Americans’ New TV Habit: Subscribe. Watch. Cancel. Repeat.
Many more people are jumping from one streaming subscription to another, a behavior that could have big implications for the entertainment industry.
CNN’s Coverage of Man Who Set Himself on Fire Shows Challenges of Live News
Until Friday, at least, the cable news coverage of the first criminal trial of a former president carried a hint of anticlimax. With the dry and slow-moving proceedings inside a Lower Manhattan courtroom closed to their cameras, the networks could only offer their usual interviews with experts and analysts, set to the sights and sounds…
Can the W.N.B.A. Make Money?
A wave of star power has lifted hopes that viewership will pick up for the women’s league.
VW Workers in Tennessee Vote for Union
In a landmark victory for organized labor, workers at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee have voted overwhelmingly to join the United Automobile Workers union, becoming the first nonunion auto plant in a Southern state to do so. The company said in a statement late Friday that the union had won 2,628 votes, with 985 opposed,…
‘It’s Clearly Bleak’: Stocks Set for Longest Losing Streak in Months
Stocks are on course for their longest losing streak of the year, as geopolitical turmoil rattles Wall Street and investors slash their bets on the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates any time soon. The S&P 500, one of the most widely followed stock indexes in the world, recorded a fifth consecutive decline on Thursday. Stocks…
Legal Fight Over Trump Media’s Ownership Adds to Its Woes
Two ex-contestants on “The Apprentice” sold the former president on the idea of a social media platform. Now, the company and the pair are wrangling over their stake.
The Race to Reroute Goods From Baltimore: Trains, Trucks and Tractors
In another workaround, imported cars originally destined for Baltimore are coming into Newark and being trucked to processors in Baltimore, to provide work there while the port is closed. Richard Scher, a spokesman for the Baltimore port, said 14,000 vehicles had been brought down. But such adjustments are straining the trucking industry. Smaller car transporters,…
E.V. Sales Are Slowing. Tesla’s Are Slumping.
As sales of Teslas drop and demand for electric vehicles cools — even as more models enter the market — an increasing number of automakers are competing for a slice of a shrinking pie. Nearly 269,000 electric vehicles were sold in the United States in the first three months of this year, according to Kelley…
NPR Editor Who Accused Broadcaster of Liberal Bias Resigns
Uri Berliner, the NPR editor who accused the broadcaster of liberal bias in an online essay last week, prompting criticism from conservatives and recrimination from many of his co-workers, has resigned from the nonprofit. Mr. Berliner said in a social media post on Wednesday that he was resigning because of criticism from the network’s chief…
Germany’s Leader, Olaf Scholz, Walks a Fine Line in China
Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany tried to strike a delicate balance on a trip to China this week, promoting business ties with his country’s biggest trading partner while raising concerns over its surge of exports to Europe and its support for Russia. Mr. Scholz met with China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, at the Diaoyutai State…
NPR Suspends Editor Whose Essay Criticized the Broadcaster
NPR has suspended Uri Berliner, the senior business editor who broke ranks and published an essay arguing that the nonprofit radio network had allowed liberal bias to affect its coverage. Mr. Berliner was suspended by the network for five days, starting last Friday, for violating the network’s policy against doing work outside the organization without…
Microsoft Makes High-Stakes Play in Tech Cold War With Emirati A.I. Deal
Microsoft on Tuesday plans to announce a $1.5 billion investment in G42, an artificial intelligence giant in the United Arab Emirates, in a deal largely orchestrated by the Biden administration to box out China as Washington and Beijing battle over who will exercise technological influence in the Gulf region and beyond. Under the partnership, Microsoft…
Pet Policies for Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, American Airlines and Other Domestic Carriers
Flying with a pet can be expensive and confusing, with fees, weight limits, carrier size rules and the need to make sure there’s no loud barking (or meowing) on board. Recently, American Airlines relaxed its pet policy to allow passengers to bring a carry-on bag in addition to a pet in a carrier, and more…
On Himalayan Hillsides Grows Japan’s Cold, Hard Cash
The views are spectacular in this corner of eastern Nepal, between the world’s highest mountains and the tea estates of India’s Darjeeling district, where rare orchids grow and red pandas play on the lush hillsides. But life can be tough. Wild animals destroyed the corn and potato crops of Pasang Sherpa, a farmer born near…
News Outlets Urge Trump and Biden to Commit to Presidential Debates
A group of major news organizations — including The Associated Press and the five big broadcast and cable networks — issued an unusual joint statement on Sunday urging President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump to commit to participating in televised debates before Election Day. “General election debates have a rich tradition in our…
Ohtani’s Dizzying 3 Weeks End in Exoneration by Authorities
In the clubhouse after the Los Angeles Dodgers won their season opener in Seoul last month, Shohei Ohtani’s longtime interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, made a stunning admission to the team: He was a gambling addict, and Ohtani had paid his debts to a bookmaker. Ohtani, who is not fluent in English, listened but failed to fully…
$17,000 to Watch the Masters? How Sports Entice Deep-Pocketed Fans.
Teams, leagues and event organizers are pursuing enthusiasts with the promise of luxury and exclusivity, in hopes of bigger profits and lasting loyalty.
Frank Olson, Executive Who Linked O.J. Simpson With Hertz, Dies at 91
Frank A. Olson, who as a top executive of Hertz cast the running back O.J. Simpson as the star of the company’s commercials — a corporate marriage that shined up both parties and that lasted two decades, until Mr. Simpson was charged in a double homicide in 1994 — died at his home in Palm…
Overlooked No More: Lizzie Magie, the Unknown Inventor Behind Monopoly
This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. When Charles Darrow, an unemployed salesman in Philadelphia, learned about a new board game that was becoming popular in small circles, he asked his friends to type up the rules and help…
NPR in Turmoil After It Is Accused of Liberal Bias
NPR is facing both internal tumult and a fusillade of attacks by prominent conservatives this week after a senior editor publicly claimed the broadcaster had allowed liberal bias to affect its coverage, risking its trust with audiences. Uri Berliner, a senior business editor who has worked at NPR for 25 years, wrote in an essay…
European Central Bank Signals Coming Rate Cut, Setting Up Split With Fed
The European Central Bank gave its clearest signal yet on Thursday that it might lower interest rates at its next policy meeting, in June. The indication that European policymakers would push ahead with rate cuts in the next few months as inflation slows and the region’s economy languishes opens up a divergence with the United…
Rent a super Boat in Monaco
Rent a super Boat Monaco, the second smallest country in Europe and home to Princes and Princesses, is a glamorous and extravagant gateway for wealthy visitors. It offers luxury, first-class restaurants, spectacular hotels and, of course, million-dollar yachts. Become part of the glamour by renting a boat in Monaco and enjoying a private escapade along…
USPS Proposes Another Stamp Price Increase
The United States Postal Service on Tuesday proposed an overall increase of nearly 8 percent on the price of postage, the latest in a series of stamp hikes over the past three years. The new prices would take effect in July, pending approval from an independent regulatory commission. Among other changes, a Forever stamp would…
How Ozempic Turned a 1970s Hit Into an Inescapable Jingle
Simon Allaway, 52, an Ozempic user and Chicago-based computer programmer and musician, loves the “Magic” spot. “I can’t help but sing along to it,” he said. “It’s a perfect fit with the product.” Another user wrote in a message-board post that whenever she injects herself, her father sings “Oh, oh, oh, Ozempic.” “Magic” has been…
FAA Investigates Claims by Boeing Whistle-Blower About Flaws in 787 Dreamliner
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating claims made by a Boeing engineer who says that sections of the fuselage of the 787 Dreamliner are improperly fastened together and could break apart mid-flight after thousands of trips. The engineer, Sam Salehpour, who worked on the plane, detailed his allegations in interviews with The New York Times…
Internet Traffic Dipped as Viewers Took in the Eclipse
As the moon blocked the view of the sun across parts of Mexico, the United States and Canada on Monday, the celestial event managed another magnificent feat: It got people offline. According to Cloudflare, a cloud-computing service used by about 20 percent of websites globally, internet traffic dipped along the path of totality as spellbound…
Guarding Royal Families for $1,000 a Day: Inside Executive Protection Jobs
Monica Duperon Rodriguez welled up with feelings of awe when she stepped off a charter flight onto the Serengeti in Africa for a job assignment. “The thought that came to my mind was: ‘This poor girl from this police department is standing in the Serengeti,’” she said. “I would have never in my entire life…
U.S. Employers Added 303,000 Jobs in 39th Straight Month of Growth
Another month, another burst of better-than-expected job gains. Employers added 303,000 jobs in March on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Labor Department reported on Friday, and the unemployment rate fell to 3.8 percent, from 3.9 percent in February. Expectations of a recession among experts, once widespread, are now increasingly rare. It was the 39th straight…
Maryland Passes 2 Major Privacy Bills, Despite Tech Industry Pushback
The Maryland Legislature this weekend passed two sweeping privacy bills that aim to restrict how powerful tech platforms can harvest and use the personal data of consumers and young people — despite strong objections from industry trade groups representing giants like Amazon, Google and Meta. One bill, the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act, would impose…
Richard Benedick, Negotiator of Landmark Ozone Treaty, Dies at 88
A May 1985 report in the journal Nature was alarming. High above Antarctica, a massive hole had opened in the ozone shield that protects life on earth from the sun’s ultraviolet rays. The finding confirmed what scientists had warned of since the 1970s: Atmospheric ozone was being broken down by the wide use of chlorofluorocarbons,…
How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I.
