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The number of new babies born dropped 5% last year....

"Work hard, don't work hard—everyone gets the same. So people don't want to work," said Yan Junchang, a farmer in the village of Xiaogang who spearheaded a movement in 1978 that revolutionized China's backward economy.

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Perplexity's Super Bowl contest managed to move the needle on its app's downloads. Unlike OpenAI and Google, the AI search engine chose to forgo an

A snapshot of which sectors earn the most profit, based on the latest data. Spoiler: #1 is not Big Tech.

The retailer would need the kind of sales surprise it’s delivered only once in the past decade to keep its title as top of the top line....

Public Choice, the economist James M. Buchanan explained, is built on the “homely” proposition that politicians are just like the rest of us. We call this “behavioral symmetry.” They have their own interests, and they try to satisfy those interests. Furthermore, we can understand people’s behavior in the voting booth and the bureau using the […]

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When you're getting ready for the new school year, some loose ends take more time to tie up than others. That's why Instacart's got your back to school.

We watched 12 shows on six platforms to find out how much of your life you give up to save a few bucks each month....

A Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) run by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. will likely go after crony interests in the health bureaucracy. If RFK Jr.

Don’t panic. They’re bringing that stuff you ordered....

Rolex watches, which aren’t known for their affordability, are getting even more expensive this year with the soaring price of gold to blame.

Toto, I don’t think we’re in toilet town anymore.

Breakthrough training system utilizing imitation learning opens 'new frontier' in medical robotics

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The Washington Post, smitten with football and love stories, analyzed data from The Knot to see how college football schedules impact wedding planning.

With the world’s highest ratio of elderly-to-non-elderly people, Japan is struggling to plug gaps in its labor force.

Trump proposes permanent standard time.

Under President Biden, more than two million immigrants per year have entered, government data shows.

The Biden administration has reached a final agreement to give Micron Corp. nearly $6.2 billion in subsidies from a program designed to boost American semiconductor manufacturing, allowing funds to start flowing to factories in Idaho and New York.

The fast-casual chain says it is raising prices by as much as 2% in response to inflation.

The UK’s grid operator will launch a service next week that will allow homes and businesses to get paid for using less power during times when the grid is strained.