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Sabri Ben-Achour

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Welcome back, net neutrality

Apr 26, 2024
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One thing we can all agree on? Housing is too expensive

Apr 26, 2024
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What's up with the weak GDP growth?

Apr 25, 2024
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EPA aims to quash coal emissions once and for all

Apr 25, 2024
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Manufacturing comes out of its own private recession

Apr 24, 2024
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Millions of Americans could get a pay bump

Apr 24, 2024
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Raising rates is not completely off the table

Apr 19, 2024
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The great bitcoin halving

Apr 19, 2024
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Most workers now entitled to unpaid time for pregnancy care

Apr 18, 2024
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Reflections on Baltimore's bridge collapse from the workers who built it

Apr 18, 2024
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The ruble recovers, at least on paper

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Apr 5, 2022
At one point, a ruble was worth a fraction of a penny. Demand for energy exports has helped, but Russia's economy is still in recession.
The ruble has bounced back from its sanctions-induced fall, but even with a stable currency, the Russian economy faces recession.
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Could the U.S. have weakened its financial clout by using it to sanction Russia?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Apr 4, 2022
Probably not, but Russia and China are likely to keep looking for ways to avoid U.S.-controlled financial infrastructure.
The U.S. has a lot of leverage in the global financial system — at least for now.
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For Ukrainian refugee, free bus trips, SIM cards and places to live, courtesy the Polish people

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Mar 29, 2022
75-year-old Alla Mikhno fled to a small town in Poland, where people are using their own resources to make refugees feel at home.
Alla Mikhno, above, found refuge in Kanczuga, Poland, in the home of her granddaughter's college friend.
Courtesy Mikhno
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The war in Ukraine could make stealing catalytic converters more lucrative for thieves

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Mar 22, 2022
They're valuable in part because the palladium inside is expensive. And Russia provides much of the world's palladium.
"You can get anywhere from $60 to $100 in recycling a catalytic converter, but you end up costing the victim thousands of dollars in repairs," says Avo Bagramyan of Automotive in Los Angeles.
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What would happen if Russia defaults on its debt?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Mar 15, 2022
"The long-term implications are severe," one expert says, and can scare away foreign investors.
Russia's economic isolationism may largely insulate global markets should Russia default on its debts.
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Who are the Russian oligarchs being sanctioned, and how did they get so rich?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Mar 10, 2022
Their fates and fortunes are tied closely to Vladimir Putin's.
After Vladimir Putin became president, he helped fund the wealth of Russian oligarchs with state money. In return, oligarchs provided him money and loyalty.
Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images
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Russia is trying to prop up the ruble ... but it's not working

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Mar 2, 2022
The ruble is a free-floating currency whose value tracks supply and demand. But sanctions have demolished demand and wrecked the market.
A currency exchange office in St. Petersburg, Russia. People are trying to unload their rubles as the value of the currency plummets.
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How private equity is changing the rental market

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Jarrett Dang
Mar 2, 2022
Heather Vogell of ProPublica finds short term-oriented corporate investors are increasingly becoming apartment landlords.
"I think what we're seeing is that these companies are acting in ways that are problematic for tenants to meet their investment goals," said ProPublica reporter Heather Vogell.
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Cybersecurity to take center stage as conflict continues in Ukraine

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Rose Conlon
Feb 24, 2022
Ukraine had encountered cyberattacks to its infrastructure in the weeks leading up to the invasion.
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Economists say Trump’s China trade policy is harming U.S. Why is it so hard for Biden to change course?

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Rose Conlon
Feb 22, 2022
“It’s hard to do anything that doesn't end up hurting us more than it hurts them," says New York Times columnist Paul Krugman.
“It’s hard to do anything that doesn't end up hurting us more than it hurts them," says The New York Times' Paul Krugman.
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