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Meanwhile, here are today’s highlights:
The across-the-board surge in insurance rates is forcing business owners to make tough calls.
Gene Marks finds a handful of businesses making productive use of AI.
Younger workers may be losing their taste for “compliment sandwiches.”
Even MBAs and Wall Streeters having been diving into blue-collar businesses, but that may be changing.
