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At Amazon, Some Coders Say Their Jobs Have Begun to Resemble Warehouse Work

Since at least the industrial revolution, workers have worried that machines would replace them. But when technology transformed auto-making, meatpacking.

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Hong Kong’s Famous Bamboo Scaffolding Hangs On (for Now)

As a truckload of bamboo poles pulled into a narrow street, Daisy Pak stubbed out a cigarette, pulled a safety.

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Business

Can More Military Spending Revive an Economy? This British Town Hopes So.

On a wet Wednesday morning in April, Ashley Holroyd had a steady but slow stream of customers into his coffee.

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Jobs

Laid Off? This Newsletter Doubles as a Support Group.

Steve Jaffe was laid off for the first time in 2001. But that wasn’t the last time for Mr. Jaffe,.

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Business

Newark Airport Is Experiencing Major Flight Delays. What’s Causing Them?

Flying into or out of Newark Liberty International Airport has brought plenty of misery in the last week, with cancellations,.

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Business

Stock Market on Track to Erases Losses From Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ Tariff Rollout

Stocks on Friday erased losses suffered in the days after President Trump’s chaotic rollout of tariffs in early April, bolstered.

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Business

Solid Jobs Report Reinforces Fed’s Patient Approach to Interest Rate Cuts

A solid labor market has for months given the Federal Reserve comfort that it could hold off on interest rate.

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Business

Penske Shakes Up Leadership of South by Southwest

Penske Media, the large publishing and events company, has quietly shaken up some of the top leadership of South by.

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Business

New Data Provide a Pre-Tariff Snapshot of a Stable but Slowing Labor Market

The labor market remained sound in March, with job openings declining but layoffs remaining near record lows, while rates of.

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Jobs

Betty Jean Hall, Who Fought for Coal-Mining Jobs for Women, Dies at 78

Betty Jean Hall, a fiery lawyer from the coal fields of eastern Kentucky who brought successful complaints against big coal.

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