Finance
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Black Friday Isn’t What It Used to Be
Big discounts, many of them online only, start appearing well before Thanksgiving and will run long after. Some people still…
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The Pension: That Rare Retirement Benefit Gets a Fresh Look
As the downsides of 401(k)-style plans become apparent, workers and some companies, including IBM, are showing new interest in defined…
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The Store Where Christmas Started in September
A little before noon on Oct. 5, Richard Morrison was hanging a glass ornament that resembled a head of garlic…
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Charles Peters, Neoliberal Founder of The Washington Monthly, Dies at 96
His political journal challenged liberal and conservative orthodoxies for decades and added an important perspective for Washington’s cognoscenti.
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Retailers Worry About Shoppers’ Mood This Holiday Season
Consumer spending has been strong in 2023 despite higher prices and waning savings. But some retailers have jitters heading into…
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The Fight for the Soul of A.I.
One of the nice things about OpenAI is that it was built on distrust. It began as a nonprofit research…
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How an L.A. Rams Training Complex Could Help Transform Urban Sprawl
The San Fernando Valley, once an endless ramble of orange groves in Southern California that evolved into the porn capital…
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In Biden’s Climate Law, a Boon for Green Energy, and Wall Street
The law has effectively created a new marketplace that helps smaller companies gain access to funding, with banks taking a…
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Five Days of Chaos: How Sam Altman Returned to OpenAI
One of the strangest episodes in the history of the tech industry ended as start-up events often do: with a…
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Bob Contant, Dedicated Bohemian Bookseller, Dies at 80
A founder of the St. Mark’s Bookshop in the East Village, he prided himself on stocking titles that were not…