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Today — 8 November 2024Main stream

Could Trump’s Tariffs Lead to Higher Prices? Here’s What to Know.

7 November 2024 at 22:40
The president-elect says that tariff is “the most beautiful word in the dictionary.” You may be hearing it a lot.

© Adam Kuehl for The New York Times

President-elect Donald J. Trump has argued that steep tariffs on foreign goods will benefit U.S. manufacturing and create jobs, but many economists have warned that such a move may lead to higher costs and globally destabilizing trade wars.
Yesterday — 7 November 2024Main stream

Why Harris’s Push for Democracy Didn’t Land With Voters

7 November 2024 at 05:28
In more than 200 interviews, voters worried not about an endangered country, but about paying rent.

© Scott McIntyre for The New York Times

Warnings that President-elect Donald J. Trump was a threat to the country’s principles mattered less than the more tangible issue of the economy.

Uber and Lyft Drivers in Massachusetts Win Right to Unionize

By: Eli Tan
7 November 2024 at 02:06
A state ballot measure was the first of its kind in the United States, but labor advocates worry it could lock Uber and Lyft drivers out of full-time employment status.

© Brian Snyder/Reuters

Uber and Lyft drivers in Saugus, Mass., during a one-day strike in 2019. Under a Massachusetts ballot measure on Tuesday, they would remain independent contractors.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Boeing’s Strike Is Over. What’s Next for the Company?

6 November 2024 at 04:17
The aerospace manufacturer and its new chief executive face a daunting to-do list, including improving quality and increasing production of its commercial planes.

© M. Scott Brauer for The New York Times

Union members who work at Boeing voted on Monday night to approve a new labor contract, ending a strike that began on Sept. 13.
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