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A person works at Ford's Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Mich. on Sept. 20, 2022. U.S. employers created 199,000 jobns last month, higher than in October, in part as UAW workers returned to work after a strike against the Big Three automakers. Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Indian potter Darga Ashok throws a traditional earthenware pot in Hyderabad NOAH SEELAM/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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The wheel's many reinventions

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CosMc's offers a large variety of drinks — and no hamburgers. The first store testing the new McDonald's concept is opening in Bolingbrook, Ill., near Chicago. McDonald's/Screenshot by NPR hide caption

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Activists protest the prices of prescription drug outside the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., in October 2022. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption

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More than 750 Washington Post workers have agreed to walk off the job on Thursday to protest stalled contract negotiations. The company has warned of layoffs if too few staffers take voluntary buyouts. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP hide caption

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'Washington Post' journalists stage daylong strike under threat of job cuts

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More than 2,400 fossil fuel representatives and lobbyists have been accredited for the U.N. climate talks in Dubai — a record. Meanwhile, negotiators are wrestling with calls to end all new oil, gas and coal projects to curb climate change. Giuseppe Cacace /AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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A record number of fossil fuel representatives are at this year's COP28 climate talks

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An Austin, TX home available for sale in October 2023. Home sales have slowed with record-high mortgage rates. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption

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What can we learn from the year's most popular econ terms?

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Two food and drink indicators

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The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday in an important tax case. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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Supreme Court seems inclined to leave major offshore tax in place on investors

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Sultan al-Jaber is the president of this year's climate talks and the head of the UAE's state-run oil company. Oil companies have a big platform at the climate conference, and experts say their language is important because it can make it into policy. Ryan Lim/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Oil firms are out in force at the climate talks. Here's how to decode their language

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President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together after meeting in November. Brendan Smialowski /AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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The U.S. supports China's growth if it 'plays by the rules,' commerce secretary says

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Rupert Murdoch, shown in London in July 2011, sought for years to acquire full control of Sky. His British newspaper arm now faces allegations its tabloids hacked into Cabinet ministers' voice mails to pressure them to allow the deal to go through. Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images hide caption

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The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday in an important tax case. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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Supreme Court hears a case that experts say could wreak havoc on the tax code

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The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a challenge to a deal to compensate victims of the opioid epidemic that shield the Sackler family from lawsuits. Samuel Corum/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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It's money v. principle in Supreme Court opioid case

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Dave Davies began covering local politics and government for WHYY in Philadelphia in 1982. WHYY hide caption

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Longtime 'Fresh Air' contributor Dave Davies signs off (sort of)

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Daniel Ek, CEO of Swedish music streaming service Spotify, in 2016. On Monday, Ek announced Spotify would layoff 17% of employees. Toru Yamanaka/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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