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Deal With U.A.W. Won’t Put Ford at a Disadvantage, Analysts Say

A tentative agreement gives the United Automobile Workers union members at the carmaker their best terms in decades. But the cost to Ford will be manageable, industry experts said.

By Jack Ewing and Neal E. Boudette

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U.S. Economic Growth Accelerated in the Third Quarter

Gross domestic product expanded at a 4.9 percent annual rate over the summer, powered by prodigious consumer spending. But the pace is not expected to be sustained.

By Lydia DePillis

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Why the U.A.W.’s President Has Taken a Hard Line

Shawn Fain owes his rise within the United Automobile Workers to a group determined to make the union far more confrontational toward automakers.

By Noam Scheiber

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What Is Going on in the U.K.’s Economy?

The country’s statistics agency published new “experimental” labor market data, the latest in a series of economic re-evaluations.

By Eshe Nelson