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News Articles: Business

Turbo Tax is displayed on a device on February 22, 2018 in San Francisco, California.

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  • Business

The FTC bars TurboTax maker Intuit from advertising 'deceptive' free services

Regulators say the company advertised "free" tax filing products and services that many Americans were ineligible for. Intuit called the opinion "deeply flawed."

January 23, 2024
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  • Joe Hernandez
According to U.S. News & World Report, Robinson’s Flexible MBA is ranked 27th in the U.S. among all part-time MBA programs and 17th among public universities.

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  • News

Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business will launch new flexible MBA in 2024

The program redesign, which Robinson developed in collaboration with industry partners, aims to better equip students for leadership roles in tech-driven workplaces. 

January 23, 2024
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  • Rough Draft Atlanta
TikTok is the latest technology company to cut staff, as firms reorganize and re-allocate resources, just as the video-sharing app reports strong growth.

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  • Technology

TikTok cuts jobs as tech layoffs continue to mount

The wildly popular video-sharing app is the latest technology firm to reduce staff in response to what executives say are ongoing business challenges.

January 22, 2024
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
A United Airlines Boeing 737-900ER arrives at Los Angeles International Airport in 2019.

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  • National

The FAA says airlines should check the door plugs on another model of Boeing plane

The Federal Aviation Administration is recommending that airlines visually inspect the door plugs of Boeing 737-900ER jets after some airlines reported unspecified issues with the bolts.

January 22, 2024
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  • Joel Rose
The Microsoft logo is shown at the Mobile World Congress 2023 in Barcelona, Spain, on March 2, 2023. In a blog post Friday, Microsoft said state-backed Russian hackers broke into its corporate email system.

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  • National Security

State-backed Russian hackers accessed senior Microsoft leaders' emails, company says

Microsoft says hackers broke into its corporate email system and accessed the accounts of members of its leadership team, as well as those of employees on its cybersecurity and legal teams.

January 20, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
A home for sale sign on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, in Kennesaw, Ga. On Friday, the National Association of Realtors reported that 2023 saw the smallest number of home sales in nearly 30 years.

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  • Economy

2023 was the worst year to buy a house since the 1990s. But there's hope for 2024

Realtors hope it will be easier to buy a house in 2024. It can't get much harder: last year was one of the slowest on record thanks to high mortgage rates coupled with a housing shortage.

January 20, 2024
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  • Chris Arnold
The Galaxy Leader cargo ship was seized by Houthi fighters in the Red Sea in late November. The Bahamas-flagged, British-owned Galaxy Leader, operated by a Japanese firm but having links to an Israeli businessman, was headed from Turkey to India when it was seized and rerouted to the Yemeni port of Hodeida.

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  • Middle East

As Houthi attacks on ships escalate, experts look to COVID supply chain lessons

Shipping experts hope lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Suez Canal disruption in 2021 and Somali pirate attacks more than a decade ago will mitigate widespread problems this time.

January 20, 2024
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  • Scott Neuman
A George Mason University fan holds up the cover of a <em>Sports Illustrated</em> magazine at a send-off for the university's team on March 29, 2006, in Fairfax, Virginia. The union representing the magazine's staff said that SI's publisher plans to cut "a significant number, possibly all" of its union-represented staff.

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  • Media

'Sports Illustrated' to lay off most of its staff amid severed licensing deal

The union representing the magazine's staff said that SI's publisher plans to cut "a significant number, possibly all" of its union-represented staff.

January 20, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
The S&P 500 hit a record high on Friday, boosted by gains in technology share and by rising hopes about the economy.

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  • Business

The S&P 500 surges to a record high as hopes about the economy — and Big Tech — grow

The index surged over 1% to hit a record high, surpassing the previous peak hit around two years ago, driven by big gains in large tech companies and by hopes about the economy.

January 19, 2024
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  • David Gura
Then-President Barack Obama walks down the stairs of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner at the company's production facility in Everett, Wash., in 2012.

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  • National

'Cozy' relationship between Boeing and the U.S. draws scrutiny amid 737 Max 9 mess

The latest safety lapse at Boeing renews concerns about the company's influence in Washington and whether federal regulators have delegated too much of their oversight authority to its employees.

January 19, 2024
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  • Joel Rose
This image taken from video provided by Melanie Adaros shows what she said were sparks shooting from a cargo plane before it made an emergency landing at Miami International Airport on Thursday.

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  • National

Boeing 747 cargo plane with reported engine trouble makes emergency landing in Miami

A plane flown by Atlas Air experienced an engine malfunction and made an emergency landing at Miami International Airport shortly after takeoff. A witness said she saw sparks shooting from the plane.

January 19, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Sailors on the Great Republic, a Great Lakes bulk cargo carrier built in 1981, receive their mail on the Detroit River.

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  • National

A rising tide of infrastructure funding floats new hope for Great Lakes shipping

Trains and trucks move the bulk of goods across the U.S. Some sailors say the Great Lakes waterways are underused shipping options and hope $17 billion of federal investment can help revitalize them.

January 19, 2024
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  • Julian Hayda
A worker at Munk Group in Günzburg, Germany, punches holes into a part that will be used to construct a ladder. After years of using Chinese suppliers, Munk Group recently decided to cut off all business with China. Germany's government has cautioned all German businesses to be careful about not depending too heavily on China, a strategy known as "de-risking."

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  • World

German government wants companies to 'de-risk' from China, but business is reluctant

Tough new rhetoric on China from some members of Germany's governing coalition has led to disagreement rather than unity on what the government's policy should be.

January 19, 2024
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  • Rob Schmitz
Hint: These are answer-adjacent.

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  • National

From things that suck to stars that shine — it's the weekly news quiz

This week, we saw the Iowa caucuses suck up news coverage, an ancient space entity suck in stars, and low temps suck the charge from Teslas. Were you paying attention?

January 19, 2024
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  • Holly J. Morris
McAlester Regional Health Center's administrative offices in McAlester, Oklahoma.

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  • Health

In this Oklahoma town, almost everyone knows someone who's been sued by the hospital

U.S. hospitals face growing scrutiny over aggressive debt collection tactics. At one community hospital, few patients get financial aid when they can't afford to pay. Many more are taken to court.

January 19, 2024
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  • Mitchell Black and
  • Noam Levey
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