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News Articles: Business

Then-President Donald Trump holds up <em>The Wall Street Journal </em>as he speaks at the White House on April 19, 2020.

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  • Media

Veteran news editor expects Trump 'to go after the press in every conceivable way'

Former Washington Post executive editor Marty Baron says he thinks Trump is "salivating for the opportunity to prosecute and imprison journalists." New Yorker editor David Remnick agrees.

November 20, 2024
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By:
  • Terry Gross
A Tom's of Maine sign is seen at the manufacturing plant in Sanford, Maine, on March 28, 2006.

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  • Health

The FDA says it found bacteria and a 'mold-like' substance at a Tom's of Maine plant

The agency is requiring Tom's to submit several documents, including assessments and remediation plans for its operations, contamination hazards, testing methods and more.

November 20, 2024
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Jay Graber is the CEO of Bluesky, a social media site that originally started as a side project of Twitter.

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  • Technology

Traffic on Bluesky, an X competitor, is up 500% since the election. How will it handle the surge?

Unlike other social media sites, Bluesky allows users to create their own algorithm. The site does not have ads, nor harvest data for artificial intelligence training. But it is still very small, and it does not make money.

November 20, 2024
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Howard Lutnick, Chairman and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, speaks at a rally for president-elect Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden in New York on Oct. 27, 2024.

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  • Politics

Trump picks Wall Street investor Howard Lutnick as Commerce Secretary

President-elect Trump picked Lutnick, the CEO of investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald, to be his next Commerce Secretary.

November 19, 2024
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By:
  • Maria Aspan and
  • Scott Horsley
SpaceX's Starship sits at its Boca Chica launch pad. The launch is set to happen on November 19.

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  • Space

Development of Elon Musk's rocket to Mars will likely take off under Trump

Regulators have slowed the pace of Starship launches over environmental concerns, but that may be about to change.

November 19, 2024
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  • Geoff Brumfiel
Pete Hegseth, seen here on Dec. 31, 2021, paid a woman to settle her accusation of sexual assault against him, his lawyer says.

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  • Politics

Defense pick Peter Hegseth paid accuser to protect his career, his lawyer confirms

The now-former Fox News host reached a settlement to resolve an accusation against him, but a recently released memo brought the issue back into the public eye.

November 19, 2024
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Illustration depicting Chinese laborers clearing snow on the Pacific Railroad in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Dated 19th century.

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  • National

America's first major immigration crackdown and the making and breaking of the West

Chinese immigrants sacrificed to create America's first transcontinental railroad. Its completion may have contributed to a backlash that led to the first major immigration clampdown in U.S. history.

November 19, 2024
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  • Greg Rosalsky
SpaceX and Amazon are among the companies that have filed lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Board.

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  • Business

Accused of violating worker rights, SpaceX and Amazon go after labor board

SpaceX and Amazon are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the National Labor Relations Board unconstitutional. The federal agency is tasked with enforcing workers' right to organize.

November 18, 2024
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  • Andrea Hsu
The FCC's Brendan Carr testifies during a House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee oversight hearing in March 2022. President-elect Trump has promised to bring the semi-autonomous agency under more direct White House control.

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  • Politics

Trump taps FCC's Brendan Carr to lead the agency

Carr was seen as a pretty conventional Republican with a pro-corporate outlook for most of his career. More recently, he has embraced Trumpian themes about social media, tech and television companies.

November 18, 2024
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  • David Folkenflik
Federal health officials say the current E. coli outbreak is linked to organic whole bagged carrots and baby carrots sold by Grimmway Farms.

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  • Food

E. coli outbreak linked to organic carrots sickens people in 18 states

Grimmway Farms recalled an array of its organic whole and baby carrots over concerns of an E. coli outbreak. Recalled carrots were sold at retailers such as Walmart, Whole Foods and Trader Joe's.

November 17, 2024
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  • Juliana Kim
Publisher and president Andrew Morse says the <em>Atlanta Journal Constitution </em>can surmount tough industry headwinds by capturing readers throughout Georgia and the South. "Instead of reading story after story about the futility of this," Morse asks, "why don't we grasp onto notions of, 'How do we build for the future?'"

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  • Media

Local news is in crisis. This paper has a $150 million plan

Nearly two years ago, the owners of Atlanta's leading newspaper hired former CNN executive Andrew Morse to reverse its steep decline. He's laid out a grand vision.

November 17, 2024
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
Laura Helmuth poses for a portrait in May 2017.

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  • National

'Scientific American' editor resigns after comments about Trump supporters went viral

Laura Helmuth announced her resignation from the long-running magazine after her statements on election night regarding Trump sparked outrage among conservatives.

November 17, 2024
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By:
  • Alana Wise
The entrance to the Labor Department is seen near the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, May 7, 2020.

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  • Law

Judge blocks Biden administration's rule to expand overtime pay for millions

A federal judge in Texas has blocked a new rule from the Biden administration that would have expanded access to overtime pay to millions more salaried workers across the U.S.

November 15, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Rescue workers, left, remove a body from a reformed mineshaft where illegal miners are inside in Stilfontein, South Africa on Thursday.

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  • World

South Africa's government won't help the illegal miners inside a closed mine

Miners are believed to be suffering from a lack of food, water and other basic necessities after police closed off the entrances used to transport supplies.

November 15, 2024
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  • The Associated Press

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  • Investigations

Are debt collectors calling you about a zombie 2nd mortgage?

Old loans that homeowners thought were long dead have been rising from the grave as debt buyers move to collect. Some are allegedly breaking the law. If this is happening to you, tell us your story.

November 14, 2024
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  • Chris Arnold
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