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The 25 countries with the shortest populations, ranked

Worldwide, there’s about a 20-centimeter, or 7.8-inch, difference in the average height of a child between the tallest and shortest countries, per a 2020 study reported in The Lancet.In the Netherlands — ranked as having the tallest population of any country — the average man towers at 6 feet 0.36 inches…

Ulta’s CEO said the GLP-1 craze has created new demand for certain hair and skincare products

Ulta Beauty’s CEO said weight loss drugs are sending customers to pick up new beauty products. Loading audio narration… “Hair loss with GLP-1s is real, and products that can help with that,” Kecia Steelman said in an interview with Yahoo Finance’s Opening Bid, released on Monday. “And then also skin elasticity, when you’re losing weight really rapidly, you know, the skin elasticity is something that you’ve got to get moisture into.”She said there was a…

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2 charts show why families need 9,000 a year to afford NYC

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has a new warning: Living in the city with kids could cost you at least $150,000 a year. Loading audio narration… The Mayor’s Office of Equity & Racial Justice released its inaugural “NYC True Cost of Living Measure” report Monday. The TCOL figure adapts…

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Zillow says housing market accelerated in March despite rising rates

The U.S. housing market accelerated in March despite elevated mortgage rates reducing some of the affordability improvement the market had recently seen, according to a new report. Zillow released its market report for March which found that newly pending home listings increased 4.6% from a year ago in March.That increased…

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A top US shipbuilder is exploring how AI and robots can do some of the hardest jobs on the production floor

America’s biggest shipbuilder wants to know whether artificial intelligence and robots can do some of the most labor-intensive parts of the shipbuilding process. Loading audio narration… A new partnership between Huntington Ingalls Industries and GrayMatter Robotics, announced Monday, aims to work AI and physical robotic systems into shipbuilding operations. Autonomous…

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