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Nov 14, 2019
Snakebites are common, but anti-venom can be hard to get. One doctor is trying a new solution, with help from a former rock star.
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Nov 14, 2019
Google is collecting the health data of millions of Americans in partnership with a big health care system. The project is raising questions about patient privacy.
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Nov 14, 2019
The full D.C. Circuit voted 8-3 not to reconsider an earlier decision by a three-judge panel that ruled against the president. Trump's lawyer says he will appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Nov 14, 2019
The full D.C. Circuit voted 8-3 not to reconsider an earlier decision by a three-judge panel that ruled against the president. Trump's lawyer says he will appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Nov 13, 2019
America's natural gas boom has also made it the world's biggest exporter of ethane. It's a building block for plastics, and U.S. gas is helping fuel the global plastics industry.
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Nov 13, 2019
As "traditional bonds disintegrate in the face of industrialization, urbanization, and secularization, brands and objects become a means to curate and project who we are," writes reporter Adam Minter.
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Nov 12, 2019
Online lenders charging triple digit interest rates are dodging state laws banning such loans. The money is routed through banks that aren't regulated at the state level to get around the rules.
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Nov 12, 2019
A former employee has filed a class action lawsuit against McDonald's and one Michigan franchise, alleging a "culture of sexual harassment."
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Nov 12, 2019
President Trump says a mini trade agreement with China could happen "soon," but he offered no guarantees. In a speech to the Economic Club of New York, Trump downplayed the cost of his trade war.
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Nov 12, 2019
The gun-maker had appealed to the highest federal court after the Connecticut Supreme Court allowed the lawsuit over the 2012 school massacre in Newtown, Conn., to go forward in March.
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Nov 12, 2019
It's distortionary. It's regressive. And right now it only benefits a sliver of taxpayers and nonprofits. It's time to talk about the charitable deduction.
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Nov 12, 2019
Makeup was once thought to be the exclusive realm of women, but more and more men are experimenting with cosmetics — and the industry is taking notice. A reporter gives it a try.
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Nov 11, 2019
Paris is becoming unaffordable as prices are pushed up partly by Brexit, as wealthy people and companies relocate from London.
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Nov 10, 2019
NPR's Michel Martin talks with Bon Appetit wine editor Marissa Ross about sexual harassment in the high-end wine industry.
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Nov 10, 2019
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Dale Moore, executive vice president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, about its recent report that shows farm bankruptcies are up 24% from last year.
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Nov 09, 2019
Smart homes let homeowners turn on lights and unlock doors from a mobile phone. But the technology also sends incredible amounts of data to big tech companies.
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Nov 09, 2019
A labor shortage in Paradise, Calif., is complicating rebuilding efforts a year after the destructive Camp Fire. Workers have come looking for jobs but want higher pay than residents can afford.
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Nov 08, 2019
Nearly half of all the electric cars in the country are owned in California. But the recent wildfires and power outages are inspiring some drivers to use their cars to power their homes.
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Nov 08, 2019
North Carolina is the U.S.'s biggest producer of tobacco. The Trump administration's trade war with China is beginning to wallop the state's industry which was already struggling.
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Nov 08, 2019
Are you a customer or a worker of an online food delivery app, who has a Thanksgiving-day story about last-minute orders? We'd love to hear from you.
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Nov 08, 2019
Jeff Sessions makes a return. Public impeachment hearings begin next week.
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Nov 08, 2019
NPR's Noel King talks to White House trade adviser Peter Navarro about reports from China that both sides have agreed to roll back some tariffs. NPR's Scott Horsley weighs in on the comments.
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Nov 07, 2019
The death of a pedestrian struck by the self-driving vehicle in Arizona last year highlights safety concerns and calls for regulating the testing of such vehicles.
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Nov 07, 2019
Aventura Technologies Inc. and seven of its employees are facing charges of fraud, money laundering and illegal importation of Chinese equipment, which officials say endangered military personnel.
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Nov 07, 2019
Thousands of employees picketed outside of airports in Germany. Lufthansa, that nation's largest carrier, expects 180,000 passengers will be affected by the two-day work stoppage.
