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Shinjiro Koizumi has scrambled to cut soaring rice prices ahead of a high-stakes election this weekend. Will it be enough to buoy support for the Liberal Democratic Party? Source link
Verizon has decided to bring back unlimited data plans. But while that’s great for its subscribers, it’s awful news for investors. It’s another sign of how brutally competitive the telecom business is. And it’s hurting Verizon’s stock. Source link
A popular and contentious game, Revenge on Gold Diggers, sheds light on misogyny, inequality and the feeling among many men that they are economic victims. Source link
Alimentation Couche-Tard’s $47 billion bid spurred changes at the chain’s Japanese owner. Now, the question is whether that momentum will carry forward. Source link
President-elect Donald Trump focuses his criticism of NAFTA on Mexico. But Canada and America have a rocky trade history too. Source link
The United States has begun investigating Brazil’s trade practices and “anti-corruption interference,” after the president’s criticisms of Brazil’s treatment of Jair Bolsonaro, a Trump ally. Source link
Tucked into the huge set of tax cuts that Republicans passed into law this month was the expansion of an unusually valuable tax break for start-up investors. Source link
Goldman and other investment banks are feeding off a Trump boom. Source link
Across the United States, cafes are serving jumbo-size coffee drinks in plastic buckets. The gimmick is working. Source link
The crypto industry was headed for a landmark moment in the House with three bills that it helped push going to a vote. But a coalition of ultraconservative House Republicans staged a mutiny. Source link