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Carlo Allegri / Reuters Hurricanes Irma and Harvey Spur the First Employment Decline in 7 Years
The U.S. labor market lost 33,000 jobs in September.
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Aaron Bernstein / Reuters One Year After Its Fake-Accounts Scandal, Wells Fargo Isn't 'A Better Bank'
When the Senate Banking Committee summoned the company's CEO to describe its progress, there wasn't much to report.
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Ricardo Arduengo / AFP / Getty The Next Challenge for Puerto Rico’s Recovery
The island will likely get the short-term help it needs. But that will do little to help its ongoing fiscal crisis.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Steven Mnuchin's Defense of Trump's Tax Plan
The Treasury secretary makes more-muted promises than his boss, but agrees that the White House’s latest proposal will yield “enormous” progress.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters Equifax's CEO Steps Down After Huge Breach
Richard Smith is leaving the company in the wake of a hack that exposed 143 million Americans to potential identity theft.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters The Unfulfilled Promise of Black Capitalism
In her new book, the law professor Mehrsa Baradaran argues that economic self-sufficiency can only go so far without government backing.
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Cliff Owen / AP The Hurricane Effect
The Federal Reserve announced that it will hold rates steady while the economic consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria continue to unfold.
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Gary Cameron / Reuters In Less Than a Year, the Federal Reserve Could Look Dramatically Different
With the opportunity to fill more than half of the board’s seats, President Trump could substantially alter the course of monetary policy.
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Henry Romero / Reuters The Uncertainties of Being Asked to Work During a Hurricane
As some people evacuate for Irma, they wonder if leaving town might cost them their jobs.
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Matt Cardy / Getty A Cybersecurity Breach at Equifax Left Pretty Much Everyone's Financial Data Vulnerable
For Americans who want to protect their personal information, there is no way, in our current system, to do so.
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Reed Saxon / AP The Best Business Reads of August
The month’s most interesting stories about money and economics from around the web
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Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / Getty When Should Companies Dump White Supremacist Customers?
Payment processors and web-hosting companies have been forced to reckon with the sometimes significant roles they play in hate groups' existence.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Is Being a White Supremacist Grounds for Firing?
Americans are pressuring employers to prove that hate speech has real consequences.
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Eric Thayer / Reuters The Best Business Reads of July
The month’s most interesting stories about money and economics from around the web
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters Wells Fargo Owes Customers Millions After Overcharging on Auto Insurance
The bank estimates that more than 500,000 customers were affected.
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Rick Bloom / The Atlantic Emerson Collective Acquires Majority Stake in The Atlantic
Investor and philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs will share ownership of the magazine with David Bradley.
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What Is Dodd-Frank and Why Does Trump Want to Repeal It?
The president claims regulations are hurting economic growth. The data shows otherwise.
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Rafael Marchante / Reuters The Best Business Reads of June
The month’s most interesting stories about money and economics from around the web
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Aaron Bernstein / Reuters Can Capitalism Reinvent Itself?
Senator Mark Warner says that the current economy isn’t working for many workers—and now is the time to fix it.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Budget-Reform Idea That Won’t Die
The Simpson-Bowles plan has been rejected at every turn. Why is it resurfacing now?
