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Shopify deleted 322,000 hours of meetings. Should the rest of us be jealous?

Shopify deleted 322,000 hours of meetings. Should the rest of us be jealous?

The pandemic had an unexpected side effect: peak meeting misery. With Shopify's radical announcement last month, the working world wants to know if a future without meetings is even possible.
by Andrea Hsu and Stacey Vanek Smith

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St. Paul's historic Justus Ramsey House is coming down. Slowly.

St. Paul's historic Justus Ramsey House is coming down. Slowly.

The 171-year-old stone house at the center of a preservation battle with a St. Paul restauranteur is coming down. But in a good way, carefully, with an eye toward reconstructing it on another site.
by Tim Nelson

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Reports: T-Mobile users experience service outages across U.S.

Reports: T-Mobile users experience service outages across U.S.

Customers of wireless provider T-Mobile US Inc. reported widespread service outages in the U.S. late Monday. Posts on Downdetector.com and Product-Reviews.net indicated T-Mobile service outages in multiple areas of the country.
by The Associated Press

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Inflation eased again in January – but there's a cautionary sign

Inflation eased again in January – but there's a cautionary sign

Annual inflation cooled in January for the seventh month in a row. But price increases accelerated between December and January, fueled by rising shelter, food and gasoline prices.
by Scott Horsley

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Unions, corporations are among top Walz inaugural donors

Unions, corporations are among top Walz inaugural donors

An initial look at donors to Gov. Tim Walz’s inaugural shows several unions, a handful of corporations and local pro sports teams.
by Brian Bakst

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The U.S. needs more affordable housing – where to put it is a bigger battle

The U.S. needs more affordable housing – where to put it is a bigger battle

American suburbs mandated single-family homes generations ago, often to segregate areas by race and class. New laws allow more-affordable options like townhomes but construction so far has been slow.
by Margaret Barthel and Jennifer Ludden

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