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Factory workers in Istanbul use Zara clothing tags to seek back wages

Lefteris Pitarakis | AP A shopper exits a fashion retailer Zara branch in an Istanbul upscale neighbourhood, Friday, Nov. 3, 2017. Shoppers at Zara in Istanbul have found unusual tags on their garments: put there by Turkish workers complaining they have not been paid for the manufacturing the merchandise in …

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Watch new Fed chief nominee Powell on the economy, tax reform

Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jerome Powell, governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve and President Donald Trump’s nominee as chairman of the Federal Reserve, speaks as Trump, left, listens during a nomination announcement in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Nov. …

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M.T.T. Moves On: The Week’s 8 Best Classical Music Moments on YouTube

Our critics and reporters offer a glimpse of what’s moved and delighted them on YouTube. Read the rest of our classical music coverage here. AT 2 HOURS 8 MINUTES 44 SECONDS #MeToo Mélisande There have been many dreamlike stagings of Debussy’s “Pelléas et Mélisande,” but few as nightmarish as Barrie …

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Brady says he will offer ‘substantive’ tax bill amendment Monday

Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Representative Kevin Brady, a Republican from Texas and chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, center, speaks during a news conference on tax reform in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017. The chairman of the House of Representatives tax writing …

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Tax relief for small business is key to economy and growth–commentary

Gabe Souza | Portland Press Herald | Getty Images Sarah Wentworth and her mother Debbie, of Falmouth, look through Circa Home & Vintage on Congress Street as they shop on small business Saturday November 28, 2015. Lost amidst the debate over tax reform — seemingly caught between the interests of …

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Fed’s normalization of its epic balance sheet now seen in the data

Win McNamee | Getty Images Federal Reserve Board Chairwoman Janet Yellen testifies before the Joint Economic Committee on Capitol Hill November 17, 2016 in Washington, DC. The Fed’s campaign to reduce its $4.4 trillion balance sheet is now taking effect and showing up in the data. Thursday’s Federal Reserve report …

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Review: In ‘State of Siege,’ Resistance to Plague in an Overcoat

Photo Valérie Dashwood in “State of Siege” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Credit Ed Lefkowicz The disease of extremism rampages through Albert Camus’s “State of Siege,” a deservedly minor 1948 play revived by the director Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota of Théâtre de la Ville in Paris and presented by the Next …

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Qualcomm shares surge 15% on talk of takeover by Broadcom

George Rose | Getty Images People crowd into the Qualcomm booth to view a series of new products during the annual Consumer Electronics Show on January 4, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Broadcom is looking into a deal to acquire Qualcomm, according to a Bloomberg News report. Broadcom is talking …

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Millionaire earners face another hidden tax hike

Getty Images House Way and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), joined by members of the House Republican leadership, introduce tax reform legislation November 2, 2017 in Washington, DC. The GOP’s tax plan contains a little-noticed tax hike on big earners that could add another $12,000 to their annual tax bill. …

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Top Wall Street quant Cliff Asness doesn’t believe AI will revolutionize investing

Chris Goodney | Bloomberg | Getty Images Clifford Asness, managing principal and chief investment officer of AQR Capital Management LLC. Billionaire Cliff Asness downplayed the potential of machine learning and artificial intelligence to revolutionize investing. “I’m a little bearish on the whole thing,” Asness said at the 2nd Annual Evidence-Based …

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