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forbes.com
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
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Monetizing Expertise: Three Ways Small Businesses Can Boost Revenue from Home

Small business owners can boost revenue and business value by offering online mentoring, creating online training courses, or writing short how-to books, all capitalizing on their specialized skills and knowledge.

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32% Bias Score

Decent Work and Economic Growth
forbes.com
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
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Emperador Acquires Mexican Mezcal Maker to Offset Slowing Spirits Sales

Emperador, Andrew Tan's liquor company, purchased a 60% stake in Mexico's Destileria Los Danzantes for $3.8 million, adding Mezcal brands Los Danzantes and Alipus to its portfolio to offset slowing brandy and whisky sales, impacting its nine-month 2024 profit by 29%.

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40% Bias Score

Decent Work and Economic Growth
foxnews.com
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
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Democratic Party Seeks to Rebound After 2024 Losses

Following the Democrats' 2024 election losses, internal divisions over messaging and strategy have emerged, with some advocating for an economic focus while others prioritize opposition to Donald Trump; the party's limited geographical support, concentrated in large cities, is also a concern.

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60% Bias Score

Reduced Inequality
us.cnn.com
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
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Super Bowl LVII Ticket Prices Plummet Despite Chiefs' Historic Bid

Despite the Kansas City Chiefs' potential for a historic third consecutive Super Bowl win, ticket prices for Super Bowl LVII in New Orleans have dropped below \$4,000 on the secondary market, a 30% decrease from last week and more than 50% cheaper than last year's record-breaking Super Bowl, due to ...

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36% Bias Score

Reduced Inequality
welt.de
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
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German Private EV Adoption Plummets in 2024

HUK Coburg insurance data reveals that only 4% of private car owners switched to electric vehicles in 2024, down from nearly 7% in 2022, due to factors like high prices, lack of experience, and the end of government subsidies; this contrasts with higher adoption rates in company fleets.

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48% Bias Score

Climate Action
lexpress.fr
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
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French Centrists Divided on Parliamentary Reform Ahead of 2027 Election

Edouard Philippe's January 26th claim that France's fragmented parliament prevents major reforms until 2027 drew immediate criticism from fellow centrists Gabriel Attal and François Bayrou, who advocated for referendums, revealing a strategic divergence within the centrist bloc and influencing the 2...

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40% Bias Score

No Poverty
forbes.com
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
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AI Empowers Black Entrepreneurs: Countering the Racial Wealth Gap

Yaminah Childress, founder of YANY Beauty & Contractr AI, is using AI to empower Black entrepreneurs through workshops and her platform, Contractr AI, aiming to build generational wealth and counteract the potential for AI to widen the racial wealth gap, as highlighted in a McKinsey report.

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40% Bias Score

Reduced Inequality
forbes.com
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
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Canada Retaliates Against US Tariffs, Removing American Alcohol

In response to President Trump's 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods, Canada's Ontario province and others will remove approximately \$965 million worth of American alcohol products from government-run stores and halt wholesale sales to businesses, impacting 3,600 U.S. products.

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40% Bias Score

Decent Work and Economic Growth
bbc.com
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
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Eight-Hour A&E Wait for Heart Attack Patient Highlights NHS Delays

68-year-old Steven Richardson endured an eight-hour wait at Worcestershire Royal Hospital's A&E department after a heart attack on November 30th, due to ambulance handover delays and overcrowding; a doctor fortuitously intervened, leading to timely treatment.

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48% Bias Score

Good Health and Well-being
gr.euronews.com
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
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Merz Secures Party Backing for Strict Immigration Plan

Following internal party disputes, CDU/CSU candidate Friedrich Merz secured unanimous support for a 15-point action plan focusing on stricter immigration controls and the repeal of several recent laws, including the heating act and the cannabis legalization act, after a controversial vote with the A...

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40% Bias Score

Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions
faz.net
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
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German Schools Spark Debate by Inviting AfD to Student Debates

Two German high schools invited AfD politicians to pre-election student debates, sparking protests from students and alumni who view it as normalizing the party's views and endangering marginalized groups; the schools defended their decisions, citing neutrality and the importance of open debate.

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44% Bias Score

Quality Education
taz.de
🌐 75% Global Worthiness
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CDU Unveils "Sofortprogramm" for German Economic Growth

The CDU's new "Sofortprogramm" for economic growth proposes reducing electricity prices by 5 cents/kWh, cutting bureaucracy (abolishing receipt requirements, modifying the supply chain act), offering tax breaks for overtime and retirees' earnings (up to €0), and repealing the Ampel coalition's heati...

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52% Bias Score

Decent Work and Economic Growth