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Binance Co-Founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao, widely known as CZ, speaks during a press conference at the Europe's largest tech conference, the Web Summit, in Lisbon on Nov. 2, 2022. The SEC sued Binance and CZ on Monday, saying the company misled customers among other charges. Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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John B. Chambers is the former deputy head of the Sovereign Debt Ratings Group and former chairman of the Sovereign Debt Committee at Standard and Poor's. The ratings agency in 2011 made a major decision to strip away the country's AAA rating. Keren Carrión/NPR hide caption

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He took away the country's top AAA rating in 2011. He ended up fearing for his life

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Construction workers prepare steel for a crane at the site of JPMorgan Chase's new headquarters in New York City on May 18, 2023. Builders added jobs this month despite the headwinds from higher interest rates. It was another indication of the country's strong job market. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption

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Amazingly, the U.S. job market continues to roar. Here are the 5 things to know

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A troubling cold spot in the hot jobs report

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A customer walks by a "Now Hiring" sign posted in front of a store in Novato, Calif., on April 7, 2023. The labor market remains red hot. That's great for workers, but it's bound to reinforce concerns about high inflation. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption

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The U.S. added 339,000 jobs in May. It's a stunningly strong number

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In this handout photo provided by NASA, an Atlas V rocket with Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft launches from Cape Canaveral, Fla. on on May 19, 2022. This was the Starliner's second uncrewed flight test which later docked with the International Space Station. NASA via Getty Images hide caption

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In this Oct. 8, 2019, file photo, the Central Arizona Project canal runs through rural desert near Phoenix. The canal diverts Colorado River water down a 336-mile long system of aqueducts, tunnels, pumping plants and pipelines to the state of Arizona. Ross D. Franklin/AP hide caption

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Climate activists hold placards as they demonstrate outside ExCeL, in London, during the multinational oil and gas company Shell Annual General Meeting (AGM), on May 23, 2023. Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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The OG of ESGs

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By an 8-to-1 vote, the high court ruled against unionized truck drivers who walked off the job, but it preserved the rights of workers to time their strikes for maximum effect. Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Unions are relieved as the Supreme Court leaves the right to strike intact

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Tupperware is now selling some products at Target, but it still makes most of its money through individual sellers. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption

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Tupperware once changed women's lives. Now it struggles to survive

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The Federal Trade Commission has accused Amazon of harboring children's data even when parents request it to be deleted, as well giving its Ring employees access to users' videos. Michael Sohn/AP hide caption

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Annie McGrath and her son Griffin when he was young. Annie McGrath hide caption

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One mom takes on YouTube over deadly social media blackout challenge

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