3+ week, 10+ hour ago   (621+ words) With U.S. debt hitting $40 trillion, markets are turning more attention to that burden and whether policymakers will address the root causes or just the symptoms. The Treasury Department’s interventions in the bond and currency markets in recent weeks point to the…...

3+ week, 13+ hour ago   (799+ words) A lip-licking alligator, a smiling moose and a hat-wearing bear are among the many cartoon animals to have found themselves in the crosshairs of Buc-ee’s, the popular Texas convenience store chain that has a penchant for protecting its buck-toothed beaver....

3+ week, 14+ hour ago   (1026+ words) College administrators read an adjunct professor’s comments to students on personal essays. Managers told a pharmacist to spend less time with patients after tracking the number and length of her appointments. Scanners on a warehouse conveyor belt monitored the pace…...

3+ week, 20+ hour ago   (800+ words) A lip-licking alligator, a smiling moose and a hat-wearing bear are among the many cartoon animals to have found themselves in the crosshairs of Buc-ee’s, the popular Texas convenience store chain that has a penchant for protecting its buck-toothed beaver....

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1516+ words) The voice message was desperate. Left on the phone of a Polish woman in 2022, it was from her older brother, Sylwester Suszek, the founder of Eastern and Central Europe’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange. He had disappeared two weeks earlier from the…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (503+ words) Crown Royal whisky, goose down jackets, ice-hockey equipment and a long list of other Canadian goods could become much more expensive for American consumers. An array of imports are subject to new 50 percent tariffsSaturday after U.S.-Canada trade talks collapsed. Negotiators…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (591+ words) America’s largest trade association of cattle producers says President Donald Trump’s plan to lower beef prices is political theater. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, which represents more than 175,000 cattle producers and feeders, said on Friday that the strategy would do…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (532+ words) The U.S. federal debt has hit $40 trillion. Add the debt owed by U.S. states, corporations and consumers and the figure rises to about $77 trillion in debt, set against an annual G.D.P. of about $32 trillion. The interest on all of it is compounding constantly....

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (531+ words) Shots of Fireball could soon get pricier. The Trump administration’s threatened 50% tariffs on some popular Canadian goods went into effect Saturday morning after trade talks with its northern ally fell apart the night before. President Donald Trump first announced the…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (691+ words) The discounts, promotions and offers you receive from businesses from Starbucks to Kroger to Target to Home Depot are all too often targeted calculations about what to charge you, built from data including your location, browsing history and social media…...