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Pork Industry Grapples With Whiplash of Shifting Regulations

These were supposed to be boom times for Pederson’s Natural Farms.In the days this spring after the Supreme Court upheld a California law banning the sale of certain pork products […]
















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Farmers Insurance Retreat From Florida Signals Crisis With No Easy Fix

Insurers are trapped in a riddle: In a world where the risk of costly disasters is rising but high premiums are squeezing policyholders and angering state regulators, how can they […]




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Hollywood Actors’ Strike Looms as SAG-AFTRA Says Contract Talks Collapse

Like the striking writers, leaders of SAG-AFTRA, the actors’ union, have described their labor dispute in stark terms, calling the present moment “existential” for their members.And like the writers, they […]







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Has ‘Gig Work’ Become a Dirty Word?

When more than 11,000 film and television writers in the Writers Guild of America union went on strike this month, they called out deteriorating working conditions, criticized unfair pay and […]




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California Economy Is on Edge After Tech Layoffs and Studio Cutbacks

California has often been at the country’s economic forefront. Now, as fears of a national recession continue to nag, the state is hoping not to lead the way there.While the […]