Business
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U.S. employers added 517,000 jobs in January.
The American labor market unleashed a burst of hiring in January, producing another wave of robust job growth even as…
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January Job Growth Is a Boost for Biden
A surge in job growth in January provided President Biden a lift just hours before he traveled to Philadelphia to…
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Why Chinese Companies Are Investing Billions in Mexico
Bill Chan had never set foot anywhere in Mexico, let alone the lonely stretch of desert in the north of…
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How ChatGPT Kicked Off an A.I. Arms Race
One day in mid-November, workers at OpenAI got an unexpected assignment: Release a chatbot, fast. The chatbot, an executive announced,…
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Many Banks Pay High Rates on Savings. So Why Aren’t You Moving Your Money?
Some online banks offer yields of 3.3 percent or more, but savers may be reluctant to open one because they…
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Value Stocks? Growth Stocks? Markets Last Year Turned Everything Topsy-Turvy.
With the exception of Apple, eight tech giants are no longer “pure growth” stocks, while Exxon and Chevron are, a…
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Tech Earnings Give a Wake-Up Call to Investors
Apple, Amazon and Alphabet all reported disappointing quarterly results, as they emphasized efforts to cut costs in the face of…
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This Is What It Looks Like to Try to Count America’s Homeless Population
To fix a problem, you need to know its scope. To do that, you need sheriffs, social workers, volunteers, flashlights…
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Tech’s Biggest Companies Discover Austerity, to the Relief of Investors
After years of expansion and billions in profits, Big Tech is pulling back from its famously lavish spending as a…
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Ford Says Sales in January Increased 2%
The company’s deliveries of electric vehicles more than doubled, compared with the same month a year earlier.