Finance
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How the Find My App Became an Accidental Friendship Fixture
In July, Shay Pierre opened Apple’s location-sharing app Find My and noticed a friend at an unfamiliar apartment building in…
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Some Colleges Don’t Produce Big Earners. Are They Worth It?
As the nation’s student debtors enter Month 20 of awaiting word on when or if President Biden will keep his…
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How Pharmacy Work Stopped Being So Great
If any group of workers might have expected their pay to rise last year, it would arguably have been pharmacists.…
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After Signing Climate Bill, Biden Prepares More Actions to Cut Emissions
WASHINGTON — Fresh off signing expansive climate legislation, President Biden and his administration are planning a series of executive actions…
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Berkshire Hathaway cleared to buy up to 50% of Occidental Petroleum.
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway on Friday received authorization from federal energy regulators to acquire up to 50 percent of Occidental…
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Retailers Stumble Adjusting to More Selective Shoppers
This hasn’t been the year retailers planned for. After two years of navigating the pandemic — which brought record online…
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Think the Economy Is Hard to Predict? Try the Midterms.
Based on the economy alone, Democrats face a big problem in the midterm elections. Inflation has been extremely high and…
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Florida’s ‘Stop WOKE’ Act Gets Pushback in Court
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida signed the Individual Freedoms Act this year.Credit...Chris O'Meara/Associated PressChallenging a Florida law on ...
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Why Are C.E.O.s Suddenly Obsessed With ‘Elasticity?’
From McDonald’s to Coca-Cola to Hershey, corporate executives lately are preoccupied with inflation and what it means to the bottom…
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Chinese Canadian Billionaire Sentenced to 13 Years for Financial Crimes
HONG KONG — Xiao Jianhua, the Chinese Canadian billionaire and onetime trusted financier to China’s ruling elite, was sentenced to…