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In a U.S. manufacturing hub, no illusions about tariffs and jobs
In a town where a 30-feet tall chair is the chief landmark, and which is synonymous with a U.S. furniture industry decimated over the years by imports from China, many greet the...
ENVIRONMENT
In Nigeria, Shell's onshore roots still run deep
Royal Dutch Shell wants to reweight its footprint in Nigeria to focus on oil and gas fields far offshore, away from the theft, spills, corruption and unrest that have plagued th...
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Inside China's strategy in the soybean trade war
The executive from one of China's biggest soybean crushers sat on a panel at a Kansas City agricultural exports conference, listening to an expert beside him explain why China w...
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Immigration and welfare fears merge as Sweden lurches to the right
Those wondering why Swedish politics are set to lurch to the right in Sunday's election need look no further than Ljusnarsberg, a tiny central county of dense pine forests and g...
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Inspired by #MeToo, student activists target inequality in China
At 1 am on April 23, Yue Xin was rudely awakened in her dormitory at China's prestigious Peking University by her mother and a faculty adviser. Yue, emboldened by the glo...
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Brazil's Lula plays kingmaker from his prison cell
It is Thursday outside a government building in this tidy city in southern Brazil. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the country's former president, is receiving visitors to plot his p...
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Toxin at heart of drug recall shows holes in medical safety net
A toxin inadvertently produced in the manufacture of a widely prescribed medicine but not spotted for years raises questions about regulators' ability to detect risks in a spraw...
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Assassination attempt and protest send warning to Azerbaijan's rulers
An assassination attempt and protest in Azerbaijan's second city have sent a warning to the ruling elite that discontent is simmering in the tightly controlled, oil-producing st...
BUSINESS
Mortgage, Groupon and card debt: how the bottom half bolsters U.S. economy
By almost every measure, the U.S. economy is booming. But a look behind the headlines of roaring job growth and consumer spending reveals how the boom continues in large part by...
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