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Amazon Could Be Forced to Treat Drivers as Employees

Amazon Could Be Forced to Treat Drivers as Employees

Danielle Kaye
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Politics

Amazon’s delivery system depends on third-party companies. But labor regulators have challenged that model, possibly opening the way for unionization.


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The Downfall of FTX’s Ryan Salame and Crypto Advocate Michelle Bond

The Downfall of FTX’s Ryan Salame and Crypto Advocate Michelle Bond

David Yaffe-Bellany
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Politics

Ryan Salame, an FTX executive, and Michelle Bond, a crypto policy advocate, were once a Washington power couple. Now they both face prison time.


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Trump Keeps the Tax Cut Promises Coming, Now for Americans Abroad

Trump Keeps the Tax Cut Promises Coming, Now for Americans Abroad

Andrew Duehren
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Politics

Former President Donald J. Trump said in a statement that he would seek to end the “double taxation” of Americans overseas.


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Zantac’s Developer Settles Lawsuits Claiming Cancer Link

Zantac’s Developer Settles Lawsuits Claiming Cancer Link

Rebecca Robbins
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Politics

GSK, which developed and sold versions of the now-discontinued blockbuster heartburn drug, agreed to pay up to $2.2 billion.


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Solar Storm Could Bring Northern Lights and Power Concerns in the U.S.

Solar Storm Could Bring Northern Lights and Power Concerns in the U.S.

Kenneth Chang
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Politics

An explosion of particles arrived at Earth on Thursday, and could lead to visible northern lights in much of the country while also raising power grid concerns.


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Donald L. Barlett, 88, Dies; Prizewinning Reporter Bared Corruption

Donald L. Barlett, 88, Dies; Prizewinning Reporter Bared Corruption

Glenn Rifkin
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Politics

Over four decades, he and his colleague James B. Steele gained renown for resourceful, often explosive investigative journalism at The Philadelphia Inquirer.


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How E-Commerce Is Making China’s Deflation Worse

How E-Commerce Is Making China’s Deflation Worse

Daisuke Wakabayashi and Claire Fu
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Politics

The push by Pinduoduo to lower prices has helped it become one of China’s fastest-growing e-commerce apps, and epitomizes a broader force plaguing the economy.


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How Everyone Got Lost in Netflix’s Endless Library

How Everyone Got Lost in Netflix’s Endless Library

Willy Staley
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Politics

Ten years after Silicon Valley remade TV, it’s become clear how the streaming revolution distorted our collective viewing habits — and sense of the culture.


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Trump’s Plans Could Increase National Debt Twice as Much as Harris’s Proposal

Trump’s Plans Could Increase National Debt Twice as Much as Harris’s Proposal

Andrew Duehren and Alan Rappeport
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Politics

A new analysis finds that Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald J. Trump’s plans would both add to the deficit, but Mr. Trump’s proposals could create a fiscal hole twice as big.


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Nutter Butter’s Fever-Dreamlike Social Media Videos Are Racking Up Millions of Views

Nutter Butter’s Fever-Dreamlike Social Media Videos Are Racking Up Millions of Views

Hank Sanders
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Politics

The cookie sandwich brand’s videos — funny, disturbing, fever-dreamlike — rack up tens of millions of views. The secret is lots of lore without much sense, the campaign’s strategists explain.


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E.V. Tax Credits Are a Plus, but Flaws Remain, Study Finds

E.V. Tax Credits Are a Plus, but Flaws Remain, Study Finds

Lydia DePillis
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Politics

The Inflation Reduction Act was a compromise between competing priorities. Evaluating the law on the effectiveness of the $7,500 tax credit for E.V.s is tricky.


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Elon Musk and Ben Horowitz Split on Trump

Elon Musk and Ben Horowitz Split on Trump

Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ravi Mattu, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch and Ephrat Livni
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Politics

Elon Musk appeared onstage at a rally for the former president this weekend, but Silicon Valley was abuzz about Ben Horowitz’s U-turn on backing the Republican candidate.


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Oil Prices Rise as Mideast Crisis Intensifies

Oil Prices Rise as Mideast Crisis Intensifies

Peter S. Goodman
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Politics

The threat of an escalating conflict between Israel and Iran has created an “extraordinarily precarious” global situation, sowing alarm about the potential economic fallout.


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Victims of Stanford Financial’s Fraud Scheme May Soon Be Paid. Some Already Sold Their Claim.

Victims of Stanford Financial’s Fraud Scheme May Soon Be Paid. Some Already Sold Their Claim.

Matthew Goldstein
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Politics

Not having much insight into what may happen next in the case of a fraud orchestrated by Robert Allen Stanford, many of the victims sold the rights to any future payout.


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CBS Rebukes Anchor Over Tense Interview With Ta-Nehisi Coates

CBS Rebukes Anchor Over Tense Interview With Ta-Nehisi Coates

Michael M. Grynbaum and Benjamin Mullin
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Politics

Executives said the interview, conducted by the morning show anchor Tony Dokoupil, had fallen short of network editorial standards.


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