Economy
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American, United, Southwest scale back schedules as fuel shock reshapes flying
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Wells Fargo raises prime rate to 7.00% effective Thursday
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Goldman Sachs upgrades Sunbelt Rentals stock rating to buy on strong results
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Timken at Morgan Stanley Laguna conference: margin plan in focus
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Verisk analytics CFO Elizabeth Mann sells $73,964 in stock
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After-Hours Movers: GNRC, FLNC, LEN
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Trump says US interest rates should be 1% or lower
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The MLB and its Dominican pipeline is selling false promises and shady contracts to children as young as 11
Baseball is just as much a Dominican sport as it is an American one. For generations, the MLB has relied on the small island country for a steady stream of young talent. Now, a new investigation by ProPublica may explain why: boys barely old enough to swing a bat are reportedly being promised multimillion-dollar deals.…
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Japan has a problematic age gap: 100,000-plus residents are over 100 and the pension system is buckling
For the first time in its history, Japan has more than 100,000 people over the age of 100—and nearly 90% of them are women. The surge of centenarians is straining the country’s resources and making the male/female ratio at senior home mixers impossibly unbalanced. To put the official total of 107,677 into context, that’s enough 100-year-olds to…