Author name: Olivia Bruce

Olivia Bruce is a reporter for Prairie Island News. Her work can be found in the arts, construction, automotive, travel, real estate, and fashion sections. Olivia has been with the paper since it began in 2015 and is proud to be one of its original reporters. She loves to travel and has visited many different countries.

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The federal government is simultaneously investing in my startup–and crippling our business with a little-known tax code provision. Only Congress can save us

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A provision in the tax code is threatening hundreds of early-stage, research-intensive firms. Fortunately, Congress finally seems prepared to fix the problem. But lawmakers will have to act quickly to save startups like mine. The dilemma stems from a seemingly innocuous provision in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which, among many other things, […]

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Apple hasn’t complied with a court order to open its App Store to allow outside payment options, Fortnite maker Epic Games tells judge

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Apple Inc. hasn’t properly complied with a court order to open its App Store to allow outside payment options weeks after its bid to resist those changes hit a dead end, Epic Games Inc. told a judge. After the US Supreme Court refused Jan. 16 to wade into a three-year feud between the maker of

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Judge says Elon Musk must give up $55 billion Tesla pay package, siding with shareholder who called it ‘unjust enrichment’

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A judge says Elon Musk must give up a compensation package awarded by Tesla’s board of directors that is potentially worth more than $55 billion. The ruling in a Delaware court comes five years after a shareholder lawsuit targeted Tesla CEO Musk and the directors. They were accused of breaching their duties to the electric

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Amal Clooney's Red Carpet Fashion: From Dior Couture to Custom Versace

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Amal Clooney is a woman of many talents. She’s an accomplished human rights lawyer, a mother of twins, a wife to Hollywood icon George Clooney, and a very, very seasoned red carpet dresser. Since the Lebanese-British barrister announced her engagement to her now husband George in 2014, her elegant, Old Hollywood style quickly became a

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UPS delivers 12,000 job cuts to management months after historic deal for unionized drivers—yet another sign the pendulum is swinging toward blue-collar workers

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Well-acquainted with delivering unwanted gifts in the form of bills and rather insincere “sorry we missed you” slips, United Parcel Service continued to be the bearer of bad news during an earnings call this week. Executives announced Tuesday they’re set to cut 12,000 mostly management positions, as CEO Carol Tomé informed investors that it was

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SEC asks to dismiss contested crypto case in which agency faces sanctions over ‘materially false’ statements

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The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking closure on a lawsuit against a crypto firm that’s put the regulatory agency in the unusual position of facing sanctions from a federal judge. In a court filing on Tuesday, SEC attorneys asked Judge Robert Shelby of the Northern Division District Court of Utah to dismiss the agency’s

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Elon Musk fired an X employee over a social media post protesting RTO orders and he was right to, lawyer says

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Elon Musk’s X Corp. had the right to fire an employee over her online posts protesting its return-to-office policy because she was being insubordinate, the company told a US labor board judge. “The complaint is dead on arrival in our view,” and “a no-brainer,” the social media company’s attorney David Broderdorf said Tuesday in opening

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Billionaire Ken Griffin says 'whiny snowflakes' come out of Harvard, not future leaders. After $300 million donation last year, he's out

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Ken Griffin, one of the largest donors to Harvard University, said he won’t support the school financially unless it makes significant changes and accused elite US colleges of producing “whiny snowflakes” instead of future leaders.   “I’m not interested in supporting the institution,” Griffin said of Harvard at the MFA Network conference in Miami on

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