2019

Recession Panic May Have Passed. But the Economy Is Still at Risk.

For one brief, terrifying moment this summer, the word “recession” was on everyone’s lips — the stuff of television segments, front-page articles and Google searches. Then, just as abruptly, everything started to look pretty much fine. The trade war with China went into another of its periodic phases of de-escalation, as the Trump administration seemed

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Seth Meyers’ Gross Subway Joke Explains Why Trump’s Treason Threats Stink

The “Late Night” host was deriding the president for threatening treason charges against those who “dare to investigate his abuses of power” in the Ukraine whistleblower scandal. “The only thing stopping our system from just collapsing is that everyone just ignores him,” Meyers said. “We’ve all gotten to the point where we have to treat

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Operation Matterhorn: Thomas Cook customers fly home on an Airbus A380

After the travel agent Thomas Cook collapsed, hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers found themselves without return flights home. In response, the Civil Aviation Authority launched the UK’s largest peacetime repatriation operation, “Operation Matterhorn”, to bring more than 150,000 people back to Britain. BBC Transport Correspondent Tom Burridge met some of the people flying from Mallorca

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Robert Mueller Rejoins Law Firm to Conduct Corporate Investigations

WASHINGTON — Robert S. Mueller III rejoined the law firm WilmerHale on Tuesday, just months after retiring as special counsel in the investigation into Russia’s election interference and President Trump’s efforts to impede it. Mr. Mueller returned to the Washington office of the firm, known for housing former high-level government officials. He worked as a

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The Fed, Long Dominated by White Men, Is Trying to Change

In St. Louis, meanwhile, attracting women has been a struggle. “Since 2017, we made eight offers to female Ph.D. economists; only one accepted,” B. Ravikumar, the senior vice president and deputy research director in St. Louis, said in an email. “Making material progress on the numerator is a challenge, but one we’re committed to.” Diversity

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