The race to lead A.I. has become a desperate hunt for the digital data needed to advance the technology. To obtain that data, tech companies including OpenAI, Google and Meta have cut corners, ignored corporate policies and debated bending the law, according to an examination by The New York Times. At Meta, which owns Facebook…
The economic paradox of the Biden presidency
Labor pains One of the more puzzling aspects of the U.S. economy is that employers have been on an almost uninterrupted hiring spree since President Biden took office — and analysts see no signs that the trend will reverse any time soon. The paradox is that there is no guarantee that the jobs boom will…
Some Colleges Will Soon Charge $100,000 a Year. How Did This Happen?
It was only a matter of time before a college would have the nerve to quote its cost of attendance at nearly $100,000 a year. This spring, we’re catching our first glimpse of it. One letter to a newly admitted Vanderbilt University engineering student showed an all-in price — room, board, personal expenses, a high-octane…
March Jobs Report Live Updates: U.S. Added 303,000 Jobs, Beating Expectation
Federal Reserve officials spent much of 2022 and 2023 worried that the job market was too strong to be sustainable. Employers were racing to snap up a limited supply of workers, the logic went, leading to rapid wage gains that would eventually prod those companies to raise prices to cover their labor costs. But instead…
Eclipse’s Path Is Also Leaving a Trail of High Hotel Prices
The solar eclipse that will cast a visible shadow across the United States on Monday is already leaving an obvious mark on hotel prices. The Super 8 hotel chain is considered an inexpensive option for travelers, and it has over 1,400 American locations. About 300 of those are within the path of totality, and 100…
A Cruel Way to Control Bird Flu? Poultry Giants Cull and Cash In.
The highly lethal form of avian influenza circulating the globe since 2021 has killed tens of millions of birds, forced poultry farmers in the United States to slaughter entire flocks and prompted a brief but alarming spike in the price of eggs. Most recently, it has infected dairy cows in several states and at least…
U.S. and China Continue to Talk, but Economic Divide Remains Wide
When Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen traveled to Beijing last summer, her mission was to re-establish a dialogue between the world’s largest economies and stabilize a relationship that appeared to have reached rock bottom. The United States and China created formal economic working groups to keep the conversation going. Months later, Ms. Yellen met with…
Boston Marathon Criticized for Branded Finisher Medals
Cathy Connor loves the Boston Marathon. She loves the camaraderie. She loves the mystique of the event, which dates to 1897 as the world’s oldest annual marathon. She loves the idea that she gets to run the same rolling course that has been conquered by greats like Kathrine Switzer, Meb Keflezighi and Des Linden. Ms.…
Deal Talks Between Paramount and Skydance Heat Up
Shari Redstone is getting one step closer to selling her media empire. Paramount, home to one of Hollywood’s most storied movie studios as well as CBS and cable networks like Nickelodeon, has been discussing entering into exclusive talks with the media company Skydance for a potential deal, according to four people with knowledge of the…
Tesla’s Sales Fell in First Quarter as Competition Intensified
Tesla, which has been accustomed to brisk growth, reported a drop in car sales during the first three months of the year as models from other automakers appeared to gain ground. The company led by Elon Musk said it delivered 387,000 cars worldwide in the first quarter, down 8.5 percent from 423,000 vehicles in the…
China’s Advancing Efforts to Influence the U.S. Election Raise Alarms
Covert Chinese accounts are masquerading online as American supporters of former President Donald J. Trump, promoting conspiracy theories, stoking domestic divisions and attacking President Biden ahead of the election in November, according to researchers and government officials. The accounts signal a potential tactical shift in how Beijing aims to influence American politics, with more of…
Sports Illustrated’s Owner Sues Energy Drink Mogul After Chaos at Magazine
Sports Illustrated’s owner on Monday sued Manoj Bhargava, the energy drinks mogul whose foray into media has been rife with chaos and conflict, accusing him of failing to pay millions of dollars for the rights to publish the iconic magazine. The 51-page lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York,…
Daniel C. Lynch, Founder of Major Computer Exhibition, Dies at 82
Daniel C. Lynch, a computer network engineer whose exhibitions on networking equipment helped accelerate the commercialization of the internet in the 1980s and ’90s, died on Saturday at his home in St. Helena, Calif. He was 82. His death was confirmed by his daughter Julie Lynch-Sasson, who said he had been suffering from kidney failure.…
AllTrails Proves Vital for Hikers of All Levels
Close your eyes and imagine a stereotypical hiker. Do the words “rugged” and “built Ford tough” come to mind? Are they wearing khaki shorts? Is a tube attached to a CamelBak hanging from their mouth? Whatever you imagined, that hiker is probably using the app AllTrails. In fact, just about everyone is. Even people who…
AT&T Passcodes for Millions Are Reset After Leak of Customer Records
The telecommunications giant AT&T announced on Saturday that it had reset the passcodes of 7.6 million customers after it determined that compromised customer data was “released on the dark web.” “Our internal teams are working with external cybersecurity experts to analyze the situation,” AT&T said. “To the best of our knowledge, the compromised data appears…
How S.M.U., Once the Rogue of College Sports, Got Back to the Big Time
It wasn’t just a gold Pontiac Trans Am with a painted bird on the hood. It was the car that Texas A&M gave to Eric Dickerson in 1979, when he was a top high school running back prospect, in the hope that he would become an Aggie. Instead, he drove from his hometown, Sealy, Texas,…
For Cesar Conde, NBC’s News Chief, Corporate Polish Meets Partisan Reality
His performance impressed executives at NBC’s parent company, Comcast. In May 2020, Jeff Shell, then the NBCUniversal chief executive, put Mr. Conde in charge of the NBC News Group, replacing a veteran newsman, Andrew Lack. Privately, Mr. Shell acknowledged that Mr. Conde had a different background from his predecessor. According to two people familiar with…
A Key Inflation Gauge Hovers Above Fed’s Target
The latest reading of the Federal Reserve’s favorite inflation gauge hovered above the level that officials aim for, evidence that price increases are proving stubborn even after declining notably in 2023. The Personal Consumption Expenditures inflation measure, which the Fed officially targets as it tries to achieve 2 percent annual inflation, climbed by 2.5 percent…
Auto Industry Expects Minimal Disruption From Port Shutdown
Concerns about the impact of the Baltimore bridge collapse on auto imports and exports are beginning to ease as car companies turn to other ports along the East Coast. On Thursday, Cox Automotive, a market researcher, said it expected the situation in Baltimore to have no material effect on vehicle sales in the United States.…
Josh Kushner and Karlie Kloss Plan to Revive Life Magazine
Kushner and Kloss take over Life magazine Life, the iconic photography-focused chronicler of the 20th century, has taken on many forms, including a weekly magazine, a website and the occasional special issue. Now, it is set to resume regular print publication, thanks to a deal between Barry Diller’s IAC and Josh Kushner, the venture capitalist…
In Saga of NBC and Ronna McDaniel, Perks and Perils of Partisan Talk on TV
Trying to juice ratings in an election year, a major TV network hired a pair of provocative commentators from the political establishment to inject some spiky opinion into its otherwise-staid campaign coverage. The result — the Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr. debates of 1968 — was a hit with viewers and an unexpected…
Famously Obstinate, Bill Ackman Is Now Real-Life Famous. What Next?
