More women are pursuing the skilled trades: Here are their stories

Mounting evidence points to opportunities in the skilled trades. And yet, these jobs remain largely a man’s world. Despite higher salaries and increasingly valuable long-term employment prospects in the face of an artificial intelligence-driven white-collar jobs revolution, women remain significantly underrepresented in the skilled trades, research shows. They make up just a fraction of the workforce in…

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Microsoft (MSFT) Q1 2026 earnings report

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at Axel Springer Neubau in Berlin on Oct. 17, 2023. Ben Kriemann | Getty Images Microsoft reported better-than-expected results for its fiscal first quarter as revenue in the company’s Azure cloud business jumped 40%. The stock slipped almost 4% in extended trading after finance chief Amy Hood said growth in…

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Sen. Rick Scott previews Capitol meeting with Trump

Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.) previewed his Wednesday meeting with President Trump and the Senate Republican Steering Committee, saying the topic of “election security” will be discussed after urging GOP colleagues to hold a vote on the Protecting American Voter Eligibility (Save America) Act. Florida Republicans wrote a letter Monday in support of the bill’s proposal……

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