Work
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Business
‘You Have to Work Extra to Hire People’: What Companies Have Been Saying About Jobs
As companies reported their latest quarterly earnings in recent weeks, hiring, wages and head counts were popular topics as analysts…
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Business
The Recovery Left Nevada Behind. Can the State Change Its Luck?
Pedro Alvarez never imagined his high school job delivering filet mignon and sautéed lobster tail to rooms at the Tropicana…
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Science
Enslaved African Americans in Maryland Linked to 42,000 Living Relatives
The analysis marks the first time historical DNA has been used to trace the descendants and distant cousins of enslaved…
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Business
We’re in the Era of the ‘Top Gun’ C.E.O.
Work is war — or it can feel that way to certain executives. To meet the moment, they’re getting in…
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Business
Tech Firms Once Powered New York’s Economy. Now They’re Scaling Back.
For much of the last two decades, including during the pandemic, technology companies were a bright spot in New York’s…
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News
Was the Rolled-Up Painting in the Dog Walker’s Closet Worth Millions?
The dog walker thought so. Sotheby’s planned the auction — at first.
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News
With Hollywood on Strike, a Bright Spot in New York’s Economy Goes Dark
Tens of thousands of behind-the-scenes workers, in solidarity with striking actors and writers, are bracing for what could be a…
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News
Is This the End of the Red Carpet?
The actor’s strike could have far-reaching implications for how we watch and consume fashion.
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World
What Do You Call a German Siesta? An Answer to the Europe Heat, Some Say.
The siesta, a sacred afternoon break in Spain, was once mocked as lazy. But now, countries like Germany, which were…
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World
Roald Dahl Museum Calls Author’s Racism ‘Undeniable and Indelible’
A museum in England devoted to the best-selling children’s author, who died in 1990, condemned his antisemitic views.