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[Reuters] Goldman Sachs readies biggest layoffs since the financial crisis

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[CNBC] Bulk carrier ship Glory grounded in Suez Canal, says shipping agency

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[NYT] Crypto Lender BlockFi Files for Bankruptcy as FTX Fallout Spreads

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[VICE] FTX Owes Money to More Than a Million People, Court Filing Suggests

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[Reuters] Crypto needs oversight to avoid harming Americans, White House says

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[Reuters] Keurig Dr Pepper CEO resigns after code of conduct violation

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[The Guardian] Colorado gig drivers make an average of just $5.49 an hour, study finds

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[CNBC] Twitter to begin layoffs Friday, days after Elon Musk's $44 billion takeover

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[CNBC] Private payrolls rose 239,000 in October, better than expected, while wages increased 7.7%, ADP says

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[Business Insider] A major student-loan company just undermined the GOP-led lawsuit that temporarily halted Biden's debt cancellation

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[CNN] GM pauses advertising on Twitter after Elon Musk takeover

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[CNN] Elon Musk has taken control of Twitter and fired its top executives

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[CNBC] Meta shares plunge 23% on downgrades, missed earnings and big spending on metaverse

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[Google News] Mortgage bankers forecast rates to drop to 5.4% in 2023. Here's what that means for home prices.

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[WSJ] Tesla Cuts Prices in China as Costs Fall, Competition Heats Up

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[CNBC] China reports third-quarter GDP grew by 3.9%, beating expectations

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[The Guardian] Trump Organization to face criminal tax fraud charges in New York court on Monday

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[Yahoo Finance] Effort to Reverse SEC Rejection of Bitcoin ETF Wins Broad Crypto, TradFi Support

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[CNBC] Jeff Bezos is the latest to warn on the economy, saying it's time to 'batten down the hatches'

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[The Guardian] Biden implores US oil companies to pass on record profits to consumers

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[AP] UK inflation accelerates to 40-year high as food prices rise

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[The Guardian] Louisiana pastor admits stealing $900,000 from church and congregants

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[Reuters] Hyundai Motor is considering selling its Russia plant - media report

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4 months

[CNBC] Netflix crushes expectations across the board, adds 2.41 million subscribers

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[CNBC] Goldman CEO David Solomon says there's a good chance of a recession and so it's time to be cautious

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[NBC] MacKenzie Scott donates record-breaking $84.5 million to Girl Scouts

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[CBS] Student loan forgiveness application website is now live

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[LA Times] Think food inflation is bad now? Wait till Kroger and Albertsons merge

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[Reuters] Russia fines Amazon over banned content for first time

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[Huffington Post] Film Star Anna May Wong Will Be First Asian American To Appear On U.S. Currency

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[CNBC] Kanye West is buying conservative social media platform Parler, company says

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4 months

[CBS] Exxon fully withdraws from Russia after Putin seizes assets

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[Reuters] More U.S. companies charging employees for job training if they quit

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[NY Times] China Delays Indefinitely the Release of G.D.P. and Other Economic Statistics

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[The Guardian] UK homes cancel streaming services to reduce spending

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4 months

[CBS] Stimulus checks: 10 million people are still eligible for payments — but have 1 month to claim them

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[CBS] Social Security is set to announce biggest benefit hike since 1981.

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[AP] California expands largest US illegal pot eradication effort

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4 months

[CNBC] Wholesale prices rose 0.4% in September, more than expected as inflation persists

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[Yahoo Finance] The stock market's 'nightmare' chart is already a reality

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[BBC] Recession risk rises as economy unexpectedly shrinks

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[Reuters] Elon Musk sells $1 million worth of new perfume, 'Burnt Hair'

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[CNBC] Demand for riskier home loans is high as interest rates soar

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[LA Times] Dodger Stadium concession workers get $10-per-hour raise as part of new contract

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[NY Times] Biden Proposal Could Lead to Employee Status for Gig Workers

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[CNBC] Nissan takes $687 million loss as it sells Russian business for 1 euro

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4 months

[CNN] Israel and Lebanon reach historic agreement, paving the way to potentially rich gas exploration | CNN

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[LA Times] California repeatedly warned about spiking gas prices, fragile supply. But fixes never came

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[Reuters] Chinese chip makers' shares slump after U.S. publishes new export rules

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[FOX] After OPEC oil cut, Washington Post claims Biden’s foreign policy with Saudi Arabia has ‘failed’ ‘badly’

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[CNBC] Evaluating when and how this bear market may end

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[CBS] Remote jobs have tripled during the pandemic—these are the top 10 companies hiring for them

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[Reuters] Tesla's China-made sales hit record following Shanghai factory upgrade

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[The Guardian] Amazon to up electric fleet by thousands across UK and continent

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