How Has the Economy Affected You? We Want to Know.

The Times’s economics team is looking for reader input on what you’re going through financially and what you see in your community. Source link

From Unicorns to Zombies: Tech Start-Ups Run Out of Time and Money

WeWork raised more than $11 billion in funding as a private company. Olive AI, a health care start-up, gathered $852 million. Convoy, a freight start-up, raised $900 million. And Veev,…

U.S. Job Openings Dropped in October

The News: Job openings fell considerably in October, hitting the lowest level since March 2021, the Labor Department announced on Tuesday. There were 8.7 million job openings in October, down…

Why Doctors and Pharmacists Are in Revolt

Dr. John Wust does not come off as a labor agitator. A longtime obstetrician-gynecologist from Louisiana with a penchant for bow ties, Dr. Wust spent the first 15 years of…

At COP28, More Than 20 Nations Pledge to Triple Nuclear Capacity

The United States and 21 other countries pledged on Saturday at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai to triple nuclear energy capacity by 2050, saying the revival of nuclear…

Jerome Powell Says It’s Too Soon to Guess When Rates Will Drop

The Federal Reserve chair said officials could still raise rates “if” that becomes necessary, and that it’s too soon to guess when they will ease. Source link

More States Now Require Financial Literacy Classes in High Schools

A flurry of states now require financial literacy classes for high school students, covering topics like budgeting, saving and managing debt. Just seven states — Alabama, Iowa, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee,…

Climate Protesters Get in Fed’s Face as Policy Clash Grows Louder

A video of security officers wrestling a protester to the floor in the lobby of the Jackson Lake Lodge in Wyoming, outside the Federal Reserve’s most closely watched annual conference,…

Why It Costs $6 to Clean This Shirt in New York City

The humble cotton button-down helps power New York City, through its presence in practically every office in town. But few people understand the shirt’s transformation from dirty to clean, which…

The Fed’s Preferred Inflation Measure Eased in October

A closely watched measure of inflation showed continued signs of fading in October, encouraging news for the Federal Reserve as officials try to gauge whether they need to take further…