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Brian Kelly, the Points Guy, Shares Tips on Reward Travel
Brian Kelly, the founder of the travel rewards website the Points Guy, says there’s never been a better time than now for earning points.
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Some Travelers Capture Their Vacation Memories With Sketching
Some travelers are picking up a creative pastime, sketching, in order to slow down and fully appreciate their destinations.
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Why These Companies in Louisville, Ky., Fear Trump’s Tariffs
American companies intent on making goods in the United States are fretting over the impact of tariffs on their access to parts and raw materials.
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Buffalo Bills Fans Have It Tough, Especially in Antarctica
Research scientists in remote locations need to get creative in order to follow their favorite teams, even when they don’t like the outcomes.
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China Strikes Back After Trump Imposes 10% Tariff on Goods
After a 10 percent tariff on Chinese products took effect on Tuesday, China announced retaliatory measures, including tariffs and an investigation of Google.
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Fed Official Pushes Back on Pre-emptive Policy Moves
Mary C. Daly, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, said the central bank needed to assess the “scope, magnitude and timing” of President Trump’s policies.
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After Tariff Fight With Canada and Mexico, Trump’s Next Target Is Europe
The president’s threats to slap duties on goods imported from the European Union are part of a pattern of directing the harshest penalties at the United States’ closest allies.
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Trump 2.0 Week 1 Tech Policy Rundown: Pivot on AI but Data Rules Stand
It would be an understatement to say that the Trump administration has had a busy first week. Within just a few hours of the new administration coming into power, it repealed a number of Biden-era executive orders across a wide range of policy issues and contemporaneously signed a flurry of new executive orders….By: Goodwin
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Upcoming EU AI Act Obligations Mandatory Training and Prohibited Practices
The EU AI Act came into effect on 1 August 2024, and the first obligations under the Act will become applicable from 2 February 2025. Providers and deployers of AI systems must ensure that their employees and contractors using AI have an adequate degree of AI literacy, for example by implementing training….By: Latham & Watkins…
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China Unveils New Anti-Monopoly Guidelines for the Pharmaceutical Sector
China’s State Council issued new Anti-Monopoly Guidelines for the Pharmaceutical Sector (the “Guidelines”) effective January 24, 2025. The Guidelines provide a comprehensive framework for the State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”), the Chinese antitrust regulator, to analyze potential anticompetitive behavior across the pharmaceuticalsector, including some types of conduct SAMR has not previously addressed….By: Jones Day