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Why doesn’t the U.S. have high speed trains?

Across the world, high-speed trains zip from city to city, sometimes topping 250 miles per hour before dropping off hundreds of passengers right...

Taylor Swift could boost Europe’s economy more than America’s

The American pop icon filled a blank space the world didn’t know it had with her soulful music. And although her songs are...

How to adapt exercise routines with age

Jane Fonda, at 86, is not quite doing her eponymous ’80s workout anymore. But it doesn’t mean she’s stopped exercising. “Slow—you’ll find out...

Texas power prices soar 1,600% as heat wave to drive record demand for energy

Hotter temperatures in Texas are expected to set new all-time highs for energy use in the month of May, sending electricity prices spiking...

TodayTix’s CEO Brian Fenty advice to young leaders: ‘There’s a fine line between fake it till you make it and learn it and do...

There’s much to be said about playing the part for the job you want, not the job you have—especially if you’re young and...

Electric mobility has ‘won the race’ but Volkswagen hits brakes on EV strategy

Volkswagen AG’s all-in on electric vehicles plan is no more. The namesake VW brand, which pitched its ID family of electric cars as central...

Wealthy travelers seeking sun, sand, and luxury are flocking to the Caribbean paradise next to Haiti, where armed gangs dominate

The Dominican Republic is having a moment. Ten million tourists a year are flocking to its beaches, helping drive one of the region’s...

Buy a California town for $6.6 million

In California, a state where single family houses often run for millions of dollars, what amounts to basically an entire city has gone...

Big Tech is pouring billions into British AI investments—but the U.K. risks becoming a sidekick to U.S. tech giants

Microsoft’s plan to open a new AI hub in London is a huge endorsement for the U.K. as a world leader in AI. But I...

17,000-company study of COVID greedflation shows most profited from cost-of-living crisis

The aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic came with many “new normals,” not least hybrid working and rising prices. Suggestions are growing that the...

North Koreans stole Americans’ identities and took remote-work tech jobs at Fortune 500 companies, DOJ says

The Justice Department on Thursday announced the arrests of three people in a complex stolen identity scheme that officials say generates enormous proceeds...

BlackRock sent its team a memo secretly written by ChatGPT—and one major critique emerged

BlackRock COO Robert Goldstein has learned a lot since his firm launched a generative AI lab in 2018. Goldstein discussed his team’s efforts,...

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