Harold Maass, The Week US
Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.
He lives in North Carolina with his wife and two sons.
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The daily business briefing: December 15, 2022
Business Briefing The Fed slows its interest rate hikes, Twitter bans account tracking Elon Musk's private jet, and more
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The daily business briefing: December 14, 2022
Business Briefing Consumer prices rose by less than expected in November, prosecutors accuse FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried of fraud, and more
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The daily business briefing: December 13, 2022
Business Briefing Bahamian officials arrest FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, Twitter dissolves its Trust and Safety Council, and more
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The daily business briefing: December 12, 2022
Business Briefing U.S. hints at fusion energy breakthrough, Rivian scraps electric-van partnership with Mercedes-Benz, and more
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The daily business briefing: December 9, 2022
Business Briefing Keystone Pipeline shuts down over oil leak, FTC sues to block Microsoft's acquisition of video game maker Activision Blizzard, and more
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The daily business briefing: December 8, 2022
Business Briefing Former Theranos COO Ramesh 'Sunny' Balwani sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison, the Pentagon awards cloud-computing contract to four companies, and more
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The daily business briefing: December 7, 2022
Business Briefing The Trump Organization is convicted of tax fraud, China lifts 'zero-COVID' testing and isolation restrictions, and more
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The daily business briefing: December 5, 2022
Business Briefing Sam Bankman-Fried promises to testify to Congress about FTX collapse, G7 cap on Russian oil prices takes effect, and more
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Has the threat of COVID misinformation passed?
feature The sharpest opinions on the debate from around the web
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The daily business briefing: December 2, 2022
Business Briefing Senate passes bill to avert rail strike, Supreme Court says it will hear arguments on Biden's blocked student-loan relief plan, and more
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The daily business briefing: December 1, 2022
Business Briefing Jerome Powell says Fed could soon slow interest-rate hikes, House passes bill to prevent devastating rail strike, and more
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Former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin dies at 96
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The daily business briefing: November 30, 2022
Business Briefing Congressional leaders say they will intervene to prevent a devastating rail strike, holiday shoppers set records over Thanksgiving weekend, and more
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The daily business briefing: November 29, 2022
Business Briefing Biden urges Congress to help prevent rail strike, BlockFi files for bankruptcy in FTX fallout, and more
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The daily business briefing: November 28, 2022
Business Briefing Cyber Monday kicks holiday shopping season into high gear, protests spread against China's COVID restrictions, and more
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Black Friday sales launch holiday season as shoppers squeezed by inflation
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The daily business briefing: November 25, 2022
Business Briefing Musk announces 'amnesty' for most banned Twitter accounts, Black Friday sales launch holiday shopping season as inflation looms, and more
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The daily business briefing: November 23, 2022
Business Briefing Disney shares surge as Iger returns as CEO, Thanksgiving travel returns to near pre-pandemic levels, and more
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The daily business briefing: November 22, 2022
Business Briefing New York regulators approve the state's first recreational marijuana retailers, union members reject proposed rail contract, and more
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The daily business briefing: November 21, 2022
Business Briefing Bob Iger returns as Disney CEO, Elon Musk is reportedly considering more Twitter layoffs, and more
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The daily business briefing: November 18, 2022
Business Briefing Hundreds of Twitter employees leave after Musk's ultimatum, Ticketmaster cancels ticket sales for Taylor Swift's tour, and more
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The daily business briefing: November 17, 2022
Business Briefing Russia agrees to extend deal to allow Ukraine grain exports, Musk gives Twitter employees ultimatum, and more
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The daily business briefing: November 16, 2022
Business Briefing G-20 says Russia's invasion of Ukraine has worsened global economic problems, producer-price increases slowed in October, and more
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The daily business briefing: November 15, 2022
Business Briefing Amazon plans to cut 10,000 employees, Google agrees to record $391.5 million privacy settlement, and more
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