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Mung bean omelet, anyone? Sky high egg prices crack open market for...

Americans love eggs. And it is a consuming love. We eat about 280 eggs a year (more than half an egg per day).But lately, that love is costing us dearly: The price of eggs has roughly tripled since the...

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The new global gold rush

2022 was a rough year for investors: Between inflation, falling stock prices, and the crypto crash, it was hard to find a safe haven. All of that economic turmoil had a lot of investors looking at one...

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Economists face off about where the country is headed this year

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Inflation is the thorn in this year's Valentine's Day roses

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Since the pandemic began, is it better to have more meetings at work or none...

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Florists have been gearing up for their Super Bowl: Valentine's Day

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20,000 roses, inflation and night terrors: the life of a florist on...

The first thing you notice when you walk into Scotts Flowers just before Valentine's Day is the quiet. People are focused. The storefront at the Manhattan florist is serene and immaculate, full of...

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Shopify deleted 322,000 hours of meetings. Should the rest of us be jealous?

It was the announcement heard round the internet: Shopify was doing away with meetings.In a January memo, the e-commerce platform called it "useful subtraction," a way to free up time to allow people...

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Is the economy headed for recession or a soft landing?

Are we in a recession right now?It's a strange question. How could we not know if we're in a recession? It feels a little like asking, 'Am I sad right now?' If you're sad, shouldn't you feel it?What is...

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Are we heading toward a recession? Here's why economists are divided

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Is it better to have more meetings at work or none at all?

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British store shelves lack tomatoes and other popular fruits and vegetables

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Let them eat... turnips? Tomato shortage in UK has politicians looking for...

It's not easy to find a tomato in the U.K. right now. And if you do, you'd better savor it.Supermarkets like Tesco and Aldi have placed strict limits on the number of tomatoes customers can buy, as...

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Many Americans have exhausted their savings as credit card debt hits a record...

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Credit Card Nation: How we went from record savings to record debt in just...

Stephanie Roth, 41, realized just how much her financial situation had deteriorated when she was signing up to bring a dish to the Valentine's Day party at her kids' daycare."I used to always be a mom...

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It's Equal Pay Day. The gender pay gap has hardly budged in 20 years. What...

Tuesday is Equal Pay Day: March 14th represents how far into the year women have had to work to catch up to what their male colleagues earned the previous year. In other words, women have to work...

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Bank fail: How rising interest rates paved the way for Silicon Valley Bank's...

Risk. It's tricky. Try to avoid one set of risks, you can just end up exposing yourself to another. That's what happened to Silicon Valley Bank. "Silicon Valley Bank was a very good bank... until it...

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UBS to buy troubled Credit Suisse in deal brokered by Swiss government

With the impeccable timing of one of the country's famed watches, Swiss officials brokered a last-minute emergency takeover of the troubled bank Credit Suisse by fellow banking giant UBS. In a press...

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UBS rescues Credit Suisse in deal brokered by Swiss government

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Ozempic's weight loss side effect can make it harder to find for people with...

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