Finance
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A Key Inflation Gauge Hovers Above Fed’s Target
The Fed’s preferred inflation gauge was relatively stable on an annual basis, the latest reminder that bringing inflation down is…
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Stock Market Surges to Start the Year: 22 Record Highs in 3 Months
The S&P 500, rising 10 percent, set the pace as investors looked forward to interest rate cuts.
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San Francisco’s ‘Twitter Menace’ or True Believer? He Might Be Both.
Under cathedral ceilings and soaring stained glass windows, Garry Tan clutched a microphone as he greeted a crowd of political…
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Those Billion-Dollar Lottery ‘Jackpots’ Aren’t Even Half That Big
The latest enticing lottery prizes are the product of misleading advertising and high interest rates, our columnist says.
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How the Israel-Hamas War Has Roiled TikTok Internally
The video app has been criticized for how it has handled posts users see about the war. Some of the…
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‘Every Day Is Hard’: One Year Since Russia Jailed a U.S. Reporter
One year ago on Friday, Ella Milman and Mikhail Gershkovich received a chilling phone call from the managing editor of…
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‘Garbage Lasagna’: Dumps Are a Big Driver of Warming, Study Says
Decades of buried trash is releasing methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, at higher rates than previously estimated, the researchers said.
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Robinhood’s Credit Card Offers 3% Cash Back. Can It Last?
Charles Schwab stopped offering a 2 percent card years ago, and most banks don’t hand over more than 2 percent…
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Credit Card Swipe Fees Are Going Down. Are Points Going With Them?
A new agreement by Visa and Mastercard to reduce fees charged to merchants may drain the lucrative rewards that grant…
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The Last Coal-Fired Power Plants in New England Are to Close
The company that owns the Merrimack and Schiller stations in New Hampshire plans to turn them into solar farms and…