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Debt, inequality and the coronavirus: A conversation with former Fed Chair Janet Yellen and the World Bank's David Malpass

Feb 4, 2020
The panel discussion also touched on "trade unpleasantness," the slowdown in global growth and interest rates.
From left to right, David Malpass, Janet Yellen and Kai Ryssdal at George Washington University on Feb. 4, 2020.
Greg Gibson

Kobe Bryant, daughter killed in helicopter crash, 7 others dead

Bryant had one of the greatest careers in recent NBA history and became one of the game’s most popular players.
Kobe Bryant attends the 90th Annual Academy Awards Nominee Luncheon at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Feb. 5, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. He won an Academy Award in 2018 for his contributions to “Dear Basketball,” an animated short.
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There's a deal on the horizon, but has the trade war helped the economy?

Dec 31, 2019
The negative effects of tariffs outweigh any protection the manufacturing industry gets, a Federal Reserve report says.
President Donald Trump speaks to autoworkers at the American Center for Mobility in 2017 in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
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What CEOs learned while volunteering with Habitat for Humanity in India

Dec 11, 2019
Jonathan Reckford, head of the housing nonprofit, tells how hammers pound and differences fall aside when corporate leaders come together to build homes for low-income families.
Jonathan Reckford, Habitat for Humanity CEO, chats with homeowners at a build site in India in 2006.
©Habitat for Humanity/Gregg Pachkowski

Why Dick's Sporting Goods stopped selling guns

Oct 7, 2019
In his new book, Dick's Sporting Good's CEO Ed Stack lays out why the company is getting out of the gun business.
Ed Stack (center with glasses) and the rest of the Dick's Sporting Goods' management team ringing the bell at the NYSE in 2002
Courtesy of the Stack Family and DICK’S Sporting Goods

How would you write your company's obituary?

Sep 13, 2019
Josh Levine, co-founder of CultureLabX, thinks a work obituary might help if you're suffering from workplace malaise.
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