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end of an era

GM to stop making the Chevy Camaro

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Briefing

Why experts are so worried about 'forever chemicals'

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Briefing

The rise of the world's first trillionaire

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Briefing

The 'resurgence' of the stick shift

HR manager shows results of personality test

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Testing testing

Companies are turning to personality tests as remote work takes off

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Downsides of growth

Whiskey fungus is ravaging bourbon country, angering homeowners

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Work-life balance

9 in 10 businesses keeping 4-day workweek after large U.K. trial

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Briefing

The Vince McMahon chaos at WWE: A complete timeline

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Steal-Mobile

T-Mobile data breach compromised 37 million users' information

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Briefing

Is AI coming for your job?

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Briefing

Why it's getting easier to fix your John Deere tractor

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Briefing

What's going on with Bed Bath & Beyond?

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Taking Flight on 5G

FAA says it intends to require 5G compliance from airlines by 2024

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Briefing

Why car sales are falling in the U.S.

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Business briefing

The daily business briefing: December 28, 2022

A Border Patrol agent processes asylum seekers

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: December 28, 2022

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Business briefing

The daily business briefing: December 27, 2022

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Oops

Wells Fargo ordered to pay $3.7 billion for mismanaging customer funds

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in the Bahamas.

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Turning Himself In

Sam Bankman-Fried agrees to be extradited to U.S. from Bahamas, attorney says

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Bring 'Em Back

Elon Musk restores Twitter accounts of several prominent journalists after backlash

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Mind-Blowing Tidbits

3 crazy details from the SEC filing against Sam Bankman-Fried

The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building

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promising news

Inflation rate decreased again in November

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Dropping to Number Two

Elon Musk briefly loses title of world's richest person

Cryptocurrency coins depicted in an illustration.

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Making Something New

iPod creator launches new crypto wallet as industry fallout continues

A view of a Hertz Rent-a-Car parking lot.

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Rental Returns

Hertz agrees to pay $168 million to settle false theft claims

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Briefing

The biggest tech layoffs of 2022

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A pricey mistake

Bob Dylan's publisher apologizes for replica signatures in new $600 book

Freight trains seen parked in Orlando, Florida.

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Getting Derailed

Nationwide freight union strike threatens to derail economy

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Briefing

Why Big Tech is bleeding jobs

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Fail whale

Report: Musk says 'bankruptcy isn't out of the question' at Twitter

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On the way down

CPI report shows inflation may be starting to cool

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Fail Whale

ADL pivots from praising Musk's Twitter buyout to leading boycott

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Rigged profits

Oil companies reach record profits amid Russia's war on Ukraine

A JetBlue plane takes off near Spirit planes.

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Prepare For Takeoff

JetBlue primed to purchase Spirit Airlines

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School's out...of money

Harvard's record endowment shrinks