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How inflation could help us save money — and the planet
Inflation has many Americans worrying — a jump in prices of groceries and gas means paying more for fewer items,…
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Elon Musk’s Twitter Bot Problem Is Fake News
With his professed concern about fake accounts on Twitter, TWTR -2.79% Elon Musk appears to be grasping at legal straws…
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Tech Giants Want to Own Your Summer Vacation
One thing not in short supply right now are product announcements in the online travel sector. Over the past two…
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Why Silicon Valley tech firms are flocking to London
Rajesh Agrawal is the Deputy Mayor of London for Business I’m so excited to be in America with the Mayor,…
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New York Gov. Hochul tests positive for COVID, as two omicron subvariants spread across Empire State
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, becoming the latest political leader to contract the SARS-CoV-2…
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Meet the Frunk: EV Makers Put the Trunk up Front
Drivers can now have less junk in their trunk, and more in their frunk. People have long prized having storage…
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The decline in the U.S. birth rate bounced back from the early days of the pandemic
When the pandemic hit, the stay-at-home orders didn’t give American families more babies, instead, it generated a “baby bust.” Now,…
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Dr. Fauci clarifies ‘pandemic is not over’ yet — U.S. is out of ‘acute’ phase
Sorry, we’re actually not out of the pandemic yet, Dr. Anthony Fauci clarified on Wednesday. But we are out of…
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‘Buyers of a median-price home are looking at a monthly mortgage payment that is almost 50% higher than it was a year ago.’ The 30-year mortgage rate dips slightly to 5.1%
The interest rate on the country’s benchmark mortgage product edged downward for the first time since early March, but that…
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Apple May Post Third-Best Quarter Ever as Wall Street Worries About Consumer Slowdown
Apple Inc. AAPL 2.23% may post one of its best quarters in its 46-year history on Thursday. But investors will…
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Fauci says U.S. ‘out of the pandemic phase,’ but COVID will never be fully eradicated
““We are certainly right now in this country out of the pandemic phase. Namely, we don’t have 900,000 new infections…
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Is the stock market open on Good Friday?
It’s a shorter week for markets heading into Easter weekend, with U.S. stock exchanges closing a day early, ending the…
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Mortgage rates soar to highest level in over a decade — even wealthy home buyers are feeling the pain
Mortgage rates are soaring, and no one is being spared. The average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 5%…
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Neurodiverse Candidates Find Niche in Remote Cybersecurity Jobs
Cat Contillo remembers how uncomfortable she felt during an office internship a few years ago because of colleagues’ reactions to…
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Sunset Park, Brooklyn subway shooting creates panic at 36th Street station
NEW YORK (AP) — At least five people were shot and injured Tuesday at a New York City subway station…
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Lloyd’s of London shuts HQ after Extinction Rebellion blocks entrances
Lloyd’s of London has told staff and insurance traders to work from home after its iconic London headquarters was targeted…
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The great resignation is winding down: ‘I just got bored out of my skull’
When the pandemic first hit, Celeste Lyons quit her job at a law firm in Connecticut and started to hunker…
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Big pay raises and chance to work from home drive record job-hopping
A record number of Americans are switching from one job to another and in many cases getting big pay raises…
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Musk commits to 2023 deliveries of Cybertruck pickup and Tesla Semi during hot-ticket nighttime event at Texas ‘gigafactory’
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The “Cyber Rodeo at Giga Texas,” an invitation-only party for thousands of guests at Tesla’s new…
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Covid compromise: Would you tolerate snoring co-workers or brush your teeth next to the boss?
HONG KONG — The Covid-19 pandemic forced many people to learn to work from home. In China’s financial centre, it…
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Jamie Dimon says just 50% of JPMorgan’s employees will work in the office full-time
Only around half of JPMorgan’s 270,000 staff will work from the office full-time, as the US banking giant has overhauled…
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London bank bosses are split on return to office: ‘It’s a shock to the system’
Three months on from a widespread reopening of London’s financial districts, and banks are taking different paths on the new…
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Guy Hands’ life in PE: From bullies in the playground to threats from Russian mobsters
In 2007, at the height of the buyout boom, Guy Hands was riding high. The self-styled king of British private…
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Lawyers warn of legal risks as Goldman, JPMorgan relax Covid safety in offices
Lawyers warn that City firms that opt to scrap social distancing requirements in the workplace could face a surge in employment…
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5 reasons ‘Squid Game’ is dominating memes, streams and Halloween
Note: While this piece avoids specific “Squid Game” plot spoilers, it does give a general overview of the story and…
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Rents across the country were up 11.5% in August from a year earlier, and in one Florida city they soared nearly 31%
Think the rent is too damn high? Well, it’s getting even worse across much of the country. Rents nationwide are…
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Citigroup offers Emea juniors a two-week ‘disconnected’ holiday
Citigroup is offering junior bankers two weeks of ‘fully disconnected’ holiday, the latest perk for analyst and associates amid pay…
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Guess which Spac Leonardo DiCaprio and Orlando Bloom invested in?
Sustainability-focused financial technology firm Aspiration Partners is going public through a deal with a special-purpose acquisition company that would value…
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Burned out bankers willing to take salary hit for switch to fund management
Burned out investment bankers are increasingly eyeing a move to the fund management sector, with recruiters saying stressed juniors are…
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