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Theres a new 1% tax on stock buybacks here's what it means for your portfolio

General Motors on Friday announced it will resume and boost share repurchases to $5 billion, up from $3.3 billion previously left from the program. And Home Depot on Thursday announced a $15 billion share buyback program.

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Why Are C.E.O.s Suddenly Obsessed With Elasticity?

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TikTok Browser Can Track Users Keystrokes, According to New Research

In a CNN interview in July, Michael Beckerman, a TikTok policy executive, denied that the company logs users’ keystrokes but acknowledged monitoring their patterns, such as typing frequency, to safeguard again fraud.

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Russia will once again shut off Europe's gas via Nord Stream 1 pipeline

Russia will halt gas supplies to Europe for three days at the end of the month via its main pipeline into the region, state energy giant Gazprom said on Friday, piling pressure on the region as it seeks to refuel ahead of winter.

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Meta injecting code into websites to track its users, research says

Owner of Facebook and Instagram is using code to follow those who click links in its apps, according to an ex-Google engineer

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How Tiger Global withdrew its claws when the tech bubble burst

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Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav may want to raise the price for a combined HBO Max-Discovery+ offering, especially as competitors Disney and Netflix have recently raised prices. Eliminating little watched content, while adding a slew of new Discovery + content, could help justify the increase.

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Bugatti hopes its last gas-only car will also be the world's fastest convertible

Carmel, California (CNN Business)Bugatti has unveiled what the French automaker hopes will be the world\'s fastest convertible. The 1,600-horsepower, $5 million W16 Mistral is, essentially, an open-topped version of the Bugatti Chiron supercar, though there are major design differences.

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\"The guidance emphasizes providing borrowers with a path to finishing their degrees,\" Kantrowitz said. \"This will provide them with a route to a better income, which will enable them to repay their student loans.\"

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Citizen Lab’s senior legal adviser, Siena Anstis, said: “The high court’s dismissal of the KSA’s application is fantastic news for victims of digital transnational repression in the UK and represents an important first step along the way towards greater accountability. I also hope this decision serves as a wake-up call for the US or other jurisdictions where state immunity may still be used by authoritarian regimes to block these kinds of cases and leave spyware victims without judicial recourse.”

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Europe's worst drought in years has pushed the mighty river Danube to one of its lowest levels in almost a century, exposing the hulks of dozens of explosives-laden German warships sunk during World War Two near Serbia's river port town of Prahovo.

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Stripe has laid off some of the employees who support TaxJar, a tax compliance startup that it acquired last year.

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Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Friday she had taken a drugs test following the publication of video footage this week that showed her partying with friends, and vowed she had never used illegal drugs.

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Olympic medalist Dina Asher-Smith calls for more research into how periods affect athletic performance

British sprinter Dina Asher-Smith called for more funding to research the impact of periods on athletic performance after she pulled up with cramps, caused by her period, during her 100 meter title defense at the European Championship.

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Britain sets out roadmap for self driving vehicle usage by 2025

Britain said on Friday it wanted a widespread rollout of self-driving vehicles on roads by 2025, announcing plans for new laws and 100 million pounds ($119.09 million) of funding.

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Lawmakers Demand Social Media Firms Address Threats to Law Enforcement

“Unfounded attacks on the integrity of the F.B.I. erode respect for the rule of law and are a grave disservice to the men and women who sacrifice so much to protect others,” Mr. Wray said. “Violence and threats against law enforcement, including the F.B.I., are dangerous and should be deeply concerning to all Americans.”

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Incarcerated people should be getting monkeypox vaccines

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House Democrats urge Twitter, TikTok, Meta and others to address spike in threats against law enforcement after FBI search of Trump home Mar-a-Lago

Even former Vice President Mike Pence, whom Trump has considered an enemy ever since Pence refused to reject key electoral votes confirming Biden\'s win in the 2020 election, said he felt \"deep concern\" about the \"unprecedented\" move.

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What happens when a Black founder is ousted? TechCrunch

Aside from Bryant, there have been a few high-profile cases of Black founders being ousted from their organizations. Marceau Michel was recently removed from his venture fund Black Founders Matter for matters still publicly undisclosed. Brian Brackeen was shown the door at his company, Kairos, in 2018, with the board citing “willful misconduct.” Other founder situations have flown under the radar; many are still too afraid to speak out.

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How to destroy a 'forever chemical' scientists are discovering ways to eliminate PFAS, but this growing global health problem isn't going away soon

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Japan to extend monetary aid program for Ukraine evacuees by six months

The continuation of the support program, set to complete its first span of six months in late September, has been up for review as the Russian invasion of Ukraine drags on.

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The local authority's survey also showed that 1 in 24 households have someone who will not go out to work or school and rarely interacts with anyone outside their immediate family.

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Growing drone force boosts Chinas surveillance and reach in sky and sea

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Americans should focus on Bidens accomplishments, says chief of staff as it happened

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Polish prime minister backs Finland's leader in fight for right to party

Finland's prime minister had good reason to go out and celebrate, because her country is joining NATO, her Polish counterpart said on Friday, backing Sanna Marin's right to party as she faces a storm of criticism at home over leaked videos of a night out.

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Daily Crunch: Ending a 4-year partnership, DoorDash will stop delivering Walmart groceries next month TechCrunch

Just how much are you willing to pay to drive an electric vehicle? Lucid is betting at least $249,000. That’s how much it is pricing its new Sapphire performance EV, Kirsten writes. Now, to be fair, it has a glass roof, three motors and a sweet color.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: How VC really works, longevity investor survey, choosing your angel TechCrunch

Making money is top of mind for every angel, but according to Mack Kolarich, VP of Assure Analytics, most of them also “have a second or third motivator driving them to invest in startups.”

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Russia has no moral right to sit at G20, says Britain

Russia has no moral right to sit at the Group of 20 nations while it presses on with its invasion of Ukraine, a spokesperson for Britain's foreign ministry said on Friday.

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Angela: Infrastructure. Managing teams and currency globally used to be a problem you could solve later. It’s now a problem we need to solve now. I’m literally going through my entire infrastructure stack and thinking, ‘Alright, if you had to make this work for 10 countries from the start, what does that company look like?’ Also, any issue related to just the asset management of crypto and fiat. We’re starting to see that also on the infrastructure side because you’re trying to onboard people from the fiat world into crypto. You’ve got to comply with all sorts of banking regulations, but you also have to understand the web3 world. There’s a bunch of different opportunities at that scene that we as a firm are looking at.

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Gunmen storm upscale hotel in Somalia's capital

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