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Why 2023 has been the year of strikes and labor movements
The Explainer From Hollywood to auto factories, workers are taking to the picket lines
By Justin Klawans Published
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Amazon, the 'everything store,' goes to court
Feature Does the retail and tech giant actually have a monopoly or is that argument a bit of a stretch?
By The Week Staff Published
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Declining wages for new grads
Feature And more of the week's best financial insight
By The Week Staff Published
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The daily business briefing: October 6, 2023
Business Briefing Exxon Mobil is close to deal to buy shale-driller Pioneer, the SEC sues Musk for testimony on Twitter stock purchase, and more
By Harold Maass Published
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The daily business briefing: October 5, 2023
Business Briefing Kaiser Permanente workers walk out, opening arguments launch Sam Bankman-Fried's trial, and more
By Harold Maass Published
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The advent of the AI iPhone: does new tech show promise or peril?
Talking Point Apple design guru Jony Ive and OpenAI founder Sam Altman believed to be in talks to create new device
By The Week Staff Published
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Paris has an Olympic-size bedbug problem
Under The Radar The insects are invading the city with less than a year to go until it hosts the Summer Olympics
By Justin Klawans Published
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Pharmacy workers are swapping pills for picket signs
Under The Radar Why drugstore and health care employees across the country have been striking
By Justin Klawans Published
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The daily business briefing: October 4, 2023
Business Briefing Interest rates hit 16-year high, US job openings rise unexpectedly, and more
By Harold Maass Published
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The daily business briefing: October 3, 2023
Business Briefing Tesla sales slip despite price cuts, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella testifies in Google antitrust trial, and more
By Harold Maass Published
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The daily business briefing: October 2, 2023
Business Briefing Late-night talk shows return after writers end strike, student loan payments resume, and more
By Harold Maass Published
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Withdrawing benefits: 'war on work shy' or 'matter of fairness'?
Talking Point Jeremy Hunt to boost minimum wage while cracking down on claimants who refuse to look for work
By The Week Staff Published
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A surge in surge pricing
Feature And more of the week's best financial insight
By The Week Staff Published
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Rupert Murdoch steps aside at the empire he built
Feature The last of the old-style 'press barons' has retired. What is he leaving behind?
By The Week Staff Published
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