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Nov 07, 2019
Homeless activists swarmed the Las Vegas City Council chambers chanting, "housing, not handcuffs!" The mayor said the measure is necessary in order to address a homeless problem that is not abating.
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Nov 07, 2019
Until recently, the accounting giant coached some top women leaders to look "polished" and speak briefly. The company has since disavowed the program, arguing its workplace culture promotes women.
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Nov 07, 2019
As the federal government raises alarm bells about foreign influence on college campuses, some are trying to find the right balance between openness and national security.
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Nov 07, 2019
A spokesman for China's Commerce Ministry says the U.S. and China have agreed to roll back some tariffs while moving toward the first phase of a trade agreement. But the deal is not final.
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Nov 07, 2019
Biographer Meryle Secrest chases a theory that two key Olivetti computer visonaries' deaths did not happen as officially recorded. While a gripping read at times, there's not a lot of solid ground.
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Nov 07, 2019
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Mike Chapple, a former computer scientist with the NSA, who says Twitter should have known that its employees were working for a foreign power.
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Nov 07, 2019
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Mike Chapple, a former computer scientist with the NSA, who says Twitter should have known that its employees were working for a foreign power.
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Nov 07, 2019
More than 100 hundred years ago, British economist Arthur Cecil Pigou explained how to tax things like pollution. His insight is being used to fight climate change.
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Nov 07, 2019
Bob Murray rose from coal miner to executive and became an influential industry voice. Despite his role in crafting the Trump administration's pro-coal policies, his own company is bankrupt.
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Nov 07, 2019
Some payday loans carry interest rates of 100% or more. The Military Lending Act limits rates on loans to service members. Now, a bipartisan bill aims to extend that protection to all Americans.
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Nov 06, 2019
Dennis Muilenburg says, "I don't see running away from a challenge, resigning, as the right solution." "What does accountability mean? Are you taking a cut in pay?" a lawmaker asked him last week.
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Nov 06, 2019
The deal will lift salaries for the Matildas by 90% and promises parity in training and travel. Norway and New Zealand have made similar moves, as a lawsuit against U.S. Soccer continues.
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Nov 06, 2019
Uber drivers showed up at the homes of the company's big investors on Wednesday to protest how the ride-hailing company has made a few people incredibly rich.
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Nov 05, 2019
The next hurdle is a federal trial in December in which a coalition of state attorneys general are challenging the merger as anti-competitive.
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Nov 05, 2019
On the video, anchor Amy Robach complained that ABC News had "quashed" her interview with a Jeffrey Epstein accuser, suggesting the network yielded to threats from powerful forces.
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Nov 05, 2019
Amazon will likely fight the Pentagon's choice of Microsoft for the $10 billion JEDI cloud contract, after President Trump's criticism. Microsoft's bid is said to have "hit the ball out of the park."
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Nov 05, 2019
The consumer watchdog agency is trying to protect users from deceptive ads on social media. The influencer market on Instagram is expected to reach more than $2.5 billion in 2020.
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Nov 05, 2019
Stephen Easterbrook got an exit package of $42 million after his relationship with an employee violated company policy. In 2018, he made 2,124 times more than a McDonald's median employee.
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Nov 05, 2019
Public radio is no stranger to crowdfunding, or as we call it, "a pledge drive." But let's take a moment to talk about a different kind.
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Nov 05, 2019
What happened to the people who shared their stories amid the #MeToo movement? Many say they've paid a high emotional and financial cost for discussing their sexual harassment cases.
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Nov 05, 2019
There is a pattern that has repeated itself throughout the history of the opium trade.
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Nov 05, 2019
Tariffs are really hurting some small growers because the big ones who've lost their overseas market are dumping fruit domestically, and the small growers aren't eligible for USDA relief.
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Nov 04, 2019
California voters approved the sale of recreational marijuana in 2016. But the legal market is still struggling to compete with the illicit market.
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Nov 04, 2019
China and 14 other countries have agreed on a tentative trade pact. The U.S. is not part of the agreement and critics say that puts the country at a disadvantage in a fast-growing part of the world.
