Business
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Child Tax Credit’s Extra Help Ends, Just as Covid Surges Anew
For millions of American families with children, the 15th of the month took on a special significance in 2021: It was the day they received their ...
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Coming Soon to This Coal County: Solar, in a Big Way
MARTIN COUNTY, Ky. — For a mountain that’s had its top blown off, the old Martiki coal mine is looking especially winsome these days. With its ...
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Want a Covid Test With Your Viagra?
Like many New Yorkers the week before Christmas, Dinah Chamberlain, 39, was on the hunt for at-home Covid-19 tests. She was going to visit her ...
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A Nation On Hold Wants to Speak With a Manager
Nerves at the grocery store were already frayed, in the way of these things as the pandemic slouches toward its third year, when the customer ...
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Trump Appointee Resigns After Fight With Democratic Bank Regulators
The Republican chairwoman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, who was appointed by former President Donald J. Trump, said on Friday ...
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People Magazine’s Premature Cover Toasts Betty White’s 100th Birthday
For months, editors at People magazine had been zeroing in on Betty White for an end-of-year cover article. Her 100th birthday was coming up on ...
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The Fed’s Moves Pumped Up Stocks. In 2022, It May Pull the Plug.
For two years, the stock market has been largely able to ignore the lived reality of Americans during the pandemic — the mounting coronavirus ...
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‘We Threw Out Any Plans We Had’: C.E.O.s Are Forced to Embrace Uncertainty
In normal times, there are few words that C.E.O.s like more than “certainty.” Certainty allows executives to issue sales forecasts with oracle ...
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32 Witnesses, at Least 4 Shushes: The Elizabeth Holmes Trial by the Numbers
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Since 2018, when Elizabeth Holmes was indicted on charges of fraud, her trial has been delayed by procedural issues, a ...
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‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Loans May Soon Play Bigger Role in Credit Scores
“Buy now, pay later” online loans are getting attention from both regulators and the credit industry as consumers increasingly turn to them, and ...