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The Troy Pike Center for Technology hosted a Careers Are Fun Day on Monday. It was an opportunity for students at local high schools to learn more about different career choices that are available to them. The TPCT also hosted Senior Career Signing Day for those students entering the military and those who will be employed/apprenticed at local businesses/industries.
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1 year ago Read more at Troy Messenger

Invalid email Something went wrong, please try again later. Sign up to FREE email alerts from businessInsider - Business Newsletter sent Mon to Fri. Companies in Scotland reported lower confidence in their own business prospects month-on-month.
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Thailand was one of the top three countries in the Asia-Pacific region to suffer a significant surge in financial fraud scams last year, according to Google's 2023 Bad Apps Report. Notably, Singapore, Thailand and India saw a sign of a major surge in scams. In 2023, Google prevented 2.28 million policy-violating apps from being published on the Google Play store, and banned 333,000 malicious developer accounts.
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1 year ago Read more at Bangkok Post

The U.S. Soccer Federation and the Mexican Football Federation dropped their bid to host the 2027 Women's World Cup. The two remaining bids come from Brazil and a neighborly effort from Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. All but Germany would be first-time hosts of the competition after they hosted the 2011 World Cup, while Brazil would be a first time host from South America.
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1 year ago Read more at CBS Sports

The polygenic risk score (PRS) combines multiple genetic variants to arrive at a person's overall genetic predisposition to a longer or shorter lifespan. And lifestyle—tobacco use, alcohol consumption, diet quality, sleep quota and physical activity levels—is a key factor. The researchers drew on a total of 353,742 adults recruited to the UK Biobank between 2006 and 2010.
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1 year ago Read more at Medical Xpress

In the first study of its kind, experts explored how the odds of survival can be improved through exercise, a healthy diet, getting enough sleep and not smoking, despite the huge influence of genetics. Participants with high genetic risk could prolong approximately 5.22 years of life expectancy at age 40 with a favourable lifestyle.
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1 year ago Read more at The Independent

Aalto University / Artur Kopitca Researchers have developed a technique to move objects around with a jet of wind. The new approach makes it possible to manipulate objects at a distance and could be integrated into robots to give machines ethereal fingers.
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1 year ago Read more at Tech Xplore

The summer program starts in May. The event, going on at the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, gives students an experience where they are shown the wonders of STEAM through reading several science books.
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The deal values each Hibbett share at $87.50. If completed, the combined companies would generate $5.8 billion (4.7 billion pounds) in North American revenues, according to The Wall Street Journal. In January, JD Sports also faced a setback with its profit forecast.
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1 year ago Read more at RetailWire

Bob Bakish is stepping down as CEO of the film, television and multimedia company. Bakish will be replaced by a troika of executives who will form a new “Office of the CEO” The group includes George Cheeks, the CEO of CBS, Chris McCarthy and Brian Robbins. There have been reports of a possible merger with Skydance.
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1 year ago Read more at ABC News