The World Cup Brings Attention to Extreme Heat in Qatar

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Not long after the Gulf nation of Qatar was awarded the rights to host the 2022 World Cup soccer championships, Surendra Tamang hatched a plan to go.

He had heard that Qatar was recruiting many other Nepali laborers to work in Doha building the stadiums and related infrastructure projects. So in 2015 he took out a loan to cov…

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Grocers are trying to get orders to your door faster than ever — here's why

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As retailers compete for grocery shoppers, some of the big names in the business have zeroed in on the same strategy: get deliveries to customers' doors quickly.

This week, Target announced a new paid membership program with free same-day home deliveries as a key perk. Walmart expanded its same-day delivery offering to allow shoppers to get online purchases dropped off ea…

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