A consumer watchdog agency sued Texas pawn shop operator FirstCash Inc. on Friday, alleging the company and a subsidiary gouged military families by charging annual interest rates as high as 200% on …
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Paul O'Donnell, The Dallas Morning News (TNS)
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11/15/21
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An unprecedented number of Americans quit their jobs in September, highlighting how persistent churn is undercutting employers’ efforts to fill a near-record level of vacancies.
A record 4.4 …
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Molly Smith, Bloomberg News (TNS)
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11/14/21
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Consider the plight of Xu Yaping’s flimsy swords and knockoff Barbies.
Exported from the International Trade City here, a wholesale market the size of 1,000 football …
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David Pierson, Alice Su, Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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11/12/21
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A new survey captures in excruciating detail the ordeal faced by first-time homebuyers across the country as they deal with housing shortages.
Whether it’s missing days of work, spending …
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Amber Randall, South Florida Sun Sentinel (TNS)
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11/11/21
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Uber Technologies Inc. was sued by the Biden administration for charging a “wait-time” fee to passengers with disabilities and allegedly refusing their refund requests, making them feel …
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Malathi Nayak and Jackie Davalos, Bloomberg News (TNS)
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11/10/21
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Home prices can’t keep going up forever. Can they?
During the COVID-19 contagion, Americans proved willing to pay a premium for homes — so much so that home prices shattered all …
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Jeff Ostrowski, Bankrate.com (TNS)
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11/9/21
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President Joe Biden’s requirement for employees at companies with more than 100 workers to get COVID-19 vaccinations or regular testing is on solid legal ground, presidential …
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Tony Czuczka, Bloomberg News (TNS)
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11/7/21
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Elon Musk’s social media followers have spoken: The Tesla Inc. chief should sell 10% of his stake in the electric carmaker. A majority of 3.5 million Twitter users said they’d support …
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Ryan Beene and Dana Hull, Bloomberg News (TNS)
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11/7/21
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Texas Republicans on Saturday claimed an early victory after a U.S. federal appeals court temporarily blocked the Biden administration from mandating that companies with more than 100 employees …
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By Kailyn Rhone, The Texas Tribune
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11/6/21
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It took 16 years, a local election and a global pandemic for Jonathan Holtfreter to secure his right to teach tuba in peace.
The retired music teacher, a resident of Ann Arbor, Michigan, had for …
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Caitlin Dewey, Stateline.org (TNS)
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11/3/21
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg took paternity leave and, while he nested, the critics feasted.
“Loser” and “a little weird”" were among the more printable …
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Mary Biekert, Bloomberg News (TNS)
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11/1/21
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President Joe Biden took several steps to address supply-chain problems as he met leaders from major global economies, including the European Union, to address recent disruptions.
He issued an …
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Tony Capaccio and Justin Sink, Bloomberg News (TNS)
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11/1/21
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American Airlines has canceled nearly 700 flights so far Sunday, adding to more than 1,000 already called off as the airline struggled to recover from slowed operations caused by …
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Kyle Arnold, The Dallas Morning News (TNS)
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10/31/21
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Not content to wait for Congress to pass a big infrastructure spending bill, Gavin Newsom and Pete Buttigieg moved on Thursday to inject $5 billion in loan money to help modernize California’s …
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Russ Mitchell, Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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10/29/21
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Amazon’s profit in the third quarter of this year fell by nearly 50% compared with the same period in 2020, to $3.2 billion, driven by higher wage and shipping costs as well as a massive …
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Katherine Anne Long, The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/29/21
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As more workplaces initiate a vaccine mandate policy for employees, nearly 5% of unvaccinated workers have decided to quit their jobs in protest, a new survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation …
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Brandon Sapienza, New York Daily News (TNS)
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10/29/21
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U.S. economic growth slowed more than expected in the third quarter to the softest pace of the pandemic recovery period as snarled supply chains and a surge in COVID-19 cases throttled spending and …
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Reade Pickert, Bloomberg News (TNS)
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10/28/21
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Mark Zuckerberg missed the mark for many social media users. Online commenters mocked Zuckerberg on Thursday after the billionaire announced his overarching Facebook company has been rebranded as …
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Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News (TNS)
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10/28/21
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In a move that signals the company's growing focus on augmented and virtual reality projects, Facebook — which owns the photo sharing app Instagram, the virtual reality company Oculus and the …
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Brian Contreras, Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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10/28/21
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Facebook Inc. is re-christening itself Meta, decoupling its corporate identity from the eponymous social network mired in toxic content, and highlighting a shift to an emerging computing platform …
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Naomi Nix and Kurt Wagner, Bloomberg News (TNS)
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10/28/21
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