Sabri Ben-Achour

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How much do government shutdowns really cost?

Sep 27, 2019
Many indirect costs are not counted in official estimates.
Protesters hold signs during a protest rally by government workers and concerned citizens against the government shutdown on Friday, Jan. 11, 2019 at Post Office Square near the Federal building, headquarters for the EPA and IRS in Boston. The rally was organized by The American Federation of Government Employees. New England has 516 EPA employees that is now down to a staff of 22.
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Juul replaces its CEO and tries to make nice with the FDA

Sep 25, 2019
The company also said it would stop advertising in the U.S. and won't lobby the Food and Drug Administration on flavored e-cigarette regulation.
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Child poverty may worsen under new "public charge" rule

Sep 10, 2019
Experts say proposed changes to public charge rules could have a chilling effect on enrollment in Medicaid and SNAP, negatively impacting the children of immigrants, many of whom are U.S. citizens.
 California attorney General Xavier Becerra looks at a poster that is displayed during a news conference with California Gov. Gavin Newsom at the California State Capitol on August 16, 2019 in Sacramento, California.
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Hiring slows, most of all in industries hit by tariffs

Sep 3, 2019
We check in on President Trump's claims that tariffs on Chinese goods mean more U.S. jobs.
A job seeker looks at a job listing board.
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Vice President Pence heads to the U.K.

Sep 3, 2019
One of the key talking points during the trip will be trade relations after Brexit.
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Fact-checking the EPA's claim that oil & gas companies have an incentive to catch leaking methane

Aug 30, 2019
EPA justifies its rollback of methane emission regulations for the oil and gas industry.
The Hess Gas Plant in Tioga, North Dakota, as seen in 2013.
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Trump's "Christmas gift" to consumers and businesses: Walking back tariff threats

Aug 13, 2019
Video games won't be any more expensive for the holidays. Vanadium chloride, however, will.
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with leaders of the steel industry at the White House in 2018 in Washington, DC., where he announced some of the first tariffs in what would become the trade war with China.
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Hong Kong's future is uncertain, its economy strained

Aug 12, 2019
Protesters swarm its airport, canceling most flights to one of the busiest hubs in the world.
Protesters occupy the arrival hall of the Hong Kong International Airport during a demonstration Monday.
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Who's planting? Who's not? Who wants to know?

Aug 12, 2019
Getting a grasp on acreage planted by farmers was harder this year because of bad weather.
A farmer walks through his soy fields in 2018, in Harvard, Illinois.
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Kraft Heinz loses millions in "goodwill." What does that mean?

Aug 8, 2019
In the corporate sense, “goodwill” is a certain je ne sais quoi — those hard-to-pin down assets above and beyond what is more easily identifiable.
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