Latest articles by Ryu Spaeth
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How lazy are French workers, really?
feature A U.S. industrialist accuses the French of slacking on the job, sparking a furor
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Fox News' plummeting ratings: Why the network is struggling
feature The conservative news outlet is suffering its worst ratings in 12 years
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Why is McDonald's pressuring its stores to remain open on Christmas?
feature The fast food chain isn't exactly embracing the yuletide spirit
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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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Why Apple is investing $100 million in U.S. manufacturing
The Explainer "We do have a responsibility to create jobs," says CEO Tim Cook
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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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Can HBO Go compete with Netflix?
feature The premiere cable channel locks up a 10-year deal with Universal Pictures
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The Connecticut school massacre: Are investors backing away from the gun business?
feature Cerberus, a private equity firm, is selling the company that makes the Bushmaster rifle used in the shooting
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Did Boeing's 787 Dreamliner get a green light because of lowered safety standards?
feature Reuters reports that the Japanese government eased safety regulations in 2008 to help fast-track the rollout of Boeing's signature plane
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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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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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Dell goes private in $24 billion deal: Smart move?
feature The struggling computer maker hopes to rebuild in the age of the smartphone
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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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Why are gas prices spiking?
feature Cheap fuel is usually one of winter's few bright spots. Not this year
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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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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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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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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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Ron Paul: GOP-controlled Senate means 'boots on the ground' in Iraq, Syria
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