Finance
UPS Contract Talks Go Down to the Wire as a Possible Strike Looms
Barely a week before the contract for more than 325,000 United Parcel Service workers expires, union and company negotiators have...
Lawmakers Challenge Ford and Chinese Battery Partner Over Forced Labor
A partnership between Ford Motor and a major Chinese battery maker is facing scrutiny by Republican lawmakers, who say it...
Who Will Stand Up for Renters? Their Elected Representatives, Who Also Rent.
When Matt Haney entered the California Legislature, he discovered he was part of a tiny minority: a legislator who rents.Mr....
Wheat Prices Remain High as Concern Grows About Black Sea Instability
Despite recent increases, grain prices are still lower than they were on the eve of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in...
How TV Writing Became a Dead-End Job
For the six years he worked on “The Mentalist,” beginning in 2009, Jordan Harper’s job was far more than a...
The Pandemic’s Job Market Myths
Remember the “she-cession”? What about the early-retirement wave, or America’s army of quiet quitters?For economists and other forecasters, the pandemic...
U.S. Recession Appears Less Likely, Economists Say
The recession was supposed to have begun by now.Last year, as policymakers relentlessly raised interest rates to combat the fastest...
Biden Administration Unveils Tougher Guidelines on Mergers
The Biden administration’s top antitrust officials unveiled tougher guidelines against tech mergers on Wednesday, signaling their deepening scrutiny of the...
Jerome Powell’s Prized Labor Market Is Back. Can He Keep It?
Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, spent the early pandemic lamenting something America had lost: a job...
House Committee Targets U.C. Berkeley Program for China Ties
A congressional committee focused on national security threats from China said it had “grave concerns” about a research partnership between...
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