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News Articles: Business

The Apple Vision Pro headset is displayed in a showroom on the Apple campus in Cupertino, Calif., at the company's annual developers conference, Monday, June 5, 2023.

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  • Business

Apple moves into virtual reality with a headset that will cost you more than $3,000

Apple has unveiled a long-rumored headset that will place its users between the virtual and real world, while also testing the company's ability to popularize new-fangled devices.

June 06, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Journalists at two dozen Gannett Co.-owned newspapers across the country staged a walk-out Monday and Tuesday to protest pay and working conditions. The NewsGuild  noted their ranks have been decimated by cuts required to finance a merger with another major newspaper company four years ago.

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  • Media

Journalists at Gannett newspapers walk out over deep cuts and low pay

Journalists at 24 Gannett newspapers decimated by financial cuts are protesting the failure of contract negotiations to resolve what they say is low pay and increasingly stressful working conditions.

June 06, 2023
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
Margot Robbie stars in the live-action <em>Barbie</em> movie, whose production reportedly required jaw-dropping amounts of pink paint.

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  • Movies

Did the 'Barbie' movie really cause a run on pink paint? Let's get the full picture

A Barbie production designer said "the world ran out of pink" because of how much paint the movie set needed. It had apparently been in short supply to begin with.

June 05, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
An oyster is held open, resting on two outstretched hands.

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  • Environment

Georgia's oyster season comes to a close, as risk of foodborne illness rises over the summer

The routine closure comes as oysters enter their spawning season.

June 05, 2023
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
GPB  NPR

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  • Media

Gannett journalists are walking off the job to protest papers' working conditions

Journalists at Gannett newsrooms in seven states are set to walk out Monday in a strike to protest working conditions. It's the largest such action in the company's history.

June 05, 2023
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By:
  • Steve Inskeep and
  • David Folkenflik
John B. Chambers is the former deputy head of the Sovereign Debt Ratings Group and former chairman of the Sovereign Debt Committee at Standard and Poor's. The ratings agency in 2011 made a major decision to strip away the country's AAA rating.

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  • Economy

He took away the country's top AAA rating in 2011. He ended up fearing for his life

John B. Chambers led the team at ratings agency S&p that decided to downgrade the country's AAA rating in 2011. It was a big decision, and it took a personal toll — but he has no regrets.

June 05, 2023
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By:
  • David Gura
Prices are displayed on a gas pump outside of a gas station in Washington, D.C., on June 14, 2022.

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  • Energy

Saudi Arabia cuts oil production again to shore up prices — this time on its own

OPEC+ countries also agreed to extend oil production cuts they announced in April through the end of 2024, reducing production by more than 1 million barrels per day.

June 04, 2023
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  • Joe Hernandez
Teresa Huang is a member of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA. She organized a special K-pop day at the picket line outside Universal Studios this week.

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  • Arts & Life

Hollywood writers still going strong, a month after strike began

Members of the Writers Guild of America continue to strike against the major Hollywood studios, pushing for higher pay, more residuals and regulations on AI, among other things.

June 03, 2023
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  • Mandalit del Barco
Construction workers prepare steel for a crane at the site of JPMorgan Chase's new headquarters in New York City on May 18, 2023. Builders added jobs this month despite the headwinds from higher interest rates. It was another indication of the country's strong job market.

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  • Economy

Amazingly, the U.S. job market continues to roar. Here are the 5 things to know

Employers added a whopping 339,000 jobs last month, a stunningly strong number. Here are some of the key takeaways of the country's red hot labor market.

June 03, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
YouTube announced on June 2 that it will no longer take down video that make false claims about the legitimacy of U.S. elections.

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  • Technology

YouTube will no longer take down false claims about U.S. elections

The Google-owned video platform's reversal comes as former President Donald Trump continues to baselessly claim the 2020 election was stolen

June 02, 2023
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
Annie McGrath and her son Griffin when he was young.

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  • Business

One mom takes on YouTube over deadly social media blackout challenge

After Wisconsin mom Annie McGrath's teenage son died in a YouTube blackout challenge, she confronted shareholders at an annual meeting of its parent company.

June 02, 2023
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  • Dara Kerr
USA Today has appointed NPR Vice President for Newsgathering and Executive Editor Terence Samuel as its next editor in chief. He will inherit a newsroom with a national reputation buffeted by repeated cuts.

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  • Media

NPR's Terence Samuel to lead USA Today

USA Today has named Terence Samuel, a veteran political journalist who has helped to lead NPR's newsroom since 2017, to be its next editor in chief.

June 02, 2023
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  • David Folkenflik
A customer walks by a "Now Hiring" sign posted in front of a store in Novato, Calif., on April 7, 2023. The labor market remains red hot. That's great for workers, but it's bound to reinforce concerns about high inflation.

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  • Business

The U.S. added 339,000 jobs in May. It's a stunningly strong number

Employers added a whopping 339,000 jobs in May, far above expectations, according to a report from the Labor Department on Friday. The unemployment rate rose to 3.7%, from 3.4% in April.

June 02, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
In this handout photo provided by NASA, an Atlas V rocket with Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft launches from Cape Canaveral, Fla. on on May 19, 2022. This was the Starliner's second uncrewed flight test which later docked with the International Space Station.

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  • Space

Boeing finds new problems with Starliner space capsule and delays first crewed launch

Boeing was set to launch its first astronauts into space next month. But engineers found flammable tape and problems with the capsule's parachutes. The Starliner program has been plagued by delays.

June 02, 2023
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By:
  • Russell Lewis
In this Oct. 8, 2019, file photo, the Central Arizona Project canal runs through rural desert near Phoenix. The canal diverts Colorado River water down a 336-mile long system of aqueducts, tunnels, pumping plants and pipelines to the state of Arizona.

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  • Climate

Facing water shortages, Arizona will curtail some new development around Phoenix

The state of Arizona today said it will no longer issue new development approvals based on groundwater alone.

June 01, 2023
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By:
  • Kirk Siegler
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