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Walgreens turns to robots to fill prescriptions, as pharmacists take on more responsibilities
Walgreens is using automation to fill more of customers’ prescriptions. Inside of a Dallas area facility, bright yellow robotic arms hold pill bottles up to dispensers, which release tablets like a carefully calibrated vending machine. Melissa Repko | CNBC NORTHLAKE, Texas — Bright yellow robotic arms are becoming a bigger part of Walgreens’ workforce. Inside […]
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Booking Holdings is a high-quality recovery play, says Evercore’s Mark Mahaney
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Mark Mahaney, Evercore ISI head of internet research, joins CNBC’s ‘Squawk Box’ to break down big tech names like Meta, Amazon, Microsoft and more. Source
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‘A ghost is driving the car’ — my peaceful and productive experience in a Waymo self-driving van
PHOENIX — “A ghost is driving the car.” That’s what my 5-year-old daughter said as I FaceTimed her recently from the backseat of a Waymo autonomous vehicle in the suburbs here. Motorists and pedestrians who passed by had a similar reaction. They pointed, stared and even gasped when they noticed there was no one in […]
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Pentagon expects to award up to $9 billion in cloud contracts in December
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a news conference in Tbilisi, Georgia October 18, 2021. Irakli Gedenidze | Reuters The U.S. Defense Department said Tuesday that it plans to award as much as $9 billion in contracts for cloud infrastructure services in December, about eight months later than it expected. The Joint Warfighter Cloud […]
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Businesses oppose Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill banning discussion of LGBTQ issues in public schools
Revelers celebrate on 7th Avenue during the Tampa Pride Parade in the Ybor City neighborhood on March 26, 2022 in Tampa, Florida. The Tampa Pride was held in the wake of the passage of Florida’s controversial “Don’t Say Gay” Bill. Octavio Jones | Getty Images Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed legislation banning the […]
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Covid upended the labor market, and now these workers are using their leverage to push for unions
Workers stand in line to cast ballots for a union election at Amazon’s JFK8 distribution center, in the Staten Island borough of New York City, U.S. March 25, 2022. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters The Covid pandemic pushed Americans to reconsider how and where they work, resulting in a tight labor market, rising wages and what’s […]
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Apple shares on pace for best daily winning streak since 2003
CEO of Apple Tim Cook attends the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscar Party following the 94th Oscars at the The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California on March 27, 2022. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Apple shares rose on Tuesday, putting them on track to close higher for […]
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Jim Cramer says investors should use these rules to build a turbulence-proof portfolio
Investors should follow a certain set of rules when building their portfolios to weather the market volatility that Monday’s rally suggests could happen, Jim Cramer said. “When you see new, unseasoned merchandise exploding higher, along with names like Tesla surging on … a stock split, it tells you there might be a little too much […]
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Goldman says retail investors are buying this market dip. Here are their favorite stocks
The market may be in a sell-off, but retail investors are using the opportunity to buy the dip and boost their portfolios, Goldman Sachs says. Source
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Elon Musk says he’s considering building a new social media platform
Elon Musk pauses and looks down as he speaks during a press conference at SpaceX’s Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas on February 10, 2022. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images Elon Musk said he is giving “serious thought” to building a new social media platform in a Tweet on Saturday. […]
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