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Endless shrimp and other indicators

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People participate in a "March on Billionaires" in the summer of 2020. The march called on the NY Governor to pass a tax on billionaires. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption

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How one Oregon entrepreneur is trying to sell marijuana out of state, legally

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Oil prices and the Israel-Hamas war

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The last face-to-face meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and China's President Xi Jinping was on Nov. 14, 2022, at the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Actors back. Pandas gone. WeBankrupt.

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