Business
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China Bet It All on Real Estate. Now Its Economy Is Paying the Price.
After relying on a borrow-to-build model for decades, Beijing must make difficult choices about the country’s housing market and economic future.
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Margot Polivy, Champion of Women in College Sports, Dies at 85
A physical education teacher turned lawyer, she helped advocate for and shape regulations that provided more opportunities and resources for student athletes.
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After Devastating Floods, Vermont Is ‘Very Much Open’
The summer’s double blow of record rain and a plummet in tourism has the travel industry scrambling to reassure leaf peepers and winter-sports enthusiasts that the state is ready for them.
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How ‘A.I. Agents’ That Roam the Internet Could One Day Replace Workers
Researchers are transforming chatbots into online agents that play games, query websites, schedule meetings, build bar charts and do more.
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Rite Aid, Facing Slumping Sales and Opioid Suits, Files for Bankruptcy
The pharmacy chain, one of the country’s largest, faces more than a thousand lawsuits that say it filled illegal prescriptions for painkillers.
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Israel’s Corporate Defenders Grow Louder
Wall Street magnates and tech entrepreneurs are the latest to push back against institutions over where they stand on the country and its response to the Hamas attacks.
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Warning of ‘Grave’ Errors, Powerful Donors Push Universities on Hamas
Wall Street financiers are pressing elite schools to condemn criticism of Israel. Amid pressure, the University of Pennsylvania on Sunday issued a statement referring to Hamas’s attack as terrorism.
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In Conservative Media, Biden Is to Blame in the Hamas-Israel War
Much of the coverage from the right has focused on the Biden administration’s decision to transfer $6 billion to Iran in a deal to secure the release of five Americans.
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Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras’ Is Easily the Biggest Concert Film Opening Ever
The movie made an estimated $95 million in ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada, giving a big boost to theaters suffering from strike-related delays.
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How a Fertilizer Shortage Is Spreading Desperate Hunger
Suleiman Chubado is not entirely clear what caused the price of fertilizer to more than double over the past year, but he is bitterly aware of the consequences. At his farm in northeastern Nigeria, he can no longer afford enough fertilizer, so his ...