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AFL-CIO Think Tank Seeks Ban on Electronic Shelf Labels

AFL-CIO Think Tank Seeks Ban on Electronic Shelf Labels
AFL-CIO Think Tank Seeks Ban on Electronic Shelf Labels
September 11, 2026  |  Retail

The AFL-CIO Tech Institute, a think tank established in 2021 by the AFL-CIO labor union, is calling on policymakers to ban the use of electronic...

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OpenAI Targets the Work Junior Bankers Do
OpenAI Targets the Work Junior Bankers Do
September 11, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Financial Services Thursday (Sept. 10), according to an announcement on its website. The product is a tailored version of ChatGPT Work,...

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Higher Housing and Gas Costs Squeeze What’s Left for Shopping
Higher Housing and Gas Costs Squeeze What’s Left for Shopping
September 11, 2026  |  Economy

Consumer prices accelerated in August, adding to household expenses at a time when many financially constrained consumers have already reduced the discretionary spending they can...

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Kroger Slashes Outlook as Strained Consumers Pivot to Essentials
Kroger Slashes Outlook as Strained Consumers Pivot to Essentials
September 11, 2026  |  Earnings

A challenging macro environment and other issues affecting the grocery industry led Kroger to lower its 2026 full-year guidance for identical sales without fuel, executives...

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What a $13 Million DOJ Case Reveals About B2B’s KYB Problem
What a $13 Million DOJ Case Reveals About B2B’s KYB Problem
September 11, 2026  |  B2B Payments

The next frontier of know your business (KYB) may have surprisingly little to do with knowing whether a business exists. Instead, the governance and operational...

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California Starts Regulating the People Who Audit AI
California Starts Regulating the People Who Audit AI
September 11, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

California has moved beyond requiring companies to examine the risks of artificial intelligence and has begun regulating the people hired to perform those examinations. Get...

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Sam Altman Floats Industrywide Pause as Frontier AI Safety Concerns Grow
Sam Altman Floats Industrywide Pause as Frontier AI Safety Concerns Grow
September 11, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told employees in a company-wide meeting that the firm is considering slowing down its development of cutting-edge artificial intelligence, Bloomberg reported...

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Squint’s Founder Turns Factory Know-How Into AI’s Starting Point
Squint’s Founder Turns Factory Know-How Into AI’s Starting Point
September 11, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Ask a veteran factory technician how to fix a machine that’s acting up, and the answer might sound less like an engineering manual and more...

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