In June 2017 — as he was reeling from the end of his marriage of more than two decades and some of the most disastrous investments of his career — Bill Ackman, the billionaire hedge-fund financier, joined Twitter. In his few posts that year and the next, Mr. Ackman, now 57, shared a picture of…
Ronna McDaniel Is Out at NBC News After Furor
The Ronna McDaniel era at NBC News has come to an abrupt and chaotic end. Facing an extraordinary on-air revolt by its leading stars, NBC’s top news executive said on Tuesday that he had decided to cut ties with Ms. McDaniel, the former chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, who was hired last week as…
Why BlackRock’s Larry Fink Wants to Rethink Retirement
BlackRock’s chief wants to rethink a fiscal time bomb As the chairman and C.E.O. of the asset management giant BlackRock, Larry Fink commands attention from companies and governments, helping spearhead movements like socially driven business and the need for companies to fight climate change. In his latest letter to investors, published on Tuesday, Fink weighs…
Bird Flu Spreads to Dairy Cows
A highly fatal form of avian influenza, or bird flu, has been confirmed in U.S. cattle in Texas and Kansas, the Department of Agriculture announced on Monday. It is the first time that cows infected with the virus have been identified. The cows appear to have been infected by wild birds, and dead birds were…
Boeing C.E.O. to Step Down in Major Reshuffle at Embattled Plane Maker
Boeing announced Monday that its chief executive, David Calhoun, would step down at the end of 2024 as part of a broad management shake-up, as the aircraft maker grapples with its most significant safety crisis in years. Stan Deal, the head of the division that makes planes for commercial customers, will retire immediately and will…
Big Republican Donor Jeff Yass Owned Shares in Trump Media Merger Partner
Jeff Yass, the billionaire Wall Street financier and Republican megadonor who is a major investor in the parent company of TikTok, was also the biggest institutional shareholder of the shell company that recently merged with former President Donald J. Trump’s social media company. A December regulatory filing showed that Mr. Yass’s trading firm, Susquehanna International…
Young Chinese Embrace ‘Gross Outfits’ at Work
When the weather turned cold in December, Cindy Luo started to wear her fluffy pajamas over a hooded sweatshirt at the office. Wearing cozy sleepwear to work became a habit and soon she didn’t even bother to wear matching tops and bottoms, selecting whatever was most comfortable. A few months later, she posted photos of…
David E. Harris, Trailblazing Airline Pilot, Is Dead at 89
David E. Harris, a former Air Force bomber pilot who at the height of the civil rights movement in the 1960s became the first Black pilot hired by a major commercial airline in the United States, died on March 8 in Marietta, Ga., about 20 miles northwest of Atlanta. He was 89. His death, at…
It’s a Golden Age for Shipwreck Discoveries. Why?
Some were fabled vessels that have fascinated people for generations, like Endurance, Ernest Shackleton’s ship that sank in the Antarctic in 1915. Some were common workhorses that faded into the depths, like the Ironton, a barge that was carrying 1,000 tons of grain when it sank in Lake Huron in 1894. No matter their place…
United Airlines Faces Closer F.A.A. Scrutiny After Safety Incidents
The Federal Aviation Administration will scrutinize United Airlines’ operations more closely in coming weeks after a spate of recent safety incidents, the airline told employees in a memo on Friday. “We will begin to see more of an F.A.A. presence in our operation as they begin to review some of our work processes, manuals and…
How the US Fight Against Apple Tests Antitrust Limits
Eisner gave DealBook an exclusive statement: In 1983, Disney was under attack by corporate raiders trying to take over the company. That would have ended the Disney Company as we know it, for the studio, theme parks, and hotels were suggested to be sold off. The board turned to me and Frank Wells, and a…
A Birkin Bag Is Hard to Buy
If you want to buy a Birkin bag, the pièce de résistance from the French luxury retailer Hermès, you should know that you probably can’t. Vogue delivered this tough-love message to readers in a recent article that described the quest for an Hermès bag as “daunting.” The magazine cautioned that customers “might wait months or…
Farewell to the Montana Club, and a Clientele Straight Out of ‘Yellowstone’
The Montana Club, a celebrated bar, dining room and gathering place in Helena that was founded by frontier movers and shakers in 1885 — four years before Montana became a state — will close its doors after one final toast on March 29. The club, which also holds a notable place in Black history, has…
Angela Chao Was Intoxicated When She Died in Car Wreck, Police Report Shows
Angela Chao, the chief executive of a shipping company and part of a prominent family in American politics, was legally intoxicated when she drove into a pond in Texas and died last month, according to a police report released on Wednesday, which called the episode an “unfortunate accident.” The report, released by the Blanco County…
How Waymo Driverless Cars Could Change Los Angeles
Los Angeles, to drivers, has never been for the faint of heart. A land where most cannot fathom life without wheels, it offers a daily parade of frustration: congestion, accidents, construction, road rage, tedium. Every transplant has a story about learning to adapt. “You get in the rhythm of matching everyone else’s energy,” said Tamara…
Gannett and McClatchy Cut Back Relationship With A.P.
Two major American newspaper chains, Gannett and McClatchy, plan to drastically curtail their business relationships with The Associated Press, which supplies news reports and images to outlets around the world. Gannett, the largest newspaper company in the United States and the publisher of USA Today, said on Tuesday that, starting Monday, it would no longer…
Hong Kong Security Law Could Damage City’s Image as Financial Hub
Paul Chan, the top finance official of Hong Kong, traveled to Paris, London, Frankfurt and Berlin last September to lure foreign investors. Last month he abolished taxes on foreigners’ purchases of Hong Kong real estate. And he is soon set to host an international art show, as well as conferences for big money funds and…
James D. Robinson III, Transformative Head of American Express, Dies at 88
James D. Robinson III, who as chief executive of the American Express Company from 1977 to 1993 helped transform Wall Street into a more competitive financial marketplace, with a wide diversity of businesses housed under single roofs, died on Monday in Roslyn, N.Y., on Long Island. He was 88. The death, at a hospital, was…
The Activist Investor Dan Loeb Enters The Chip Wars
A different kind of battle for Third Point A small computer chip design company, R2 Semiconductor, has been notching wins in a potentially big patent fight against Intel over the past few months — a dispute that could force Intel to stop selling several chip lines in Europe. Behind R2’s legal war is one of…
Margaret Grade, Whose California Inn Was Beloved by Stars, Dies at 72
Margaret Grade, a California neuropsychologist who made a sharp career turn to open a cozy, eclectic inn near the Point Reyes National Seashore that was known for tending to farmers and fishers with the same attentiveness it gave to the film stars and writers who sought sanctuary there, died on Feb. 28 in San Francisco.…
Phoebe Philo Finally Talks About Her Return to Fashion
“I always tell my kids, the more you mess about, the more you find out,” she said, using a fruitier term than “mess.” “Quite quickly, I realized that work was something I needed,” she said, “and I think I had a sense it was actually going to be within fashion,” even if she knew she…
Former Apple Executive to Lead Sports Streaming Service
Since three media titans announced a new sports-focused streaming service last month, key details of the project have been shrouded in mystery. How much would it cost? Where would it be based? And who would lead the new company? Now, some of the particulars are beginning to come into focus. On Friday, the companies behind…
A Friendly Reminder: A.I. Work Isn’t Yours
Gray Areas I lead a small software company in a niche industry. Our head of product and I both shared a boss earlier in our careers. I considered him a mentor and friend, but she decidedly did not. Years after we all worked together, she shared that the two of them had an intimate relationship…
Kushner Developing Deals Overseas Even as His Father-in-Law Runs for President
Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of Donald J. Trump, confirmed on Friday that he was closing in on major real estate deals in Albania and Serbia, the latest example of the former president’s family doing business abroad even as Mr. Trump seeks to return to the White House. Mr. Kushner’s plans in the Balkans appear to…
Aspen’s Slopes Draw Skiers and Influencers to the Colorado Town
The influencers were not in Aspen to ski. In their Barbie-pink ski suits and matching Moon Boots, they rode the Silver Queen gondola to the top of the mountain, smiling and jumping for their cameras and social media feeds. Soon they would get back on the gondola and ride down, perhaps to pose for more…
Possible TikTok Sale Has Wall St. Abuzz as Mnuchin Discusses Deal
TikTok is one of the most popular and largest social media apps around the globe — with great brand recognition and loyal users. It may also be one of the hardest to sell. That’s the conundrum facing TikTok as Washington lawmakers push a bill that would force the app’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell…
TikTok Turns to Creators to Fight Possible Ban
Facing a possible ban in the United States, TikTok has scrambled to deploy perhaps its most powerful weapon: its creators. The hugely popular video service began recruiting dozens of creators at the end of last week, asking them to travel to Washington to fight a bill being debated in Congress. Under the proposal, TikTok’s Chinese…
House Passes Bill That Could Ban TikTok
The House on Wednesday passed a bill with broad bipartisan support that would force TikTok’s Chinese owner to either sell the hugely popular video app or have it banned in the United States. The move escalates a showdown between Beijing and Washington over the control of a wide range of technologies that could affect national…
China Condemns U.S. Proposal to Force the Sale of TikTok
China on Wednesday condemned U.S. lawmakers’ push to force the Chinese parent company of TikTok to sell the popular short video platform. In Washington, House lawmakers were expected to vote on a bill later in the day that would require the Chinese internet company ByteDance to cut ties with TikTok or face a nationwide ban.…
Alaska Airlines Flight Was Scheduled for Safety Check on Day Panel Blew Off
A day before the door plug blew out of an Alaska Airlines flight on Jan. 5, engineers and technicians for the airline were so concerned about the mounting evidence of a problem that they wanted the plane to come out of service the next evening and undergo maintenance, interviews and documents show. But the airline…
Walmart Wants to Teach Store Managers Compassion
On a stormy afternoon in Bentonville, Ark., a Walmart regional manager recounted a story about a moment when his humanity came up short. He was 24-year-old store manager anxiously trying to get his workers to set up Halloween merchandise displays. Instead, the workers were gathered around the televisions in the electronics department. It was the…
Could Donald Trump Save TikTok?
