Latest articles by Ryu Spaeth
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Should Office Depot merge with OfficeMax?
feature The two companies are considering joining forces in the face of an existential threat from Amazon
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Today in business: 5 things you need to know
feature The U.S. trade deficit falls, Boeing's Dreamliner problems worsen, and more in our roundup of the business stories that are making news and driving opinion
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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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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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Could the Dow really reach 36,000?
feature The stock market's surge is being greeted by at least one outlandish prediction
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Should Microsoft buy a stake in Dell?
feature A deal could be a hardware-software match made in heaven
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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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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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Was the AIG bailout a success?
The Explainer The government made a tidy profit of $22.7 billion. But a celebration may be a tall order
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Diet Pepsi's new recipe: Will fans taste the difference?
feature The second-place soda giant is in the midst of a brand overhaul
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How Japan's 'flammable ice' breakthrough could revolutionize the energy industry
feature The country may have found the successor to fracking
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Comcast buys the rest of NBC: Did General Electric get robbed?
feature Some analysts say G.E. should have held out for more money
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Why are gas prices spiking?
feature Cheap fuel is usually one of winter's few bright spots. Not this year
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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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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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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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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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You can now smoke weed in Washington, D.C.
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North Korea calls for U.N. probe into U.S. 'torture crimes'
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Pope Francis helped broker Cuba deal between President Obama and Raul Castro
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