Hong Kong (CNN Business) The “biggest myth” about working in the tech industry is that it’s based on a meritocracy. So says Ellen Pao, the former Reddit CEO and venture capitalist, who is urging companies to take another look at how inclusive their workplaces really are as communities around the world grapple with a rise […]
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Even as the rate of fully vaccinated Americans exceeds 25 percent, the number of people infected with, and dying from, the coronavirus in the U.S. is still growing. Since last summer, the total number of cases in the United States has risen from 3.5 million to 31.9 million, with this week’s average number of daily […]
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GEORGE TOWN: A 53-year-old car driver died when a tree fell on his car along Jalan Perak here on Tuesday (April 27) morning. Fire and Rescue Department personnel are currently at the scene to clear the road. George Town OCPD Asst Comm Soffian Santong confirmed the incident and said that the police received a distress […]
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Joey Logano was involved in a terrifying crash in the first stage of the NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega on Sunday afternoon.Fellow racer Denny Hamlin moved to the inside of Logano and he got hit by Rick Stenhouse Jr. The accidental contact from Stenhouse made Hamlin bump into Logano, and it sent the No. […]
Continue ReadingCopy Link Many NASCAR tracks use banked turns that are sloped to keep race cars tilted inwards. These banks are both safer and faster than flat roads. The race cars, which can reach speeds faster than 200 mph at NASCAR’s fastest tracks, would fling outwards and off the track if not for the banked turns. […]
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What Remains by Reginald Gibbons Yes, bread that’s poisoned. And not even one sip of air. How hard it is for the wound of life to be cured. Joseph himself, sold to Egypt as a slave, could not have been more heavily grieved. Then under the sky-swarm of stars, Bedouins come. They quiet their horses. […]
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In Slovakia’s High Tatra Mountains, porters still carry large loads of up to 100kg up and down rugged and dangerous mountain trails using skis, crampons and chains. In a decorative wooden building in the town of Starý Smokovec at the foot of the High Tatra Mountains in Slovakia, a collection of frames lean against a […]
Continue ReadingIn this article INTC Arizona has rapidly become an epicenter for electric vehicle and self-driving tech, and it’s now the site of three big new semiconductor factories as the U.S. struggles to increase production during the global chip shortage. The Arizona Commerce Authority says it helped 634 companies relocate or expand in Arizona between 2015 […]
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VIDEO 1:18:35 01:18:35 Finding your financial success Invest in You: Ready. Set. Grow. During CNBC Invest in You’s recent virtual event, Finding your financial success , Caleb Kuberiet, a senior English major at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., asked panelists, “What is a book you recommend to everybody about personal finance and what is […]
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Children read longer books of greater difficulty during lockdown periods last year, and reported that reading made them feel better while isolated from the wider world, according to new research. The annual What Kids Are Reading report from Renaissance Learning, which studies the reading habits of more than one million pupils in the UK and […]
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