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The old salary history question could be on its way out for good
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Narrowing the pay gap between men and women is the goal of new laws in California, Oregon, New York City, San Francisco and other jurisdictions.
Hurricane recovery for an unauthorized immigrant in Houston has added obstacles
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Challenges like housing, transportation and finances are especially difficult.
After losing out on a headquarters bid over a decade ago, Dallas created a thriving downtown to woo corporations
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Boeing’s rejection of Dallas as a corporate headquarters location 16 years ago helped spur the city's current growth in the arts.
Students flock to historically black colleges where they feel welcome
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Rising racial tension is one reason for the growth.
The $2 billion question: Spend on fighting fires or preventing them?
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A professor of fire ecology discusses the trade-offs in one of the costliest fire seasons in memory.
A long, winding path to hurricane recovery in Houston
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As Texans wait to for relief funds and repairs post-Hurricane Harvey, the in-between life can be frustrating.
The economics of colonizing Mars
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Would it be profitable? One science fiction writer isn't so sure.
CDOs — collateralized debt obligations — helped trigger the 2008 housing crisis. Now CLOs are on the rise. Should we be worried?
In the wake of the financial crisis, we all learned a lot of fear-inducing acronyms, like CDOs – collateralized debt obligations – which helped trigger the housing meltdown. So news that volumes of a similar sounding investment – CLO or collateralized loan obligations – had hit $247 billion in first nine months of this year, […]
Survey finds low-income people pay more in monthly bank fees
It can pay to have a checking account. But a new survey out this morning from Bankrate shows low-income consumers end up paying more in monthly bank fees than other customers. The survey found that consumers with annual household incomes under $30,000 pay an average of $31 in monthly fees compared to $9 for people […]
The latest Senate budget deal is approved. Does tax reform come next?
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