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Disney Plus user accounts already found on hacking sites

The news site ZDNet found stolen account usernames and passwords selling for $3 on underground hacking forums. Disney’s streaming service costs $7 a month or $70 a year. Disney says there’s no indication of a security breach compromising passwords.
by The Associated Press

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#OkBoomer vs. #OkMillennial: workplace nightmare, or just a meme?

#OkBoomer vs. #OkMillennial: workplace nightmare, or just a meme?

The popularity of #OkBoomer suggests there might be a yawning gap in attitudes between old and young. Those differences can sometimes play out in the workforce, which now spans five generations.
by Yuki Noguchi

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The U.S. natural gas boom is fueling a global plastics boom

The U.S. natural gas boom is fueling a global plastics boom

America is now the world's biggest exporter of ethane, a part of natural gas that's a building block for making plastics. That's helping fuel the fast-growing global plastics industry.
by Reid Frazier

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A bitter harvest for sugar beet farmers

A bitter harvest for sugar beet farmers

It’s been a tough harvest for every crop grown in the region. Farmers fought through mud to harvest crops during a wet fall, and this year’s sugar beet losses come on top of several years of low crop prices and an ongoing trade war with China.
by Dan Gunderson

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MN jobless rate steady at 3.2 percent in October

MN jobless rate steady at 3.2 percent in October

The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was better than the national average. One-year job growth, however, was significantly slower in Minnesota than the U.S., according to data released Thursday.
by MPR News Staff

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Recycling leaders look to expand glass markets in Minnesota

Recycling leaders look to expand glass markets in Minnesota

Minnesota already does better than the national average when it comes to recycling glass, but experts say there are opportunities to collect more of it to be made into things like glass containers and insulation.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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