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Business
Some companies tie AI to layoffs, but the reality is more complicated
The one thing N. Lee Plumb knows for sure about being laid off from Amazon last month is that it wasn’t a failure to get on board with the company’s artificial intelligence plans.
Plumb, his team’s head of “AI enablement,” says he was so prolific in his use of Amazon’s new AI coding tool that ... (full story)
Yea or Nay?
Q. A company I'm invested in wants shareholders to approve it issuing more stock. Why would I support that? -- E.C., Brooklyn, New York
A. Those who oppose companies issuing more shares of stock worry about the value of existing shares being diluted.
To understand dilution, imagine that the Three-Legged Chair Company (ticke ... (full story)
Local
Out with the old? Young Democrats are trying to convince voters to send a new generation to Congress
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Mai Vang wouldn't be born for another seven years when Bob Matsui was first elected to Congress from California in 1978. By the time Matsui died in 2005 and was replaced by his widow, Doris Matsui, Vang was still studying biology and sociology in college.
Now a member of the Sacramento City Counci ... (full story)
State
Polygamous sect's sway has dwindled in twin towns on Arizona-Utah line. Residents enjoy new freedoms
COLORADO CITY, Ariz. (AP) — The prairie dresses, walled compounds and distrust of outsiders that were once hallmarks of two towns on the Arizona-Utah border are mostly gone.
These days, Colorado City, Arizona, and neighboring Hildale, Utah, look much like any other town in this remote and picturesque area near Zion Nationa ... (full story)
Trump plans to lower tariffs on Indian goods to 18% after India agreed to stop buying Russian oil
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday that he plans to lower tariffs on goods from India to 18%, from 25%, after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed to stop buying Russian oil.
The move comes after months of Trump pressing India to cut its reliance on cheap Russian crude. India has taken advantage of ... (full story)
The Carolinas emerge as new population boom states. Affordability and lifestyle drive growth
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Move over Florida and Texas. The United States has new hot spots for growth, and they both have Carolina in their name.
North Carolina last year attracted more new residents, 84,000 people, from other parts of the country than any other state, a title held by Texas in 2024 and Florida in the two years ... (full story)