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  • Paying for college today with tomorrow’s income
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    Markets stabilize after a panic over a potential recession. Demonstrators in Hong Kong take their non-violent protests to the ATM. A new bill would help students pay for college with future earnings.

  • An image from "American Factory," a new documentary from Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert.
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    The yield curves normalize. Filmmakers capture the tensions between Chinese and American workers at an Ohio factory. 

  • Clients of Chinese state-owned commercial banking company Bank of China seen withdrawing cash from an ATM in Hong Kong in May. (Photo by Miguel Candela/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

    A protester in Hong Kong explains why he’s taking part. One entrepreneur makes high-end wears from thrown away fast-fashion garments. 

  • Aug 15, 2019

    Hiring with class

    Hiring with class
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    Walmart helps stocks rebound. So-called “pre-recession” indicators might actually just be par for the course. How you might be exuding your class background to potential employers.

  • This photo taken on August 14, 2019 shows employees working on a medical glove production line at a factory in Huaibei in China's eastern Anhui province.
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    Trade tensions and inverted bond yields send global financial markets into a frenzy. The rush to avoid Chinese tariffs in these uncertain times can be costly.

  • The US (L) and Chinese flags are displayed outside a hotel in Beijing on May 14, 2019. (Photo by Greg Baker / AFP)        (Photo credit should read GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images)

    Global shares extend declines after China vows retaliation of U.S. tariffs. India’s prime minister says Kashmir will play an important role in national development. But what does that mean in practice?

  • Tariffs versus Goliath
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    Uncertainty in Germany, China and bond yields could be signaling troubles ahead. CBS and Viacom come together once again. How has the trade war affected Chinese retail giant Alibaba?

  • The California Compassionate Care Network (CCCN) marijuana dispensary's grow operation is one of the stops on the cannabis tour organized by L.A.-based Green Tours, January 24, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.
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    OPEC gets nervous about crude prices. Mortgages surpass pre-recession levels. Legal cannabis isn’t turning out to be as lucrative as entrepreneurs first thought.

  • An employee works in the cockpit of a Mercedes Benz A Class on the assembly line at the Daimler AG factory in Rastatt, southwestern Germany, on February 4, 2019.  (Photo credit THOMAS KIENZLE/AFP/Getty Images)

    Germany’s economy contracted in the second quarter. Finland offers flexible working arrangements by law. 

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