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I felt a little scooped when I looked at The New York Times on Wednesday because one of its top stories online was akin to

I felt a little scooped when I looked at The New York Times on Wednesday because one of its top stories online was akin to

With post-Mardi Gras headaches barely a thing of the past for Fat Tuesday revelers, it’s now time to consider the business angles surrounding the next

For The New York Times, freelancer Eilene Zimmerman produced a quick-hit look at five businesses that failed in 2011. It’s a story that could be

The pre-dawn events of the day after Thanksgiving may cause some reporters’ adrenaline to jump as they attempt to cover the door-busting frenzy in their

Food has been a … well, hot item for business writers this year, between recalls and price hikes and production problems caused by wild weather

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Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) is offering the Consumer Product Safety Commission‘s injury and death database. The 2006-2009 data includes records on more than 13,500

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Friggatriskaidekaphobia. It sounds like a muttered epithet but it’s the technical terms for fear of Friday the 13th, the oddity of the calendar which folklore

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Jennifer Reingold, senior editor for Fortune magazine, traveled with Procter & Gamble executives to rural China to watch as the company studies people in developing

As business journalists we report and write often about the larger economy and the fortunes of companies and industries. But nothing beats the human interest
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