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Briefcase: Holtzinger to speak at UPJ

STATE COLLEGE State College author, educator and entrepreneur Liz Holtzinger has been selected to speak at TEDx Pitt-Johnstown at 3 p.m. Oct. 3 at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown’s Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center. The youth-focused TEDx event will bring together speakers around the theme, “Not Born a Leader: How Ordinary People Become Change-Makers.” Holtzinger’s talk, “Start with Who,” will challenge the idea that leadership begins with what people accomplish or the titles they hold. Instead, she will explore how the stories people accumulate about themselves ...

Ticker: Shaky day for oil prices on Wall Street

Stocks ended a shaky day of trading on Wall Street roughly where they began following a couple sudden reversals. The S&P 500 finished Thursday nearly flat and edged down by less than 0.1% following several turns between losses and gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.3%, and the Nasdaq composite added less than 0.1%. Stocks have slowed their rally since the S&P 500 climbed to the brink of its all-time high earlier this week as pressure from the bond market has cranked higher. Trump says little about tensions for US, China Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met on ...

Heads of AI firms raise alarm at United Nations

The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations on Wednesday to save the world or at least its people — in the form of somehow regulating the burgeoning technology that they have been designing. “If managed poorly, I even believe AI could be a risk to ...

Ticker: Bond market pressure hits high; stocks slide

Pressure from the U.S. bond market hit a new level on Wall Street after a surprisingly strong report on the economy raised worries about inflation, while oil prices halted their slide. The squeeze caused U.S. stocks to sink Wednesday, and the S&P 500 slid 0.8%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.7%, while the Nasdaq composite fell 1.1% from its all-time high. The yield on the 10-year Treasury jumped to 5.10% and is back to where it was in 2007 after a report said both activity and costs for U.S. businesses are rising at the fastest pace in years. Lawmakers unveil AI bill to ...

World leaders diverge on AI at UN General Assembly

UNITED NATIONS — It’s killer robots versus super intelligence. Visions of the future straight out of comic books are playing out at the United Nations as world leaders talk about the threat — or promise — of artificial intelligence. Once again it was Donald Trump against the U.N, ...

Briefcase: Independent Catholic Foundation in new location

The Independent Catholic Foundation recently moved into its new location at 1300 12th Ave., Altoona. Established in 1990 to grow endowments for Catholic schools in Blair and Cambria counties, ICF has grown to 310 endowments benefitting Catholic parishes, schools and agencies throughout central Pennsylvania. Among the services offered are family endowments, donor-advised funds and agency custodial accounts. The ICF office is open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. DuBOIS Penn Highlands hospitals recognized Three Penn Highlands Healthcare hospitals have been recognized among ...