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Apr 04 2024
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Dollar steady ahead of jobs data; yen hits two-week high
Euro, Hong Kong dollar, U.S. dollar, Japanese yen, pound and Chinese 100 yuan banknotes are seen in this picture illustration, January 21, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee/Illustration/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab TOKYO, April 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar held steady against peer currencies on Friday after rebounding from a two-week low, as traders braced for a key jobs report
ReutersApr 04 2024
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MD Crash Deaths Rise Amid Nationwide Decline, Federal Data Shows
Maryland saw 610 crash deaths last year, according to early estimates of motor vehicle traffic deaths published this week by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. That’s 8.2 percent higher than in 2022, when Maryland recorded 564 traffic deaths. Maryland’s traffic death rate increased from 0.99 in 2022 to 1.05 in 2023, the data showed. The estimates are statistical projections of
Patch.comApr 04 2024
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Change Healthcare wants data-breach lawsuits heard in Nashville federal court
The corporate logo of the UnitedHealth Group appears on the side of one of their office buildings in Santa Ana, California, U.S., April 13, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab Evidence and key witnesses will be based in Tennessee, Change told the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, which weighs forum questions about lawsuits focused on the same
ReutersApr 07 2024
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Data shows what people are paying in S.F.’s rent-controlled apartments versus their neighbors
There are some perks to renting the same San Francisco apartment for 46 years — such as paying around $1,000 for a home in Pacific Heights. That’s the case for one renter on the 1700 block of Broadway, according to San Francisco’s database of rent-controlled homes. Most of the other renters in the same 41-unit building pay $2,750 to $3,500 for a one-bedroom apartment of a similar size —
San Francisco ChronicleApr 03 2024
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RI Crash Deaths Rise Amid Nationwide Decline, Federal Data Shows
Rhode Island saw 72 crash deaths last year, according to early estimates of motor vehicle traffic deaths published this week by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. That’s 38.5 percent higher than in 2022, when Rhode Island recorded 52 traffic deaths. Rhode Island’s traffic death rate increased from 0.69 in 2022 to 0.89 in 2023, the data showed. The estimates are statistical
Patch.comApr 06 2024
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Meta, Google, and OpenAI Flouted Ethics to Harvest Data for AI Model Development: NYT
AI models require massive amounts of data to get smarter—so much that they might run out of publicly-available data to consume by 2026, one research firm estimates. But faced with the impending shortage and amid intense competition, OpenAI, Google, and Meta have schemed for ethically and legally dubious ways to access more data, a investigation found. Their methods include scraping YouTube
Daily BeastApr 05 2024
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'Data driven' players help prolong record profits in commodity trading, says McKinsey
LONDON, April 5 (Reuters) - The growing number of "data-driven" players such as hedge funds in the world of commodity trading has helped sustain record levels of profit, even as the volatility that supercharged earnings in 2022 has abated, according to a McKinsey analysis. Trading firms including Trafigura, Vitol, Gunvor and Mercuria have thrived in the extreme market moves that have defined
ReutersApr 05 2024
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Women in UK finance earn a third less than male colleagues, data shows
A drone view of London's skyline after daybreak, in London, Britain July 7, 2023. REUTERS/Yann Tessier/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab Item 4 of 4 A drone view of London's skyline after daybreak, in London, Britain July 7, 2023. REUTERS/Yann Tessier/File Photo LONDON, April 5 (Reuters) - Some of Britain's top financial firms pay women 28.8% less on average than male
ReutersApr 05 2024
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A chromosome-level genome assembly of the spider mite Tetranychus piercei McGregor - Scientific Data
At least 100 wild spider mites, including larvae, nymphs, and adults, were collected from Trachycarpus fortunei in Sanya Hainan province (18.29°N, 109.47°E), a tropical region in China. We amplified the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequence to confirm the species identification of T. piercei14. By backcrossing male sons with a virgin female, an isofemale line was
Nature.comApr 15 2024
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More than 1,000 NYC kids leave school after hitting shelter stay limit, data shows
More than 1,000 children living in New York City shelters left their public schools after their families were forced to move due to Mayor Eric Adams’ policy that limits their stays to 60 days, according to data released by the City Council on Monday. The data shows 678 students left the school system entirely from Jan. 2 through March 4. Another 302 were forced to switch schools during the
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