Money
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Finance
Now May Be the Time to Lock In High Interest Rates on Your Savings
Rates on C.D.s are the highest they’ve been in years. But the Fed is signaling that it may cut its…
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Finance
No Oversight: Inside a Boom-Time Start-Up Fraud and Its Unraveling
False claims and risky trades at the Silicon Valley start-up HeadSpin were part of a pattern of trouble emerging at…
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Finance
A Shock for Many Retirees: Social Security Benefits Can Be Taxed
When older Americans earn above a certain income level, they are often taken aback to find they owe federal income…
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World
Germany, Roiled by a Court Ruling, Finally Has a Budget
The government avoided extra borrowing for 2024, but must make cuts in programs to address climate change.
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News
Skepticism of Digital Currency Needs to Be Taken Seriously
The world’s central banks are moving briskly, and it would seem inexorably, toward introducing digital forms of cash. But I…
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World
Gold Bars and Tokyo Apartments: How Money Is Flowing Out of China.
Affluent Chinese have moved hundreds of billions of dollars out of the country this year, seizing on the end of…
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Arts
He Says He’s Doing Good. This Author Strongly Disagrees.
In “The Bill Gates Problem,” Tim Schwab excoriates the billionaire philanthropist and his foundation.
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World
The House G.O.P Has Its Leader. But Can He Be a Rainmaker?
The former speaker, Kevin McCarthy, was a prolific fund-raiser for his House colleagues. The new speaker, Mike Johnson, doesn’t yet…
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Finance
Biden Administration Awards $7 Billion for 7 Hydrogen Hubs Across the U.S.
Clean hydrogen could help fight climate change, but it barely exists today. Now the administration wants to build an entire…
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World
Trump’s Claim that U.S. Taxpayer Money Funded Hamas Attacks Is False
WHAT WAS SAID “Sadly, American taxpayer dollars helped fund these attacks, which many reports are saying came from the Biden…