Foxconn's promise to invest $10 billion in Wisconsin is now a distant memory

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When Foxconn announced its plans to open facilities in Wisconsin back in 2017, it promised to invest $10 billion into bringing production to the US that was expected to lead to as many as 13,000 jobs. Now, the Taiwanese supplier to tech giants like Apple is selling two properties in Eau Claire and Green Bay, purchased for almost $12 million in 2018. The property listings were first reported by Wis

I'm a housekeeper at a hotel in San Francisco. Guests have stopped tipping and the work can be gross, but I love my job.

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A housekeeper makes a hotel bed (subject not pictured).

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  • A hotel housekeeper who's worked at a San Francisco Marriott for 10 years says they love their job.
  • The challenges are cleaning disgusting things and a lack of work when guests decline the service.
  • They encourage hotel guests to accept the daily housekeeping service and respect the space.

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Chanel's CEO says she's been the 'first woman, the first brown person, the first Asian, the first Indian' in every job – and wants to lift others up

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Chanel CEO Leena Nair.

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  • Chanel CEO Leena Nair told The Wall Street Journal she's been a trailblazer in every job she's had. 
  • Nair said she got 7,000 emails and letters from women applauding her when she was appointed in 2022.
  • The 54-year-old is the luxury fashion retailer's second female boss in its 113-year history. 

The CEO of Chanel said she got about 7,000 emails and

The 45-year history of The Cheesecake Factory: How a family bakery turned into global restaurant chain with an enormous menu

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Cheesecake Factory employees.

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  • The first The Cheesecake Factory restaurant opened in Beverly Hills, California, in 1978.
  • Its CEO and founder, David Overton, opened it to promote his mother's cheesecake business.
  • The restaurant took off. It went public in 1992 and is a top-40 chain in the US in terms of sales.

The Cheesecake Factory is one of the top 40 restaurant chains in the US

This $149.99 interactive app teaches you piano

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A lifetime subscription to Skoove Premium Piano Lessons is on sale for $149.99. This is 50% off the subscription's original price of $300.

Learn how to DJ with this $49.99 app

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A Lifetime subscription to DJ it! Music Mixer Premium Plan is on sale for $49.99. That's 76% off the plan's original price of $209.97.

The first Mercedes-Benz EV fast-charging stations will open this fall

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Mercedes-Benz is launching its high-power charging hub network in the fourth quarter of 2023 with speeds as high as 400kW — more than any EV on the market can handle, the company announced. The stations will launch in Atlanta, Georgia (the company's US home base), Chengdu, China and Mannheim, Germany. The automaker plans to build 400 hub locations with 2,000 chargers in the US, and 2,000 around