Finance
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The Week in Business: Blistering Job Growth
Credit...Giacomo BagnaraWhat’s Up? (July 31-Aug. 6) A Jobs Day Surprise Analysts had forecast an increase of 250,000 jobs in July.…
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Don’t Expect Alex Jones’s Comeuppance to Stop Lies
If it hadn’t been so excruciatingly sad, Alex Jones’s defamation trial might have been cathartic. Mr. Jones, the supplement-slinging conspiracy…
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The Companies That Take Money Straight From Your Paycheck
At any given time, millions of workers are overdue on at least one bill. But it is the rare employer…
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How This Economic Moment Rewrites the Rules
To understand the strange, conflicting signals being sent by the U.S. economy right now, it helps to look at Williston,…
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California Regulator Accuses Tesla of Falsely Advertising Autopilot
California’s Department of Motor Vehicles has accused Tesla of falsely advertising its driver-assistance technology in two complaints that could ...
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Amazon to Buy Maker of the Roomba for $1.7 Billion
Hey, Alexa, tell Roomba to vacuum the bedroom. Amazon announced on Friday that it had reached an agreement to buy…
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The Humbling of Coinbase
Brian Armstrong, the chief executive of the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States, traveled across the world to make…
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Carried Interest Is Back in the Headlines. Why It’s Not Going Away.
For years, Democrats and even some Republicans such as former President Donald J. Trump have called for closing the so-called…
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After Losing Favor to Electric Cars, Plug-In Hybrids Gain Ground
In late 2010, General Motors sought to seize the high ground from Toyota’s successful Prius hybrid with the Volt plug-in…
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Lessons From the ’80s, When Volcker Reigned and Rates Were High
The cost of living is sky-high, and the chair of the Federal Reserve says that battling it is his highest…