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‘Produce Pete’ Napolitano, a Fruit and Vegetable Celebrity, Dies at 80

For more than 30 years, he drew fans for dispensing weekly produce punditry on a New York television station, building on a sales career that began when he was 5.

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Kevin Warsh Has a Tough Job Ahead. It’s Not the First Time.

Mr. Warsh is known as a consensus builder, skills he will need if he is to head the Federal Reserve when President Trump is demanding rock-bottom rates.

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Trump Names ‘Data Nerd’ to Lead Labor Statistics Agency

The decision to nominate Brett Matsumoto, a career government economist, came six months after the president fired the previous commissioner.

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Panamanian Court Strikes Down Hong Kong Firm’s Canal Contract

The ruling delivers a victory to President Trump, who has said he wants the U.S. to control the canal, and a blow to the longtime ports operator, CK Hutchison.

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Chevron Points to Venezuela’s Promise as Big Oil Earnings Fall

The two largest U.S. oil companies, Chevron and Exxon Mobil, reported their lowest annual profits in years.

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California Jury Convicts Ex-Google Engineer of Stealing AI Secrets

A federal jury found that Linwei Ding stole thousands of confidential files to help him start a company in Beijing.

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Budget Hotels Become an Immigration Battleground for ICE Protests

“No sleep” protests have used noise and other tactics to target ICE agents at hotels, leaving the owners, often immigrants themselves, caught in the middle.

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Newark Museum of Art Names a New Leader

Lisa Funderburke will be chief executive and director of the state’s largest art museum.

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In Beijing, British Prime Minister Sees ‘Huge Opportunities’

Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain met with President Xi Jinping of China as he sought to promote business ties with the world’s second-largest economy.

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Clay, an A.I. Sales Start-Up, Lets Employees Cash Out. Again.

The company is part of a newer generation of software upstarts holding multiple tender offers where workers can sell stock before going public.

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