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Michelle Obama's ‘Becoming' Editor Starts Her Own Publishing Firm

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Molly Stern, the former publisher of Crown, is starting Zando, an independent publishing company with an unusual marketing strategy.
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Forget Antitrust Laws. To Limit Tech, Some Say a New Regulator Is Needed

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Even as the Justice Department sued Google, some antitrust experts wondered whether a different government response would be more effective.
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OSHA Under Fire Over Regulation of Meatpacking in Pandemic

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Hollywood-backed streaming service Quibi to shutter 6 months after launch

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When Is A Burger Not A Burger? Europe Is Deciding

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What is the Nobel Prize for Economics really about?

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'Fundraging' Fuels Democratic Money Advantage Over GOP In Most Races

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Democrats have outraised Republicans in nearly all competitive House and Senate races in 2020. Most of that money has come from small dollar donors who fear a second Trump term.
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Data startup Mine used this pitch deck to win the backing of Google's Gradient Ventures in a $9.5 million funding round

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Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe announces that Russia and...

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Joe Biden breaks silence on Hunter emails scandal, calls it ‘last-ditch'...

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Senate Republicans are voting on a $500 billion stimulus bill less than two...

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Mobile-video app Quibi is reportedly considering shutting down after only 6...

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Amy Coney Barrett was on the board of a private Christian school that once...

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