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Why Made in China 2025 Will Succeed, Despite Trump
The modernization push will proceed even if the White House finds a way to hinder the Beijing-led effort to propel its businesses into the next century.
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Photo CreditBenjamin Quinton for The New York Times Silicon Valley’s Giants Take Their Talent Hunt to Cambridge
A boom in artificial intelligence research has drawn the tech industry’s biggest companies and their checkbooks to the storied English city.
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Photo CreditKrista Schlueter for The New York Times Wang Jian, Co-Founder of Chinese Giant HNA, Dies in France
The death of a key figure in the firm’s rise as a global conglomerate comes as it continues to grapple with high debt after a huge shopping spree.
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Photo CreditLogan Cyrus/Bloomberg Trump Voters May Be the Biggest Losers From Trump’s Auto Tariffs
European auto manufacturers are among the biggest employers in some Republican strongholds.
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China Frees Australian Executive at Center of Diplomatic Dispute
Stern Hu, who worked for Rio Tinto, was convicted of corruption and jailed in 2010. But many of the tensions that framed his trial have not gone away.
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Photo CreditJoe Raedle/Getty Images Obamacare Is Proving Hard to Kill
In spite of Republican attacks, the insurance markets under the Affordable Care Act are stubbornly resilient. While consumers can expect sharp price increases in some areas, premiums are going up modestly in others.
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Entrepreneurship
Photo CreditAn Rong Xu for The New York Times In Israel, Building a Lacrosse League From Scratch
Eight years ago, lacrosse was a sport largely unknown in Israel. Now, thanks to an American-born entrepreneur, the country is about to host a world championship.
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Photo CreditJoshua Bright for The New York Times Barnes & Noble Fires C.E.O. Without Severance but Doesn’t Explain Why
The company’s chief executive, Demos Parneros, will not receive any severance payment and has been removed from the board.
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Photo Credit A Record $2.5 Trillion in Mergers Were Announced in the First Half of 2018
The value of acquisitions struck during the first six months increased 61 percent over 2017, putting deal-making on pace for its biggest year on record.
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Photo CreditEric Risberg/Associated Press Yelp Can’t Be Ordered to Remove Negative Posts, California Court Rules
The California Supreme Court said that federal law protected internet companies from liability for statements written by others.
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Photo CreditRichard Perry/The New York Times It’s National Ice Cream Month! How Weird Holidays Come to Be
Compliment Your Mirror Day and Cell Phone Courtesy Month are among thousands of offbeat observances chronicled and vetted by a reference book.
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Photo CreditMark Makela for The New York Times Despite State Blessing, Marijuana Dispensaries Face Local Rancor
More than half of all states have approved marijuana for medical uses, yet winning over landlords and neighbors is an uphill battle for dispensaries.
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Tech Fix
Photo CreditMinh Uong/The New York Times Ready for Vacation? Here’s the Best Tech for Trip Planning
Our personal tech columnist uses a combination of custom maps, spreadsheets and itinerary management apps to promote maximum enjoyment.
