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Just a few years ago, remote work was something like a matter of life or death. In the pandemic-stricken early years of the 2020s, most white-collar workers who fled to the country or even changed their living situations counted their blessings as bosses seemed inclined to let home offices be even as lockdown orders expired.…

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. (WNYT) — North Adams officials said they found no evidence of a widespread data breach tied to residents’ personal information.

How has remote work reshaped residential sorting and housing demand, and what are the implications for state and local governments? To estimate causal effects, I propose a novel instrument for remote work that exploits quasi-random variation in the timing and size of office lease expirations, captured through a Bartik-style exposure measure at the residential block…

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said there is no evidence to suggest a systems or data breach after the Royal Navy’s new sea drones were found to include a Chinese-made component.

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Published July 29, 2026, 9:00 a.m. EDT | Updated July 29, 2026, 9:46 a.m. EDT 6 Min Read The AICPA's Rise2040 report places trust at the center of the profession's future. The word "trust" appears more than seventy times throughout the report. After reading it, though, I found my…