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The rate of inflation in May over the previous year.

Sundar Pichai, the chief executive of Google, said he never discussed a potential acquisition of the digital media start-up.

Conservative media outlets used the new inflation data, which was lower than expected, to criticize President Biden’s handling of the economy. Liberal media outlets celebrated it.

Investors worry about a possible debt crisis in the country as polls show the far right could be brought to the brink of power in less than a month.

A decades-long crisis is getting worse, and now dozens of nations are spending more on interest payments than on health care or education.

The I.R.S.’s Taxpayer Advocate Service found that many of those affected were lower-income people who depended on refunds to cover living costs. The wait is “ridiculous,” the head of the service said.

Investors voted overwhelmingly to reinstate the C.E.O.’s multibillion-dollar compensation package, inextricably tying the car maker’s future to the tech billionaire.

A real estate term used by developers when they’re assessing whether a project makes financial sense.

Assisted driving systems and robot taxis are becoming more popular with government help, as cities designate large areas for testing on public roads.