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January 2025

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smh.com.au
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Streaming Disrupts Australian Television

The launch of Foxtel in 1995 and Stan in 2015 dramatically altered Australian television consumption, increasing content variety but also subscription costs; now, the average Australian household spends $63 monthly on digital subscriptions and uses 2.1 services.

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32% Bias Score

Reduced Inequality
smh.com.au
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
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Brisbane Airport Workers Face Tenfold Airtrain Fare Hike

Brisbane Airport workers will pay over \$46 weekly for Airtrain from February 10th, more than ten times the cost for other south-east Queensland commuters, due to the end of a trial period of cheaper fares and an additional fare increase implemented by Airtrain.

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52% Bias Score

Reduced Inequality
forbes.com
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
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Rewiring Your Brain for Workplace Success

The article details how deliberate practice, visualization, and challenging cognitive biases can rewire the brain for enhanced performance, illustrating methods for improved workplace success through neuroscience and psychology.

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32% Bias Score

Quality Education
cbsnews.com
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
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Inflation Surge Delays Savings, Fuels Demand for Debt Relief in 2025

Rising inflation in late 2024, despite the Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts, is delaying expected savings and increasing the need for debt relief strategies, particularly for those with high credit card debt, home equity loan considerations, or collection calls.

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44% Bias Score

No Poverty
bbc.com
🌐 65% Global Worthiness
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Liverpool FC faces racial discrimination lawsuit over job rejection

Asad Farooq is suing Liverpool FC for racial discrimination after being rejected for a job application; the club says his lack of experience was the reason, and the tribunal will rule on Wednesday.

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36% Bias Score

Reduced Inequality
nos.nl
🌐 65% Global Worthiness
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De Dijk Archives Donated to Amsterdam City Archives

The Dutch band De Dijk donated its complete 41-year archive, including photos, awards, and fan mail, to Amsterdam's City Archives, ensuring the preservation of a significant piece of Dutch pop culture history.

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32% Bias Score

forbes.com
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
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Preretirees and Retirees Misprioritize Key Retirement Decisions

A Stanford Center on Longevity study shows that while many preretirees and retirees seek investment advice, they often overlook more impactful decisions such as retirement timing and Social Security claiming, which significantly affect their financial security.

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44% Bias Score

No Poverty
forbes.com
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
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Advocate Closes 47 Walgreens Clinics, Shifts to Community-Based Care

Advocate Health Care is closing 47 Illinois clinics located in Walgreens stores on February 6, 2025, due to unsuccessful retail healthcare models and a shift towards virtual and community-based care, involving a $1 billion investment in Chicago's South Side to address health disparities.

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36% Bias Score

Good Health and Well-being
cbsnews.com
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
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Fed Holds Interest Rates, Creating Final Opportunity for Savers

The Federal Reserve maintained interest rates between 4.25% and 4.50% at its first 2025 meeting, marking a pause in its rate-cutting campaign that began in July 2024; this presents a final opportunity for savers to benefit from elevated rates via CDs, while borrowers face continued higher interest.

Progress

44% Bias Score

Reduced Inequality
nbcnews.com
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
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Weinstein Retrial Set for April 15th on New Rape Charges

Harvey Weinstein will face retrial in New York on April 15th on rape charges, including a new allegation of forced oral sex in 2006, after his 2020 conviction was overturned due to errors in the original trial. He is currently being held at Rikers Island.

Progress

52% Bias Score

Gender Equality
liberation.fr
🌐 65% Global Worthiness
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French Father Sentenced for Assaulting Wife in Front of Children

A French father was sentenced to 12 months in prison for assaulting his wife in front of their three children after his son reported the violence to his school principal via the Pronote app; the mother sustained significant injuries, including a head trauma, but chose not to press charges.

Progress

48% Bias Score

Gender Equality
pda.nnov.kp.ru
🌐 65% Global Worthiness
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Transneft-Verkhnyaya Volga Achieves 45 Million Ruble Energy Savings in 2024

Transneft-Verkhnyaya Volga's 2024 energy-saving program yielded 45 million rubles in savings through pipeline cleaning, fuel switching in boiler houses, and optimized transportation routes, reducing electricity use by 0.6% and fuel consumption by 29.3 tons.

Progress

8% Bias Score

Affordable and Clean Energy