Thursday, March 19, 2015

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Your Money

Is Your Babysitter an Employee? It Matters to Tax Liability

Opinion

Failure to Thrive

 
Spring is coming.
N.Y. / Region

N.Y.U. Professor Is Barred by United Arab Emirates

Business Day

Alibaba Is Said to Invest $200 Million in Snapchat


Chinese "Firewall"
Business Day

Japan’s Businesses Respond to Abe’s Push for Higher Wages

Pay increases at companies like Toyota and Panasonic are modest but represent a step forward for the prime minister’s economic revival program.
Wages and Salaries 

"Half measures" do not work.
Business Day

Failed by Law and Courts, Troops Come Home to Repossessions

 
Parsimonious Republicans.
U.S.

For Blacks in the U.S., Much Work Remains

Yes
Real Estate

Streetcar Revival Is Wavering in Some Cities


Drivers hate them.
U.S.

Utah Passes Antidiscrimination Bill Backed by Mormon Leaders


Utah must not be allowed this out.
Sports

N.H.L. General Managers Approve 3-on-3 Overtime

Final approvals are still needed. No decision has been made on whether to add time to the extra session, which is currently four-on-four, or begin overtime three-on-three.
Hockey, Ice 

ok
Science

Why Icicles Look the Way They Do

An atlas, not surprisingly out of Canada, documents the drip, drip, drip that determines those curious and beautiful shapes.
Ice; Physics 

A good project with pictures.
Opinion

Dark Money, Blurred Principles

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s decision to play the big-money, outside-influence game in a city with an exemplary campaign-finance law is disheartening.
Editorials; Political Action Committees; Citizens United v Federal Election Commission (Supreme Court Decision); Campaign Finance 

"The pot calls the kettle black"
Opinion

Retiring Circus Elephants

Janice Aria, director of animal stewardship at Ringling Brothers, responds to an editorial.
Elephants; Circuses; Endangered and Extinct Species 

Sometimes the animals win.
Sports

Clippers’ Doc and Austin Rivers Try to Balance Their Many Roles

When Doc Rivers, the Clippers’ coach and president for basketball operations, acquired his son Austin, they established the N.B.A.’s first father-son-player-coach relationship.
Basketball 

Nothing to add.
false

Why Female Athletes Shouldn’t Have to Beat Men

The mixed martial artist Ronda Rousey says she won’t fight a man — and she shouldn’t be expected to.
Athletics and Sports; Domestic Violence; Gender; Mixed Martial Arts; Women and Girls 

Yes.
Business Day

Shares of Intel Drop After It Lowers Its Forecast

The chip maker Intel slashed nearly $1 billion from its first-quarter revenue forecast as small businesses put off upgrading their personal computers.
Computer Chips 

Failed sales efforts.
false

Questioning the Value of Health Apps

More than 100,000 apps claim to help consumers track their conditions. That doesn’t mean they are all accurate.
iPhone; Mobile Applications; Smartphones; Software 

Or useful.
Business Day

New-Home Construction Plunged in February, Government Reports

Housing starts fell the most in the Northeast and Midwest, where a stretch of brutally cold weather was the likely culprit.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential); Housing Starts; Building (Construction)
U.S.

West Virginia: 2 Plead Guilty in River Pollution

Two former owners of Freedom Industries pleaded guilty on Monday to environmental violations stemming from last year’s Charleston chemical spill.
Water Pollution

Yes








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