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Tech Why It’s a Good Time to Start Your Own Company Here’s some good news: For the fourth quarter of 2016, the percentage of new job seekers starting their own businesses is the highest it’s been in four years, according to new research

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Leadership The RNC Says Its Christmas Message About a ‘New King’ Referred to Jesus, Not Donald Trump The Republican National Committee came under fire on Sunday after some said its Christmas message compared Donald Trump to Jesus Christ. “Over two millennia ago, a new hope was born into the world, a

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Tech Where Is Santa? Google’s Santa Tracker Is Now Live for Christmas 2016 Kids who are anxious to see where Santa Claus is as the clock counts down to Christmas Day now have their answer. Google has launched a Santa Tracker tool that imagines Santa’s real-time

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