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A Utah CEO who is demanding that many of his remote employees start working in the company’s offices says staff members must make sacrifices, and questions whether people who serve as primary caregivers for their children, specifically working mothers and single mothers, are doing right by both their employers and their children.
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CEO questions whether parents who are primary caregivers are being ‘fair’ to employers and children

An American Airlines employee died Thursday at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas, was operating a ground service vehicle that struck a jet bridge, authorities said.
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American Airlines employee died at Austin airport after a service vehicle hit a jet bridge

A group of Credit Suisse investors have sued Swiss financial regulators after a government-engineered takeover of the struggling bank by rival UBS left them with billions in losses.
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Credit Suisse investors sue after facing billions in losses

President Gabriel Boric announced a plan Thursday to require that private companies take Chile’s government on as a partner in the extraction of lithium, which is in high demand around the world for use in electric batteries.
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Chile leader wants state to share in any lithium extraction

The guardians of Champagne will let no one take the name of the bubbly beverage in vain, not even a U.S. beer behemoth. At the request of the trade body defending the interests of houses and growers of the northeastern French sparkling wine, Belgian customs crushed more than 2,000 cans of Miller High Life advertised as such.
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Belgian customs destroy 2,000 cans of Miller High Life advertised as ‘Champagne of beers’

Food prices have risen dramatically across Europe in recent months, jumping 19.6% in March from a year earlier and becoming the main driver of inflation as energy costs have fallen. But in Hungary, food prices have surged more than 45% over the year, according to EU statistics office Eurostat.
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No fruit, ham a luxury: Hungary food prices spike most in EU

Stocks barely moved in morning trading on Wall Street Friday as investors close out a quiet week of mostly mixed corporate earnings reports.
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Stock market today: Wall Street remains quiet, P&G gains

British Columbia’s privacy commissioner says Canadian Tire stores that used facial recognition technology didn’t adequately notify their customers and didn’t get consent to collect the personal information.
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Canadian Tire stores broke privacy laws on facial ID technology, B.C. privacy commissioner says

Researchers out of Switzerland say how a person types or clicks could be a better predictor of their stress level at work than their heart rate.
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How you type and move your mouse could predict your stress level at work: Swiss study

When the movie “BlackBerry” arrives in cinemas on May 12, viewers who are vaguely familiar with the company’s origin story might find it difficult to sift out the truth. They also might wonder if there’s more than a sliver of realness in the over-the-top portrayal of Jim Balsillie.
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Jim Balsillie sets the record straight on ‘BlackBerry’ movie