Business
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Food Safety Company Employed More Than 100 Children, Labor Officials Say
Packers Sanitation Services Inc. paid a $1.5 million penalty this week for employing children as young as 13 in dangerous jobs at meat-processing plants.
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Biden E.P.A. Reinstates Mercury Limits Weakened Under Trump
The moves sets the stage for the agency to issue tighter controls on mercury, a neurotoxin emitted by power plants.
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CNN’s Chairman Rebukes Don Lemon Over Comments About Women
Mr. Lemon’s assertion that Nikki Haley was not “in her prime” had been widely viewed as sexist.
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You Can Use Your Tax Refund to Buy I Bonds, but Should You?
The answer depends on whether you’re looking to get high interest rates now or a safe investment with inflation protection over many years.
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Why China Didn’t Invent ChatGPT
The state’s hardening censorship and heavier hand have held back its tech industry; so has entrepreneurs’ reluctance to invest for the long term. It wasn’t always that way.
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In a Violent America
In a Violent America Safety Becomes a Sales Pitch By Michael Corkery and Zackary Canepari Michael Corkery has written about violence in workplaces during the pandemic. Zackary Canepari spent three years photographing mass-shooting-preparedness ...
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The Uneasy Dance Between the Markets and the Fed
Exuberance in financial markets is likely to only strengthen the Federal Reserve’s resolve and shake up those very markets, our columnist says.
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Top Banker Talked of Young Women With Jeffrey Epstein, Court Filing Says
Jes Staley, a former top executive at JPMorgan, is under scrutiny in a U.S. Virgin Islands case over his ties to the disgraced financier.
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Fox Stars Privately Expressed Disbelief About Election Fraud Claims. ‘Crazy Stuff.’
The comments, by Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and others, were released as part of a defamation suit against Fox News by Dominion Voter Systems.
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Microsoft Considers More Limits for Its New A.I. Chatbot
The company knew the new technology had issues like occasional accuracy problems. But users have prodded surprising and unnerving interactions.