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‘This is the last thing we need:’ Millions of businesses hammered by the pandemic need to start paying back Covid loans

By Gabe Cohen, CNN At Teddy & The Bully Bar restaurant near downtown Washington, DC, business has never been the same since the pandemic hit. “It’s very challenging,” owner Alan Popovsky said. “I’m still going to be climbing the hill for quite some time. Probably for the rest of my life.” The pandemic closed two

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Sweden finds the largest rare earth deposit in Europe. It could help cut dependence on China

By Laura He, CNN Swedish mining company LKAB says it has found Europe’s largest deposit of rare earth oxides in the country’s north, a discovery that could reduce the continent’s reliance on China for the critical resource. Rare earth minerals play a key role in generating clean energy and producing electric vehicles and consumer electronics.

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NYC mayor cites slower economic growth spurred by high office vacancy, cost of migrant crisis and health care, in budget address

By Mark Morales, CNN New York City Mayor Eric Adams unveiled the state of the city’s economic outlook as part of a $102.7 billion budget proposal for 2024 on Thursday, highlighting slow economic growth despite spikes in tourism and jobs. Adams touted investments that will be made into public safety and affordable housing while promoting

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Google claims a Supreme Court defeat would transform the internet — for the worse

By Brian Fung, CNN An unfavorable ruling against Google in a closely watched Supreme Court case this term about YouTube’s recommendation engine could have sweeping unintended consequences for much of the wider internet, the search giant argued in a legal filing Thursday. Google, which owns YouTube, is fighting a high-stakes court battle over whether algorithmically

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US deficit widens by $85 billion in December

By Alicia Wallace, CNN The US government recorded a deficit of $85 billion in December, bringing the total deficit to nearly $1.42 trillion for the 2022 calendar year, the Treasury Department reported Thursday. The government, which runs on a fiscal year that starts in October, is running a deficit of $421.41 billion for its fiscal

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Exxon accurately predicted global warming from 1970s — but continued to cast doubt on climate science, new report finds

By Laura Paddison, CNN ExxonMobil’s own scientists accurately predicted future global warming in reports dating back to the late 1970s and early 1980s, despite the company publicly continuing for years to cast doubt on climate science and lobby against climate action, according to a new analysis. Researchers examined climate projections produced between 1977 and 2003

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