Latest articles by Ryu Spaeth
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Is Boeing's 787 Dreamliner in trouble?
feature The future of aircraft has run into some ominous problems
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Should fast-food workers be able to unionize?
The Explainer Workers in New York City walk off the job at some of the country's biggest chains, demanding a living wage
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Is it time to get rid of the $1 bill?
feature Government officials say switching to $1 coins would save taxpayers $4.4 billion
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Would the U.S. ever hire a foreigner to head the Federal Reserve?
The Explainer Britain has tapped a Canadian — and one of the financial world's brightest lights — to lead the Bank of England. Perhaps the U.S. should recruit from abroad, too
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Is this the most ridiculous job posting ever?
feature If you like the internet, weekends, or holidays, this position may not be for you
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The kerfuffle over Instagram's new user terms: Overblown?
feature Facebook, Foursquare, and Twitter have similar agreements
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Today in business: 5 things you need to know
feature UBS will pay $1.5 billion for rate-rigging, the government eyes a GM exit, and more in our roundup of the business stories that are making news and driving opinion
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Citigroup sheds 11,000 jobs: What's next for the mega-bank?
feature The purge could be the first step in a more dramatic overhaul
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The Fed's historic bid to lower the jobless rate
The Explainer The central bank just made a massive commitment to rejuvenating the labor market. Congress, on the other hand, is essentially MIA
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How the high corporate tax rate pushes U.S. companies to stash their cash overseas
The Explainer General Electric, Whirlpool, and other mega-companies are sitting on gigantic piles of money. And they're storing those piles in other countries
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Roger Ailes asked David Petraeus to run for president: What it says about Fox News
The Explainer Just imagine the furor that would erupt if the head of another news organization was caught recruiting presidential candidates
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Can Jeff Zucker turn CNN around?
The Explainer The former head of NBC Universal has been tapped to lead the original cable news network, which has fallen behind MSNBC and Fox News in primetime
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The New York Times' latest cutbacks: Proof its digital strategy is failing?
feature The Grey Lady is shedding more newsroom employees, the latest evidence that the paper is still struggling to find its feet in the digital era
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The Wii U sells out in its first week: Evidence of a Nintendo comeback?
feature The latest console from the videogame pioneer is flying off the shelves. But are the kids really still into Mario and Zelda?
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2014 was the best year for American jobs since 1999
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France's far right is glibly exploiting the Charlie Hebdo attacks
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Feds to recommend felony charges against David Petraeus
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Narcissistic, broke, and 7 other ways to describe the Millennial generation [Updated]
feature This new generation of adults — portrayed most recently in HBO's Girls — has proved quite difficult to define, but not for lack of trying
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The utter travesty of the new Monopoly cat token
feature The internet predictably chose the most popular thing on the internet to replace the unfairly maligned iron
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Is this ancient Roman ring the inspiration for The Lord of the Rings?
feature J.R.R. Tolkien supposedly did research on the artifact before publishing his epic fantasy
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The viral email from the most disappointed father on earth
The Explainer "It is obvious," a British father writes his grown children, "that none of you has the faintest notion of the bitter disappointment each of you has in your own way dished out to us"
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You can now smoke weed in Washington, D.C.
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Poll: Led Zeppelin's 'Whole Lotta Love' greatest guitar riff of all time
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China working on supersonic submarine that could travel from Shanghai to San Francisco in '100 minutes'
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