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Sabri Ben-Achour

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Introducing the Crypto Mom

Jan 23, 2025
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Up, up and away

Jan 23, 2025
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How help is getting to the victims of the LA wildfires

Jan 14, 2025
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Caregiving responsibilities weigh on the "sandwich generation"

Jan 14, 2025
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A conversation on risk, insurance and reinsurance

Jan 13, 2025
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Tallying the toll of an ongoing disaster

Jan 13, 2025
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A quantum leap for computers

Dec 25, 2024
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How Trump's immigration policies could affect the economy in the year ahead

Dec 25, 2024
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Why the government is suing Walmart

Dec 24, 2024
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The fate of U.S. Steel sits on the president's desk

Dec 24, 2024
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As Congress struggles with tech legislation, states aim to regulate online privacy

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Kimberly Adams and Alex Schroeder
Jan 24, 2025
"It’s a slow drum beat of states starting to consider ways to protect citizens’ rights," said Albany Law School professor Ray Brescia.
"It’s a slow drum beat of states starting to consider ways to protect citizens’ rights," said Albany Law School professor Ray Brescia.
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Trump's Second Term

What a world without Chevron deference looks like in the Trump era

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Kimberly Adams and Erika Soderstrom
Jan 24, 2025
Some conservatives view the Supreme Court ruling overturning Chevron deference and the Trump administration's light approach to regulation as a positive combination.
Many of President Donald Trump's executive orders will face challenges in court, including over how much power federal agencies have to carry out Trump’s plans.
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Trump's Second Term

Why tariffs could mean expensive trouble for the U.S. auto industry

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jan 21, 2025
Even cars assembled in the U.S. often include parts from Mexico and Canada, on whose goods President Trump has promised to impose 25% tariffs.
"A third of the engines that are put in our gas cars cross one of the borders," said auto industry expert James Rubenstein.
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What’s behind the global rise in bond yields?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jan 20, 2025
In the U.S., it's partly due to expectations of a stronger, more inflationary future economy with bigger budget deficits.
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Why economic growth among developing countries is slowing

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Alex Schroeder
Jan 17, 2025
Over the first 10 years of the 21st century, developing economies were growing at historically fast rates. That has since changed.
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Los Angeles Wildfires

Unhoused Angelenos face limited support amid LA fires

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Erika Soderstrom
Jan 15, 2025
"Twin challenges" arise as Los Angeles continues to face massive wildfire destruction in a tight housing market.
"In Los Angeles, only 30% of folks experiencing homelessness are in shelters," said Alex Visotzky at the National Alliance to End Homelessness. Above, an unhoused man sits next to his belongings as a home burns in the background in the Palisades Fire.
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The number of "sandwich generation" caregivers is growing

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Chris Farrell and Alex Schroeder
Jan 14, 2025
The term refers to adults caring for both older parents and children — which takes a toll on mental, physical and financial health.
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White House plans new limits on exports of AI tech, vexing industry

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jan 9, 2025
China is said to be a key target of rules motivated by national security. The tech industry calls it overreach.
President Biden shows off a semiconductor wafer during a tour of an Intel factory in Arizona. He's expected to tighten rules around sales of chips that power artificial intelligence.
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Term premium: The payoff for investing in longer-term bonds

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jan 8, 2025
Higher yields compensate for the higher risk of investing for 10 or 30 years, when it's hard to predict how that future economy might look.
The term premium is the higher payout investors usually get from longer-term Treasury debt. Right now, investors are paying a lot of attention to it.
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Dockworker negotiations resume, with automation a thorny issue

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jan 7, 2025
Longshoremen and employers have a Jan. 15 deadline to avoid another possible strike. Workers fear automation will take their jobs.
Dockworkers on the picket line at the Port of Baltimore in October. Contract negotiations paused for several months and resumed Tuesday.
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