Business
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The U.S. added 336,000 jobs in September.
In a sign of continued economic stamina, payrolls grew by 336,000 on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Labor Department said…
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Michael Lewis Doesn’t Do Villains
A hike is Michael Lewis’s interview format of choice. When he first met the FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried in late…
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Yields Jump and Stocks Slip After Strong Jobs Report
Markets shuddered on Friday after a fresh report on hiring pointed to a much stronger labor market than economists had…
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A New Effort to Make College Aid Offers Easy to Understand
After years of criticism about financial aid letters that are confusing and sometimes misleading, about 400 schools have agreed to…
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Jobs Gains Surge, Troubling News for the Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve officials are likely to cast a wary eye on September jobs data, which showed that employers both hired…
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How to Protect Your Retirement From Nagging Inflation
Social Security’s cost of living adjustment, coming next week, helps retirees keep up with their bills, but there are other…
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A Mega-Deal May Await in the Oil Patch
Exxon Mobil is reportedly in talks to buy Pioneer Natural Resources, a major shale driller, in what would be the…
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How strikes are (and aren’t) reflected in the jobs report.
Three of the country’s major automakers are facing an expanding strike that started on Sept. 15. Hollywood producers and screenwriters…
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Rates Are Jumping on Wall Street. What Will It Do to Housing and the Economy?
A run-up in longer-term interest rates could help the Federal Reserve get the economic cool-down it wants — but it…
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Why Are Investors So Jittery?
Stocks are sliding, government bond yields are soaring, and investors are reacting strongly to scraps of economic information that they…