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    • How inflation is impacting the way we eat, when we go to restaurants and how we tip

    by Sabri Ben-Achour and Alex Schroeder
    Sep 10, 2024
    In its latest report on restaurants, Toast finds a shift toward restaurant spending in the mornings, away from lunch and dinner.
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    Nevada leads pack in race for federal energy, climate cash

    by Caleigh Wells
    Sep 6, 2024
    The states with the biggest clean energy investments, backed by Inflation Reduction Act funds, are not the typical climate change leaders.
    Inflation Reduction Act funding is incentivizing states to invest in clean energy, but some are investing more than others.
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    Why investment in public pools took a dive

    by Kai Ryssdal and Sofia Terenzio
    Aug 30, 2024
    As summer temperatures rise, some see the public pool as climate adaptation infrastructure, says journalist Eve Adams.
    "[Public pools] offer this really important and reprieve from extreme heat that, as anyone who's lived through the past summer can tell you, is getting to be a real problem in cities," said journalist Eve Andrews.
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    The dollar weakens as markets bet on Fed cutting interest rates

    by Justin Ho
    Aug 29, 2024
    That's a positive for U.S exports, but it raises prices for imported goods.
    Lower rates tend to reduce demand for bonds bought with dollars, which decreases the value of the currency.
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    Breaking Ground

    The U.S. is investing billions of dollars in fiber internet. Here's what makes it run.

    by Kai Ryssdal and Andie Corban
    Aug 26, 2024
    We tour a North Carolina plant where melted glass is pulled into the hair-like strands that power fiber-optic cable.
    Manufacturers like Prysmian supply fiber-optic cables to internet service providers.
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    Why some car companies expected a faster switch to EVs

    by Henry Epp
    Aug 23, 2024
    An unsustainable burst of early-adopter enthusiasm stoked investment. But that was followed by a changing economy.
    EVs may still be the future of the auto industry, but it appears to be taking longer to get there than companies hoped.
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    Election 2024

    Kamala Harris outlines economic priorities on the last night of the DNC

    by Sabri Ben-Achour , Nova Safo and Meredith Garretson
    Aug 23, 2024
    Among economic themes, Vice President Kamala Harris highlighted the need to protect Social Security and Medicare, and a tax cut for middle-income households.
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    Lots of people are traveling this summer, but some hotels see lower occupancy

    by Daniel Ackerman
    Aug 12, 2024
    Higher-income travelers have splashed out, but people with lower incomes have reined in spending because of rising prices.
    TSA screenings have hit record highs this summer. Where is everyone traveling to?
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    Olympics 2024

    How economics impact Olympic achievement

    by Amy Scott and Maria Hollenhorst
    Aug 1, 2024
    A country's athletic infrastructure as well as subsidies and citizens' health influence medal counts. Economist Veronika Dolar weighs in.
    Big-picture data like GDP and population can hint at a country's Olympic success. But subtler issues play a role as well, Pace University's Veronika Dolar explains. Above, champion swimmer Katie Ledecky.
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    Election 2024

    Why tech billionaires are now flocking to Donald Trump

    by Mitchell Hartman
    Jul 19, 2024
    The flood of big tech names coming out publicly for Trump and the GOP is a sharp departure from Silicon Valley’s past political practices.
    Support for Republicans from figures like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel comes in part from a strong libertarian, hands-off-my-business ideology, experts say.
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