Finance
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Fed Officials Ask How to Better Understand Inflation After Surprises
Federal Reserve officials, including Lisa Cook, a board member, are wrestling with how to think about price increases after 18…
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Markets Rise as Investors Like the Look of Hiring and Wage Trends
For investors and policymakers, bad news may be good news when it comes to the latest data on the health…
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Southwest’s Meltdown Could Cost It Up to $825 Million
The airline has not said how soon it will upgrade the systems that contributed to mass flight cancellations, or how…
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Stranded by Southwest and Stuck With Unexpected Costs
Olivia Laskowski was in Nashville and expecting to fly home to New York on Dec. 27 when she received a…
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For Freelancers, New Federal Help in Saving for Retirement
The Secure 2.0 Act provides for direct government contributions to retirement accounts for low- and moderate-income workers, though that won’t…
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Movie Trailers Keep Tweaking Well-Known Songs. The Tactic Is Working.
Composers are increasingly in demand for trailerization — reworking existing tracks by artists including Kate Bush, Nirvana and Kendrick Lamar…
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Streaming Changed TV. Is TV Changing Streaming Back?
A decade of bingeing has transformed storytelling and viewing habits. But we may be starting to hit that transformation’s limits.
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Why Bed Bath & Beyond Is Weighing Bankruptcy
Dreary holiday season sales failed to help solve the struggling retailer’s financial woes, leaving the company with few options.
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Chaos in House Rolls On: ‘I’m Never Getting Sworn In, Am I?’
WASHINGTON — What passed for business as usual in Congress, at least if you go back 164 years, crawled along…
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Republicans’ Internecine Conflict Is Mirrored in Conservative Media
National Review has called the House leadership votes “an embarrassing spectacle.” Others have cheered it on.