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Ex-Fed chair Alan Greenspan dies at 100

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alan Greenspan, the jazz-playing U.S. Federal Reserve chair who was celebrated for engineering a decade of prosperity but later shared the blame for a devastating financial crisis, died Monday. He was 100. Greenspan died from complications of Parkinson’s disease, said ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — Many workers fear machines will supplant them as adoption of artificial intelligence accelerates. But what if people have qualities both unmistakably human and essential to career success that AI could not easily replace them? Some workplace experts argue that with more ...

Higher prices for gas, groceries and flights will likely outlast the Iran war

NEW YORK (AP) — A tentative deal to end the Iran war makes it reasonable to ask how soon prices will drop for gasoline, groceries, airline tickets and other items that got more expensive during the conflict. Not so fast, experts say. Even after oil starts flowing again from the Middle ...

5 ways to avoid penalties on your taxes

As a certified public accountant, the most common question I hear in the spring is, “How much do I actually have to pay the IRS right now?” In a perfect world, the IRS wants 90% of your total tax liability paid “ratably” (equally) throughout the year. The problem? Most successful ...

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MONUS FELLOWS NAMED: Six students from the Williamson College of Business Administration at Youngstown State University will spend summer gaining hands-on entrepreneurial experience through the Nathan H. and Frances T. Monus Entrepreneurship Fellows Program, working directly with startup and ...

A look at new trillionaire Elon Musk’s vast empire

NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and now first-ever trillionaire, controls a lot of different businesses. Here’s a look at Musk’s vast business empire. SpaceX Musk is CEO of SpaceX, which he founded in 2002. The company has grown far beyond rockets. It owns ...