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Tips for Navigating the ‘Chaotic System’ of Student Loan Repayments
So you’re about to graduate from college. Congratulations. But now you have to think about finding a job and, sooner than you may prefer,…
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Exxon and Chevron Report Lower Profits While Girding for Tariffs
The two largest U.S. oil companies reported their lowest first-quarter profits in years on Friday as they braced for the economic fallout…
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Clean Energy Was Lifting Manufacturing. Now Investment Is in Jeopardy.
American manufacturing has been in the doldrums for years, battered by high borrowing costs and a strong dollar, which makes exports less…
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California’s Push for Electric Trucks Sputters Under Trump
President Trump’s policies could threaten many big green energy projects in the coming years, but his election has already dealt a big…
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Trump’s Funding Freezes Bruise a Core Constituency: Farmers
Skylar Holden, a cattle rancher in Missouri, had signed a $240,000 cost-sharing contract with the Agriculture Department to add fencing…
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Trump Administration Move to Freeze E.V. Charger Funding Confounds States
A new federal order that freezes a Biden-era program to build a national network of electric vehicle charging stations has confounded…
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Oil Companies Embrace Trump, but Not ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’
President Trump is swinging American energy policy sharply in favor of fossil fuels, but oil and gas companies say those changes won’t…
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E.V. Owners Don’t Pay Gas Taxes. So, Many States Are Charging Them Fees.
Owners of electric cars in Vermont recently got a letter from the Department of Motor Vehicles with some bad news. Starting Jan. 1 they…
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Trump’s Executive Order to End E.V. Subsidies Draws Pushback
If President Trump has his way, the auto industry’s transition to electric vehicles will soon slam into reverse. He will erase tax credits…
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Biden Administration Adopts Rules to Guide A.I.’s Global Spread
The Biden administration issued sweeping rules on Monday governing how A.I. chips and models can be shared with foreign countries, in an…
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Trump and Republicans Cannot Stop Electric Vehicles, Experts Say
To a large extent, the electric vehicle market in the United States runs on Democratic policies. There are federal tax credits for car…
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U.S. Steel Faces Stark Choices as Nippon Steel Merger Founders
For more than a year, U.S. Steel pursued an ambitious solution to its mounting challenges. Once a symbol of American industrial might, it…
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Banks Are Racking Up Wins Even Before Trump Is Back in White House
Banks are on a winning streak, one that’s poised to intensify as President-elect Donald J. Trump takes office. Biden-appointed regulators…
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U.A.W. Seeks Union Election at Ford Battery Plant in Kentucky
The United Automobile Workers union is seeking approval from federal labor regulators for a union election among workers at a Ford Motor…
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Port Labor Talks Hinge on Deal on Automation
Ports on the East and Gulf Coasts could close next week if dockworkers and employers cannot overcome their big differences over the use of…
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U.S. Steel and Nippon Sue Biden Over Decision to Block Deal
U.S. Steel and Japan’s Nippon Steel sued the United States government on Monday in a last-ditch attempt to revive their attempted merger…
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Why Japan Won’t Stop Trying to Invest in the U.S.
As signs emerged that President Biden was gearing up to stop the Japanese steel maker Nippon Steel from acquiring Pittsburgh-based U.S.…
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The Fallout from U.S. Steel
The end of a troubled takeover bid President Biden is set to officially block Nippon Steel’s $14 billion takeover of U.S. Steel as soon as…