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Does unemployment whiplash mean recession?

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These days, to be a successful lawyer it's often not enough just to be good at the lawyering part, you also have to be good at selling yourself. Maybe even swing on a vine with a monkey Jungle Law Group hide caption

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Arif Keles owns Hisar Fresh Food in Schöneberg, Germany, which makes döner kebabs. He is opposed to Turkey's effort to give döners Traditional Specialty Guarantee status in the EU. (Willa Rubin/NPR) Willa Rubin/NPR hide caption

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People queue to buy basic food and household items outside a supermarket in Caracas, on September 28, 2016. Venezuela is in a highly tense political crisis, with the South American oil-exporting nation slammed by low crude prices, inflation, food shortages and violence. Federico Parra/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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How Venezuela imploded (update)

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TikTok is suing to block a law that would ban the social media app in the U.S. Jose Luis Magana/FR159526 AP hide caption

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What's THAT got to do with economics?

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The Fed cut rates ... now what? (featuring: Sasquatch)

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