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Nov 04, 2019
Apple has pledged $2.5 billion to support affordable housing in California. The move follows similar initiatives by Big Tech to fend off criticism that its growth contributed to high housing costs.
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Nov 04, 2019
Employees at Microsoft Japan worked four days a week, enjoyed a three-day weekend — and got their normal, five-day paycheck. As part of the trial, the company also capped meetings at 30 minutes.
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Nov 04, 2019
Employees at Microsoft Japan worked four days a week, enjoyed a three-day weekend — and got their normal, five-day paycheck. As part of the trial, the company also capped meetings at 30 minutes.
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Nov 04, 2019
Lawyers for President Trump say they plan to appeal to the Supreme Court, potentially setting up an election year decision about disclosing the president's finances.
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Nov 04, 2019
The plan includes $1 billion for a first-time homebuyer mortgage assistance fund and $1 billion for an open line of credit to develop "very low- to moderate-income housing."
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Nov 04, 2019
An FDA advisory panel recommends that a pregnancy drug — used to prevent premature births — be taken off the market. Researchers say there isn't enough evidence to suggest it works.
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Nov 04, 2019
A grandma, in a rustic outdoor ranch kitchen, is tearing up the Internet in Mexico with her simple, home style cooking. Since starting in August, she's got 1.5 million subscribers.
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Nov 03, 2019
The oil company said it will sell an unspecified number of shares on a Saudi Arabian exchange. Its valuation could be $1.5 trillion, and it may be the world's biggest IPO.
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Nov 03, 2019
Amid widespread blackouts in California, solar companies are seeing a huge spike in interest. They argue the future grid should be local and independent of the massive power lines that spark fires.
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Nov 03, 2019
Amid widespread blackouts in California, solar companies are seeing a huge spike in interest. They argue the future grid should be local and independent of the massive power lines that spark fires.
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Nov 02, 2019
This will be Trump's second sporting event in the span of a week. The president's connections to UFC go back to at least 2001.
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Nov 02, 2019
This will be Trump's second sporting event in the span of a week. The president's connections to UFC go back to at least 2001.
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Nov 02, 2019
After being told to stick to sports coverage, writers at the prominent website Deadspin quit en masse. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with former Deadspin Editor-in-Chief Megan Greenwell.
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Nov 02, 2019
Critics say management failures by PG&E, the bankrupt investor-owned utility, have worsened the California wildfire threat. Now some lawmakers want the company broken up or made a public utility.
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Nov 01, 2019
Democrat Gavin Newsom has been critical of the state's largest utility, PG&E, in the face of planned power outages that left 2 million customers without electricity.
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Nov 01, 2019
Staffers at the sports and culture website began to leave en masse earlier this week following a directive from executives to "stick to sports." The future of the site is up in the air.
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Nov 01, 2019
Staffers at the sports and culture website began to leave en masse earlier this week following a directive from executives to "stick to sports." The future of the site is up in the air.
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Nov 01, 2019
The rise of online retail has meant the rise of online returns. One country where that is particularly apparent is Germany. Some companies there are trying to find ways to cut down on the costs.
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Nov 01, 2019
The stock market rallied Friday after a better-than-expected jobs report. U.S. employers added 128,000 jobs in October, despite the General Motors strike, which idled tens of thousands of workers.
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Nov 01, 2019
In a Friday announcement, the two companies told wary customers that fitness-tracker data would not be used to target ads at customers.
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Nov 01, 2019
The president has changed his legal residence to Florida, a state with no income taxes. "I cherish New York," he tweeted, but Trump said he had been "treated very badly" by New York political leaders.
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Nov 01, 2019
In Kenya, a tech worker-turned-farmer almost threw in the trowel. Now, he helps other farmers share tips and support.
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Nov 01, 2019
U.S. employers added 128,000 jobs last month. The unemployment rate inched up to 3.6%. The drop in job creation reflects a slowing economy, but a strike at General Motors was also a factor.
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Nov 01, 2019
Some journalists at NBC News are sharply questioning the judgment of their bosses about how they let Ronan Farrow's reporting on Harvey Weinstein, the defining story in the #MeToo movement, slip away.
