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July 11, 2025
President Donald Trump talks to workers as he tours U.S. Steel Corporation's Mon Valley Works-Irvin plant, Friday, May 30, 2025, in West Mifflin, Pa.
U.S. Manufacturers Stuck in Rut Despite Subsidies from Biden, Protection from Trump
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Chemical Maker DuPont Agrees to $27M Settlement in Polluted Water Lawsuit in Upstate New York
July 11, 2025
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Time Runs Out for 99-Year-Old Michigan Clock Company
July 11, 2025
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is staffing up in anticipation of taking a more active role in regulation and enforcement.
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The Federal Reserve blamed an "operational error."
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In front crashes, women were twice as likely to suffer a serious injury.
February 11, 2021
An assemblyman works on a 2018 Ford F-150 truck at the Ford Rouge assembly plant, Dearborn, Mich., Sept. 27, 2018.
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Ford to Cut F-150 Production Amid Chip Shortage
The automaker is reducing shifts amid a global semiconductor shortage.
February 5, 2021
Visa logo above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, April 23, 2018.
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$5.3B Financial Tech Merger Called Off Amid Antitrust Pressure
Visa abandoned its planned purchase of Plaid after the Justice Department sued to block it.
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The Visa logo above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, April 23, 2018.
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Justice Dept. Sues to Block $5.3B Visa Acquisition
The agency said the purchase of the financial tech startup amounted to a monopolistic takeover.
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The logo for JPMorgan Chase & Co. above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Aug. 16, 2019.
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JPMorgan Puts $30B Toward Fixing Banking's Systemic Racism
The bank will extend billions in loans to Black and Latino homebuyers and small business owners.
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