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More Americans are taking on debt and falling behind on bills. The people calling them to collect often endure a torrent of verbal abuse and threats of violence.

Plus: How much unpaid work can a recruiter demand? And what on earth is that smell?

Ashley Fields is a co-founder of Fields Good cookies. One variety contains protein, and others claim to boost brain performance or aid sleep.

The decades-old term refers to the sustained loss of demand for a commodity, caused by high prices.

The final months of the fashion tech start-up CaaStle included fake audits, stock buybacks and a damage control strategy led by the chief executive who defrauded it.

The hot new productivity hack for C.E.O.s and Harvard professors? A.I. twins that answer questions and attend meetings.

He was a cosmopolitan observer and interpreter of societies he knew firsthand, whether writing about war in Nicaragua or the history and cultural salons of France.

And one big mistake to avoid.

Some Texans fear “the nightmares and the horrors” of a potential screwworm outbreak. Elsewhere, not enough grass to feed cattle sends them to market earlier.

The tech journalist and filmmaker was a surprise choice to lead a famously combative newsroom. His first week was chaos.