Finance
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If the Job Market Is So Good, Why Is Gig Work Thriving?
American workers are experiencing, by many measures, one of the best job markets ever. The unemployment rate has matched a…
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Japan Bounces Back to Economic Growth as Coronavirus Fears Recede
TOKYO — Restaurants are full. Malls are teeming. People are traveling. And Japan’s economy has begun to grow again as…
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I Was Skeptical of Baby Gear. Then I Became a Dad.
When my wife was three months pregnant — before we had told most of our friends we were expecting, but…
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Saudi Aramco’s Profit Jumps 90 Percent on High Oil Prices
Saudi Aramco, the giant oil producer, said on Sunday that its second-quarter profit jumped 90 percent over the same period…
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The Week in Business: Inflation Moderates
Credit...Till LauerWhat’s Up? (Aug. 7-13) Prices Cool a Bit After months of prices that climbed higher and higher without any…
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After Roe v. Wade Reversal, Readers Flock to Publications Aimed at Women
In the weeks since the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade, overturning the right to abortion after almost 50 years,…
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How Frustration Over TikTok Has Mounted in Washington
WASHINGTON — Early last year, Senator Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican, and Jake Sullivan, President Biden’s national security adviser, met…
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On TikTok, Election Misinformation Thrives Ahead of Midterms
In Germany, TikTok accounts impersonated prominent political figures during the country’s last national election. In Colombia, misleading TikTok ...
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Defamation Suit About Election Falsehoods Puts Fox on Its Heels
In the weeks after President Donald J. Trump lost the 2020 election, the Fox Business host Lou Dobbs claimed to…
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Stock Buybacks and Dividends Become a $1.5 Trillion Political Target
Despite the rocky stock market and the slowing economy, corporate America is sending more money to shareholders than ever before.…