Retailers offering deals from bargains on brand-name goods to conveniences such as free shipping are gaining share at the expense of peers that have been slow to innovate. Walmart Inc., Target Corp. and T.J. Maxx parent TJX Cos. reported strong sales growt…
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WASHINGTONThe Trump administration moved Wednesday to allow the government to indefinitely detain families crossing the U.S.-Mexico border and supersede a decades-old federal court settlement that limits how long migrant children can be held in custody and se…
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SÃO PAULOVast fires, many of them set by loggers, are ravaging the Amazon at a rate not seen in years, sending plumes of smoke that darken skies over Brazilian cities at a time when there is international pushback against President Jair Bolsonaros environment…
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HO CHI MINH CITY, VietnamWith the U.S. and China tangled in a nasty trade fight, this should be Vietnams time to shine. Instead, it is becoming increasingly clear that it will be years, if ever, before this Southeast Asian nation and other aspiring manufactur…
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WASHINGTONFederal deficits are projected to grow much more than expected over the next decade thanks to the two-year budget agreement lawmakers and the White House struck last month, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday. The agency increased its fo…
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WASHINGTONPresident Trump said Wednesday he wasnt currently looking at any form of tax cuts, a reversal from a day earlier when he floated possible moves to bolster economic growth. Im not looking at a tax cut now, Mr. Trump said in comments to reporters on …
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ALEXA, WHERE WERE you on the night of the murder? While that might sound like a line from some dystopian sci-fi, its actually a common question for would-be gumshoes on the seedy streets of St. Noire, the fictional town of the eponymous A.I. murder-mystery …
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WASHINGTONFederal Reserve officials saw their move to cut interest rates last month as a recalibration rather than the start of a more aggressive easing cycle and were reluctant at their latest policy meeting to say how future moves would unfold. The minute…
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