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business
GE Beats Profit Estimates as Aviation, Health Buoy Results
General Electric offers investors a measure of relief after a wrenching share collapse.
markets
Putin Hedges Trump Bet by Dumping Treasuries to Safeguard Assets
A U.S. Treasury report this week appears to show Russia liquidating dollar assets at a record pace.
markets
It’s Hard to Know What the Safe Havens Are Anymore: Taking Stock
One area of promise is the early positive reaction to the big industrial earnings that just crossed the wires.
hyperdrive
Thieves Jump on Cobalt Craze With $10 Million Warehouse Heist
It’s not just hedge funds that have noticed the cobalt boom.
Opinion
Noah Smith
Harvard Doesn’t Need More Money for Research
Lesser-known universities generate more breakthroughs per dollar.
Komal Sri-Kumar
Markets Should Brace for a Repeat of September 2015
Current events are starting to look eerily similar to the developments of three years ago that caused the Fed to pause.
Ramesh Ponnuru
How the Fed Keeps Its Eye on the Deficit
Monetary policy offsets the effects of fiscal policy.
Andrea Felsted
Can Trump’s Tirades Dent Hermes’s Hotness?
The French group’s defensive qualities face an important test.
Alex Webb
Google's Mortal Enemy Does It a $95 Billion Favor
The EU fined Alphabet this week, but Europe’s new GDPR rules appear to be strengthening the search giant’s grip on digital ads.
