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Your office is too loud — these businesses want to turn down the volume

Your office is too loud — these businesses want to turn down the volume

Last week, we wrote about how annoying co-workers have gotten. And you know what an irritating colleague likes to do more than anything? Yap. And chew gum. And type too loudly. And tap their feet. And since many companies that embraced hybrid work also downsized their offices to save money, fewer conference rooms and private areas mean…

Prime number

Prime number

Turns out people really do prefer spending less money for things. About 93% of McDonald’s locations voted to extend the burger chain’s $5 Meal Deal promotion, which was scheduled to end this month. The chain said customers are lovin’ it—and it’s getting them back into the restaurants after many stopped craving McNuggets following price hikes. The day the…

Prison phone calls are getting much cheaper

Prison phone calls are getting much cheaper

Americans will soon pay less to stay in touch with incarcerated loved ones, per a new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rule. The agency recently capped the cost of communicating with inmates—an expense that can add up to hundreds of dollars a month for their families. The move was welcomed by prison reform activists, who have long pointed…

It’s Kamala time for Dem donors

It’s Kamala time for Dem donors

After a tense month of candidacy panic for Democrats, the coconuts are falling into place: Left-leaning leaders on Wall Street and Capitol Hill have flocked to VP Kamala Harris’s camp in the day-and-a-half since President Joe Biden bowed out of the election and endorsed her, ginning up a wave of support for the #HarrisSomeone2024 ticket. Here’s who’s backed Harris…