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G.M. Workers in Canada Go on Strike

Evan Harrington

Nearly 4,300 Canadian autoworkers have gone on strike against General Motors, leaving the automaker facing work stoppages in two North American countries.Workers walked off the job at midnight on Tuesday…

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Fragile Global Economy Faces New Crisis in Israel-Gaza War

Evan Harrington

The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday that the pace of the global economic recovery is slowing, a warning that came as a new war in the Middle East threatened…

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Yellen May Face Questions in Morocco Over U.S. Dysfunction

Evan Harrington

As Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen arrives in Morocco this week to meet with her international counterparts, she will be representing a nation that has led the world’s post-pandemic economic…

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Hollywood Writers Ratify New Contract With Studios

Evan Harrington

Hollywood film and TV writers voted overwhelmingly to approve a new three-year contract with the major entertainment studios, the Writers Guild of America said on Monday, formally bringing to a…

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Claudia Goldin Wins Nobel in Economics for Studying Women in the Work Force

Evan Harrington

The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded on Monday to Claudia Goldin, a Harvard professor, for advancing the world’s understanding of women’s progress in the work force.She is…

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Oil Prices Jump on Fighting in Israel and Gaza

Evan Harrington

After a surge this summer when oil prices approached $100 a barrel, the cost of crude was tumbling again. Now a Middle East war has sent it right back up.Traders…