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N.Y. / Region
As New York Debates $15 Minimum Wage, a Bronx Company Makes It a Reality
While Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo pushes for a higher hourly wage, the experience of one business illustrates the impact that such an increase could have on many companies.Indeterminate as yet.
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Opinion
An Austerity Plan That Would Punish the City
Despite promises from Gov. Andrew Cuomo, budget maneuvering in Albany could leave a big hole in New York City’s finances.http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/03/30/the-pathos-of-republican-reformers/
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Business Day
German Inflation Is Positive After E.C.B. Policy Move
Germany’s annual inflation turned positive in March, suggesting the European Central Bank’s expansive monetary policy is gaining traction.http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/09/17/european-lowflation/
European Lowflation
"There is
good reason to believe that the conventional 2 percent inflation target
is too low, even for the United States; the risks of hitting the zero
lower bound are clearly much higher than people believed when 2 percent
became orthodoxy. But whatever the case for a higher US target, the case
is much, much stronger for Europe, which combines Japan-style
demography — a shrinking working-age population, making secular
stagnation more likely — with adjustment problems that get much harder
when inflation is low. It’s important to realize that it matters not at
all whether the overall rate is slightly positive or slightly negative;
as the IMF says, “lowflation” creates all the problems we associate with deflation, even if the headline number is greater than zero.
So how’s it going? Terribly. Despite QE, euro area core inflation is stuck below 1 percent.
The euro remains a
slow-motion disaster, despite the constant claims that a bit of growth
here or there somehow vindicates all the suffering."
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Science
Japanese Monkeys Like to Socialize, Even With Nits to Pick
Researchers interested in the costs and benefits of social behavior studied Japanese macaques, looking for ties between social contacts and lice.An animal model.
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The Upshot
Schools Are Slow to Learn That Sleep Deprivation Hits Teenagers Hardest
Younger people need more sleep than adults, and they face antiquated school schedules.I will not try to argue against more sleep.
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T Magazine
Spring Hair Care Tips and Tricks From a French Colorist
Christophe Robin shares holistic at-home recipes for lighter and healthier locks.Please yourself.
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N.Y. / Region
Cuomo Offers Tax Cut in Effort to Strike a Budget Deal
Mr. Cuomo announced the framework of a deal for $1 billion in tax cuts for families earning less than $300,000. He also continued to push for a $15 minimum wage.An on time Budget is required of the governor.
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Travel
Travel Rewards Programs You May Not Know About — but Should
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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Business Day
General Motors Ignition Switch Is Cleared in Trial Over a Crash
The case is one of six so-called bellwether trials being conducted to resolve legal claims against G.M., which recalled nearly 30 million vehicles after a scandal.G.M. has skilled lawyers.
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Food
7½ Great Midweek Recipes
Cheese steaks, jazzed-up popcorn and a no-recipe chicken thigh dinner.I need another appetite.
I have not mastered cooking for one.
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Food
At Lilia in Brooklyn, Missy Robbins Is Cooking Pasta Again
This Italian restaurant in Williamsburg is something of a rarity: the sole focus of a talented midcareer chef.Put it on the list.
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N.Y. / Region
In Settlement, Newark Agrees to a Series of Police Department Reforms
The proposed reforms are meant to address unconstitutional practices uncovered by a three-year investigation, including improper searches and excessive use of force.The house cleaning should not require a three year investigation.
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N.Y. / Region
Medicaid Joins Minimum Wage as Complication in Budget Talks
With a Thursday deadline nearing, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s proposed Medicaid cuts and a $15 an hour statewide wage were sticking points in the Legislature.There is always a fuss over the budget.
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U.S.
California: Wave of Overdoses From a Disguised Drug
A powerful synthetic drug that is being disguised and illegally sold as a prescription painkiller has caused six deaths and 22 overdoses in less than a week, an official said.Opioid addiction is a medical problem.
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U.S.
Lengthy Shutdowns in Washington, D.C., Metro System Are Possible
Repairs to Washington’s aging subway could require the closure of entire rail lines for months at a time, the system’s chairman said Wednesday.Congress must find the money for maintenance.
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Travel
In Tourist-Heavy Maui, Finding Deals and Aha Moments
Away from the resorts, the food is cheap and the natural beauty plentiful and accessible.I would happily visit.
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N.Y. / Region
New York City Housing Authority Faulted for ‘Significant Flaws’ in Elevator Safety
A report by the Department of Investigation, started after an 84-year-old man died in an elevator in December, said the housing agency was too slow to react to problems on elevators.The residents can break things faster than they can be repaired under the budget.
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N.Y. / Region
Romantic Fantasy on the C Train
A woman meets her dreamboat in Lower Manhattan, is dating at 42nd Street, has lunch on 81st and loses him on 96th, all without leaving the car.Fantasy is easy.
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Opinion
What’s More American Than Inheriting a Fortune?
The estate tax could address income inequality. But no one’s going to raise it.True.
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