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Rising Interest Rates Put Small Business Owners' Plans on Hold

Rising Interest Rates Put Small Business Owners' Plans on Hold

Listen to article (2 minutes) Add rising interest rates to the challenges that small businesses are already grappling with, including inflation, labor shortages and strained supply chains. Some small businesses are cutting back on borrowing, paying down debt or delaying expansion plans as interest rates rise. Others worry that rising rates will boost prices charged […]

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They Lived Together, Worked Together and Lost Billions Together: Inside Sam Bankman-Fried's Doomed FTX Empire

They Lived Together, Worked Together and Lost Billions Together: Inside Sam Bankman-Fried's Doomed FTX Empire

NASSAU, Bahamas—Sam Bankman-Fried’s $32 billion crypto-trading empire collapsed in an incandescent bankruptcy last week, prompting irate customers, crypto acolytes and Silicon Valley bigwigs to ask how something that seemed so promising could have imploded so fast. The emerging picture suggests FTX wasn’t simply felled by a rival, or undone by a bad trade or the […]

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As Pandemic Aid Dries Up, Businesses Chase Covid Tax Credit

As Pandemic Aid Dries Up, Businesses Chase Covid Tax Credit

A temporary tax break for small businesses has spawned a cottage industry of advisory firms tapping into federal pandemic aid, raising alarms at the Internal Revenue Service that some claims are going beyond what the law allows. The Paycheck Protection Program and other federal aid programs long ago shut their doors. But small businesses and […]

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The 0 Million Sneaker King Comes Undone

The $300 Million Sneaker King Comes Undone

Listen to article (2 minutes) Self-described sneakerheads bidding up prices for limited-edition kicks sold online have created profits for tens of thousands of entrepreneurial kids and adults. In nine years, Michael Malekzadeh outpaced the crowd to become an American sneaker celebrity. He made more than $300 million in the sneaker resale market, where scarcity and […]

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Hotels Pitch Peloton Bikes, Private Gyms to Lure Guests

Hotels Pitch Peloton Bikes, Private Gyms to Lure Guests

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.—Your next hotel workout might remind you of those at-home gyms we all hastily set up during Covid lockdowns—minus the cramped quarters, mismatched weight sets and kids clamoring for attention. With business and vacation travel bouncing back, Hyatt Hotels Corp., Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. and other chains are betting that travelers want hotels that […]

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Americans Take Ketamine at Home for Depression With Little Oversight

Americans Take Ketamine at Home for Depression With Little Oversight

Startups are prescribing ketamine online to treat serious mental-health conditions, raising concern among psychiatrists about the safety of taking the mind-altering anesthetic without medical supervision, sometimes at high doses that raise risks of side effects. Ketamine is approved by the Food and Drug Administration to anesthetize people and animals and has been used safely in […]

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Economic Pressures Weigh on Voters as Election Nears

Economic Pressures Weigh on Voters as Election Nears

Sean Belveal, a 44-year-old assistant high-school principal in suburban Cleveland who voted for President Biden, thinks his middle-class family shouldn’t be struggling so much to pay the bills. It is one reason he is leaning slightly toward voting for Republicans in the midterm elections. “I try to be very independent-minded, but I feel like at […]

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