Trump’s TikTok U-turn TikTok users have continued to flood the social media platform — and lawmakers’ inboxes — with pleas to halt a bill that would force its Chinese owners to divest or face a ban in the U.S. That effort to keep TikTok online has now attracted some unlikely backers, including Donald Trump. A…
Biden Budget Will Underscore Divide With Republicans and Trump
President Biden on Monday will propose a budget packed with tax increases on corporations and high earners, new spending on social programs, and a wide range of efforts to combat high consumer costs like housing and college tuition. The new spending and tax increases included in the fiscal 2025 budget stand almost no chance of…
Inside the World of People Placing Bets on Oscar Winners
Follow our live updates for the 2024 Oscars. On Feb. 23, John Richards traveled more than 100 miles to place bets on the Oscars. He took a train from Washington, D.C., to Wilmington, Del., and then hopped into an Uber car to take him to a truck stop in New Jersey. Once in that state,…
He’s Not Just Looking to Make a Quick Billion
Among the great many things there are to figure out at Wonder is how to describe to customers what it is. The business doesn’t fit neatly into an existing food service category. “Delivery company” implies just an app and courier network, like Uber Eats or Grubhub, but Wonder makes all its own food in its…
Boeing Subject of Criminal Inquiry by DOJ
The Justice Department has begun a criminal investigation into Boeing after a panel on one of the company’s planes blew out on an Alaska Airlines flight in early January, a person familiar with the matter said. The airline said it was cooperating with the inquiry. “In an event like this, it’s normal for the D.O.J.…
The Surprising Left-Right Alliance That Wants More Apartments in Suburbs
For years, the Yimbytown conference was an ideologically safe space where liberal young professionals could talk to other liberal young professionals about the particular problems of cities with a lot of liberal young professionals: not enough bike lanes and transit, too many restrictive zoning laws. The event began in 2016 in Boulder, Colo., and has…
With Cyberattack Fix Weeks Away, Health Providers Slam United
Hospitals, doctors and clinics expressed frustration that they will have to wait even longer for reimbursements after hackers paralyzed the largest U.S. billing clearinghouse.
Planning a Trip? Tips and Tricks for Working With a Travel Adviser
Decades ago, your vacation most likely began with a visit to a travel agent, who relied on a combination of expertise and connections to find the best deals on plane tickets, hotels, tours and more. Since then, the internet has turned most of us into our own travel agents, and artificial intelligence software is making…
Rupert Murdoch Is Engaged Again
Rupert Murdoch decided that at 92, it was time to give up the reins of power at his media empire — but it seems he believes age is no barrier for new love, or a new marriage. On Thursday, Mr. Murdoch’s office said that he planned to marry his girlfriend, Elena Zhukova, 67, a retired…
Big American Tech Profits From Chinese Ad Spending Spree
The trade relationship between China and the United States has plenty of friction. But at least one area is booming: Chinese start-ups looking to establish a presence in the West are spending billions of dollars for advertisements on services owned by some of Silicon Valley’s biggest technology companies. Temu, the international arm of the Chinese…
New York Community Bank Raises $1 Billion in Emergency Cash
New York Community Bank, the midsize lender under pressure over its real estate loans and internal management, announced an overhaul on Wednesday that included more than $1 billion in emergency cash, the addition of former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to its board and the appointment of its third chief executive in a month. The deal…
China Cancels a News Conference, Shutting a Window for Its People
For more than 30 years, the Chinese premier’s annual news conference was the only time that a top leader took questions from journalists about the state of the country. It was the only occasion for members of the public to size up for themselves China’s No. 2 official. It was the only moment when some…
Starbucks Franchise Lays Off Workers in Mideast Amid Gaza-Tied Boycotts
Starbucks franchise operators across the Middle East and Southeast Asia are losing significant business amid boycotts linked to the Israel-Hamas war, and at least one has started laying off employees. Alshaya Group, a Kuwait-based franchise operator that owns the rights to operate Starbucks in the Middle East, confirmed on Tuesday that it planned to cut…
Taylor Swift’s Singapore Shows Stir Anger in Southeast Asia
Taylor Swift has descended on Southeast Asia, or one small part of it at least: All of her six sold-out shows are in Singapore, the region’s wealthiest nation. Many of her fans in this part of the world, which is home to more than 600 million people, are disappointed. But the Singapore leg of Ms.…
JetBlue and Spirit Call Off Their $3.8 Billion Merger
JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines announced on Monday that they would not seek to overturn a court ruling that blocked their planned $3.8 billion merger. The decision is a big win for the Biden administration, which has sough to limit corporate consolidation. Backing out of the agreement will cost JetBlue. Under the terms of the…
Forced to Change: Tech Giants Bow to Global Onslaught of Rules
For decades, Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta barreled forward with few rules and limits. As their power, riches and reach grew, a groundswell of regulatory activity, lawmaking and legal cases sprang up against them in Europe, the United States, China, India, Canada, South Korea and Australia. Now that global tipping point for reining in…
OPEC to Extend Oil Production Cuts Through June
Saudi Arabia, the de facto leader of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, said Sunday that it would extend cuts in oil production through June, noting that it was acting “in coordination with some” other states. Saudi allies including Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates said Sunday that they would also continue their reductions.…
What You Need to Know for the 2024 Tax Season
Filing your tax return serves as an annual reminder of just how tediously complex the American tax code is — and this year is no exception. It’s not as messy as the pandemic years, but there are plenty of new provisions taking effect, and some changes could potentially land midseason. Procrastination may cost you: Interest…
The Big Questions Raised by Elon Musk’s Lawsuit Against OpenAI
The F.T.C. sued to block the biggest supermarket merger in U.S. history. The regulator moved to block Kroger’s $25 billion bid for Albertsons, warning that the deal would raise prices and damage union workers’ bargaining power. Insider trading from home The husband of a former BP merger and acquisitions manager who pleaded guilty this month…
After Gains at Big Three, U.A.W. Aims at Nonunion Plants
When Shawn Fain, the United Automobile Workers president, unveiled the deal that ended six weeks of strikes at Ford Motor in the fall, he framed it as part of a longer campaign. Next, he declared, would be the task of organizing nonunion plants across the country. “One of our biggest goals coming out of this…
DeSantis Vetoes Blanket Social Media Ban for Youths Under 16
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday vetoed a sweeping social media bill that would have effectively barred Florida residents under the age of 16 from opening accounts on services like TikTok and Instagram, even if their parents permitted them to do so. In a post on X, Mr. DeSantis said he had vetoed the teen social…
Judge Fines Ex-Fox News Reporter, Catherine Herridge, for Not Revealing Sources
