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The shutdown’s effect on the US economy, explained

By Emily Stewart

Can Americans learn to love ugly fruits and vegetables?

By Chavie Lieber

Government workers still don’t have a salary due to the shutdown. American businesses are helping them out.

By Chavie Lieber

Sears’s former CEO is preventing a liquidation. He was largely responsible for the company’s bankruptcy.

By Gaby Del Valle

Treating regular people like influencers is the key to Glossier’s success

By Gaby Del Valle

Outdoor brands are speaking up for national parks during the government shutdown. It’s a good business move.

By Chavie Lieber

California’s largest utility just declared bankruptcy. Hello, climate change.

By Umair Irfan

Buying a new purse? This startup wants to help you pay for it — but could also get you into debt.

By Susie Cagle

People over 65 are the most likely to share fake news on Facebook, study finds

By Emily Stewart

Big banks offer to help federal workers on a “case-by-case basis”

By Emily Stewart

A smart baby bed has stirred controversy for its $1,300 price tag. Now parents can rent it.

By Chavie Lieber

Facebook took down many CBD business pages. Now it says that was a mistake.

By Chavie Lieber

Trump says Democrats are to blame for the stock market’s troubles. They’re not.

By Emily Stewart

Cartier lost a trademark battle over the word “love”

By Chavie Lieber

Hollywood’s record-busting 2018, explained

By Alissa Wilkinson

Why Trump’s top economic adviser is taking credit for Apple’s weak earnings

By Matthew Yglesias

Why Trump taking credit for low gas prices is a bad idea

By Emily Stewart

Credit card rewards could become harder to earn

By Chavie Lieber

Hemp is now legal. That’s huge for the CBD industry.

By Chavie Lieber

Greeting cards aren’t going anywhere

By Chavie Lieber

Calvin Klein, Raf Simons, and the tricky business of mass brands going high fashion

By Chavie Lieber

Amazon is cutting costs with its own delivery service — but its drivers don’t receive benefits

By Gaby Del Valle

Facebook fell, J.Crew tanked, and Amazon took over the world: 2018 in brands

By Chavie Lieber

These are the charities where your money will do the most good

By Dylan Matthews

Facebook’s very bad year, explained

By Emily Stewart

“Free trial” shopping scams are on the rise

By Chavie Lieber

Trump’s perhaps correct critique of the Federal Reserve, explained

By Matthew Yglesias

Mark Zuckerberg is essentially untouchable at Facebook

By Emily Stewart

What’s wrong with the stock market right now, explained

By Emily Stewart

Reports to Senate criticize social media giants for providing incomplete data in Russia probe

By Emily Stewart

Muslim Amazon workers say they don’t have enough time to pray. Now they’re fighting for their rights.

By Chavie Lieber

Companies who donated to Republicans made sure the tax cuts looked helpful for workers

By Emily Stewart

Kids’ toys are the latest battleground in the online privacy wars

By E.J. Dickson

Uber and Lyft are racing each other to go public. Here’s why.

By Chavie Lieber

New York already has thousands of Amazon workers — and some are unionizing to demand better conditions

By Gaby Del Valle

There are lots of reasons to worry about Google. Congress just picked the wrong one.

By Emily Stewart

The US government’s ongoing battle with Chinese telecom giant Huawei, explained

By Emily Stewart

The absurd quest to make the “best” razor

The $3.5 billion shaving industry is secretive and litigious — and disrupting itself silly.

By Kaitlyn Tiffany

Cannabis is now getting the Instagram museum treatment

By Chavie Lieber

How Melissa & Doug captured the toy market, one wooden block at a time

By Chavie Lieber

MoviePass announces yet another new pricing structure

By Alissa Wilkinson

The US got Canada to arrest a top Chinese tech executive

By Emily Stewart and Alex Ward
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