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Business
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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Business
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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Business
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…
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News
Will Voters Send In the Clowns?
I’m not a historian, but as far as I know, America has never seen anything like the current political craziness.…
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News
Banana Yoshimoto Wants Books to Give Her Insomnia
What books are on your night stand? I read most of my books on the Kindle, but as far as…
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World
U.S. to Begin Deporting Venezuelans in Effort to Cut Down Border Numbers
The measure is the latest attempt by the Biden administration to try to reduce unlawful crossings at the southern border.
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World
Monitor Condemns Rikers Violence as 9th Person Dies in Custody This Year
A scathing report about the troubled Rikers Island jail complex and another death there come as New York City faces…
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World
Opposition to Ukraine Aid Becomes a Litmus Test for the Right
The drama that has played out among House Republicans over the past week has highlighted a sharp decline in the…
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Business
Higher Rates Stoke a Growing Chorus of Deficit Concerns
A long period of higher interest rates would make the government’s large debt pile costly, a possibility that is fueling…
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World
As Egypt’s Presidential Vote Nears, Dissent Flickers Around el-Sisi
Voters will chose a leader in December. It will likely be President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, though with the economy in…