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Q. What's a payout ratio? -- F.J., Winona, Minnesota
A. It's the percentage of a company's earnings (net income) that's paid out to shareholders in the form of dividends. For example, Coca-Cola's earnings per share (EPS) over the past year were recently $3.04, and its annual dividend per share was $2.12 ($0.53 per quarter). Divi ... (full story)

A South Korean startup captures workers' techniques to develop AI brains for robots

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — His head, chest and hands strapped with body cameras, David Park deftly folded a banquet napkin the way he has thousands of times during his nine years at the five-star Lotte Hotel Seoul. Each of his motions is fed into a database that will one day teach a robot to do the same.
The hotel chain is ... (full story)

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In a trial pitting him against Elon Musk, nobody has more to lose than OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — In a trial featuring a clash between Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, neither of the tech titans has emerged as an overly sympathetic character. But nobody has more to lose than Altman, who is expected to take the stand this week to defend himself.
Already, testimony about Altman's turbulent tenu ... (full story)

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What might LeBron James do next? He has plenty of options for next season and beyond

LeBron James has options.
He could stay with the Los Angeles Lakers. He could decide to join another team. He could even retire and end the longest career in NBA history. He knows all this.
He just doesn't know the answer.
“I don't know what the future holds for me, obviously,” James said.
His 23rd season ... (full story)

Adults relive the musical camaraderie of their youth at band camps reprised for grown-ups

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — As a high school student in the 1970s, Lori Guess looked forward to packing up her oboe for a summer music camp in Sidney, Maine. The lakeside location and loon calls appealed to her, and it was a chance to connect with kindred spirits.
Decades later, she’s still going to camp there. A separate b ... (full story)

Amazon looks to redefine a need for speed with 30-minute deliveries

NEW YORK (AP) — More than 20 years after it redefined fast shipping, Amazon is preparing to raise the bar on consumer expectations again by offering to fulfill customers' most urgent product needs in a half-hour or less for an extra fee.
The company, which revolutionized online shopping in 2005 with two-day deliveries for ... (full story)