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A live-action Pac-Man movie is in the works. We have questions.
The announcement of a live-action Pac-Man movie gave us a lot to chew on.
Ethiopia’s War Ended. Now There’s Hunger and Strife
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed battled rebels for more than 16 months before declaring a truce in March 2022, staving off a challenge to his authority. But the conflict has pushed millions o...
What Britain Is Targeting in a Post-Brexit City
Back in the 1980s, London’s “Big Bang” revolutionized stock trading and put the City at the forefront of international financial markets. Following Britain’s departure from the European U...
Over New York, London and Hong Kong? Time to Move On
The world’s financial centers are in danger of becoming passe, as workers opt for a better life post-pandemic.
Solving America’s race problem one byte at a time
How did a girl from D.C. and Prince George's Public Schools became an engineer from the University of Maryland, a public policy expert from Harvard and a big-data scientist from UCLA?
Apartments in mixed-use development in College Park begin leasing
TOWN SQUARE | Rents range from $2,180 for a one-bedroom, one-bathroom unit to $3,845 for a three-bedroom, two-bathroom unit.
She listed ‘sex work’ on LinkedIn. Here’s what happened next.
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Single-family houses in quaint King George, Va.
BUYING NEW | Base prices for the Eden View houses range from $433,900 to $585,900.
The War in Ukraine Is Speeding Europe’s Pivot to Renewables
Mothballed coal-fired power stations are cranking back to life in Europe as utilities try to keep the lights on after Russia choked off supplies of natural gas. Even before Vladimir Putin’s inv...
Pro-Trump brand is fined by FTC for incorrect ‘Made in the USA’ labels
Lions Not Sheep, a clothing brand that uses far-right references, was fined by the Federal Trade Commission for falsely marketing its products as American-made.
Hodlnaut becomes the latest crypto lender to block withdrawals
The Singapore-based company says it’s working on a long-term solution, which “will not be a short process.”
Poor installation of trim boards will cause wood rot later
ASK THE BUILDER | Why didn’t this remodeler use treated lumber for the trim boards, as he surely knows they’ll soak up water over time and rot in a few years?
A new era of industrial policy kicks off with signing of the Chips Act
The legislation provides $52 billion in subsidies to companies building chip factories in the United States.
A Radical Plan to Curb the Lure of the UK Buyout
The UK’s daunting public-company governance rules may explain why more companies are going private. The regime merits an overhaul.
Soaring rent prices have advocates calling on White House to intervene
A coalition of tenant unions, community organizations and legal groups are calling on the Biden administration to launch a full-government response to lower rent inflation.
House can view Trump’s tax records, appeals court rules
Trump has argued that the request for his tax records is politically motivated.
Make room, bellhops: Robots and AI may soon predict what guests want
Rosewood Hotel Group CEO Sonia Cheng says the company is working on tech advances to personalize guest stays, predicting their wants and needs and help make employees’ jobs easier.
Understanding Monkeypox and How Outbreaks Spread
The global eradication of smallpox more than 40 years ago was one of the greatest achievements in public-health history, vanquishing a cause of death, blindness and disfigurement that had plagued...
How the covid economy triggered soaring costs at this dream home
Many of the forces shaping the covid economy, from supply chain snarls to worker shortages and skyrocketing prices, which have put millions of Americans and companies on edge over the past two ye...
Be wary of firm seeking to protect your home’s title. It could be a scam.
REAL ESTATE MATTERS | Be vigilant when you assess offers of title protection, since many may themselves be scams.
U.S. bars Americans from using crypto service Tornado Cash
The service, Tornado Cash, is a crypto "mixer" that allowed hackers and others to launder more than $7 billion since 2019.
Cash-rich Pfizer snaps up Global Blood Therapeutics for $5.4 billion
The pharmaceutical giant, which has been on a buying spree, gains one of the few FDA-approved treatments for sickle cell disease with the all-cash deal.
Crypto finds a bright spot in a stormy summer: Congress
After being caught by surprise last year with a tax provision it wasn't expecting, the crypto industry increased its lobbying spending and campaign contributions and now has found friends in Cong...
A challenge for antiabortion states: Doctors reluctant to work there
Recruiters say OB/GYNs are turning down offers, a warning for conservative-dominated states already experiencing shortages.
Pick your economy: Booming labor market or fizzling growth
Only eight days separated the two government reports, yet they seemed to describe entirely different realities. The first showed a weak economy and the second reflected a juggernaut that was mint...
Democrats’ $80 billion wager: A bigger IRS will be a better IRS
Modernizing the tax collector is a key to the party’s climate change and health care bill, but the agency has many problems after years of underfunding
Your free credit scores don’t tell the whole story
Equifax said a coding error resulted in a credit score shift of 25 points or more for thousands of consumers.
Your free credit scores don’t tell the whole story
Equifax said a coding error resulted in a credit score shift of 25 points or more for thousands of consumers.
Lobbyists are rushing to influence the Democrats’ spending bill
Businesses and advocates are buying ads and calling lawmakers as the Senate moves toward considering climate, health-care and tax legislation
Data reveals what really defines the American South
Using host descriptions of rentals, we created a database that links culture to geography and used it to create a definitive map of the American South.
Amazon hoovers up Roomba-maker iRobot in $1.7 billion all-cash deal
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HBO Max and Discovery Plus to merge into single streaming service
Warner Bros. Discovery has laid out its plans for the highly competitive streaming market as it aims to hit 130 million paying subscribers by 2025.
Employers added 528,000 jobs in July, shattering expectations
The labor market has been a pillar of strength for an economy dealing with surging inflation.
Crypto ‘bridge’ Nomad offers 10 percent bounty in $190 million hack
More than $20 million has been recovered since the “free-for-all” hack, the seventh major breach involving a crypto bridge this year.
These experts don’t think we are in a recession and neither do I
Despite the new GDP numbers, inflation and gas prices, we are still not experiencing the widespread economic decline that would signal a recession