A federal judge held a veteran investigative reporter in contempt of court on Thursday for not revealing her sources for articles she wrote about a scientist who was investigated by the F.B.I. The journalist, Catherine Herridge, formerly of CBS News and Fox News, was ordered to pay $800 a day until she divulged the information.…
Alcohol-Related Deaths Surge to Nearly 500 a Day, CDC Says
The study found that deaths linked to alcohol in the United States increased in five years by 40,000. The toll is stark: About 178,000 people died in 2021 from excessive drinking, compared with 138,000 in 2016. During that period, the deaths rose by 27 percent among men and 35 percent among women. Dr. Siegel attributed…
China Has Thousands of Navalnys, Hidden From the Public
After watching “Navalny,” the documentary about the Russian opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny, a Chinese businesswoman messaged me, “Ren Zhiqiang is China’s Navalny.” She was talking about the retired real estate tycoon who was sentenced to 18 years in prison for criticizing China’s leader, Xi Jinping. After Mr. Navalny’s tragic death this month, a young…
Dan Lin Is Named Netflix’s Top Movie Executive
Netflix said on Wednesday that the producer Dan Lin would replace Scott Stuber as the streaming company’s top film executive. Mr. Stuber was the head of Netflix Film for seven years before announcing last month that he would be leaving. During his tenure, he brought a bevy of Oscar-winning filmmakers to Netflix and helped the…
China Expands Scope of ‘State Secrets’ Law in Security Push
China passed revisions to an already stringent state secrets law, broadening the scope of the type of information that would be considered a national security risk in the world’s second-largest economy. The changes elevate the risks for foreign businesses operating in the country. Over the last year, China has targeted consultants and business executives in…
Macy’s Will Close 150 Stores but Expand Bloomingdale’s and Bluemercury
Macy’s said on Tuesday that it would vastly reshape its strategy and retail footprint, closing about 150 Macy’s stores over the next three years while expanding its upscale Bloomingdale’s and Bluemercury chains. The moves put the stamp of the company’s new chief executive, Tony Spring, on an effort to improve the profitability of the largest…
AT&T Offers $5 Credit After Widespread Service Outage
AT&T will offer a $5 credit to customers affected by a widespread outage on Thursday that was caused by technical issues the company encountered while trying to expand its network, its chief executive said on Sunday. The outage, which started around 3:30 a.m. Eastern time, temporarily cut off connections for users across the United States.…
F.T.C. Sues to Block Kroger-Albertsons Grocery Store Deal
The Federal Trade Commission and nine state attorneys general on Monday sued to block Kroger, the supermarket giant, from completing its $24.6 billion acquisition of the grocery chain Albertsons, saying the deal would hurt competition in the industry. The agency said the deal, which would be the largest supermarket merger in U.S. history, would also…
Émigrés Are Creating an Alternative China, One Bookstore at a Time
On a rainy Saturday afternoon in central Tokyo, 50 or so Chinese people packed into a gray, nondescript office that doubles as a bookstore. They came for a seminar about Qiu Jin, a Chinese feminist poet and revolutionary who was beheaded more than a century ago for conspiring to overthrow the Qing dynasty. Like them,…
Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading After Overhearing Wife’s Work Calls
A Texas man pleaded guilty to insider trading after he was accused of making $1.7 million in illegal profits by purchasing and selling stocks based on his wife’s work conversations, which he had overheard while she was working remotely at home, federal prosecutors said on Thursday. The man, Tyler Loudon, of Houston, bought 46,450 shares…
Claude Montana, Fashion Designer Whose Look Defined the ’80s, Dies at 76
Claude Montana, the audacious and haunted French designer whose exquisite tailoring defined the big-shouldered power look of the 1980s — an erotic and androgynous tough chic that brought him fame and accolades until he was felled by drugs and tragedy in the ’90s — died on Friday in France. He was 76. The Fédération de…
France Will Cut Spending as It Sees a Weaker Economy Ahead
France is entering an era of belt-tightening, as the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, economic slowdowns in Germany and China and record-high interest rates take a bigger-than-expected toll on growth. The French will find themselves faced with cuts of 10 billion euros ($10.8 billion) in government spending, on items including environmental subsidies and education, the…
A Biden Accuser Was Discredited. Right-Wing Media Is Undeterred.
The Fox News star Jeanine Pirro addressed the matter on “Hannity” on Thursday night. “You’ve got this guy Smirnov who was a respected confidential informant for 10 years by the F.B.I.,” she said. “They paid him money, he was so credible. Now, all of a sudden, a couple months ago, they decide, ‘Oh, he’s not…
France Will Cut Spending as It Sees a Weaker Economy Ahead
France is entering an era of belt-tightening, as the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, economic slowdowns in Germany and China and record-high interest rates take a bigger-than-expected toll on growth. The French will find themselves faced with cuts of 10 billion euros ($10.8 billion) in government spending, on items including environmental subsidies and education, the…
AT&T Says It’s ‘Working Urgently’ To Fix Widespread Cellular Outage
AT&T was hit by a widespread outage affecting users across the United States early Thursday and gave no indication of when services would be restored. The outage, which affected people in cities including Atlanta, Los Angeles and Dallas, was first reported around 3:30 a.m. Eastern time, and cellular service and internet problems were still being…
Leaked Files Show the Secret World of China’s Hackers for Hire
A cache of documents from a Chinese security firm working for Chinese government agencies showed an extensive effort to hack many foreign governments and telecommunications firms, particularly in Asia, as well as targets of the country’s domestic surveillance apparatus. The documents, which were posted to a public website last week, revealed an eight-year effort to…
What Is Your Housing Situation? We Want to Hear From You.
“No society can be fully understood apart from the residences of its members.” I have that quote (from “Crabgrass Frontier,” the seminal history of America’s suburbs) taped to a wall behind my desk. It summarizes why I love covering housing for The New York Times and seem never to run out of things to write…
At 70, This Instagram Influencer Shows That It’s Never Too Late
“It’s Never Too Late” is a series that tells the stories of people who decide to pursue their dreams on their own terms. Lyn Slater will be the first to tell you her life has been a series of happy accidents and purposeful metamorphoses. “Because I’m constantly reinventing myself, my life is always a surprise.…
What are the typical dimensions of cable railing components?
What are the typical dimensions of cable railing components? Cable railings have become increasingly popular in contemporary architectural designs, offering a sleek and minimalist aesthetic while providing safety and functionality. Understanding the typical dimensions of cable railing components is crucial for designing and installing these systems effectively. When considering cable railing dimensions, several key components…
Meet the Diplomat Who Shaped Biden’s Global Economic Policy
In the fall of 2022, two top Biden administration officials met in New York with a key European diplomat. Over dinner outdoors, they strategized about how best to throttle Russia’s oil revenues in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine. Near the end of what had been a collegial meal, the European official, Bjoern Seibert, dropped…
Can the Olympics Rejuvenate One of France’s Poorest Corners?
