Restaurants and hotels were helping power the booming job market. Now, they're barely hiring.

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The leisure and hospitality sector is seeing smaller monthly job gains.

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Greece responds to backlash after introducing a 6-day workweek

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The Greek government defended its six-day workweek policy after receiving backlash.

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AI, immigration, and rich people will save the US economy from a recession, Wall Street strategist says

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Why no one is getting big raises anymore

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The scary new ways you're about to get overcharged for everything

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Personalized pricing not only bakes in bias and can drive inflation but creates a world where you never know when your apps are ripping you off.

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Russia's war economy is so hot that at least 12 of its oligarchs received $11 billion in dividends over 15 months

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Former Lukoil President Vagit Alekperov, who pocketed the most dividends from January 2023 to March 2024, and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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The most common type of EV battery is a growing source of 'forever chemical' pollution, scientists say

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Lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles are made with a class of PFAS chemicals.

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Summer vacation is only getting more expensive for parents, with some spending thousands of dollars on camp: It's 'highway robbery'

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Parents are going into debt and adjusting their work schedules to make sure their kids have care this summer.

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Billionaire Ray Dalio thinks universal basic income is no magic wand — and may even do more harm than good

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Ray Dalio founded Bridgewater Associates.

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Some boomers aren't waiting to die to pass on their wealth — their millennial kids need it now

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Some boomers are passing on their wealth to their kids as a kind of proactive inheritance.

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