"In separate rulings delivered by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Wednesday, Air France–KLM, Lufthansa, and Etihad Airways each had adverts banned in which they implied their flights were more environmentally friendly than those run by competitors.Spotify wrappedSpotify announced a shock round of layoffs Monday that it said would affect 17% of the group’s nearly 9,000 employees, but in..."
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"“If today’s report is a harbinger of continued consumer spending the Fed may have to issue a considerably more hawkish message and telegraph that they still cannot declare victory on their campaign to quell inflation,” LPL Financial’s chief economist Quincy Krosby explained, arguing “the Fed has been stymied by better than expected data releases.”"
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"“Macau needs to take a completely new perspective,” Pansy Ho, chairperson of MGM China Holdings, one of Macau’s six licensed casino operators, said during Fortune‘s Brainstorm Design conference in Macau on Wednesday."
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"O’Neal’s career cooled further in the 1980s with the emerald heist drama “Green Ice” (1981) and the 1984 comedy “Irreconcilable Differences,” in which he played a busy father in an unhappy marriage whose daughter, played by 9-year-old Drew Barrymore, tries to divorce her parents."
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"With global regulators examining Microsoft Corp.’s $13 billion investment in OpenAI, the software giant has a simple argument it hopes will resonate with antitrust officials: It doesn’t own a traditional stake in the buzzy startup so can’t be said to control it."
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"The spacious sunny meadows, through the midst of which the bright river glides, extend with but little interruption ten miles to the eastward, dark woods rising on either side to the limit of tree growth, and above the woods a picturesque line of gray peaks and spires dotted with snow banks; while, on the axis of the Sierra, Mount Dana and his noble compeers repose in massive sublimity, their v..."
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"Read more: Here’s how the EU will regulate AI tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and GPT-4 After more than 33 hours of negotiations this week, delegates from the European Commission, the European Parliament and 27 member countries agreed to a set of controls for generative artificial intelligence tools such as OpenAI Inc.’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard — the kind capable of producing content on command."
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"In the case that they’re giving their child money for a down payment, with no expectation of repayment, parents should consider either utilizing the lifetime gift tax exemption mentioned above, or the annual gift tax exemption, which for this year is $17,000 (or $34,000 for married couples)."
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"Still, proficiency in krav maga is a requirement for membership, says Yoel Ohnona, a former IDF commando who is training an outfit that will soon begin operations in Ashdod, south of Tel Aviv."
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"“When it comes to the women who are not only dutifully but lovingly catering to his desires,” the philosopher Kate Manne wrote in her 2017 book, Down Girl, “what’s to hate?”Explore the January/February 2024 IssueCheck out more from this issue and find your next story to read.View MoreThe misogyny that Trump embodies and champions is less about loathing than enforcement: underscoring his require..."
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"“My sense is the reason he founded xAI is he’s pissed at OpenAI.”Steve Omohundro, longtime computer scientist “I would say the holy grail of AI systems is reasoning, and probably the place where reasoning is most evident is in mathematical inquiry,” said University of Sydney mathematics professor Geordie Williamson, who recently collaborated with Google DeepMind on refining old mathematical con..."
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"Blackstone Mortgage Trust did not immediately respond to Fortune’s request for comment, but a spokesperson told Bloomberg in a statement that the REIT is “well positioned to navigate this environment,” adding that they believe ”Muddy Waters’ report was “self-interested,” “misleading,” and “designed solely…for the short seller’s own benefit.”"
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"While other home goods retailers have struggled in recent years—see: the Bed Bath & Beyond bankruptcy or the troubles plaguing home-improvement retailers like Lowe’s and Home Depot—Williams Sonoma’s high-earning consumer, luxury product, and multichannel strategy helped it thrive."
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"I like people who weren’t captured, okay?”Explore the January/February 2024 IssueCheck out more from this issue and find your next story to read.View MoreI did not understand how so many ostensibly patriotic voters could subsequently embrace Trump, but mainly I couldn’t understand his soul sickness: How does a person come to such a rotten, depraved thought?That day in the White House, I mention..."
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"Following the discovery of huge diamond deposits in South Africa at the end of the 19th century, the diamond industry had a problem on its hands: The British financiers who had underwritten the development of the mine had been a little too successful in their pursuit of the previously rare stones, and they suddenly had far more than they needed to satisfy existing demand."
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"Cross country and basketball “I was the co-captain of my high school cross country team where I learned the importance of running as a team and that the amount of hard work and effort you put in on the practice runs when no one is watching is what determines the outcome at the race."
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"They were hindered as well by the courage and professionalism of the military officers and civilian appointees who, side by side, serve in the Defense Department.Trump now nurses deep grudges against these officers and civilians, who slow-rolled and smothered his various illegal and autocratic impulses, including his enraged demand to kill the Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in 2017, and his desi..."
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"“The impact of a cut to the rating’s outlook on bond flows should prove limited while the China-US rate spread is still a key driver.”Subscribe to the new Fortune CEO Weekly Europe newsletter to get corner office insights on the biggest business stories in Europe."
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"Austin, Deltona, Fla., and Phoenix are off 5.5%, 3.2%, and 2.1% respectively, while Phoenix, Las Vegas, Boise, Colorado Springs, Raleigh, and Cape Coral, Fla., all showed smaller declines, meaning that they’ve also widely trailed a consumer price index that’s been running at about 3% since last August."
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"“My sense is the reason he founded xAI is he’s pissed at OpenAI.”Steve Omohundro, longtime computer scientist “I would say the holy grail of AI systems is reasoning, and probably the place where reasoning is most evident is in mathematical inquiry,” said University of Sydney mathematics professor Geordie Williamson, who recently collaborated with Google DeepMind on refining old mathematical con..."
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