Sergio Hernandez
Sergio Hernandez is business editor of The Week's print edition. He has previously worked for The Daily, ProPublica, the Village Voice, and Gawker.
Latest articles by Sergio Hernandez
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Is Cablevision being forced to carry boring channels?
feature Cablevision says Viacom threatened a $1 billion penalty if it didn't carry unwatched networks
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Is the U.S. headed for fiscal collapse?
feature According to David Stockman, the U.S. economy is doomed and the government is to blame
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The tanking economy: Is a spreadsheet error to blame?
feature In 2010, two Harvard economists made what many thought was an airtight case for government austerity
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Why Apple is purposely going into debt
feature Hint: It has to do with taxes
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Why a bidding war over Hulu is heating up
feature Yahoo, DirecTV, and Time Warner are reportedly among the suitors
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It looks like Michael Dell's getting a Dell
feature The troubled PC maker's board just backed its CEO and founder's leveraged buyout plan
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What's wrong with Europe’s economy?
feature Four smart takes on the sputtering eurozone
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Why is Amazon bullying book publishers?
feature Four smart takes on this heavyweight fight
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How Lululemon got kicked in the (butt-baring) pants
feature After a pants recall, Wall Street is wondering whether the yoga emperor has any clothes
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Personal finance tips: The value of vacation days, and more
feature Three top pieces of financial advice — from handling AT&T's not-so-unlimited data plans to a car loan market in danger of stalling
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How would raising the minimum wage affect the economy?
feature President Obama wants the minimum wage raised from $7.25 to $9 an hour
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Why a weaker yen is a double-edged sword
feature How a less valuable currency can help — and hurt — Japan's economy
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Did Verizon have to hand over your phone records?
feature Why businesses don't stick up for customers when the government comes knocking
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Why is Starbucks cutting coffee prices?
feature Your barista-brewed beverage will still be pricey. But that package of Starbucks coffee at the grocery store is getting a big discount
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Is Amazon a monopoly?
feature Four smart takes
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The rise and fall of Groupon
feature Can the daily deals site get back on track?
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Blackstone ditches its bid for Dell: What's next for the struggling PC-maker?
feature The stage is set for a showdown between the firm's founder and investors
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4 perspectives on Burger King's move to Canada
feature Corporate tax inversions aren't just for drug companies anymore
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GM's culture of unaccountability
feature Everything you need to know about the auto giant's recent failures, in four paragraphs
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Another big airline merger: What it means
feature The merger of American Airlines and US Airways will be the fourth between major U.S. airlines in five years
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The great wage slowdown
feature Everything you need to know, in four paragraphs
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The lessons of Japan's latest recession
feature This should be a "warning siren" for the rest of the world
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Why aren't wages rising?
feature Everything you need to know, in four paragraphs
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Dissecting Amazon and Hachette's new chapter
feature Amazon and Hachette ended their "protracted, costly, and very public fight," just in time for the holiday shopping season
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