Business
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Russia Fights Efforts to Declare It an Exporter of ‘Blood Diamonds’
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to global soul-searching about overreliance on Russian oil and gas, but a new drama…
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Prosecutors Struggle to Catch Up to a Tidal Wave of Pandemic Fraud
In the midst of the pandemic the government gave unemployment benefits to the incarcerated, the imaginary, and the dead. It…
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A Frustrating Hassle Holding Electric Cars Back: Broken Chargers
The federal government is doling out billions of dollars to encourage people to buy electric vehicles. Automakers are building new…
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Walmart strikes streaming deal with Paramount.
Walmart said on Monday that it had reached an agreement to include the Paramount+ streaming service in its Walmart+ membership…
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Falling Oil Prices Defy Predictions. But What About the Next Chapter?
When Russia invaded Ukraine last spring, energy experts were predicting that oil prices could reach $200 a barrel, a price…
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Starbucks Asks for a Suspension of Union Elections
As the union drive at Starbucks stores accelerates, Starbucks has ratcheted up its efforts to push back on the campaign,…
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Adam Neumann’s New Company Gets a Big Check From Andreessen Horowitz
Adam Neumann, the founder of WeWork whose spectacular rise and fall has been chronicled in books, documentaries and a scripted…
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HBO Max Lays Off About 70 People
Roughly 70 HBO Max staff members were laid off on Monday, job cuts that are part of a wider reorganization…
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Plaintiffs in Long Fight Over Endangered Salmon Hope a Resolution Is Near
WASHINGTON — After decades of legal fighting over hydroelectric dams that have contributed to the depletion of salmon populations in…
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To Escape the War, Ukraine’s Factories Are Moving West
It is an unusualarrangement for unusual times: Above a factory floor in Lviv, Ukraine, where Volodomyr Mysysk has relocated his…