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Is "blue dot fever" an epidemic?
3+ hour, 52+ min ago (255+ words) The term "blue dot fever" refers to unsold seats on websites like Ticketmaster. Those low ticket sales could be to blame for canceled concerts and tours. From Post Malone to The Pussycat Dolls, high-profile artists have reduced the number of…...
Elon Musk is in court arguing that Open AI abandoned its nonprofit model
2+ week, 1+ day ago (192+ words) The trial is also giving a behind-the-scenes view of how some of the biggest leaders in AI need to have their egos tamed, says Paresh Dave, senior writer at Wired. Back in 2015, Elon Musk and Sam Altman got the idea…...
As states consider painful cuts, why don't more measure "tax gaps"?
2+ week, 3+ day ago (148+ words) States could be missing out on billions in revenue by not measuring how much they're owed by taxpayers. The Internal Revenue Service measures how much money taxpayers owe the government, and by subtracting the amount the taxpayers actually pay, arrive…...
Meta and Youtube held liable for their addictive products
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (167+ words) In separate trial verdicts last week, juries found Meta and You Tube were liable for knowingly designing addictive products. Eric Goldman of Santa Clara University's High Tech Law Institute discusses what the decisions could mean for future lawsuits against social…...
The "Super Bowl" of energy
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (247+ words) Alex is a producer for the "Marketplace Morning Report." He's based in Queens, New York. Alex joined Marketplace in 2020, working as MMR's digital producer. After a little over a year, he became the show's overnight producer, getting up far before…...
Inside the "Super Bowl of energy
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (117+ words) Marketplace's Elizabeth Trovall joins Kimberly to share her insights from the annual CERAWeek conference. "At "Super Bowl of the energy industry," war in the Middle East is the hot topic" from Marketplace "Gas prices eclipse $4 a gallon in the US,…...
Taco Bell serves up cultural relevancy, boosting sales
3+ week, 1+ day ago (483+ words) Taco Bell saw an 8% increase in same-store sales, a key metric restaurants use to measure the health of a business. Yum! Brands reported first quarter earnings Wednesday morning and the results were better than expected " mostly because of its leading…...
Trucking rates rise amid restrictions on immigrant drivers
3+ week, 2+ day ago (443+ words) Fewer drivers means fewer trucks on the road, and supply and demand dynamics do the rest. Trucking giants say their pricing power is improving because capacity in the industry is declining. Old Dominion showed that on Wednesday, after it reported…...
This former wildland firefighter started her own company to help mitigate risk
3+ week, 4+ day ago (153+ words) Jessica Davison is a former wildland firefighter and the owner of Firebreak Management, a fire mitigation services company, in Bozeman, Montana. The climate crisis is here, and no place is that more apparent than in the western United States during…...
California buildings must limit "embodied carbon." Here's what that means
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (505+ words) California became the first state to regulate embodied carbon in its building code. That's changing the construction industry even beyond the state border. Starting this year, the part of California's green building code that regulates "embodied carbon" applies to far…...