Parisians are already grumbling about the crowds for this summer’s Olympics. They envision sweaty tourists jamming the subway cars, making the hell of commuting even more, well, hellish. They are planning their summer escapes; at worst a “télétravail” schedule to work from home. But not Ivan Buyukocakm. Glancing out at a corner known for drug…
For Michigan’s Economy, Electric Vehicles Are Promising and Scary
Last fall, Tiffanie Simmons, a second-generation autoworker, endured a six-week strike at the Ford Motor factory just west of Detroit where she builds Bronco S.U.V.s. That yielded a pay raise of 25 percent over the next four years, easing the pain of reductions that she and other union workers swallowed more than a decade ago.…
William Beecher, Who Revealed Secret Cambodia Bombing, Dies at 90
William Beecher, who as a reporter for The New York Times revealed President Richard M. Nixon’s secret bombing campaign over Cambodia during the Vietnam War, and who later won a Pulitzer Prize at The Boston Globe, died on Feb. 9 at his home in Wilmington, N.C. He was 90. His daughter, Lori Beecher, and son-in-law,…
‘Most Wanted’ Man Pleads Guilty in Cyberattack That Upended Vermont Hospital
A Ukrainian man pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to his leadership role in two cyberattack schemes that caused tens of millions of dollars in losses and temporarily crippled a Vermont hospital in 2020, according to the Justice Department. Prosecutors said that Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov, 37, was a leader for an organization that in…
Volkswagen and BASF Are Reconsidering Ties to Xinjiang, China
Volkswagen Group is reviewing the future of its joint venture in the Xinjiang region of northwestern China and another German industrial giant is starting to sell its stakes there following new international scrutiny of forced labor by predominantly Muslim ethnic groups. Volkswagen said last week that it was in discussions with one of its main…
On the Ground of Biden’s Antitrust Agenda
Big deals are waiting on the tarmac as Wall Street and the business world anticipate how the presidential election will change antitrust enforcement. President Biden has taken an aggressive approach to policing deals that some have called overreaching and others have lauded as a necessary return to scrutiny on the power wielded by big business.…
Tucker Carlson’s Lesson in the Perils of Giving Airtime to Vladimir Putin
Tucker Carlson left Moscow more than a week ago, riding high from an interview with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia that returned him to the spotlight after his abrupt cancellation by Fox News last spring. But the interview with the wartime autocrat, mocked in various corners of the political-media world for its soft touch,…
The $50K Scam: F.T.C., C.I.A. and Amazon Weigh In on NY Magazine’s Charlotte Cowles
When New York magazine’s finance advice columnist dropped an article that went viral on Thursday about falling victim to a $50,000 scam, my heart skipped a beat. My own financial planner had gone to jail years ago, which I’d chronicled in a few columns. Nearly all of us are vulnerable to scams, at least sometimes.…
The Antitrust Enforcers Aimed at Big Tech. Then Came the Backlash.
The South Korean government unleashed a wave of panic across the internet industry: The country’s antitrust regulator said it would enact the toughest competition law outside Europe, curbing the influence of major technology companies. The Korea Fair Trade Commission, with the backing of President Yoon Suk Yeol, said in December that it planned to make…
U.K. Economy Tipped Into Recession as 2023 Ended
The News Britain’s economy sank into a recession at the end of last year, capping off a year of economic strain in which interest rates were pushed to their highest level in a decade and a half to stamp out high inflation. Gross domestic product in October to December contracted 0.3 percent from the previous…
Live Video: Watch SpaceX Launch Intuitive Machines Nova-C Moon Lander
Another month, another day, another try at the moon. A robotic lunar lander is scheduled to launch in the early morning hours of Thursday, one day after a technical glitch postponed the first launch attempt. If all goes well, it will become the first American spacecraft to set down softly on the moon’s surface since…
William Post, Who Helped Create Pop-Tarts, Dies at 96
William Post, a businessman who was credited with a significant role in inventing Pop-Tarts, a classic American snack and cultural touchstone with an enticing sweetness and simplicity, died on Feb. 10 in Grand Rapids, Mich. He was 96. His death was confirmed by his son, Dan Post, who said his father had died of heart…
SpaceX Postpones Launch of Intuitive Machines Nova-C Moon Lander
Another month, another try at the moon — but not on Wednesday. SpaceX announced the postponement on Tuesday night of the scheduled launch of a private robotic lunar lander. The spacecraft, built by Intuitive Machines of Houston, is on top the rocket on the launchpad. Weather conditions were favorable but a technical issue led to…
Are You Getting Sticker Shock From Your Electric Bills? We Want to Hear About It.
Upgrades to aging utility equipment and efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions have combined to drive up electricity costs across the country, with the national average increasing from one year to the next. As a New York Times business reporter, I have been looking into the impact of the rising costs of electricity on consumer…
Bob Edwards, Longtime Host of NPR’s ‘Morning Edition,’ Dies at 76
Bob Edwards, the host of NPR’s “Morning Edition” for nearly a quarter-century, whose rich baritone and cool demeanor imbued his radio broadcasts with authority in reaching millions of listeners, died on Saturday in Arlington, Va. He was 76. His death, at a rehabilitation facility, was from heart failure and complications of bladder cancer, his wife,…
Two Big Texas Oil Producers Announce $26 Billion Merger
Two large Texas oil producers are joining forces in a deal valued at $26 billion, the latest in a wave of consolidation in the U.S. energy industry. Diamondback Energy and Endeavor Energy Resources, both major players in the booming Permian Basin oil field that straddles New Mexico and Texas, announced on Monday that they would…
How China Built BYD, Its Tesla Killer
China’s BYD was a battery manufacturer trying its hand at building cars when it showed off its newest model in 2007. American executives at the Guangzhou auto show gaped at the car’s uneven purple paint job and the poor fit of its doors. “They were the laughingstock of the industry,” said Michael Dunne, a China…
Si Spiegel, War Hero Who Modernized Christmas Trees, Dies at 99
Before he became known as the father of artificial Christmas trees, Si Spiegel was a valiant Army aviator. In the closing days of World War II, he was piloting his B-17 Flying Fortress in an armada of 1,500 Allied bombers that pummeled Berlin. Struck by antiaircraft flak, two of the plane’s four engines lost power…
With NFL Deal, Kristin Juszczyk Is the Super Bowl’s Clear Winner
Still, Ms. Juszczyk, whose website says she is self-taught and started her business after making Halloween costumes for herself and her husband, has more than just the endorsements of Ms. Swift and other celebrities going for her. The fact that Nike was first credited with making Ms. Swift’s jacket reflects the fact that Ms. Juszczyk…
The New N.F.L. Owners?
As team valuations skyrocket, the league is weighing whether to relax ownership rules that prohibit investment from private equity funds.
Tucker Carlson Urges Putin to Release American Journalist
In an interview released on Thursday, Tucker Carlson urged President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to release an American reporter for The Wall Street Journal who has been held in a notorious Moscow prison for nearly a year. Mr. Carlson’s appeal on behalf of the reporter, Evan Gershkovich, was only the second time that Mr.…
Rolling Stone’s Top Editor Steps Down
Noah Shachtman, the top editor of Rolling Stone, is stepping down at the end of the month after a stint of more than two years at the helm of the pop culture bible. In a brief note to employees that was seen by The New York Times, Mr. Shachtman said his last day running the…
Tucker Carlson’s Putin Interview Puts Him Back on Center Stage, for Now
Last spring, it seemed Tucker Carlson might have reached the end of his fiery path through American media and politics. Fox News canceled his top-rated show, depriving Mr. Carlson of his nightly platform in prime time. But it kept him under a contract, worth more than $15 million a year, that prohibited him from taking…
‘Zombie Offices’ Spell Trouble for Some Banks
Graceful art-deco buildings towering above Chicago’s key business district report occupancy rates as low as 17 percent. A set of gleaming office towers in Denver that were full of tenants and worth $176 million in 2013 now sit largely empty and were last appraised at just $82 million, according to data provided by Trepp, a…
Disney Tops Earnings Forecast and Raises Dividend
Robert A. Iger has insisted for months that his turnaround plan for Disney was working. But distinct proof has been elusive, and investors, as evidenced by the company’s underperforming stock price and multiple proxy campaigns by activists for board seats, have been hesitant to buy in. On Wednesday, Mr. Iger delivered financial proof — along…
Lincoln Center’s Leader, Henry Timms, to Depart After Five Years
Henry Timms, who guided Lincoln Center through the turmoil of the pandemic and helped shepherd through the $550 million renovation of David Geffen Hall, will step down as its leader this summer after five years, he announced on Wednesday. Timms will become chief executive of the Brunswick Group, a global public relations firm. He said…
Adam Neumann Wants to Take Over WeWork
WeWork’s founder is trying to buy it Adam Neumann shot to fame by turning WeWork into a cultural and business phenomenon, before being ousted from the work space operator in dramatic fashion. But for the past several months, he has been trying to buy the now-bankrupt business — with the help of the hedge fund…
Why One Shaky Bank Is Stirring Fears of a Wider Financial Mess
As the one-year anniversary of a crisis that brought down several midsize banks approaches, trouble at another lender is putting unwelcome attention on the industry again. Concerns now center on New York Community Bancorp, which operates roughly 400 branches nationwide under brands such as Flagstar Bank and Ohio Savings Bank. The bank ballooned in size…
Tucker Carlson’s Visit to Russia Draws Speculation of Putin Interview
Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News host who now has a show on the social network X, has been spotted in Moscow in recent days, leading to speculation in Russia and the United States that he is about to achieve his long-stated goal of interviewing President Vladimir V. Putin. If so, Mr. Carlson would be…
Snap Lays Off 10% of Its Work Force
The company laid off more than 500 of its employees on Monday, or about 10 percent of its global work force.
