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Michelle Weaver is a news writer for the Bergen Newspaper Group. She has been writing professionally for over three years, and she loves her job because she gets to tell people's stories—whether they're a student who just made the honor roll, or a new business owner who just opened their doors.

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Toyota reports booming sales but stays cautious on profit because of various costs

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TOKYO — Japan’s top automaker Toyota reported record sales for the fiscal year through March on Thursday, but its profit for the latest quarter faltered partly because of a certification scandal. Toyota Motor Corp.’s January-March net profit totaled 664.6 billion yen ($4.6 billion), down from 997.6 billion yen the same period a year ago. Quarterly […]

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Asian shares trade higher after Wall Street climbs moderately as Fed holds rates steady

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TOKYO — Asian shares rose moderately Thursday after a lackluster finish on Wall Street, with most shares ticking higher after the Federal Reserve left its main interest rate unchanged, as was widely expected. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 edged up 0.4% in afternoon trading to 36,943.30. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 added 0.2% to 8,191.70. South Korea’s Kospi

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Disgraced Silverback founder Josh Schuster charged with defrauding investors

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Disgraced developer Josh Schuster has been accused of stealing millions of dollars from investors for New York City real estate projects and using it to bankroll his lavish lifestyle, according to a newly unsealed federal indictment. Schuster was arrested on Wednesday in South Florida, where he moved with his family after shutting down his troubled

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Famous Actors Keep Signing Up To Do This Play. They Don’t See The Script Until They Arrive On The Stage.

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The standard routine in theatre goes something like this: an actor is cast in a play; they read, learn and rehearse it; and then, at last, they perform it to an audience, who will hopefully soak up their hard work. But for Tim Crouch, one of the industry’s chief experimenters, this exercise began to feel reductive. “A

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Bill Gates meets Indonesian leader to discuss health and sustainable development initiatives

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JAKARTA, Indonesia — JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Bill Gates was in Indonesia on Wednesday to discuss health and sustainable development initiatives with the leader of the world’s fourth most populous country. Gates met President Prabowo Subianto at the colonial-style Merdeka palace in Jakarta to discuss global health, nutrition, financial inclusion and public digital infrastructure, Indonesia’s

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PMI: Fourth successive month of construction decline

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Construction companies noted that a wide range of items had risen in price, particularly timber, concrete products and insulation UK construction activity decreased for the fourth consecutive month in April as rising business uncertainty led to delayed decision-making on new projects. That is according to the latest monthly survey of construction purchasing managers, which also

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Brooklyn franchise owner acquires Engel & Völkers in Manhattan

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The owner of Brooklyn-based Engel & Völkers franchises is taking over the firm’s Manhattan shop. Donald Brennan, an architect-turned-developer-turned-broker, bought the brokerage’s flagship office at 430 Park Avenue in a deal that includes its 45 agents, his spokesperson told The Real Deal on Monday. The outpost was the firm’s only corporate-owned office in the Americas. 

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