Finance
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Is This the Least Cringe Option to Get People to Your Party?
“Dramatic” and “absurd” were the words Natasha Hunt Lee, a 25-year-old musician in Los Angeles, had in mind while booking…
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Mortgage rates jump above 6 percent, putting pressure on the housing market.
Mortgage rates climbed above 6 percent this week, their highest point since late 2008 and more than double their level…
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An 11th-Hour Deal to Avert Rail Chaos
Crisis averted?Credit...LM Otero/Associated PressDeal reached to avoid rail strike After marathon talks, Labor Department negotiators, rail ...
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El fundador de Patagonia transfirió el control de su empresa para combatir el cambio climático
Medio siglo después de fundar Patagonia, la marca de ropa para actividades al aire libre; Yvon Chouinard, el excéntrico escalador…
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Crypto’s Long-Awaited ‘Merge’ Reaches the Finish Line
The moment finally arrived, in the last minutes before midnight on the West Coast on Wednesday. After years of delays,…
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How Cash-Strapped Schools Are Benefiting From the Sun
One school district was able to give pay raises to its teachers as big as 30 percent. Another bought new…
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New Inflation Developments Are Rattling Markets and Economists. Here’s Why.
When inflation began to accelerate in 2021, price pressures were clearly tied to the pandemic: Companies couldn’t produce cars, couches…
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E.U. Scores Major Legal Victory Against Google
Global efforts to crimp the power of the world’s largest technology companies scored an important legal victory on Wednesday when…
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Britain’s Inflation Rate Slows Slightly to 9.9 Percent
Consumer prices in Britain rose 9.9 percent in August from a year earlier, a slight easing of the inflation rate…
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Decoding the Surprise Inflation Report
Rising prices remain a big worry.Credit...Apu Gomes/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesThe economy keeps us guessing Yesterday’s surprise of an ...