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When booking flights, navigating extra fees and upgrades can be overwhelming, which is no accident. Behavioral economics, a field that combines psychology with traditional economics, highlights the many biases that drive us to pay more than we have to. Understanding these biases can help us overcome them. For example, “decision fatigue” makes us less likely to start over when the final price is higher than we expected, even though this can cost us. Cementing our own wants ahead of time can help us avoid expensive add-ons and avoid the upsell.

Where there’s gender disparity in a sector, women step up with ways to close the gap. A woman-owned company is doing just that in the private credit and private equity.

To tackle the complex challenges facing the World Bank, its newly-appointed President, Ajay Banga, must prove that the institution can become a vehicle for sustainable development and transformative change. But first, Banga must guide the Bank toward complete transparency.

The staff refers to the tournament as Firestone’s Super Bowl. Crews take time from their schedules to pitch in where they can on the South Course.

OTD Bumrah destroys England with wicket haul

If you want to move towards a plastic-free home, you can certainly make your own...

Mark Zuckerberg is ramping up his preparations for a fight with Elon Musk.

The Autocado created by Chipotle and Vebu Labs could cut the prep time for the burrito chain's guacamole in half.

San Francisco resident Eric Douglass happened to be riding his bike home on JFK Promenade when he came upon the startling sight: a 300-pound Doggie Diner head in flames. 

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Cleveland Guardians news and notes for Wednesday, July 12, 2023

7/12 Cup of Coffee: For the second consecutive day, it was just the two Dominican League teams in action for the Red Sox minor league system. Yoeilin Cespedes had another big game for the Blue squad, while the Red team enjoyed a few good outings on the mound despite the loss. Moises Semerite (pictured) added a big offensive day as well.

1. Shohei Ohtani achieves great honor of meeting José Ramírez  Covering The Corner
2. Shohei Ohtani’s future in MLB consumes All-Star Weekend talk among players: 'He's the Babe Ruth of today'  Fox News
3. NL rallies for All-Star Game win in footnote to Mariners' fans Shohei Ohtani love  New York Post
4. Shohei Ohtani takes note of Seattle crowd asking for him to call Pacific Northwest home  KOMO News
5. Elias Diaz Is the Hero as NL Ends All-Star Game Losing Streak  The New... Читать дальше...

This technology determines the density of freeform parts and highly complex AM parts and can measure density repeatably to 0.001 g/cm3.

Margot Robbie as Barbie in Barbie, a movie about Barbie | Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures

A Barbie aficionado and certified doll expert explains why life in plastic has suddenly become so fantastic.

By Brian VanHooker Published: July 12th, 2023

The last week of turmoil surrounding Northwestern’s football and baseball programs has thrown a spotlight on one key administrator — athletic director Derrick Gragg.

When I played a timed early demo of Forever Skies last year, my key question about this airborne Subnautica-like was how it would successfully guide its players across its boundless world of ruined, rusting skyscrapers, overgrown plant tendrils and swampy, toxic clouds. As we searched for a rumoured cure that would save what's left of humanity back in the depths of space, would we be ping-ponging from perilous rooftop to perilous turbine pad unaided as we bobbed along the nauseous expanse below? Читать дальше...

New insight comes from zapping a region, known as the anterior precuneus, that causes people to feel dissociated from their body

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Looking at what the Penguins have accomplished and still have left on their plates to get done this off-season

1. Women’s Ashes first one-day international: England v Australia – live  The Guardian
2. Women's Ashes: England vs Australia first ODI as Heather Knight's side look to level multi-format series  Sky Sports
3. Women's Ashes 2023: England vs Australia fixtures, format and TV channel for today's match  The Telegraph
4. Sophia Dunkley to open batting as England embrace 'disruptors' role  ESPNcricinfo
5. Women's Ashes points system explained  The Independent
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A cold spell combined with multiple generator breakdowns could necessitate higher levels of rotational blackouts

On June 28, President Joe Biden took to the stage in Chicago to drum up support for his economic agenda, which his own team has taken to calling “Bidenomics.” The speech was part of a broader publicity tour, “Investing in America,” with the president and his cabinet traveling the country trying to get the American people to see Biden’s economic policies as successful and popular.

WASHINGTON—Giggling as they squirmed, sucked their thumbs, and fiddled with their pull-up diapers, the nation’s toddlers held a press conference Wednesday to announce their plans to crawl under the fitting rooms doors at Ross Dress for Less and say hi. “We’re here today to inform you that we will escape our parents’…

The luxe locomotive will offer two new seasonal journeys from Singapore to Malaysia.

The aim is to scale their collective impact and push forward faster when it comes to equality.