U.S. job openings fall as demand for workers weakens
WASHINGTON — America’s employers posted fewer job openings in July than they had the previous month, a sign that hiring could cool in the coming…
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Nordstrom family offers to take department store private for $3.76 billion with Mexican retail group
NEW YORK — Members of the Nordstrom family with the help of a Mexican retail group are offering to take the century-old department store private…
She made ‘very demure’ go viral. Now she wants to trademark its use
NEW YORK — “Very demure, very mindful” has become the latest vocabulary defining the internet’s summer. And TikTok creator Jools Lebron is now working to…
Even dollar store chains are seeing a pullback by customers as higher prices squeeze the vulnerable
Dollar Tree is slashing its full-year earnings and sales forecasts as its customers continue to struggle with higher prices and spend less. Shares tumbled more…
JD Vance’s Catholicism helped shape his views. So did this little-known group of Catholic thinkers
By his own account, Ohio Sen. JD Vance’s 2019 conversion to Catholicism provided a spiritual fulfillment he couldn’t find in his Yale education or career…
Raise taxes on the rich or cut them? Harris, Trump differ on how to boost the U.S. economy
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is betting that Americans crave trillions of dollars in tax cuts — and that growth will be so fantastic that it’s…
Presidential campaigns brace for an intense sprint to Election Day
LA CROSSE, Wis. — After a summer of historic tumult, the path to the presidency for both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump this fall is…
Former Volkswagen boss Winterkorn goes on trial over diesel cars rigged to cheat on emissions tests
FRANKFURT, Germany — Former Volkswagen Group CEO Martin Winterkorn went on trial today on charges of fraud and market manipulation in connection with the corporate…
Ready or not, election season in the US is about to start. The first ballots will go out within days
It might feel like the presidential election is still a long way off. It’s not. Election Day on Nov. 5 is only about two months…
Clearview AI fined $33.7 million by Dutch data protection watchdog over ‘illegal database’ of faces
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Dutch data protection watchdog today issued facial recognition startup Clearview AI with a fine of 30.5 million euros ($33.7 million)…