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US existing-home sales decline, marking worst April since 2009
U.S. sales of previously owned homes unexpectedly dropped in April to the slowest pace in seven months, restrained by ongoing affordability constraints and highlighting a lackluster start to the key spring selling season. ...Read more
New report reveals at least a quarter of all office space still vacant in downtown San Jose, Oakland and San Francisco
SAN JOSE, California — Sky-high downtown office vacancy rates continue to haunt San Jose, Oakland and San Francisco as at least one-fourth of those spaces remain empty in all three urban cores, according to a new report ...Read more
Airbnb to crack down on 'unauthorized and disruptive' parties on summer bookings
Parties at vacation rentals sometimes raise the ire of neighbors when holiday revelry gets out of hand.
Airbnb announced this week it is rolling out “anti-party technology” across the U.S. this summer. The system will...Read more
Michael Hiltzik: AI 'hallucinations' are a growing problem for the legal profession
You've probably heard the one about the product that blows up in its creators' faces when they're trying to demonstrate how great it is.
Here's a ripped-from-the-headlines yarn about what happened when a big law firm used...Read more
Real estate Q&A: How can we stop our neighbor's constantly barking dogs?
Q: Our next-door neighbor lets her three dogs live in the fenced-in backyard, and they bark constantly, even late into the night. They are good neighbors, other than that, so we have tried to be patient, but we need a good...Read more
Workplace Drama Doesn't Work
Every office has them: drama queens and drama kings whose highly theatrical soliloquies about their trials and tribulations suggest that they believe, as Shakespeare wrote, "all the office's a stage."
Well, maybe ...Read more
OpenAI teams up with former Apple design chief Jony Ive as AI race heats up
Jony Ive, a former Apple executive known for designing the iPhone, is joining forces with OpenAI, the San Francisco startup behind popular chatbot ChatGPT.
On Wednesday, OpenAI said it's buying io, an AI devices startup ...Read more
Surge AI is latest San Francisco startup accused of misclassifying its workers
Artificial intelligence training company Surge AI has been hit with a lawsuit alleging it has misclassified contractors hired to improve chat responses from AI software for some of the world's leading tech companies.
The ...Read more
Boeing sticks to safety strategy, with new audits, officers and data
As Boeing attempts to rebuild its reputation among safety regulators and the flying public, the company’s safety office is sticking to a strategy put in place after two 737 Max crashes six years ago.
In its fourth ...Read more
Disney tells Venezuelans on TPS: Find a new legal way to work or you're out of a job
The Walt Disney Company has notified dozens of Venezuelan employees they might lose their jobs after the Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Trump administration could end their deportation protections and work permits ...Read more
Social Security and You: Will Your Social Security Check Follow You if You Move Overseas?
I've been getting more than a few emails lately from folks who say they plan to move overseas. Some told me they just want to escape the political turmoil in this country. Others probably have a bad case of wanderlust. I'm...Read more
DOJ probes Live Nation, AEG for COVID-era refund collusion
The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a criminal antitrust probe into how companies responded to mass concert cancellations at the outset of the pandemic in 2020, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
The ...Read more
FTC rests at Meta monopoly trial, shifting focus to defense
The Federal Trade Commission wrapped up its case for breaking up Meta Platforms Inc. as an illegal social-media monopoly, with the company now set to lay out its defense in the ongoing antitrust trial.
Meta will take the ...Read more
Coinbase hack rocks the company that led crypto into mainstream
On the long list of crypto companies that have been hacked, there are plenty of examples of financial losses that are much more painful than what Coinbase Global Inc. appears to be facing from the attack it disclosed on ...Read more
Amazon claims warehouses are getting safer. Critics say progress is too slow
Injury rates in Amazon warehouses fell in 2024 for the third year in a row, but a coalition of labor unions that tracks the data said Amazon isn’t making improvements fast enough.
In 2020, founder and then-CEO Jeff ...Read more
Real estate Q&A: What happens to our mother's house after she died without a will?
Q: Our mother recently passed away in Florida. I live in another state, so the last year before she died, my brother moved in with her to be able to help. The house was owned for decades by both our parents, and our father...Read more
Seattle real estate industry feuds over private home listings
When Seattle real estate agent Sam Cunningham prepared to list a remodeled Issaquah home for sale earlier this year, he made the usual preparations: modern staging, pristine photos and marketing copy gushing over the house...Read more
Michael Hiltzik: Crypto was already in bad odor before jumping into bed with Trump. Now it smells worse
One problem that promoters of cryptocurrencies have faced since the asset class first emerged is that its reputation stinks.
Crypto trading has become identified by regulators and in the public mind as a haven for scams, ...Read more
US spring homebuying season has its weakest start in five years
The crucial spring home-sales season in the U.S., barely off the runway, is already sputtering.
April is normally when transactions kick into overdrive, warmer weather drawing in buyers and sellers alike. But this year, ...Read more
Adding to UnitedHealth woes, WSJ reports Justice Department has launched criminal investigation
UnitedHealth Group stock was sliding again Thursday as the market took in a report in the Wall Street Journal that the U.S. Department of Justice has launched a criminal fraud investigation of Medicare billing practices, ...Read more
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