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Why charging your laptop is getting easier 

by Janet Nguyen
Apr 19, 2024
The USB-C connector has become a standard across laptops and phones.
The USB-C cable makes it easier to charge across different devices.
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Could migrants be the answer to New York's restaurant labor shortage?

by Erin Delmore
Apr 19, 2024
Hospitality businesses say they want working visas for migrants to be fast-tracked as they struggle to fill job vacancies.
Hundreds of asylum seekers lined up outside the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York City in June. Restaurants want to put them to work.
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Why hasn’t tourism recovered in Palau?

by Frey Lindsay
Apr 19, 2024
Flights haven't restarted in high volume since the pandemic drop-off, and South Koreans are booking their vacations elsewhere.
Tourism in Palau is a fraction of its scale before the pandemic, despite the country's natural beauty.
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The U.K. is seeking to "offshore asylum"

by Ellen Rolfes
Apr 19, 2024
Plus, we do the numbers on smartphones and sleep in this week's Make Me Smart newsletter.
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Cargo mover waits out “catastrophic” halt in Baltimore port business 

by Sarah Leeson
Apr 19, 2024
"It was like, 'OK, this is a horrific event. And how are we going to recover from this?'" says Dawn Speakman, founder of Drayage Solutions in Baltimore.
Crews are still working to clear the wreckage from the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore.
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As companies mature, they change the metrics they disclose to investors

by Henry Epp
Apr 19, 2024
Netflix will stop disclosing subscriber numbers next year. Companies revising what measures they use to indicate performance is nothing new.
For companies like Netflix, subscriber numbers aren’t the whole story anymore, says Matteo Arena at Marquette University. “There might be other ways to increase the revenue and profits outside just simply increasing subscribers.”
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Higher prices have been depressing sales for Procter & Gamble

by Kimberly Adams
Apr 19, 2024
Consumers are experiencing price fatigue, one economist says.
Dawn dishwashing soap, made by Procter & Gamble.
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The "wealth effect" could affect consumer behavior — and U.S. politics

by Mitchell Hartman
Apr 19, 2024
While sizable gains in the value of stocks and real estate has likely boosted spending, it's done less to improve sentiment.
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Monday was a big filing day for PACs and other political groups

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Kimberly Adams and Meredith Garretson
Apr 19, 2024
Earlier this week, political campaigns and PACs had to turn in numbers on spending and fundraising to the Federal Election Commission.
"Having cash on hand becomes an important metric for understanding how much by way of resources a campaign or a PAC has yet to spend," said University of Mary Washington's Rosalyn Cooperman.
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What is the bitcoin "halving"?

by Matt Levin
Apr 19, 2024
Bitcoin halving happens approximately every four years, and it's a big deal for the philosophical premise of the cryptocurrency.
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