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Residential home sales are hitting peaks last seen in 2006, just before the bubble burst, but this time mortgages are stricter, down payments are higher, and a tight supply is supporting prices. 

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The eyeeglass-maker was one of the original direct-to-consumer brands, but now, its sales are split about evenly between its more than 140 bricks-and-mortar locations and its online store. WSJ’s Charity Scott explains why this split is Warby Parker’s secret sauce.

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The country, a low-tax base for many U.S. multinationals, had been one of a small number of holdouts on an agreement that aims to overhaul global taxation.

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