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Traditional pension plans haven’t come again. But the information from IBM would possibly lead you to suppose so. Last month, IBM thawed out an outlined profit pension plan that it had frozen greater than 15 years in the past. The firm has additionally stopped making contributions into worker 401(ok) accounts. These strikes are startling, as […] More

An educational journal writer this week retracted two research that had been cited by a federal judge in Texas final 12 months when he dominated that the abortion tablet mifepristone ought to be taken off the market. Most of the authors of the research are docs and researchers affiliated with anti-abortion teams, and their studies […] More

Linda Hennis was checking her Medicare assertion in January when she seen one thing unusual: It stated an organization she had by no means heard of had been paid about $12,000 for sending her 2,000 urinary catheters. But she had by no means wanted, or acquired, any catheters. Ms. Hennis, a retired nurse who lives […] More

The prices, and the advantages, of the I.R.A. In the previous 24 hours, President Biden has taken questions (and warmth) on his age, reminiscence and psychological health. But the one financial concern that’s more than likely to generate scrutiny from the enterprise neighborhood and past over the following a number of months is the largest […] More

The estimated price ticket for President Biden’s clean-energy and local weather agenda has successfully doubled because the Inflation Reduction Act was signed into legislation a 12 months and a half in the past. Nearly the entire improve is attributable to forecasters’ perception that the legislation will probably be extra fashionable than they’d initially anticipated, partially […] More

In an interview launched on Thursday, Tucker Carlson urged President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to launch an American reporter for The Wall Street Journal who has been held in a infamous Moscow jail for practically a yr. Mr. Carlson’s enchantment on behalf of the reporter, Evan Gershkovich, was solely the second time that Mr. […] More

A congressional investigation has decided that 5 American enterprise capital companies invested greater than $1 billion in China’s semiconductor trade since 2001, fueling the expansion of a sector that the United States authorities now regards as a nationwide safety menace. Funds equipped by the 5 companies — GGV Capital, GSR Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Sequoia Capital […] More

What will Peltz do now? Shares in Disney are up greater than 7 p.c in premarket buying and selling on Thursday, after the leisure big launched blockbuster quarterly earnings and made a string of headline-grabbing bulletins. (Taylor Swift! Fortnite! A “Moana” sequel!) In quick, the House of Mouse bolstered its case towards the activist investor […] More