Finance
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The New Billionaire Tax in Democrats’ Sights
Senator Ron Wyden is expected to unveil a new way of taxing billionaires.Credit...Pool photo by Rod Lamkey/ReutersBillionaires on the hook?…
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Why Amazon Is in Business With Judge Judy
CULVER CITY, Calif. — And you thought Amazon’s ambitions in Hollywood were limited to a single streaming service. Amazon Prime…
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Facebook Wrestles With the Features It Used to Define Social Networking
SAN FRANCISCO — In 2019, Facebook researchers began a new study of one of the social network’s foundational features: the…
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FSG Promotes Mitzi Angel to President
Mitzi Angel, the publisher of Farrar, Straus and Giroux — who as an editor signed Sally Rooney and Garth Greenwell…
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Inside the Big Facebook Leak
Frances Haugen first met Jeff Horwitz, a tech-industry reporter for The Wall Street Journal, early last December on a hiking…
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Inside Amazon’s Worst Human Resources Problem
A year ago, Tara Jones, an Amazon warehouse worker in Oklahoma, cradled her newborn, glanced over her pay stub on…
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‘Fiscal Justice Ratings’ Fight Police Brutality With Finance
The DealBook newsletter delves into a single topic or theme every weekend, providing reporting and analysis that offers a better…
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Instagram Struggles With Fears of Losing Its ‘Pipeline’: Young Users
SAN FRANCISCO — When Instagram reached one billion users in 2018, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, called it “an amazing…
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Can a Carbon-Emitting Iron Ore Tycoon Save the Planet?
CLOUDBREAK, Australia — Standing at the foot of a diesel truck as large as a dinosaur, Andrew Forrest juggled the…
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Retail sales were lifted in September by spending and higher prices.
Retail sales rose unexpectedly in September, as American consumers shook off fast-rising prices, shortages of goods, and the Delta variant…