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Mozambique embraces a $6 billion electricity project, southern Africa's biggest in 50 years
SIDUAVA, Mozambique (AP) — Hermínio Guambe used to cut hair in a tiny barbershop with no electricity in his village outside Mozambique's capital. The arrival of power changed everything.
The 48-year-old now uses hair dryers. The village pharmacy stocks vital medicines requiring refrigeration. More jobs were created ... (full story)
Averaging down
Q: One of my stocks has been falling. Should I buy more of the now lower-priced shares? -- C.J., Dallas
A: If you do, you'll be "averaging down," meaning you reduce the average price you paid for your shares by buying additional ones at lower prices. That can work well sometimes -- perhaps in a big market pullback (whe ... (full story)
Anthropic to pay authors $1.5 billion to settle lawsuit over pirated books used to train AI chatbots
NEW YORK (AP) — Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit by book authors who say the company took pirated copies of their works to train its chatbot.
The landmark settlement, if approved by a judge, could mark a turning point in legal battles between AI compa ... (full story)
Subdued decision in Google antitrust trial may help keep a monopoly in power
After a five-year legal showdown pitting the U.S. Department of Justice against Google, a federal judge concluded that the disruptive forces of artificial intelligence technology will have a better chance of hobbling an illegal monopoly than any restraints imposed by a court order.
That was one of the underlying themes of a high ... (full story)
NASAA is watching out for you
Federal regulators such as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) watch out for investors. And so does NASAA, the North American Securities Administrators Association -- even though you might not be familiar with it.
NASAA is "the voice of state securities ... (full story)