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Robert Galbraith / Reuters How Interest-Rate Hikes Actually Work
And why this time really could be different than in 2006, the last time the Fed raised interest rates
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USAG- Humphreys/Flickr Education Isn't the Problem—Inequality Is
The American school system today is an offshoot of an increasingly class-driven society.
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AP/The Atlantic The Bloody History of Money, From Ancient Rome to ISIS
Finance was linked to violence thousands of years before the Islamic State proposed its own currency.
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Federal Reserve How the Dollar Went From a Simple Banknote to the World's Currency
For starters, it never hurts to be backed by nearly all the world's gold.
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Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters Is Switzerland About to Revert Back to a Gold Standard?
That may seem nutty, but it's a real possibility that voters will decide on later this month.
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Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters Why Does Spain Have the World's Highest Concentration of Elevators?
Compared with other Europeans, Spaniards are way more likely to live in apartment buildings, thanks in part to the autocratic regime of Francisco Franco.
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Jim Young/Reuters What the Family Dollar Merger Says About American Capitalism
The store's deal with Dollar Tree is a boon to executives, but it will probably hurt employees.
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AP The Spectacular Decline of Checks
Checks once accounted for 86 percent of all non-cash payments, but in recent years they've fallen out of favor.
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Reuters Coffee Is Too Expensive for Starbucks Right Now
Prices are up roughly 90 percent for Arabica beans, thanks to a drought in the world's biggest supplier, Brazil.
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Is the Job Market Finally Perking Up?
The warm spring weather seems to be breathing a little life back into the economy.
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Martin Acosta / Reuters The Countries Where Kids Are Terrified of Math
A new study shows Tunisian teenagers are the world's most anxious regarding the subject.
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Samsul Said/Reuters The Countries Where Men Do the Most Housework
Slovenian and Danish men lead the pack; Indian men, not so much.
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Reuters Kids 'R' Us Might Be Doomed
How did things get so bad for the largest standalone toy-store chain in the world?
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Reuters Americans Are Now Taking On More Debt Than At Any Time Since 2008
The great deleveraging might, just might, be over.
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Turkey Is Full of Workaholics and Canada Has Too Many Rooms
How's life in rich countries these days? A new study offers some fascinating clues.
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Reuters A New Tax Might Cost Mexicoke Its Signature Sugar
The Mexican soft drink's use of sugar, rather than corn syrup, has given it cult status among some American Coca-Cola purists, but a new levy may prompt the company to change its recipe.
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Susan Walsh/AP Photo Study: Charters Pose a Financial Threat to Already-Struggling School Districts
Traditional public schools in Philadelphia and Detroit have faced revenue shortages and credit-rating reductions as students move to charters, according to a new Moody's report.
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Reuters The Most Well-Known Fact About U.S. Debt Is Wrong
America has defaulted before. Blame Hamilton.
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Phil McCarten/Reuters Cal Tech Is the Best University in the World (by One Ranking, at Least)
United States schools dominate the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
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Reuters 19 Charts That Will Restore Your Faith in the World Economy
The U.S. jobs market is getting more normal! The euro-zone recession is over! The Japanese economy is alive! And more...
