Financial hand-ringing abounds these days as money managers and consumers alike eye a potential recession. But recessions are notoriously difficult for economists to predict. Official recession indicators are mounting. Two...
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WASHINGTON — Imagine a customer-service center that speaks your language, no matter what it is. Alorica, a company in Irvine, California, that runs customer-service centers around the world, has introduced...
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In late summer 2024, in the quiet town of Weikersheim, in south-central Germany, nearly 200 musicians ages 17 to 27 came together to make music together. The participants came from...
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NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga — Turmoil over China’s push for influence in the South Pacific has overshadowed the region’s most important diplomatic summit after a Pacific island leader apparently pledged to erase...
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Matt Smith, star of House of the Dragon and The Crown, has doubled down on his criticism of trigger warnings. In an interview with The Times of London, the actor,...
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A New Jersey woman who was arrested and spent two weeks behind bars over a mistaken identity cannot sue the U.S. marshals who arrested her because they are protected by...
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The execution in cold blood of six Israeli hostages by Hamas fighters in southern Gaza could topple Israel’s fragile coalition government and finally force a deal that ends the 11-month...
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A fierce tropical storm has caused floods and landslides that have killed up to 11 people in the Philippines. Tropical Storm Yagi lashed the north of the country overnight into...
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If our kids have too much stuff, we have only ourselves to blame. Sort of. Living in the headquarters of late-stage capitalism is nearly synonymous with having more possessions than...
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The British government is set to launch an investigation into the use of so-called “dynamic pricing” by event organizers after music fans saw the price of surge over the weekend....
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