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Year: 2019

The year in the tech economy

by Molly Wood
Dec 30, 2019
That was challenging. Now for tech's next act...
In 2019, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg influenced our discourse, our privacy, our ideas about speech — free or otherwise — and our spending habits.
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Figuring out how to spend free time after retiring from nursing

by Bennett Purser
Dec 30, 2019
After a busy life as a registered nurse, Patricia Carney is taking time for herself.
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Greek restaurant and hotel owners unhappy with migrant camps

by John Laurenson
Dec 30, 2019
They say overcrowded camps of migrants are driving away tourist business.
Migrants protesting in the town of Samos, Greece.
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Ukraine works to remain focused on economic turnaround

by Levi Bridges
Dec 30, 2019
Ukraine is slowly climbing out of recession, but there are bumps in the road.
St. Sophia's Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Volkswagen ramps up its electric vehicle sales plans

by Marielle Segarra
Dec 30, 2019
The German automaker gets serious about EVs.
An employee works on a Volkswagen e-Golf electric car on the assembly line inside the Volkswagen AG factory in Dresden, Germany.
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Streaming TV might go back to the future by embracing ad revenue

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Dec 27, 2019
The forthcoming NBCUniversal service, Peacock, could be free and ad-supported ... like old-fashioned TV.
NBCUniversal plans to wade into the streaming pool with an ad-supported service called Peacock.
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Tesla's China factory could be a model for U.S. automakers

by Jack Stewart
Dec 27, 2019
The electric vehicle company is avoiding steep import tariffs by building cars in Shanghai.
Elon Musk walks with Shanghai Mayor Ying Yong during the groundbreaking ceremony for a Tesla factory in the city in January.
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When sportswear helps break records

by Andie Corban
Dec 27, 2019
Sportswear companies risk upsetting fans if their innovations help athletes break records, said author Kassia St. Clair.
Swimmers during the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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What Kevin Hart's new docuseries says about "cancel culture"

by Kimberly Adams
Dec 27, 2019
A new Netflix series goes behind the scenes with comedian Kevin Hart, one of several celebrities in the crosshairs of “cancel culture” in 2019.
Kevin Hart attends the 'Netflix Is A Joke' screening at Raleigh Studios on May 11, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.
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Midwest flooding brings high infrastructure costs

by Peggy Lowe
Dec 27, 2019
A lot of repair and recovery work hasn't even started yet.
Tom Bullock, emergency services director of Holt County, Missouri, stands on a broken bridge on U.S. 159. Although a state contract has been issued for its repair, work still hasn’t started.
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