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China has reached the end of its economic boom. What comes next should worry every American business — and the rest of the world.

We've reached the end of an era for the Chinese economy.

Tech Insider : Politics
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How Nadine Arslanian went from relative obscurity to the center of Bob Menendez's political corruption scandal

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Customized majors are on the rise as Gen Z students worried about the future of the job market turn to build-your-own degree programs.
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What's Tokyo's secret? Liberal and centralized land-use policies that give developers a lot of power to build what they want, when they want.
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Robo-umps
Robo-ump has been sold as a futuristic solution to an age-old problem: With a computer-powered strike zone, an afternoon at the park will never again be ruined by human error.
Tech Insider : Economy, Economy
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Business is booming for investors in college housing, who poured $22.9 billion into the industry last year. But for students, the picture is more fraught.
Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
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YIMBYs want to solve America's housing crisis by making it easier to build homes — and they're starting to notch key wins in big cities.

Inside the fight to build more housing and bring down home prices

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Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
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Disaster vultures are investors who take advantage of people who lost their homes to natural disasters in order to turn a profit.

As Hawaii mourns its dead, investors are swooping in to make a quick buck

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As the risk of wildfires and storms grows, owning a home is getting riskier — and it's showing up in the insurance market.

Cinda Larimer was delivering newspapers on a cool November morning in Paradise, California, when she noticed something softly float down from the sky: ash.