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Issue of the week: Jamie Dimon’s big raise
feature After a year of lawsuits, fines, and government probes, JPMorgan is giving CEO Jamie Dimon a massive raise.
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Issue of the week: Why Google unloaded Motorola
feature Three years after shelling out $12.5 billion for Motorola, Google announced its sale to Lenovo Group for $2.9 billion.
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Issue of the week: Helping the long-term unemployed
feature Are jobless benefits the best approach?
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Issue of the week: Is 2014 the recovery year?
feature Economic forecasters generally think 2014 will “be a breakout year” for the U.S. economy.
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Issue of the week: Why was hiring so slow in December?
feature A very disappointing jobs report for December douses a budding era of good feeling with “a great deal of uncertainty.”
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Issue of the week: What does Black Friday really tell us?
feature Black Friday “wasn’t a bust,” but for many retailers, it was a disappointment.
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Issue of the week: A record-setting stock market
feature The stock market is booming again, but like in 2000, not all stocks are reaping the benefits of the boom.
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A bright spot in a lackluster jobs report
feature State governments have been adding jobs for two straight months.
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Issue of the week: The true cost of the shutdown
feature Now we know: “Shutdowns aren’t cheap.”
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Issue of the week: Does the deficit really matter?
feature Are lawmakers exaggerating in their portrayal of the deficit and the national debt as apocalyptic threats?
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Issue of the week: Is JPMorgan’s fine unfair?
feature The CEO of JPMorgan Chase helped to “save the financial system five years ago,” yet the bank now has to pay a $13 billion settlement.
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Issue of the week: The economy’s new normal
feature Are we in “a permanent slump?”
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Issue of the week: Has Washington defeated Wall Street?
feature The Dodd-Frank Act forced banks to sell off “many of their classic ‘Wall Street’ businesses. How are the banks doing?
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Issue of the week: When body-shaming backfires
feature Lululemon’s founder, Chip Wilson, offended customers when he “implied that plus-size people should shop elsewhere.”
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