Artificial intelligence is already thinning the ranks of white collar America, and a new wave of money is pouring into retraining the displaced. The uncomfortable history of such programs suggests good intentions are not enough.
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Islamabad has asked Washington for a currency backstop worth up to 10 billion dollars, and the timing is no accident. Having played peacemaker between America and Iran, Pakistan is now presenting the bill, though the money may come with strings that reach all the way to Beijing.
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The new Federal Reserve chair wanted to sound flexible and free the central bank from its old habits. Instead he unsettled investors, sent long term yields climbing, and may have made the very rate rise he hoped to avoid more likely.
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