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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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Labor Department Proposes Vast Expansion of Overtime Eligibility

In a move that could affect millions of workers, the Biden administration announced Wednesday that it was proposing to substantially increase the cutoff below which most salaried workers automatically receive […]







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China’s Property Crisis Is Rippling Through the Economy

Once a beneficiary of China’s property boom, Lan Mingqiang is now an unwitting casualty of its unraveling.The financial troubles at one real estate company, Country Garden, have left him unable […]




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Tech Chiefs to Gather in Washington Next Month on A.I. Regulations

The NewsSenator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York, plans to kick off a series of listening sessions next month on the regulation of artificial intelligence with Elon Musk of Tesla, […]




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Hawaiian Electric Was Warned of System Fragility Before Maui Wildfire

Hawaiian Electric has known for years that extreme weather was becoming a bigger danger, but the company did little to strengthen its equipment and failed to adopt emergency plans used […]




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Country Garden: Why Its Financial Crisis Poses a Risk to China

Country Garden, a Chinese real estate giant, has lost billions of dollars and racked up $200 billion in unpaid bills. It’s on the hook to deliver, by one estimate, nearly […]




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San Francisco Officials Hesitant to Expand Driverless Car Services

Over the past year or so, a jarring sight has become common in San Francisco: driverless cars buzzing around the city’s streets with no one at the wheel and an […]




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Amazon to Meet Regulators as U.S. Considers Possible Antitrust Suit

Amazon is scheduled to meet with members of the Federal Trade Commission next week to discuss an antitrust lawsuit that the agency may be preparing to file to challenge the […]




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An Internet Veteran’s Guide to Not Being Scared of Technology

How could they protect themselves from A.I.?That was the question that Mike Masnick found himself fielding this summer in a WhatsApp chat with about 100 directors, actors and screenwriters. The […]