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Takeaways from the February jobs report

By Alicia Wallace, CNN February’s jobs report had a little something for everyone. For workers, there were jobs; for employers, there were workers filling shortfalls caused by the pandemic; for the Federal Reserve, there were indications that the labor market was loosening and wage pressures were easing. Then again, the total of 311,000 net jobs

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Fox Chairman Rupert Murdoch rejected election conspiracy theories, Dominion lawsuit documents show

By Oliver Darcy, Jon Passantino, Marshall Cohen, Nicki Brown, Kate Trafecante, Anna Bahney and Jeanne Sahadi, CNN A trove of text messages, emails, and other material from Fox News executives and on-air personalities were made public Tuesday as part of Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against the right-wing channel. Among the the hundreds

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IMF chief: Ukraine war will have ‘devastating’ consequences for Russia’s economy

By Julia Horowitz, CNN The International Monetary Fund has drawn criticism for forecasting that Russia will see stronger economic growth this year than either the United Kingdom or Germany, despite rising pressure from Western sanctions. But Kristalina Georgieva, the IMF’s managing director, told CNN’s Poppy Harlow that the economic outlook for Russia beyond 2023 is

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Fox Chairman Rupert Murdoch rejected election conspiracy theories, Dominion lawsuit documents show

By Oliver Darcy, Jon Passantino, Marshall Cohen, Nicki Brown, Kate Trafecante, Anna Bahney and Jeanne Sahadi, CNN A trove of text messages, emails, and other material from Fox News executives and on-air personalities were made public Tuesday as part of Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against the right-wing channel. Among the the hundreds

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NTSB launches special safety culture investigation of Norfolk Southern

By Gregory Wallace Citing the “number and significance of recent Norfolk Southern accidents,” federal investigators said Tuesday they will open a special investigation into the railway’s safety culture. The National Transportation Safety Board said the probe encompasses multiple incidents and three deaths since December 2021, including the toxic East Palestine derailment and the employee killed

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Howard Schultz will testify before senate committee on Starbucks’ labor practices

By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Starbucks interim CEO Howard Schultz will testify before a Senate committee about the company’s labor practices on March 29, a reversal of Schultz’s previous refusal. “I’m happy to announce that Howard Schultz, the CEO and founder of Starbucks, has finally agreed to testify before the Senate HELP Committee,” Senator Bernie Sanders

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WeightWatchers jumps into the prescription weight loss drug business

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN WeightWatchers is getting into the booming prescription weight loss drug business. The company, now known as WW International, will buy Sequence, a telehealth subscription service that connects patients with doctors who can prescribe weight-loss and diabetes drugs, including the hot new diabetes drug Ozempic. WeightWatchers offers subscribers meal plans and other

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WeightWatchers jumps into the prescription weight loss drug business

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN WeightWatchers is getting into the booming prescription weight loss drug business. The company, now known as WW International, will buy Sequence, a telehealth subscription service that connects patients with doctors who can prescribe weight-loss and diabetes drugs, including the hot new diabetes drug Ozempic. WeightWatchers offers subscribers meal plans and other

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