What’s Behind a $10 Chicken Over Rice From a Cart? An $18,000 Permit.
But Mr. Mousa focused on one number: 3,892. That was his position on a New York City food vendor waiting list. Like thousands of the city’s mobile food vendors, Mr. Mousa cannot get a permit for his cart, the Halal Plates. A longstanding cap limited the number of permits to 5,100, before a 2021 law…
Coping With the Loss of a Pet? They Can Offer Grief Support.
Ms. Goodfriend, 79, who started counseling pet owners in 2005, credited this spike to the pandemic, which she said made people “more aware of grief and more inclined to express it.” At the Schwarzman Animal Medical Center, which has been operating in Manhattan since 1910, a free pet-loss-support group has been available to clients since…
Biden to Sit Out Super Bowl Interview
President Biden is sitting out the Super Bowl for the second year in a row. CBS said on Saturday that the White House had turned down a request for Mr. Biden to participate in a televised interview with its news division, which would have aired in the highly rated hours ahead of the big game…
Joe Madison, Radio Host and Civil Rights Activist, Dies at 74
Joe Madison, an influential talk radio host with a rumbling musical baritone, who interviewed President Barack Obama in the Oval Office and numerous other political leaders in his studio in Washington, D.C., urging them to take action on civil and human rights issues, has died at his home in Washington. He was 74. His family…
U.S. Hits Back at Iran With Sanctions, Criminal Charges and Airstrikes
In the hours before the United States carried out strikes against Iran-backed militants on Friday, Washington hit Tehran with more familiar weapons: sanctions and criminal charges. The Biden administration imposed sanctions on officers and officials of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Iran’s premier military force, for threatening the integrity of water utilities and for helping…
January Jobs Report: U.S. Job Growth Surges
The labor market added 353,000 jobs in January, far more than expected, in a sign that economic growth remains vigorous.
Biden Imposes Sanctions on Israelis Over West Bank Violence
The order served as both a sharp-edged diplomatic notice to Israel and a message to Arab Americans, a key part of the political coalition the president needs to be re-elected.
The Squeeze on British Businesses Is Not Letting Up Soon
Britain’s economy faces a bracing fact: The number of companies that folded last year was the highest in three decades. More than 25,000 companies registered as insolvent in 2023, the most since 1993, according to government data published this week. As pandemic-related support measures for businesses ended, the wreckage from years of high debt and…
Senators Denounce Tech Companies Over Child Sex Abuse Online
Senators criticized the chief executives of Meta, TikTok, Snap, X and Discord for not doing enough to prevent child sexual abuse online, amid rising fears over how the platforms affect youths.
Walmart to Add 150 U.S. Stores in Five-Year Expansion Drive
Walmart will add 150 stores in the United States over the next five years, a major expansion drive for the retail giant. The company, which announced the move in a statement on Wednesday, said would involve millions of dollars in investment. Walmart employs roughly 1.6 million people in the United States, and said it hires…
N.C.A.A. Investigates Booster Club Funding for College Sports
The N.C.A.A. is investigating the University of Tennessee’s football program for recruiting violations involving a group of outside donors, signaling an escalation of efforts to rein in the growing influence of money flooding into college sports, according to documents and people familiar with the case. The investigation is focused on Tennessee’s high-profile donor collective, a…
Saudi Aramco Abruptly Drops Plans to Expand Oil Production
Saudi Aramco said Tuesday that it would call off plans to expand its oil output, a remarkable turnaround by one of the world’s leading petroleum producers. Aramco, the national oil company of Saudi Arabia, said it had been directed by the government in Riyadh to maintain its “maximum sustainable capacity” of crude oil production at…
Norfolk Southern Agrees to Try Out Federal Safety Reporting Program
Norfolk Southern, the operator of the freight train carrying toxic chemicals that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, nearly a year ago, has agreed to participate in a federal program that allows employees to report safety issues confidentially, the company and federal officials announced on Monday. In the aftermath of the derailment, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg…
What Evergrande’s Collapse Might Mean for the Global Economy
What next for Evergrande’s creditors? A Hong Kong court on Monday ordered the liquidation of Evergrande, the heavily indebted Chinese property giant. The decision comes two years after the company defaulted, setting off a financial crisis at other developers and adding to the challenges facing the world’s second-largest economy. The company’s dissolution raises questions about…
Ring to Stop Allowing Police to Request Videos From Security Cameras
Ring, a home security camera company owned by Amazon, said that it would stop letting police departments request users’ footage in its app amid longstanding concerns from privacy advocates about the company’s relationship with law enforcement. Eric Kuhn, the general manager of subscriptions and software for the Ring app Neighbors, announced on Wednesday that the…
Since the East Palestine, Ohio, Train Derailment, Accidents Have Risen
Mr. Jefferies said the railroads had taken several steps after the East Palestine accident to improve safety. Previously, the industry required that railroads stop and remove a rail car if a wheel bearing’s temperature hit 200 degrees Fahrenheit. In July, the association required that action at 170 degrees. (The wheel bearing on the East Palestine…
Jon Franklin, Pioneering Apostle of Literary Journalism, Dies at 82
Jon Franklin, an apostle of narrative short-story-style journalism whose own work won the first Pulitzer Prizes awarded for feature writing and explanatory journalism, died on Sunday in Annapolis, Md. He was 82. His death, at a hospice, came less than two weeks after he fell at his home, his wife, Lynn Franklin, said. He had…
The Key Issues for Business in a Likely Trump-Biden Rematch
After beating Nikki Haley in New Hampshire on Tuesday, Donald Trump reaffirmed his position as the leading candidate to win the Republican nomination. That has business leaders facing the possibility of another Trump presidency, and their investors trying to figure out what it could mean for their bottom lines. The questions are, perhaps not surprisingly,…
Buried in Wegovy Costs, North Carolina Will Stop Paying for Obesity Drugs
In June 2021, the insurance plan for North Carolina state employees was paying for 2,800 people to take weight-loss drugs. Last year, it paid for nearly 25,000. Medications like Wegovy cost the North Carolina State Health Plan $100 million last year, rising seemingly out of nowhere to represent 10 percent of its spending on prescription…
Is Cryptocurrency Like Stocks and Bonds? Courts Move Closer to an Answer.
For more than a decade, the pioneers of the cryptocurrency industry envisioned digital coins as an alternate branch of finance, a renegade sector that would operate outside the reach of big banks and government regulators. But as digital currencies like Bitcoin and Ether became more mainstream, the crypto industry collided with a 1946 Supreme Court…
Airlines Hoping for More Boeing Jets Could Be Waiting Awhile
Boeing hoped 2024 would be the year it would significantly increase production of its popular Max jets. But less than a month into the year, the company is struggling to reassure airline customers that it will still be able to deliver on its promises. That’s because the Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday that it…
Shipping Costs Soar in Wake of Red Sea Attacks
For about two months, a barrage of missile and drone attacks in the Red Sea by Houthi militants has posed a difficult choice to shippers using the Suez Canal: risk an airborne strike and pay sharply higher insurance rates, or forgo the canal and take the longer route around Africa, snarling schedules and entailing higher…
Tesla Profit From Car Sales Falls as Price Cuts Hurt
Tesla’s profit from sales of electric cars slumped in the last three months of last year because of price cuts intended to thwart increasingly intense competition, the company said on Wednesday as it warned of a tough year ahead. Profit in the fourth quarter nearly doubled to $7.9 billion, up from $3.7 billion a year…
British Court Answers an Eternal Question: How Much Potato Does a Crisp Contain?
