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Electric Vehicle Tax Credit Survives, but G.M. and Tesla Aren’t Cheering
The manufacturers complain that they will soon be at a disadvantage — once they hit a sales mark that leaves their buyers without the benefit of a tax credit.
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How Car Companies Decide You’ll Ride a Mustang or Catch a Tiguan
Newly minted models include the Atlas, the Stinger, the Urus and the Velar. So how do car companies settle on a name? It’s an art mixed with science.
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CreditDavid Paul Morris/Bloomberg Dropbox Is Said to Be Planning to Go Public This Year
The online storage company, one of Silicon Valley’s closely watched “unicorns,” has filed confidentially to stage an initial public offering.
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CreditLisk Feng What’s $27 Billion to Wall Street? An Alarming Drop in Revenue
Investment banks used to mint money from trading bonds, currencies and the like. But that business is in decline, a trend that is reshaping Wall Street.
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CreditRoger Kisby for The New York Times Walmart, Citing Tax Cuts, Will Raise Starting Wages and Expand Benefits
The nation’s largest employer said on Thursday that it would increase its minimum hourly wage to $11 from $9, expand parental leave benefits and give some workers a $1,000 bonus.
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CreditMichael Nagle for The New York Times The Numbers Behind Walmart’s Pay Raise: DealBook Briefing
The retailer’s move to improve the salaries and benefits for its workers is taking place amid a competitive hiring environment — and the new tax law.
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CreditEvan McGlinn for The New York Times States Push Back After Net Neutrality Repeal
At least six, including California, New York and Washington, are considering bills to restore protections that the F.C.C. ended, but political and legal obstacles may stand in the way.
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CreditMark Schiefelbein/Associated Press Marriott to China: We Do Not Support Separatists
The hotel chain apologizes after a poorly worded customer survey prompts a political backlash and an investigation by Chinese officials.
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CreditRoger Kisby for The New York Times CES 2018: What the Gadget Fest Looks Like in ‘the Year of A.I.’
Thousands of electronics enthusiasts flooded the trade show to see the latest devices, but the darling of the event was the artificial intelligence software that helps these products run.
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CreditFabio Lovino/TriStar Pictures Purge of Kevin Spacey Gives ‘All the Money in the World’ a Pay Problem
Mark Wahlberg received $1.5 million for reshoots of the kidnapping drama after it cut out the disgraced Spacey. Michelle Williams got just a small per diem.
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CreditJason Lee/Reuters Investors Spooked at Specter of Central Banks Halting Bond-Buying Spree
The most immediate fear: A sharp falloff in bond prices would rattle equity markets that are now trading at record highs.
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CreditRicky Haldis/Wise Owl Multimedia Wielding Data, Women Force a Reckoning Over Bias in the Economics Field
Longstanding complaints about the barriers women face in the economics profession are beginning to resonate within the male-dominated field.
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CreditRichard Perry/The New York Times ‘Media Men’ List Creator Outs Herself, Fearing She Would Be Named
Word went out that an article would identify a creator of a list of media industry men accused of sexual harassment. Women urged writers to push back.
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Wall St. Rises With Oil Prices, Earnings Optimism
Wall Street closed at record highs on Thursday as rising oil prices lifted energy stocks and investors bet on a strong U.S. corporate earnings season.
