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Martin Luther King Jr. was as vocal about union power as he was about racial injustice - but no one remembers it

Martin Luther King Jr. supported union membership and criticized US employment laws. In the years following King's death, union membership dropped sharply, despite research...
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Delivery is set to be restaurants' biggest challenge in 2020, as workers battle 'tablet hell' and customers brace for price increases

1 hour ago | Business Insider

Experts say that delivery companies and restaurant chains will need to grapple with the question of how to deal with delivery in 2020. The cost of delivery is increasingly...
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Where are they now? Real estate figures who seem to have vanished

2 hours ago | The Real Deal New York

Real estate is a famously fickle industry. Today's good investment can become tomorrow's cautionary tale in the blink of an eye, and a career in the business is rarely a...
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The forces behind Boeing's long descent

3 hours ago | Fortune

For nearly a year , the world's largest aerospace company has been engulfed by a scandal of its own making. The 737 Max crisis , which unfolded after 346 people died in two...
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Top 100 Golf Businesses List Released Ahead Of PGA Show

4 hours ago | Forbes

Heading into the week of the PGA Show, the National Golf Foundation has released its latest list of the Top 100 businesses in golf, a deep dive into a diverse group of leading...
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Medicine by machine: Is A.I. the cure for the world's ailing drug industry?

5 hours ago | Fortune

This article is part of a Fortune Special Report on Artificial Intelligence . When a Canadian company called Deep Genomics announced in September that it had used artificial...
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Indian jewelers say dropping import duties on Russian diamonds will boost bilateral trade

6 hours ago | RT

New Delhi is considering signing a bilateral agreement with Russia to reduce import duties on processed diamonds and jewelry, the chairman of the country's Gem & Jewelry Export...
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Feds want ex-city official Lynch to get four months in prison in bribery scandal

18 hours ago | Boston Herald

Prosecutors want former city real estate lieutenant John Lynch to spend four years in prison for pleading guilty to accepting $50,000 in bribes in a Zoning Board of Appeals...
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Forum: How the airline industry made inequality worse

18 hours ago | Star Tribune

Increasing flight connections to second-tier cities would help reduce geographic inequality by creating better links with the thriving superstar cities.
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How to Use AI to Improve Brand Awareness

19 hours ago | Business

Artificial intelligence is transforming the way businesses interact with their audiences and how they sell their products and services. According to research by...
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Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston had an adorable backstage moment after...

Exes Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston reunited backstage at the 26th annual Screen Actor Guilds Awards Sunday night. Pitt and Aniston both won awards in the evening. The two... Read more ...

The star of the 49ers' dominant win over the Packers nearly became a pro...

San Francisco 49ers running back Raheem Mostert dominated the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship with 220 yards and 4 touchdowns. Mostert has had a wild journey to this... Read more ...

New York Times endorses Warren and Klobuchar for 2020

The New York Times editorial board on Sunday night endorsed Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Sen. Amy Klobuchar as the Democratic candidate for president. In an op-ed called "The... Read more ...

Prince Harry says he feels 'great sadness' about stepping down from his...

The Duke of Sussex on Sunday delivered his first public remarks on his decision to step away from royal duties. On Saturday, Buckingham Palace announced that Harry and wife... Read more ...

Virginia wants to prevent another 'Unite the Right' at an MLK Day gun rally...

An annual gun-rights rally is expected to take place Monday morning in Richmond, Virginia, on MLK Day. There are growing fears about the potential of violence at the event... Read more ...

'I'm super fired up': Elon Musk and NASA are ecstatic after acing a 'risky'...

SpaceX just completed a "risky" and explosive test that was designed to show its Crew Dragon capsule can whisk astronauts to safety in the event of a rocket failure. The... Read more ...

Dana White: Khabib Nurmagomedov has Conor McGregor-type money, worth $50 million

LAS VEGAS - Conor McGregor 's wealth and material success were on full promotional display heading into UFC 246 - but he's not the only rich superstar on the promotion's... Read more ...

17 more cases of a mysterious and deadly virus have been detected in China

Authorities in Wuhan, central China, have identified 17 more patients of a deadly new strain of pneumonia, according to Reuters. Official totals now count 62 patients who have... Read more ...

Live updates: SpaceX just launched and intentionally exploded a rocket for...

SpaceX just completed a crucial safety test that's designed to show its Crew Dragon capsule is ready to carry astronauts to space . The company's Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at... Read more ...

Siri called Israel the 'Zionist occupation state' when users asked about...

Siri, Apple's virtual assistant, appeared to call Israel the "Zionist occupation state" when users asked about the president of the country, according to posts made to social... Read more ...