Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield has notified 2% of its workforce -- about 75 employees -- they will be laid off as the health care provider grapples with increasing costs, declining membership and rising demand for services.
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Andrew Moreau,
arkansasonline.com,
10 Jan. 2025
The school tech giant was made aware of the breach late last month and notified affected customers Tuesday.
Morningstar informs us that the SPDR Bloomberg High Yield fund has averaged a total return (coupons plus price changes) of 5.1% a year, three points better than the return on the Vanguard all-purpose fund that owns only higher quality debt.
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William Baldwin,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
Netanyahu said his negotiating team informed him of the agreement.
At the end of the meeting, Netanyahu instructed the director of Mossad David Barnea, the Director of Shin Bet Ronen Bar and IDF general Nitzan Alon to travel to Doha immediately in order to push forward the hostage and ceasefire deal, the prime minister's office said.
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Barak Ravid,
Axios,
11 Jan. 2025
Not quite six years ago, wildfire expert Jack Cohen, who lives in Missoula, Mont., visited Pacific Palisades to instruct firefighters and property owners on how to protect homes against wildfires.
Plus, Blue Origin is selling launches at a price per satellite that’s significantly better than SpaceX, a former employee told Forbes.
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Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
Gaza war talks on cusp of cease-fire, hostage deal
A round of Gaza cease-fire talks will be held in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday morning to finalise remaining details related to the deal, an official briefed on the negotiations told Reuters on Monday.
Writing to a Jesuit missionary in China, Leibniz floated the idea that the binary system might help to convert the Chinese to Christianity, by familiarizing them with the Biblical concept of creation ex nihilo.
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Anthony Gottlieb,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2025
Smartphone users should familiarize themselves with encrypted communication to protect their data.
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