Business
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As Tesla’s plant in Germany nears completion, a union raises concern.
BERLIN — Employees at Tesla’s new assembly plant outside Berlin will elect a works council next month, the latest indication that the factory ...
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Omicron’s Economic Toll: Missing Workers, More Uncertainty and Higher Inflation (Maybe)
The Omicron wave of the coronavirus appears to be cresting in much of the country. But its economic disruptions have made a post-pandemic normal ...
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Amy Schneider Could Beat Matt Amodio’s Streak on ‘Jeopardy!’
The category is: game-show legends. If she manages one more victory on Monday’s episode, the current “Jeopardy!” phenom, Amy Schneider, will ...
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Why Is Silicon Valley Still Waiting for the Next Big Thing?
In the fall of 2019, Google told the world it had reached “quantum supremacy.” It was a significant scientific milestone that some compared to ...
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Activist Investors Assemble
Unilever faces questions about its strategy.Credit...Tolga Akmen/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesNelson Peltz’s next target Unilever has ...
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A Fight Over Rooftop Solar Threatens California’s Climate Goals
California has led the nation in setting ambitious climate change goals and policies. But the state’s progress is threatened by a nasty fight ...
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In Defense of Venture Capitalism
The conviction this month of Elizabeth Holmes, founder of the fraudulent blood-testing start-up Theranos, has been presented as something grander ...
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Old-Fashioned, Inefficient Light Bulbs Live On at the Nation’s Dollar Stores
For years, Deborah Turnerbought her light bulbs at one of the many dollar stores that serve her neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio. But the bulbs for ...
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Nelson Peltz Takes Aim at Unilever
LONDON — Only days ago, Unilever suffered a big defeat when it was forced to drop its $68 billion bid for GlaxoSmithKline’s consumer health ...
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Workers at REI Store in Manhattan Seek to Form Retailer’s Only Union
Employees at an REI store in Manhattan filed for a union election on Friday, making the outdoor equipment and apparel retailer the latest ...