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Small, midsize businesses hollow out middle management
When Starbucks decided last month to add at least one full-time assistant manager to every U.S. location it operates, the ...
China pledges to crack down on illicit exports of rare earths, urges US to lift more trade controls
China's Ministry of State Security says it is cracking down on alleged smuggling of rare earths materials that it says ...
Billy Long will be sworn in as IRS commissioner, taking over an agency he once sought to close
Former Missouri congressman Billy Long will be ceremonially sworn in as commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service on ...
Catholic and Greek Orthodox leaders enter Gaza in rare solidarity visit after Israel’s church strike
Top church leaders in the Holy Land headed into Gaza Friday for a rare solidarity visit one day after an Israeli shell ...
Most US adults think the GOP tax bill will help the wealthy and harm the poor, AP-NORC poll finds
A new AP-NORC poll shows that while Republican elected officials are promoting their recently passed tax and spending bill as ...
For Sale: Trump is leveraging power of his office to reap profits for family businesses
From crypto coins to bibles, overseas development deals to an upcoming line of cellphones, Trump family businesses have raked ...
Don’t tell these Australians they can’t have a pet crocodile
What makes a creature a good pet? Roger Matthews likes that he can go to Europe for two months without worrying about feeding ...
Videos from the Amazon reveal an unexpected animal friendship
Screenwriters in search of the next Timon and Pumbaa may want to look to the Amazon, where unlikely ocelot-opossum duos have ...
Taiwan will ‘not provoke confrontation’ with China, vice president says
Taiwan's vice president says the self-ruled democracy will not provoke a confrontation with China and seeks to communicate ...
Syrian government forces set to re-enter Sweida province after renewed Druze-Bedouin clashes
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Renewed clashes broke out overnight between Druze armed groups and members of Bedouin clans in ...
Takeaways from the AP’s reporting on Trump’s business deals
From crypto coins to bibles, overseas development deals to an upcoming line of cellphones, President Donald Trump’s family businesses have raked in hundreds of millions of dollars since his election.
Syria’s Druze find bodies in the streets while searching for loved ones after days of clashes
Members of Syria's Druze community are searching for loved ones and counting their dead after days of clashes in a southern ...