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Nov 01, 2019
Apple TV launches Friday, setting off a new round of competing streaming services, with Disney on Nov. 12 and HBO Max in May 2020.
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Oct 31, 2019
What happens to the country's resources — once a revenue stream for ISIS — will be important not to world oil markets but to the future of Syria itself, write Roger Diwan and Daniel Yergin.
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Oct 31, 2019
Americans are buying more expensive cars — nearly $38,000 for new cars, on average. And longer-term loans are enabling many people to make the payments, but at a cost.
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Oct 31, 2019
The new company, with combined annual revenue of $189 billion, would be based in the Netherlands and control such brands as Dodge, Ram, Citroën and Opel.
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Oct 31, 2019
The new company, with combined annual revenue of $189 billion, would be based in the Netherlands and control such brands as Dodge, Ram, Citroën and Opel.
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Oct 31, 2019
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced that the platform will ban all political ads.
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Oct 31, 2019
WeWork's name had become synonymous with coworking and it had plans to go public. Until investors had the opportunity to look at the company's books.
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Oct 30, 2019
CEO Jack Dorsey announced that Twitter will stop running political ads, citing online ads' "significant risks to politics." Facebook has been criticized for allowing deceptive political ads.
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Oct 30, 2019
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Dennis Tajer of the Allied Pilots Association about his reactions to the two days of testimony by Boeing executives about the 737 Max plane crashes.
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Oct 30, 2019
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point Wednesday, in an effort to support an economy that continues to tap the brakes. Economic growth in the third quarter was just 1.9%.
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Oct 30, 2019
Facebook paid the fine to the U.K.'s data protection watchdog, but it also made no admission of liability.
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Oct 30, 2019
Facebook said the influence campaigns were tied to Yevgeny Prigozhin, an associate of Vladimir Putin who was indicted for running the troll factory that meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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Oct 30, 2019
Relatives of presidents and vice presidents have lots of opportunities to cash in on their famous relative's name, and more than a few have done so.
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Oct 30, 2019
Facebook workers are the latest critics urging the social network to change its political advertising policy. They say the company should hold political ads to the same standards as all other ads.
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Oct 30, 2019
After Boeing's CEO faced withering criticism at a Senate hearing, he goes before a House committee as he tries to defend his company's safety protocols and reputation.
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Oct 30, 2019
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Michael Stumo and Nadia Milleron about the Boeing CEO's testimony on Capitol Hill. Their daughter, Samya, was killed in the Ethiopian Airlines crash in March.
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Oct 30, 2019
GDP numbers out Wednesday are expected to show the U.S. economy lost steam in the third quarter. But President Trump is banking on a strong economy as his ticket to a second term.
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Oct 30, 2019
GDP numbers out Wednesday show the U.S. economy lost some steam in the third quarter. But President Trump is banking on a strong economy as his ticket to a second term.
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Oct 29, 2019
Boeing's CEO faced tough questions on Capitol Hill Tuesday about design flaws that caused two deadly 737 Max plane crashes. Though admitting making mistakes, some of his answers angered lawmakers.
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Oct 29, 2019
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said that Google purposefully misled Android users into thinking their personal data was not being collected.
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Oct 29, 2019
Dennis Muilenburg was grilled about whether Boeing had a cozy relationship with the FAA and if the airline tried to conceal information about flaws in its onboard flight-control system, called MCAS.
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Oct 29, 2019
The senators are calling on the nation's stop consumer protection agency to investigate a loan servicer for the troubled student loan forgiveness program for public service workers.
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Oct 29, 2019
Bob Murray, the owner of Murray Energy, pushed the Trump administration to roll back numerous coal regulations. But he says the industry needs even more help from the government.
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Oct 29, 2019
Let's brings things down to a municipal level.
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Oct 29, 2019
Professor Ramesh Srinivasan's new book explains the challenges at the intersection of technology and democracy.
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Oct 29, 2019
Big firms are again offering more generous health plans alongside or instead of policies with sky-high deductibles. Why? They need to do so to stay competitive and recruit top talent.
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Oct 29, 2019
A new book bucks conventional wisdom and says the American tax system is not progressive.
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