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News Articles: Business

Potential buyers look at a 2023 Cooper Countryman S sports-utility vehicle on the floor of a Mini dealership on Friday, Feb. 17, 2023, in Highlands Ranch, Colo.

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  • Business

New car prices are cooling, but experts say you still might want to wait to buy

The average transaction price for a new car in July was $48,334, a slight dip from June and only a 0.4% year-over-year increase, according to Kelley Blue Book.

August 09, 2023
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  • Joe Hernandez
Trash collectors from Marsabit Safi Services offload waste at the Dadach Boshe dump. Even though Kenyan banned single-use plastic bags in 2016, they're still piling up at the dump and blowing off to litter the landscape and bodies of water.

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  • Environment

The toughest plastic bag ban is failing: A tale of smugglers, dumps and dying goats

Kenya was hailed for its decision to outlaw single use plastic bags in 2016, with remarkably hefty penalties. So why are the bags back in stores, piling up in dumps — and being ingested by livestock?

August 09, 2023
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By:
  • Scovian Lillian
Media magnate Rupert Murdoch, right, huddles with Preston Padden, president of network distribution for Fox, during a hearing of the Federal Communications Commission in May 1995. A generation later, Padden says Murdoch is unfit to hold the licenses for local television stations due to Fox News.

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  • Media

A former Fox executive now argues Murdoch is unfit to own TV stations

Preston Padden helped Rupert Murdoch launch the Fox broadcast network in the 1990s. Now he argues Murdoch has proved unfit to hold the license for a Philadelphia station.

August 09, 2023
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
Filmgoers watch a screening of Marvel Studios' <em>Avengers: Endgame</em> at a cinema in Caracas in April 2019. More than 50 workers at Marvel Studios in LA, New York and Atlanta have signed authorization cards to be represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, or IATSE.

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  • Arts & Life

The Visual Effects workers behind Marvel's movie magic vote to unionize

More than 50 workers at Marvel Studios in LA, New York and Atlanta have signed authorization cards to be represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, or IATSE.

August 09, 2023
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  • Mandalit del Barco
GPB  NPR

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  • National

Recent controversial laws in Florida interfere with the state's tourism industry

Florida is losing tourism dollars over divisive policies passed by the state legislature. Civil rights groups have advised some groups not to travel to the state.

August 08, 2023
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By:
  • Tom Hudson

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  • Economy

Being in-between jobs is normal. Here's how to talk about it

I recently went on medical leave from my job. I'm looking for a new career start and working through options. How can I talk about my in-between career state with friends and family?

August 08, 2023
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  • Life Kit
Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie at a <em>Barbie</em> event in June in Sydney, Australia.

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  • Movies

'Barbie' is the only billion-dollar blockbuster solely directed by a woman

Greta Gerwig's film joins a high-grossing list of mostly male-directed movies, most of them with men leading the casts.

August 08, 2023
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  • Neda Ulaby
Injectable weight-loss drugs are becoming a multi-billion dollar market, but they are not covered by Medicare. The drugmakers are trying to change that.

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  • Health

Ozempic and Wegovy maker courts prominent Black leaders to get Medicare's favor

Drugmaker Novo Nordisk focuses on Black lawmakers and opinion leaders to spread the message that obesity is a chronic disease — worth treating at a cost of $1,000 or more a month.

August 08, 2023
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  • Rachana Pradhan
GPB  NPR

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  • Pop Culture

There's money in Magic: The booming business of rare game cards

For decades, sports have led the pack in the trading card market. Now, as celebrities shell out millions for rare game cards, fantasy characters are giving star athletes a run for their money.

August 08, 2023
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By:
  • Emma Bowman
A book published by Simon & Schuster is displayed on July 30, 2022, in Tigard, Ore.

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  • Books

Paramount sells Simon & Schuster to private investment firm

Paramount Global has sold Simon & Schuster to the private equity firm KKR. The deal comes nearly a year after the Department of Justice blocked Penguin Random House from acquiring Simon & Schuster.

August 07, 2023
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  • Elizabeth Blair
Southwest Airlines planes taxi at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in July 2019. Southwest is facing a discrimination suit after an employee allegedly reported a passenger to police on suspicion of child trafficking.

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  • Race

Southwest employee accused white mom of trafficking her Black daughter, lawsuit says

When Mary MacCarthy and her 10-year-old landed at a Denver airport, two armed police officers were waiting to interrogate them.

August 07, 2023
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  • Juliana Kim
The seal of Georgia Gannett NewsGuild, which has an illustrated peach at the center

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  • Business

Savannah Morning News staff vote against unionizing, amid employee departures at Gannett-owned paper

Eight reporters in June signaled their intent to unionize, but several have since left.

August 07, 2023
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  • Benjamin Payne
GPB  NPR

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  • Business

The advantages and challenges of converting vacant offices to housing

Could converting vacant offices into residential buildings be a solution for housing shortages in cities? Robert Fuller of the architecture firm Gensler explains how those conversions are possible.

August 07, 2023
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  • Erika Ryan and
  • Ashley Brown
Representatives from Cadence Bank and New Town Macon announce a new investment to Macon community members at a press conference on Thursday, August 3, 2023.

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  • Business

New funding helps Macon nonprofit expand small business loan program

A $9 million investment from Cadence Bank will allow nonprofit NewTown Macon to expand its revitalization of downtown through small business loans.

August 07, 2023
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  • Eliza Moore
A sign for Yellow Corp. trucking company stands outside its facility Monday, July 31, 2023 in Nashville, Tenn. Trucking company Yellow Corp. has declared bankruptcy after years of financial struggles and growing debt, marking a significant shift for the U.S. transportation industry and shippers nationwide.

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  • Business

Trucking giant Yellow Corp. declares bankruptcy after years of financial struggles

The Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which was filed Sunday, comes just three years after Yellow received $700 million in pandemic-era loans from the federal government.

August 07, 2023
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