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Titanic survivor's life jacket fetches £670,000

LONDON — A life jacket worn by a passenger on RMS Titanic as she escaped the sinking steamship on a lifeboat sold at auction on Saturday for 670,00 pounds ($906,000). The flotation device was worn

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Why Most New Jobs Are Going to Women

In December 2016, as Donald Trump was headed to the White House for the first time, Betsey Stevenson offered the incoming president some economic advice.

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Why Oil Companies Need a Price Sweet Spot

Higher prices are good news for the oil industry — to a point. But they can bite, too. Crude oil prices were around $70 a barrel before the war in Iran. After

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Legal Sports Betting Boom Fuels Rising Financial Strain

Online sports betting is more popular than ever, with Americans expected to legally wager billions of dollars on this year's March Madness basketball tournament. But a growing body of evidence reveals that the