Articles filed under Economy
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What you do on the Internet is worth a lot. Exactly how much, nobody knows.Oct 20, 2019 6:18 am - The Internet may be composed of zeros and ones, but U.S. officials are struggling to quantify the value of digital activities and integrate those numbers into public pol...
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Free or discounted care is available at some hospitals. But they don't make it easy.Oct 20, 2019 6:00 am - When Ashley Pintos went to the emergency room of St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma, Washington, with a sharp pain in her abdomen and no insurance, a representative dem...
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A prenup is the latest must-have for tech startup founders in loveOct 19, 2019 6:00 am - The young woman in Monica Mazzei's San Francisco law office was adamant: She wanted a prenuptial agreement. Never mind that the client had barely anything to her name. W...
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Boris Johnson gets EU Brexit deal; next hurdle is ParliamentOct 17, 2019 1:00 am - BRUSSELS - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's career of disdain for the European Union was a thing of the past on Thursday as he and the bloc's leaders celebrated th...
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These are the 20 richest people in the automotive industryOct 13, 2019 6:22 am - Siblings Susanne Klatten and Stefan Quandt own almost half of Bayerische Motoren Werke AG. The billionaires are descendants of Guenther Quandt, who built a German indust...
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October is the new April for accountants after tax law confusionOct 13, 2019 6:20 am - For Americans who couldn't figure out how to pay their taxes in April after Republicans overhauled the tax code, there is a new day of dread for accountants: Oct. 15. Th...
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Analysis: GE pension freeze shows workers need better way to saveOct 13, 2019 6:10 am - Pensions are chronically underfunded. Defined-contribution plans like 401(k)s are needlessly complicated and expensive, and many Americans can't afford to put away even ...
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Startups with female founders raise more venture cashOct 13, 2019 6:00 am - Startups with at least one female founder raised 21% more in venture capital funding than companies with all male teams, according to a study released Thursday by the Ka...
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Parents, teens: Wake up to the truth about 'dream schools'Oct 13, 2019 6:00 am - The college admissions scandal — which recently led to a 14-day prison sentence for actress Felicity Huffman — exposed a group of wealthy parents' obsession with getting...
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An economic crisis in your teens can alter your behavior for life, economists findOct 06, 2019 6:10 am - The line wasn't supposed to dip downward like that. Americans' transit behavior changes slowly, if at all. But in chart after chart, economist Christopher Severen notice...