From the Dayton, Ohio, suburbs to boardrooms in Dallas, the employees fueling AT&T’s next wave of growth aren’t fresh-faced college graduates with expensive four-year degrees. They’re skilled, blue-collar workers ready to get their hands dirty — and AT&T can’t find enough of them.  “We need people who know how to actually work with electricity. We
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A hospice that has reached a new statutory funding agreement has been criticised for making “unnecessary redundancies”. Ashgate Hospice reached an agreement with the Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board which will see the charity’s inpatient capacity increased from eight beds to 10. The agreement is a 12-month contract for 2026/27 and the financial details
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The British monarchy is still viewed by many loyalists as a sacred and untouchable institution. However, for royal monarchies in 2026, relevance has increasingly become a form of currency. Monarchies once derived their importance from religious authority, political governance and national stability. Today, with the decline of absolute royal power and growing scrutiny over public
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JPMorgan summer reading list Courtesy: JPMorgan The latest JPMorgan Summer Reading List, an annual favorite among the wealthy, includes books on artificial intelligence, longevity, Keith Haring and lemon recipes. The list is compiled each year with suggestions from JPMorgan client advisors around the world and has become a popular guide for the wealthy looking for
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Malaga © María López Jorge via Unsplash As parts of Europe continue to experience prolonged periods of overcast weather, new data highlights a group of cities that offer consistently high levels of sunshine throughout the year. A study by Holidu, based on data from World Weather Online, identifies the continent’s sunniest urban destinations, providing a
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Warren Buffett and Greg Abel walkthrough the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3, 2025. David A. Grogen | CNBC Berkshire Hathaway‘s revamp of its portfolio sent certain stocks higher Monday, as investors parsed the company’s latest bets and exits disclosed in the conglomerate’s quarterly filings. The Omaha-based conglomerate disclosed its
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Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. James Patterson Pledges $10 million to Early Adolescent Literacy Institute The mega-bestselling James Patterson has promised $10 million to his alma mater, Vanderbilt University. The institute will “work to address the increasingly urgent need for
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Focus Features/Blumhouse’s $15M+ TIFF acquisition, Obsession, continued to best its forecast, now with a $17.2M opening as of this morning in third place. Heading into the weekend, YouTube filmmaker Curry Barker‘s first big screen theatrical was eyed at $8M-$9M in a frame where Lionsgate’s Michael popped back up to No. 1 for a second time
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Drake appeared to “ice out” Toronto landmark the CN Tower with a blue glow this past Thursday night, utilizing millions of dollars’ worth of projection equipment to promote his latest album, Iceman, and its surprise companion releases Habibti and Maid of Honour. CBC reported on the spectacle commissioned by the Canadian rapper and created by
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The Good Law Project has raised fresh concerns with the Charity Commission about the think tank Policy Exchange, which is already subject to a compliance case. The complaint, submitted to the regulator last week, alleges that the think tank has continued to engage in “unlawful, political, non-educational activity”, particularly through its “Project 29” programme. The
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Lululemon is showing its teeth.  The Vancouver-based athleticwear company is taking its battle with activist founder Chip Wilson public, writing in a letter to shareholders on Monday he has “outdated perspectives” and “troubling conflicts of interest” that will derail its turnaround plan, materials reviewed by CNBC show.  The letter, Lululemon’s first major public response to
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