The honk-shoo-mimimi economy

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• AI might not take your job after all

  by Meghan McCarty Carino

  

  MIT researchers estimate that artificial intelligence would be cost-effective in less than a quarter of the work it could technically do.

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• Google Search may be the most powerful arbiter of internet content

  by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry

  

  Websites are making content “to try to game Google results,” says Mia Sato of The Verge. What has that done to human creativity?

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• Nordstrom Rack has famed retail name straddling two worlds

  by Elizabeth Trovall

  

  Being the off-price outlet of a brand known for high-end goods isn’t always a recipe for success, experts say.

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• This mosaic artist wants to “just keep going and going”

  by Sofia Terenzio

  

  Stacia Goodman of Minneapolis specializes in large-scale works that hang in public places, like airports, hospitals and universities.

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• Do shareholder ESG resolutions make a difference?

  by Kimberly Adams

  

  So-called activist investors in recent years have been pushing for social and environmental goals through shareholder resolutions. As Kimberly Adams reports, even though there’s a growing political backlash, these resolutions can change corporate policies.

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• Can’t sleep? Mattresses, masks and supplements say they can help.

  by Samantha Fields

  

  A third of adults regularly get too little sleep. “Sleep tech” and other specialized products are growing, multibillion-dollar industries.

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