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Strong demand, tight job market prompt US firms to raise prices

Bloomberg Strong US demand and a tight job market have given companies a chance to raise prices coming into this year, and they’re testing the waters gingerly. From consumer goods and airlines to railroads, businesses made attempts to recover higher costs including rising pay for workers, or simply lifted prices to try to boost profit margins amid healthy sales, according ...

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Can Pentagon build a bridge to the tech community?

As the age of artificial intelligence transforms warfare, the Pentagon faces a delicate problem: How does it convince employees of high-tech companies based in the US that Americans are still the “good guys,” so that they’ll lend their talents to US national-security projects? The challenge is huge, given that Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple and other tech giants see themselves as ...

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Brexit makes US, Europe less safe

London this week has been anxious under chalky skies with prolonged drizzle, apt conditions for a nation grappling with an unruly process to (probably) depart the European Union. The debate here is largely over how Brexit will affect the political and economic relations between the UK and Europe. Largely ignored, by both Brits and Americans, is how Brexit is a ...

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