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  • Aug 22, 2018

    When data is throttled, it could mean life or death

    Firefighters noticed their communications were slow when the Mendocino Complex fire broke out. Was the difficulty in connecting due to the repeal of net neutrality rules, or just a matter of the wrong data plan? Verizon responded by suggesting an upgrade, and later apologized. Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 

  • Aug 22, 2018

    The downsides of low interest rates

    President Donald Trump has long favored low interest rates, which are typically a boon for real estate developers. And he has criticized the Federal Reserve and the chairman he appointed, Jerome Powell, for pursuing a policy of gradual rate hikes initiated under former Fed Chair Janet Yellen. But maintaining a loose monetary policy could be […]

  • Aug 22, 2018

    Maersk is sending a container ship through the Arctic. Here’s why.

    The container ship 'Caroline Maersk' is docked at the specialized container terminal in Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacan state, Mexico, on April 4, 2017.
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    Next month, Danish shipping company Maersk will launch the first container ship on an Arctic Ocean route. The 3,600-container ice vessel will travel from Vladivostok in eastern Russia all the way to St. Petersburg in the west using the Northern Sea Route. That’s a shipping lane running across Russia’s northern coast. Click the audio player […]

  • Aug 22, 2018

    With auto tariffs on the horizon, a warning from U.S. carmakers

    Ford Mustangs are assembled at a plant in Flat Rock, Michigan, in 2004.
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    "I am cautiously pessimistic" about trade in this economy, a member of the motor vehicle supplier industry says.

  • Aug 22, 2018

    Life’s good in the sector tariffs were intended to protect

    A worker trims a newly cast steel slab at the NLMK Indiana steel mill in March in Portage, Indiana. 
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    A steel producer stands behind Trump's decision to implement tariffs.

  • Aug 21, 2018

    Can looser regulations save the coal industry from market forces?

    A truck dumps coal at a coal prep plant outside the city of Welch in rural West Virginia on May 19, 2017.
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    The Environmental Protection Agency released details today of its plan to replace the Obama-era rules governing carbon emissions from power plants. The EPA’s proposals differ radically from the old Clean Power Plan. They give a lot of concessions to the coal industry. President Donald Trump has long promised to end what he calls the “war […]

  • Aug 21, 2018

    Classic sitcoms still making money after all these years

    Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in “I Love Lucy” in 1956. The show still has earning power.
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    TV oldies like “I Love Lucy” and “Bewitched” have managed to hold on to devoted superfans more than 50 years after they aired. There’s a vibrant market for memorabilia.

  • Aug 21, 2018

    Regina King on the challenges of moving behind the camera

    Regina King says that in a lot of ways, “I do feel like I'm just getting started.” Above, she speaks at a Netflix event in Beverly Hills, California, in May.
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    The actor-director discusses Netflix, her latest role and the responsibilities of creating your own show.

  • Aug 21, 2018

    It’s opening day for public hearings on the next round of tariffs

    President Donald Trump, seated in the Oval Office on Jan. 23, prepares to sign Section 201 actions to impose tariffs as U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer looks on.
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    Over 350 witnesses are slated to testify at the U.S. Trade Representative’s office on Trump’s proposal to tax another $200 billion worth of Chinese imports.

  • Aug 21, 2018

    What is a stock’s target price?

    A video board shows the Dow Jones closing above 20,000 for the first time at the New York Stock Exchange January 25, 2017 in New York. 
    BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP/Getty Images

    Really, it’s just an informed guess about how high or low a stock will go.