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Pedestrians walk past a ‘Help Wanted’ sign posted on the door of a restaurant in San Francisco in April 2023.
January 9, 2026

Job openings slide to 2nd-lowest level in five years

US employers posted far fewer jobs in November than the previous month, a sign that employers are not yet ramping up hiring even as growth has picked up. Businesses and government agencies posted 7.1…
A truck departs from a Port of Oakland shipping terminal on November 10, 2021 in Oakland, California. AP
January 9, 2026

California loses $160m for delaying revocation of 17,000 commercial driver’s licences for immigrants

California will lose US$160 million for delaying the revocations of 17,000 commercial driver’s licences for immigrants, federal transportation officials announced on Wednesday. Transportation…
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January 9, 2026

Google and chatbot maker Character to settle lawsuit alleging chatbot pushed teen to suicide

Google and artificial intelligence chatbot maker Character Technologies have agreed to settle a lawsuit from a Florida, USA mother who alleged that a chatbot pushed her teenage son to kill himself.…
President Donald Trump speaks to House Republican lawmakers during their annual policy retreat on Tuesday, January 6 in Washington, USA. AP
January 9, 2026

Trump wants to ban large investors from buying houses

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he wants to block large institutional investors from buying houses, saying that a ban would make it easier for younger families to buy their first homes.
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai speaks about Google DeepMind at a Google I/O event in Mountain View, California, USA, on Wednesday, May 10, 2023.
January 9, 2026

Gmail to become personal AI assistant

More artificial intelligence (AI) is being implanted into Gmail as Google tries to turn the world’s most popular email service into a personal assistant that can improve writing, summarise far-flung…
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January 9, 2026
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January 9, 2026
Angela Gozenput of home appliances and solution marketing and Aaron Westbrook of media entertainment and solution marketing, talk during an LG Electronics news conference ahead of the CES tech show Monday, January 2026, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo)
January 8, 2026

CES Day 2 reveals more gadgets and stars

Crowds flooded the freshly opened showroom floors on Day 2 of CES, which originally stood for the Consumer Electronic Show, and were met by thousands of robots, AI companions, assistants, health…
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January 7, 2026

Jamaica Stock Exchange dips below $2 trillion with 5.0% slide in 2025

The value of all shares on the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) closed 2025 at US$1.98 trillion in market capitalisation, some 5.0 per cent lower than the previous year, as all three major indices…