Fed Minutes Show Options Are Open on Interest Rate Cuts

Minutes from a Nov. 6-7 meeting showed that Federal Reserve policymakers favored lowering rates “gradually.”

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Trump Selects Jamieson Greer as Trade Representative

The lawyer Jamieson Greer is set to be the top U.S. trade negotiator, a crucial position given the president-elect’s threats to impose tariffs on imports from other countries.

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Trump Taps Kevin Hassett to Lead National Economic Council

Mr. Hassett defended Donald Trump’s tax cuts and trade policies in his first administration but has also acknowledged that tariffs can weaken economic growth.

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RFK Jr.’s Ideas on Big Pharma and Food Align With Some of Trump’s Biggest Critics

When it comes to weeding out corporate influence, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ideas often align best with some of Trump’s loudest critics.

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Volkswagen to Exit China’s Xinjiang Region After 12 Years

The automaker has long been criticized by human rights activists for doing business in the territory, where China has repressed Muslim ethnic groups.

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Overlooked No More: Margaret Getchell, Visionary Force at Macy’s

As the store’s first female executive, she helped turn it into what it is today, paving the way for other women to hold senior positions in retail.

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The New Amazon Haul Storefront Is Feeding Our Endless Need to Shop

It is the shopping phenomenon of our times, and now it’s an Amazon store.

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Why Do We Love the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade So Much?

The nostalgia-fueled production has been the most-watched entertainment program in the United States for the past three years, ahead of the Oscars and the World Series.

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Two Presidents, Two Policies, One Superpower: America in Transition

Even as President Biden brokers a cease-fire in Lebanon, President-elect Donald J. Trump is running his own foreign policy without waiting to be sworn in.

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Inflation Concerns Loom as Trumponomics Revs Up

Investors are bracing for the latest data as the president-elect’s economic agenda of cutting immigration and taxes, while raising tariffs takes shape.

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