Ryu Spaeth
Ryu Spaeth is deputy editor at TheWeek.com. Follow him on Twitter.
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Groupon fires CEO Andrew Mason: Can a new leader turn the company around?
feature The former darling of Silicon Valley has floundered since going public
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Toyota's $1 billion settlement: Has the automaker buried its recall problems?
feature The Japanese company is seeking to restore its reputation for quality and safety
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Starbucks' fiscal-cliff fail: The coffee chain's inane call for bipartisanship
feature The company's CEO calls for the words "Come Together" to be scrawled on cups in the Washington, D.C., area in the name of fiscal responsibility
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Why is a 'Google delegation' visiting North Korea?
feature The mysterious trip has been criticized by the U.S. State Department, Sen. John McCain, and more
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Has Bank of America finally turned the corner on the housing crisis?
feature The mega-bank shells out billions of dollars to free itself from mortgage-related suits
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The gall: AIG considers suing the government for its bailout
feature Some shareholders are bitter that they lost money over the deal
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Can HBO Go compete with Netflix?
feature The premiere cable channel locks up a 10-year deal with Universal Pictures
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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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Avis buys Zipcar: A match made in heaven?
feature The deal has plenty of upsides, though some analysts warn it's the beginning of the end for Zipcar
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Why 2012 was a good year for the stock market
feature The Dow posted its fourth straight year of gains, Apple continued its tear, and more from the year in trading
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December jobs report: 155,000 new jobs, unemployment stays at 7.8 percent
feature The employment picture continues to improve, but Congress' budget battles remain a source of concern
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The auto industry's stellar 2012
feature U.S. car sales were at their highest level in five years
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Should Obama nominate Paul Krugman as Treasury secretary?
feature Supporters of the idea say the outspoken liberal would knock some sense into the mandarin class
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The government's plan to get out of General Motors: Too soon?
The Explainer A new plan to sell GM shares will likely cost taxpayers billions of dollars
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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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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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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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You can now smoke weed in Washington, D.C.
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Rosetta Project scientist apologizes for wearing shirt featuring busty, semi-naked women
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Ray Rice suspension lifted
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