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Declining job creation, downward revisions to employment figures, and a labor market looking weaker than expected — all signs point to a slowdown.Throw in uncertainty about the emerging role of AI in the workplace, and it’s no wonder that job seekers are concerned about their futures. Yet, unemployment remains relatively low — far from its 2021 highs — with the labor market actually tightening.”Talent shortages are coming, and they’re coming soon,” notes chief economist at Indeed, Svenja Gudell.1 And evidence increasingly points to AI, at least, as an unlikely ally on the job front.That’s because today’s generative AI tools are…

Retired Justice Anthony Kennedy attends the swearing-in of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2018. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images As a justice on the Supreme Court, Anthony Kennedy wrote some big opinions.He was appointed by President Reagan, and most often voted with conservatives.But his vote was often pivotal in controversial cases about hot-button issues like same-sex marriage and abortion, and in several key instances he voted with the court’s liberals.In a new memoir, he opens up about his time on the court — and he tells NPR’s Nina Totenberg he is concerned about…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kunal Sharma, the owner of E6 Carbon and E6 Forged, two auto-parts companies in Ontario, Canada. He described issues he’s experienced shipping items through UPS to customers in the US.A UPS spokesperson declined to provide comment specifically on Sharma’s experience. The company previously told Business Insider that, “Because of changes to US import regulations, we are seeing many packages that are unable to clear customs due to missing or incomplete information about the shipment required for customs clearance.” The spokesperson said “more than 90% of all imported packages” that move through…

Are you ready to watch Apple TV on your Apple TV through the Apple TV app?Apple’s paid streaming service has ditched its plus sign and is now called Apple TV, rather than Apple TV+. The tech giant quietly announced this rebrand in a press release about the streaming release date for “F1: The Movie.”Apple TV is also the name of the TV app that’s preinstalled on iPhones, iPads, and Macs. And Apple’s hardware device, similar to a Roku or Amazon Fire TV Stick, is known as Apple TV as well, though the official name of its current iteration is Apple…

David Solomon, chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., during an interview for an episode of “The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations” in New York, US, on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024.Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesGoldman Sachs has agreed to acquire Industry Ventures, a venture capital firm with $7 billion in assets under supervision, according to a release from the investment bank.Goldman is paying $665 million in cash and equity, and up to $300 million more based on the firm’s future performance through 2030, the bank said. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of…

Did you watch Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue last month — the one he did after Disney brought his show back?Lots of people did: More than 6 million people watched his show on the night it returned — a huge number for Kimmel, and for late-night TV, period.But way, way more people watched Kimmel’s performance on YouTube, where it has racked up some 22 million views.*And that discrepancy tells you everything you need to know about the trouble that Kimmel’s show, and every other late-night show, is facing — regardless of who’s in the White House: Late-night TV viewing is a dying…

Doug Lebda, the LendingTree founder, chairman, and CEO, died on Sunday in an ATV accident, the company announced. He was 55.LendingTree named the company’s COO, Scott Peyree, as CEO following Lebda’s death.”We are deeply saddened by the sudden passing of Doug,” LendingTree’s board of directors said in a statement. “Doug was a visionary leader whose relentless drive, innovation, and passion transformed the financial services landscape, touching the lives of millions of consumers.”Lebda founded LendingTree, then called CreditSource USA, in 1996. He said he founded the company after dealing with the opaque process of getting a mortgage for a condominium, where…

Wanted: Star bankers and investment talent to steer JPMorgan Chase’s new $1.5 trillion “resiliency” plan, which the firm announced Monday.”If you think you’re the right person, just give us a call,” CEO Jamie Dimon said in a Monday morning call with reporters, issuing an open invitation for interested parties. He said the bank intends to hire a “top-notch investment team” to deploy the $10 billion in capital the firm has pledged for equity and venture-style investments in companies it thinks can give America an edge over its rivals.”We’re very focused on people,” Dimon added.The plan, dubbed the Security and Resiliency…

Although the U.S. government remains closed, taxpayers who requested a filing extension from the IRS earlier this year remain on the hook to submit their income tax returns by Oct. 15. “Taxpayers should continue to file, deposit and pay federal income taxes as they normally would,” an IRS spokesman told CBS News. “The lapse in appropriations does not change federal income tax responsibilities.”In a typical year, about 20 million Americans — about 13% of all taxpayers — ask the IRS for a tax filing extension, according to agency data. Extensions, which are provided automatically if a taxpayer requests more time, provide…

Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Wis., joins ‘Mornings with Maria’ to discuss the deepening government shutdown, growing Democratic divisions and President Donald Trump’s historic peace push in Israel. Despite the continuing government shutdown, taxpayers who requested an extension earlier this year from the IRS to file their return still have to meet the cutoff date.  Taxpayers who needed more time to file their 2024 tax return earlier this year were able to request an extension from the IRS before the April 15 filing deadline that gave them until October 15 to get their return filed.While extensions give taxpayers extra time to file, they don’t…