No profit grows, Shakespeare once wrote, where no pleasure is taken. And so in the tedious march of life, we find joy in small things: The rising of the sun. A fine glass of wine. The greasy snap of a well-dressed potato crisp. But soft! Not so fast. Life affords no simple pleasures, and even…
Pastor Charged With Cryptocurrency Fraud Said God Told Him to Do It
A pastor in Denver who said that God told him to sell cryptocurrency that could not be cashed is facing civil charges, along with his wife, for marketing a digital coin that prosecutors said was “practically worthless” and using the proceeds to support a “lavish lifestyle.” The pastor, Eligio Regalado, and his wife, Kaitlyn Regalado,…
New Hampshire Officials to Investigate A.I. Robocalls Mimicking Biden
Voters in New Hampshire received robocall messages over the weekend in a voice that was most likely artificially generated to impersonate President Biden’s, urging them not to vote in Tuesday’s primary election, according to the state attorney general’s office. The fake recordings, which told listeners that “your vote makes a difference in November, not this…
Netflix’s Head of Film to Depart
Scott Stuber, who brought Oscar-winning filmmakers like Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, Jane Campion and Alfonso Cuarón to Netflix and in doing so helped to usher the entertainment industry into the streaming era, is leaving as the service’s film chairman, the company said on Monday. News of Mr. Stuber’s departure came on the eve of the…
Facing Backlash, Some Corporate Leaders Go ‘Under the Radar’ With D.E.I.
Over the past two years, as Ishan Bhabha and his colleagues at the law firm Jenner & Block prepared briefs for the affirmative action case the Supreme Court ruled on last year, Mr. Bhabha had a realization: If higher education institutions like Harvard were the first target of litigation about diversity, equity and inclusion, America’s…
Newspapers Stolen After Reporting on Rape Investigation at Police Chief’s Home
A Colorado man was cited after more than 200 newspapers were stolen from distribution boxes, stopping people from buying The Ouray County Plaindealer the day it published a front-page story about an investigation into sexual assault at the home of the Ouray city police chief. The Plaindealer said in a note to readers on Thursday…
The Top Takeaways From Davos
Panel discussions, back-to-back private meetings, negotiations to get into the best parties: The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, was back to its prepandemic form this year, as leaders convened to discuss the state of the world. It was the first Davos gathering since 2020 without any Covid-related restrictions, as fears about the pandemic almost…
The Baltimore Sun’s New Owner Has the Newsroom on Edge
A few years ago, desperate to avoid being acquired by a hedge fund, staff members of The Baltimore Sun made public pleas for a local entrepreneur to buy their publication. That request was recently realized: A Maryland businessman, David D. Smith, bought the storied newspaper, returning the 186-year-old newspaper to local hands for the first…
Stocks Are in a Bull Market. What Does That Mean?
The S&P 500 index closed at a record on Friday, crossing above its old high-water mark, set in early 2022. The gains show that investors have overcome fears of rising interest rates and panic about a recession that had governed stock trading for much of the past two years. Instead, they’re now betting that a…
Boeing Cargo Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Miami After ‘Engine Malfunction’
A Boeing cargo plane headed for Puerto Rico was diverted back to Miami International Airport shortly after takeoff when an engine failed, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The episode is another potential setback for Boeing, which has been thrust into the spotlight in recent weeks over quality control concerns. Atlas Air Flight 5Y095 landed…
Astrobotic’s Peregrine Moon Lander Burns Up in Earth’s Atmosphere
A spacecraft that was headed to the surface of the moon has ended up back at Earth instead, burning up in the planet’s atmosphere on Thursday afternoon. Astrobotic Technology of Pittsburgh announced in a post on the social network X that it lost communication with its Peregrine moon lander at 3:50 p.m. Eastern time, which…
Why Is Paying for College So Complicated?
Saving and paying for college is an endurance test, a forced march on an often 50-year parade, where strange numerical codes and senseless jumbles of letters mark a route that Waze can’t map. Begin at age zero or earlier with a 529 college savings plan for your child, born or not yet so. As kids…
What the Supreme Court Fishery Case Could Mean for Federal Agencies’ Power
The Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday in a set of cases that could pave the way for its conservative supermajority to undercut how American society imposes rules on businesses, advancing a key goal of the conservative legal movement. Such a ruling would make it easier to challenge regulations across a gamut of issues, like…
Tesla Drivers in Chicago Confront a Harsh Foe: Cold Weather
Charging stations in Norway see longer lines in the winter than summer, since vehicles are slower to charge in colder weather, but that has become less of an issue in recent years since Norway has built more charging ports, Mr. Godbolt said, citing a recent survey of members. Also, the majority of people in Norway…
4.3 Million Watched the Emmys, a New Low
The Emmy Awards ratings collapse continues. An audience of 4.3 million people watched the Emmys on Fox on Monday night, the lowest viewership since records have been kept, according to preliminary Nielsen data. In 2022, the Emmys garnered 5.9 million viewers, the previous low. The ratings have put the Emmys dangerously close to the Tony…
Food Marketing in the Ozempic Age
One day about 60 years ago, the comedian Bert Lahr put on a devil suit, held up a potato chip and uttered a phrase that would become a food-marketing milestone: “Betcha can’t eat just one.” Positioning food as deliciously addictive, as Lay’s did in its sly TV commercial, became advertising gold. In the decades that…
The War Has Reined In Ukraine’s Oligarchs, at Least for Now
For weeks, they fended off Russian assaults, holed up in a vast steel mill under barrages of missiles and mortars. And when the Ukrainian troops defending the Azovstal plant finally surrendered in May 2022, the mill had been reduced to rubble and twisted metal. The fighting at Azovstal, in the besieged city of Mariupol, was…
Apple Will Discount iPhones by $70 in China Starting Thursday
Ever bought a discounted new phone from Apple? For most people, the answer is no. That’s because Apple doesn’t really do discounts. But in China, Apple is slashing the price of some of its latest iPhones by $70 amid worries that Chinese consumers have cooled on the brand. That would save a buyer about 6…
The Meme King of Longevity Now Wants to Sell You Olive Oil
“Ready, on three,” Jamie Love said to the group of hikers as they huddled for a photo. “One, two, three …” “Don’t die!” they shouted in unison. The dozen or so strangers were gathered at the foot of Temescal Canyon Trail along the Pacific coast in Los Angeles on a cool Saturday morning in mid-December.…
A Few Words About Netflix’s Success: Vivid. Snappy. Tags.
“Grey’s Anatomy” is “soapy” and “emotional.” “Emily in Paris” is “campy” and “quirky.” “Our Planet II” is “relaxing” and “captivating,” while “Gravity” is “suspenseful” and “visually striking.” Words such as these — displayed near the synopsis and movie-poster-style tile for each one of the thousands of titles on Netflix — appear to be scooped out…
After Years of Delays, Amtrak Moves Toward Faster Trains in the Northeast
After years of delays and safety and design disputes, Amtrak is one step closer to bringing new high-speed trains to the busy Northeast Corridor. Amtrak officials said late Friday that the new trains, which had failed an extended series of computer modeling tests, had passed on the 14th try and had been cleared by the…
Netflix Film’s Removal Shows Power of India’s Hindu Right Wing
The trailer for “Annapoorani: The Goddess of Food” promised a sunny if melodramatic story of uplift in a south Indian temple town. A priest’s daughter enters a cooking tournament, but social obstacles complicate her inevitable rise to the top. Annapoorani’s father, a Brahmin sitting at the top of Hindu society’s caste ladder, doesn’t want her…
Trump’s Press Conference Aired as His Civil Fraud Trial Comes to a Close
CNN, Fox News and MSNBC all carried a live news conference by Donald J. Trump on Thursday on the final day of his civil fraud trial, a stark reminder that the former president’s legal troubles offer a uniquely outsize media platform as he pursues the Republican nomination. His appearance lasted only a few minutes, but…
Fruit Stripe Gum, Famous for Short Bursts of Flavor, Is Discontinued
Fruit Stripe, the striped chewing gum known for its short burst of flavor, has been discontinued after more than a half-century, inspiring nostalgic tributes across social media. “Best two seconds of flavor you’ve ever had,” one Reddit user wrote on Wednesday. “R.I.P. to a legend.” Rainbow-colored packs of Fruit Stripe gum first appeared in stores…