Business
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Turkey Raises Interest Rates to 40 Percent to Tame Runaway Inflation
The country’s central bank increased rates by 5 percentage points in an attempt to deal with the soaring cost of…
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Nissan Will Build More Electric Cars in England
The company said it would build three electric models at its plant in northeast England, bolstering the future of Britain’s…
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These Retail Workers Make Your Holiday Shopping Spree Possible
It’s the busiest time of year in the retail and logistics industries. Here’s how employees at four of the biggest…
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Black Friday Isn’t What It Used to Be
Big discounts, many of them online only, start appearing well before Thanksgiving and will run long after. Some people still…
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The Pension: That Rare Retirement Benefit Gets a Fresh Look
As the downsides of 401(k)-style plans become apparent, workers and some companies, including IBM, are showing new interest in defined…
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The Store Where Christmas Started in September
A little before noon on Oct. 5, Richard Morrison was hanging a glass ornament that resembled a head of garlic…
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Charles Peters, Neoliberal Founder of The Washington Monthly, Dies at 96
His political journal challenged liberal and conservative orthodoxies for decades and added an important perspective for Washington’s cognoscenti.
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Retailers Worry About Shoppers’ Mood This Holiday Season
Consumer spending has been strong in 2023 despite higher prices and waning savings. But some retailers have jitters heading into…
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The Fight for the Soul of A.I.
One of the nice things about OpenAI is that it was built on distrust. It began as a nonprofit research…
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How an L.A. Rams Training Complex Could Help Transform Urban Sprawl
The San Fernando Valley, once an endless ramble of orange groves in Southern California that evolved into the porn capital…