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Numbers that count2Two major central banks — the Bank of Japan and the People’s Bank of China — were the only ones not to raise interest rates this year, as inflation threatened...

Google workers in Switzerland sent a letter this month to the company’s vice president of human resources, outlining their worries that a new employee evaluation system could be used to cull the...

WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department on Tuesday set broad rules for a new tax on stock repurchases that had been created under a law signed by President Biden earlier this year, largely...

It took until late 2010 for people between the ages of 55 and 69 to recover to their late-2007 wealth levels, according to Fed data. This time, an early-2020 hit had been...

Southwest Airlines canceled thousands of flights on Tuesday and Wednesday, as the company struggled to recover from a deadly winter storm that has left holiday travelers stranded around the country. The disruption...

“It comes down to the structure of Southwest’s network and its exposure to hard hit areas like Chicago and Denver,” he said.No single region or airport bore the brunt of the cancellations....

THIS SOUTH PHILLY NATIVE IS MAKING A NAME FOR HERSELF BUT IT STARTED OUT WITH ROUGH BEGINNINGS. “Have you ever wanted to become something great and you were willing to work day...

As the self-appointed standard-bearer for the crypto industry at large, Mr. Bankman-Fried was working to diversify the economy of an island that has long looked to expand beyond tourism, and that was...

More than 15 years ago, when the Nord Stream gas pipeline between Russia and Germany was little more than an idea, a Swedish government study warned of the risks inherent in running...

A widely circulated WeChat article speculated that the shortage of fever medications reflected the government’s lack of preparation for loosening control. And if the government had shown the same political will that...