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What's new about the new NAFTA

By Sabri Ben-Achour

December 01, 2018

(L to R) Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, US President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leave after delivering a statement on the signing of a new free trade agreement in Buenos Aires, on November 30, 2018, on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders' Summit. — MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP/Getty Images

Signed but not yet delivered: The new NAFTA isn't very different from the old one.

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Cookbooks are still going strong

By Ashley Milne-Tyte

November 26, 2018

Matt Sartwell, managing partner at New York City bookshop Kitchen Arts & Letters. — Ashley Milne-Tyte/Marketplace

For a lot of people, a physical cookbook is a way to escape a screen – and make some memories.

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At some Bronx public schools, 1 in 5 students are homeless

By Julia Simon

November 20, 2018

Social worker Carol Graham and Principal Danielle Keane at PS/MS 5 in the Bronx. With more than 700 kids from preschool through 8th grade, more than 150 are in temporary housing. — (Julia Simon/Marketplace

NYC schools plan to spend $28 million on personnel, services for homeless students.

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How two New York bodegas explain a glut of shopfronts for rent

By Janet Babin

November 16, 2018

American Deli Market in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn recently closed after about 20 years in business. — Janet Babin/Marketplace

One couldn't afford rent in a hip neighborhood; the other survives on pricey specialties.

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What will Amazon HQ2 mean for rents in Long Island City?

By Marielle Segarra

November 13, 2018

A view of the waterfront of Long Island City in the Queens borough of New York, along the East River. — DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images

Residents fear the area will become unaffordable.

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Amazon's HQ2 may be “the best thing that didn't happen”

By Erika Beras

November 13, 2018

What cities learn from competing can be a win.

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Amazon splits HQ between New York and northern Virginia

By Associated Press

November 13, 2018

A visitor checks in at the Amazon corporate headquarters in Seattle, Washington. On Oct. 2, 2018, Amazon announced U.S. workers would receive a minimum of $15 per hour. — David Ryder/Getty Images

The decision ends intense competition between North American cities to win Amazon and its promise of 50,000 new jobs.

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Courts play growing role in fight over climate change

By Janet Babin

October 25, 2018

An Exxon gas station in Burbank, California. — David McNew/Getty Images

New York has sued Exxon, alleging it defrauded investors by misrepresenting the costs of climate change regulations.

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