Business
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Do I Have to Smell My Co-Worker?
Send questions about the office, money, careers and work-life balance to [email protected]. Include your name and location, or a request to remain anonymous. Letters may be edited. Scent Matters Spending time around people who wear too much ...
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The Week in Business: A Chatbot Yearns for Existence
Credit...Giacomo BagnaraWhat’s Up? (Feb. 12-18) Reining In Microsoft’s Chatbot After an unsettling conversation between Bing’s new chatbot and Kevin Roose, a tech columnist for The New York Times, Microsoft is considering tweaks and guardrails for ...
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Government Cracks Down on Crypto Industry With Flurry of Actions
State and federal agencies have levied fines, brought new cases and issued policy statements to rein in freewheeling practices in recent weeks.
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Fixing Social Security and Medicare: Where the Parties Stand
Republicans and Democrats have sharply divergent approaches to repairing the programs. Any solutions will affect younger workers as much as retirees.
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Rethinking the “Digital Detox”
Experts say the best way to set boundaries with technology involve sustained effort, not just a break.
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¿El calentamiento global causó la sequía en Argentina y Uruguay? Un estudio concluye que no
El cambio climático no ocasionó que el periodo sin lluvia fuera más probable, aunque el calor extremo tal vez haya hecho que fuera más insoportable, según los investigadores.
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‘Daisy Jones & the Six’ and the Ballad of Making Rock ’n’ Roll TV
It was the 36th day of what was supposed to be a 30-day shoot in New Orleans, but the cast and crew of the rock drama “Daisy Jones & the Six” were still at it. They were filming a scene, set in 1977, in which the actors Riley Keough and Sam ...
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How Climate Change Is Making Tampons (and Lots of Other Stuff) More Expensive
When the Agriculture Department finished its calculations last month, the findings were startling: 2022 was a disaster for upland cotton in Texas, the state where the coarse fiber is primarily grown and then sold around the globe in the form of ...
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With Two Key Picks, Biden Weaves Climate Into Economy and Regulations
The president adds climate champions Lael Brainard as his top economic adviser and Richard Revesz as his regulations chief.
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Norfolk Southern’s Profits and Accident Rates Rose in Recent Years
Safety experts say a focus on financial returns may be partly to blame for derailments and accidents like the one in Ohio.