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Sen. Steve Daines has reintroduced the Main Street Tax Certainty Act, which would make a 20% tax reduction for pass-through businesses permanent, cementing a tax reduction for small businesses that is set to expire in 2025.
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Pollock: 'Trustees must exercise oversight on behalf of shareholder interests'
The Securities and Exchange Commission has taken legal action against an investment adviser for breaching regulations outlined in the Liquidity Rule.
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Burt: 'Investment advisers have fiduciary duties to act in their clients’ best interest'
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges against Classic Asset Management LLC and Douglas G. Schmitz, an indirect part-owner and investment adviser representative, for breach of fiduciary duty by utilizing leveraged exchange-traded funds in client accounts.
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Attorneys say they 'were pleased' with judge's decision to stop American, Jet Blue merger
A federal judge has ruled in favor of the Justice Department (DOJ) and the attorneys general of six states and the District of Columbia in an antitrust lawsuit to stop the Northeast Alliance between American Airlines and JetBlue Airways.
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Altman: 'It is essential to develop regulations that incentivize AI safety'
The chief executive officer of OpenAI gave testimony May 16 before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law addressing the importance of regulatory oversight on artificial intelligence.
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Architecture Industry Sees a Glimmer of Hope with Slight Uptick in Billings After Five Consecutive Months of Decline: AIA/Deltek Report
The American Institute of Architects reported a modest increase in billings for architecture firms in March.
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ITI president and CEO: 'The CHIPS Act will strengthen the United States’ innovation ecosystem'
The Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) emphasized the importance of maintaining global competition and leadership in semiconductor research and manufacturing as the U.S. implements the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act.
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Raimondo: ACE Seattle forms 'critical first steps in possible business, trade and investment'
The 16th Americas Competitiveness Exchange took place in the greater Seattle region May 14-19.
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Mai: Expanded collaboration with Salesforce 'will help position Esquire for continued long-term success'
Esquire Financial Holdings Inc. increased its use of Salesforce technology to more effectively power its hyper-personalized sales and marketing initiatives targeted at law firms nationwide.
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Jassey: 'There’s a lot to like about how our teams are delivering for customers' at Amazon
Amazon.com Inc. released its financial results for the first quarter ending March 31.
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IBM announces new artificial intelligence, data platform
IBM has announced the release of a new enterprise-ready artificial intelligence and data platform that will help transform AI for businesses.
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Tam: 'EDA is committed to supporting Tribal communities'
The 2023 National Association of Development Organizations economic summit in Denver, Colo., featured workshops that included a focus on Indigenous communities.
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Bullard: 'The fiscal stimulus is receding'
James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, recently discussed the pandemic's fiscal-monetary reaction and its impact on inflation, emphasizing the need to offset the excessive inflation generated by the fiscal-monetary response.
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ITI applauds Supreme Court after it 'reached a unanimous decision not to impose liability for use of algorithms'
The Supreme Court has said it would "decline to address" Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act in the case of Gonzalez v. Google, effectively protecting tech companies from being held responsible for posts on their platforms.
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Jones: 'Slack GPT is the conversational AI platform of the future'
A San Francisco-based company that designs cloud-based software for businesses has announced a new conversational artificial intelligence experience.
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Vedova: Pharmaceutical industry consolidations give ‘powerful companies a pass to exorbitantly hike prescription drug prices’
The Federal Trade Commission is suing to block a large pharmaceutical corporation from acquiring a specialty biotech firm to avoid giving the corporation undue control over essential medicines.
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Raimondo: 'SelectTalentUSA will help encourage investment in America'
The U.S. Departments of Commerce, Labor and Education have launched a new joint initiative — SelectTalentUSA — to encourage foreign multinationals to invest in the United States and increase the quality of jobs through foreign direct investment.
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Khan: The U.S. can compete internationally by ‘making sure that we are a home for innovation’
The chair of the Federal Trade Commission Linda Khan has called for enforcement of antitrust laws to spur innovations in technology even as the commission has proposed a blanket prohibition preventing Facebook from profiting from data it collects for users under 18.
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Bitcoin’s rising fees send users scrambling for options
In one night, a miner reaped 6.701 bitcoin (BTC), yielding almost $200,000 in transaction fees.
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Cravins: ‘MBDA will make sure our AANHPI-owned businesses have what they need'
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency recognized Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May.
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