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Business

Some Colleges Offer Quotes of Competitors’ Prices. Be Wary.

Schools may try to guess other campuses you’re considering and provide a list of their prices. They may not be…

Business

Funeral Homes Don’t Have to List Prices Online. That May Change.

The federal rule that requires funeral homes to list their prices didn’t envision the internet. Now, regulators are weighing an…

Business

Double-Digit Price Increases Bolster Profits at Procter & Gamble

The consumer goods company raised prices 10 percent across its brands for a second straight quarter and said its profit…

Business

Falling Lithium Prices Are Making Electric Cars More Affordable

Lithium, the common ingredient in almost all electric-car batteries, has become so precious that it is often called white gold.…

Business

The Week in Business: Microsoft’s Big Bet on A.I.

Credit...Giacomo BagnaraWhat’s Up? (Feb. 5-11) An A.I. Arms Race Microsoft’s often-overlooked search engine, Bing, is mounting a comeback with ChatGPT,…

Travel

Fact-Checking Biden’s State of the Union Address

The president’s speech contained no outright falsehoods, but at times omitted crucial context or exaggerated the facts.

World

Stagflation or Soft Landing? It Depends Who You Ask.

Let me start with a picture, which will help frame the debate I’m about to describe. Here’s official consumer price…

World

The Fierce Debate Over Managing Oil Prices

During President Barack Obama’s eight years in office, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve shrank by about nine million barrels. Under President…

Business

A Key Measure of Wages Showed Moderation at the End of 2022

The Employment Cost Index, which Federal Reserve officials watch closely as a gauge of pay trends, is picking up more…

Business

N.Y.S.E. Glitch Leads to Wild Swings in Share Prices

Prices eventually returned to normal levels, but the turmoil left some traders uncertain of whether their orders were placed.

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