auto dealers accused o...

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New York Overhauls Health Insurance Dispute Rules; Key Changes Take Effect Aug. 26
Insurance

New York Overhauls Health Insurance Dispute Rules; Key Changes Take Effect Aug. 26

DFS issued guidance implementing budget law that excludes Medicaid Managed Care from IDR, adds Empire Plan and Student E...

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Insurance Agencies Turn to AI-Guided Handwritten Notes for Renewals and Claims
Insurance

Insurance Agencies Turn to AI-Guided Handwritten Notes for Renewals and Claims

Vendors say robotic pens and CRM triggers can send personal notes at renewals, claims and life milestones, promising ret...

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Hybrid annuity-plus-portfolio strategy beats the 4% Rule, retirement researchers say
Personal Finance

Hybrid annuity-plus-portfolio strategy beats the 4% Rule, retirement researchers say

New research backed by the life-insurance industry finds a mix of partial annuitization and market withdrawals outperfor...

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Ukraine Says 5% of US Patriot Stock Is Enough to Survive Winter Air War
Defense

Ukraine Says 5% of US Patriot Stock Is Enough to Survive Winter Air War

Zelensky says Kyiv holds only 1% of the US Patriot interceptors it wants for the winter air war. Analysts put remaining ...

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Russian Stocks Slide 3% as Investors Tire of Waiting for Ukraine Peace Signals
Markets

Russian Stocks Slide 3% as Investors Tire of Waiting for Ukraine Peace Signals

The MOEX Russia Index fell 3.01% to 2,232.14 while the ruble weakened, as investors locked in profits amid a lack of pea...

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Krasnoyarsk Prepares Adaptive Sports Centre as Envoy Backs Social Agenda
Politics

Krasnoyarsk Prepares Adaptive Sports Centre as Envoy Backs Social Agenda

Krasnoyarsk has completed design work on a Kremlin-instructed adaptive sports centre and begun construction preparation....

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RAMT Splits Leadership: Borodin Named President, Brusnikina Artistic Director
News

RAMT Splits Leadership: Borodin Named President, Brusnikina Artistic Director

Moscow's Russian State Academic Youth Theatre separates the presidential and artistic director roles after Alexey Borodi...

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Goodway Group Tests Agentic Media Buying Against Supply-Path Controls
Technology

Goodway Group Tests Agentic Media Buying Against Supply-Path Controls

The indie agency's strategic partnerships lead explains why AI agents must pass the same transparency and verification t...

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Glassy Waves Turns Uruguayan Surf Culture Into an Argentina Expansion
Retail

Glassy Waves Turns Uruguayan Surf Culture Into an Argentina Expansion

The self-funded surfwear label reports 142% revenue growth and a planned first Argentine store by early 2027 after openi...

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Apple Asks Court to Allow 5-15% Cut From External App Store Payments
Technology

Apple Asks Court to Allow 5-15% Cut From External App Store Payments

Apple's new court filing proposes up to 15% commission on US transactions made outside its App Store billing system, wit...

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Build Classroom Culture Before Academic Rigor, Alabama Educators Argue
Education

Build Classroom Culture Before Academic Rigor, Alabama Educators Argue

Four educators at Empower Community School's Bessemer campus make a practice-based case that consistent, intentional rel...

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Academic Editors Warn AI-Generated Reviews Are Creating a 'Missing Middle' in Scholarship
Education

Academic Editors Warn AI-Generated Reviews Are Creating a 'Missing Middle' in Scholarship

Journal editors say generative AI submissions are surging and erasing decades of peer-reviewed research, hurting knowled...

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McMahon’s Seven-Themed Reform Call Forces Colleges to Define Their Public Compact
Education

McMahon’s Seven-Themed Reform Call Forces Colleges to Define Their Public Compact

Education Secretary Linda McMahon has asked colleges to publish commitments on admissions, speech, affordability, AI and...

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UT-Austin Plans Sweeping Core Curriculum Reset Around Western Civ and AI
Education

UT-Austin Plans Sweeping Core Curriculum Reset Around Western Civ and AI

The flagship public university will cut core credits from 42 to 36 and replace hundreds of electives with a prescribed m...

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Trump's MMR Unbundling Order Would Mean Six Doctor Visits, New Vaccine Plants—and Little Legal Force
Health

Trump's MMR Unbundling Order Would Mean Six Doctor Visits, New Vaccine Plants—and Little Legal Force

The executive order asks for separate measles, mumps and rubella shots within 90 days, but no standalone vaccines exist ...

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Medical Social Roundup: Vaccine Volumes, 'Kinda Chic' Colonoscopies and Resident Life
Lifestyle

Medical Social Roundup: Vaccine Volumes, 'Kinda Chic' Colonoscopies and Resident Life

Clinicians and health groups used social media this week to correct vaccine misinformation, normalise colonoscopy and sh...

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FDA Approves First CELMoD Drug Iberdomide for Relapsed Multiple Myeloma
Health

FDA Approves First CELMoD Drug Iberdomide for Relapsed Multiple Myeloma

Bristol Myers Squibb's oral iberdomide, paired with daratumumab and dexamethasone, becomes the first CELMoD approved for...

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Movers & Shakers: DKC, OK Future, Nestlé Compleat and FreshBooks Lead Ad Industry Week
Companies

Movers & Shakers: DKC, OK Future, Nestlé Compleat and FreshBooks Lead Ad Industry Week

The latest Campaignlive moves roundup covers DKC's Nassau tourism brief, Frank Cartagena's new agency, AI-focused offeri...

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