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Jennah Haque, Madeline Campbell and Bill Allison | Bloomberg News (TNS) WASHINGTON — Joe Biden has attempted to brand himself as the most pro-labor president in U.S. history. Workers who donate to the leading presidential candidates beg to differ. Republican front-runner Donald Trump is winning financial support from grassroots campaign contributors who work for highly…
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Anna Wilder | (TNS) The State (Columbia, S.C.) COLUMBIA, S.C. — Donald Trump and Nikki Haley have thrown insults at each other over the last few weeks as the South Carolina Republican primary inches closer. “Birdbrain,” “incompetent,” “unhinged,” and many more terms were used. Yet, they never got on stage together to debate policy, or…
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By JULIE WATSON SAN DIEGO — China plans to send a new pair of giant pandas to the San Diego Zoo, renewing its longstanding gesture of friendship toward the United States after recalling nearly all the iconic bears on loan to U.S. zoos as relations soured between the two nations. The China Wildlife Conservation Association…
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Disneyland will close four attractions for seasonal refurbishments during the biggest seasonal food festival of the year and just before Spring Break crowds begin flocking to the Anaheim theme parks. Radiator Springs Racers, Incredicoaster, Redwood Creek Challenge Trail and the Sailing Ship Columbia will temporarily close in late February or early March as part of…
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A two-building office campus is Santa Ana is being torn to shreds this week as a redevelopment project ratchets into high gear. Kearny Real Estate is replacing Elevate@Harbor at 3100 and 3130 S. Harbor Blvd. with a logistics warehouse. Among Elevate’s tenants was Optima Tax Relief, which has since shifted its headquarters to Griffin Towers…
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The Brea Olinda Teachers Association has announced it’s reached an impasse with the Brea Olinda Unified School District, triggering state mediation and the potential for a strike. The district and the teachers association have failed to reach a compensation settlement that would “attract new educators with competitive salaries and benefits during the current 10,000-teacher shortage…
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When Super Bowl LVIII went into overtime on Feb. 11, it triggered a giveaway from Buffalo Wild Wings. The payout will take place  2-5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26, when anyone in the United States can get six free boneless or traditional wings at participating locations, no purchase necessary, according to a Facebook post from the…
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By Subrat Patnaik | Bloomberg Santa Clara-based Nvidia Corp. is set to become the first semiconductor firm with a $2 trillion valuation, another milestone in its ascendancy as the biggest beneficiary of a rush into artificial intelligence-related stocks over the past year. The chipmaker’s shares rose as much as 2.7% in premarket trading on Friday…
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By Loren Grush | Bloomberg News For the first time since 1972, the United States is back on the moon. At 6:23 p.m. Eastern time Thursday, Intuitive Machines Inc. landed a robotic spacecraft on the moon, becoming the first private firm to place a vehicle intact on the lunar surface. NASA, which paid nearly $118…
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By Jillian Deutsch, Todd Shields, Jake Bleiberg and Jennifer Jacobs | Bloomberg AT&T Inc. said a widespread outage that took hours to resolve Thursday was caused by “an incorrect process” while expanding the wireless network. The software issue interrupted wireless service for hundreds of thousands of subscribers and prompted the FBI and US Department of…
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