Business
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How a Last-Minute Lobbying Blitz Watered Down a Climate Bill Tax
WASHINGTON — An hour after Democrats released the text of their climate and tax legislation, Washington lobbyists for the private equity industry ...
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In an Unequal Economy, the Poor Face Inflation Now and Job Loss Later
For Theresa Clarke, a retiree in New Canaan, Conn., the rising cost of living means not buying Goldfish crackers for her disabled daughter ...
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Manchin’s Donors Include Pipeline Giants That Win in His Climate Deal
BLACKSBURG, Va. — After years of spirited opposition from environmental activists, the Mountain Valley Pipeline — a 304-mile gas pipeline cutting ...
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Five Decades in the Making: Why It Took Congress So Long to Act on Climate
WASHINGTON - In 1969, President Richard Nixon’s adviser Daniel Patrick Moynihan wrote a memo describing a startling future. The increase of ...
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The Week in Business: Blistering Job Growth
Credit...Giacomo BagnaraWhat’s Up? (July 31-Aug. 6) A Jobs Day Surprise Analysts had forecast an increase of 250,000 jobs in July. And so it ...
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California Regulator Accuses Tesla of Falsely Advertising Autopilot
California’s Department of Motor Vehicles has accused Tesla of falsely advertising its driver-assistance technology in two complaints that could ...
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Good News on Jobs May Mean Bad News Later as Hiring Spree Defies Fed
America’s job market is remarkably strong, a report on Friday made clear, with unemployment at the lowest rate in half a century, wages rising ...
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Gloomy about the economy and inflation, Americans remain upbeat about jobs.
Americans are worried about inflation, pessimistic about the economy overall and upset about the way their leaders are handling it. But they ...
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A job market slowdown is expected as the Federal Reserve taps the brakes.
For months, as inflation has risen and the Federal Reserve has acted aggressively to tamp it down, a question has hovered over the monthly ...
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How Republicans Are ‘Weaponizing’ Public Office Against Climate Action
Nearly two dozen Republican state treasurers around the country are working to thwart climate action on state and federal levels, fighting ...