Finance
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Inflation Ticked Up Last Month, Backing the Fed’s Caution on Rate Cuts
Consumer prices climbed 3.2 percent last month from a year earlier, down notably from a 9.1 percent high in 2022,…
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Dating Apps Have Hit a Wall. Can They Turn Things Around?
As online dating became as easy as swiping a finger across your phone screen, the companies who own apps like…
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In Hospitals, Affordable Housing Gets the Long-Term Investor It Needs
Health care systems and affordable housing developers have a mutual financial interest in helping communities live healthier.
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Bitcoin’s Winning Streak Continues
The cryptocurrency has recently set a series of records, extending a rapid rally that has emboldened the virtual currency industry…
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Biden Budget Lays Out Economic Battle Lines Against Trump
President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump offer vastly different policy paths on almost every aspect of the economy.
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Walmart Wants to Teach Store Managers Compassion
The retailer brings about 2,000 managers a year to its headquarters to discuss how to relate to workers and customers,…
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The Clock Ticks for TikTok
Advertisers are sticking with the social media platform, even as the House prepares to vote on a bill to force…
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Sprouts of Hope in a Gloomy Media Landscape
This year is looking grim for the news business. Facing a set of harsh financial realities — resulting from a…
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‘Corruption’ Review: Onstage, a Scandal’s Human Drama Is Muffled
A new play by J.T. Rogers goes behind the scenes of the shady “news-gathering” that rocked Rupert Murdoch’s British media…
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How the A.I. That Drives ChatGPT Will Move Into the Physical World
Companies like OpenAI and Midjourney build chatbots, image generators and other artificial intelligence tools that operate in the digital world.…