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Massachusetts declares early victory in taxing the rich

Taxing millionaires is a contentious issue—but Massachusetts is declaring early victory, with an announcement this week that the state’s tax on its highest...

Ethereum’s powerful new ‘EigenLayer’ promises a wave of innovation. But is it a threat to the blockchain?

Ethereum has spent the current bull market living in the shadow of Bitcoin, but two recent developments could thrust the world’s second biggest...

What women should know about Medicare coverage for health screenings and exams

As women get older, our risk for certain chronic diseases increase. We can thank the aging process itself, and the loss of estrogen’s...

HPV vaccines prevent cancer in men as well as women, but fewer boys are getting the shots, new research suggests

New research suggests the HPV vaccine is preventing cancer in men, as well as in women, but fewer boys than girls are getting...

CEO of Nvidia wants to live in the moment, watchless

It’s perhaps surprising that one of the tech world’s most prominent figures is going through life without checking the clock. But there’s a...

Doctors are burned out and fear for future of health care in U.S., study finds

Low pay, high workloads, and a labor shortage are all contributing to a burnout epidemic among American physicians, and it could spell disaster...

Nvidia shares jump 4% as the AI boom fuels another blockbuster quarter and better-than-expected forecast

Nvidia Corp., the chipmaker at the center of an artificial intelligence boom, gave another bullish sales forecast, showing that spending on AI computing...

Walmart and Target earnings show Americans are struggling with inflation

Economists have been looking for cracks in U.S. consumer spending for years now amid persistent inflation and higher interest rates, but until recently,...

UK fines bank over mistake that triggered 2022 market crash

It’s officially one of the costliest typos ever: UK financial regulators just fined Citigroup Global Markets Limited (CGML) $79 million for a “fat-finger”...

EU’s $47bn trade surplus over U.S. is a new record high—expect it to get bigger

Friends who trade together, stay together. That’s the mantra that seems to increasingly dictate global trading dynamics, to the benefit of the resurgent...

With summer road trips fast approaching, Biden seeks to lower gas prices

The Biden administration said Tuesday it is releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from a Northeast reserve established after Superstorm Sandy in a...

Formula 1 wants Monaco to shell out more to host opulent Grand Prix

Liberty Media Corp., owner of the Formula 1 racing business, is seeking additional funds from the principality of Monaco as part of advanced...

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