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Facebook’s independent oversight board on Wednesday upheld the company’s decision to suspend former President Donald Trump. But one of…
Continue ReadingFacebook’s independent oversight board on Wednesday upheld the company’s decision to suspend former President Donald Trump. But one of…
Continue ReadingGary Gensler, the newly installed chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, put Robinhood and Citadel Securities on notice Thursday about a…
Continue ReadingA major shareholder in Tesla has become bearish about the company. Scottish fund manager Baillie Gifford & Co. sold 11.1 million shares of Tesla…
Continue ReadingLast year, when Applebee’s sales took a hit in the pandemic, the chain slimmed down its menu. Now its sales are recovering, but…
Continue ReadingThe semiconductor industry’s constant challenge is to make microchips that are smaller, faster, more powerful and more energy efficient —…
Continue ReadingSeveral top business leaders have backed President Joe Biden’s plan to raise taxes on large corporations and the wealthy and spend more on…
Continue ReadingThree dollar store chains will make up almost half of all the new stores opening up in the United States this year, a reflection of the dollar store…
Continue ReadingNews of the Bill and Melinda Gates’ divorce ricocheted around the world this week, raising a number of questions: What, why? What about the…
Continue ReadingA bubble could be brewing in steel stocks. The pandemic brought the American steel industry to its knees last spring, forcing manufacturers to shut…
Continue ReadingDavid Swensen, the long-time chief investment officer at Yale University and a legend in the world of college endowments, died Wednesday at the age…
Continue ReadingA version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. In a pair of new…
Continue ReadingThe pandemic has been a tough time to be in the business of shuttling people from Point A to Point B. For months, government rules and fears about…
Continue ReadingThree dollar store chains will make up almost half of all the new stores opening up in the United States this year, a reflection of the dollar store…
Continue ReadingEarlier this week, Eleven Madison Park’s chef and owner Daniel Humm made an unexpected announcement: When the famed New York City restaurant…
Continue ReadingA version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. In a pair of new…
Continue ReadingRio Tinto shareholders have rebelled over payouts to former CEO Jean-Sébastien Jacques and other executives who quit last year after the company…
Continue ReadingBitcoin may be the king of cryptocurrencies, but it’s facing an environmental backlash over the energy-intensive technology underpinning it. A…
Continue ReadingSome of Tucker Carlson’s colleagues at Fox News are objecting to his reckless anti-vaccination rhetoric. They are speaking out in small ways on…
Continue ReadingThe divorce of Bill and Melinda Gates has sent shockwaves through China, where the Microsoft co-founder has achieved a level of fame unlike almost…
Continue ReadingAs the pandemic crushed the US economy last spring, sawmills shut down lumber production to brace for a housing slump. The slump never arrived and…
Continue ReadingI clipped a keychain with one of Apple’s tiny new Bluetooth trackers, AirTags, onto my son’s book bag and waved goodbye to him on the…
Continue ReadingBitcoin may be the king of cryptocurrencies, but it’s facing an environmental backlash over the energy-intensive technology underpinning it. A…
Continue ReadingSerial entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk is selling a new use case for NFT: “Smart event” tokens that have real value rather than digital art.…
Continue ReadingSpaceX just launched another test flight of an early Mars rocket prototype at its South Texas facility, sending the towering silver vehicle soaring…
Continue ReadingDell imagines a future in which businesses are faster, smarter and better. The tech company is building a “world where we see wide-scale…
Continue ReadingThe latest plea for a break-up of Tribune Publishing’s newspapers is coming from inside the pages of a Tribune publication. In…
Continue ReadingProminent Republicans and right-wing media organizations on Wednesday cited a decision to affirm Facebook’s suspension of former President…
Continue ReadingThe New York Times has a new statistic about its reach: The site has more than 100 million registered users. The number of users implies that at…
Continue ReadingSome of Europe’s biggest supermarkets and food companies have threatened to stop buying agricultural products from Brazil if a bill they say…
Continue ReadingGeneral Motors posted strong first-quarter earnings and said it’s on track to hit the high end of its full-year profit target despite the…
Continue ReadingGoogle is expanding its options for when, where and how often employees return to the office. The company’s workers around the world can…
Continue ReadingBlue Origin — after spending more than six years developing its space tourism rocket, New Shepard — has finally set a date for its first…
Continue ReadingPeloton recalled its Tread+ and Tread treadmills Wednesday, and the company admitted it was wrong to fight the Consumer Product Safety…
Continue ReadingWith stocks enjoying a strong start to 2021, investors are continuing to plow more money into exchange-traded funds — especially ones that are…
Continue ReadingFacebook can keep blocking former President Donald Trump from using its platform, the social network’s court-like Oversight Board said…
Continue ReadingThe world won’t be able to tackle the climate crisis unless there is a sharp increase in the supply of metals required to produce electric…
Continue ReadingWhen Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks, investors listen. And on Tuesday, they didn’t like what they heard. The details: At an event…
Continue ReadingA Philadelphia restaurant is trying to make customers feel more comfortable by making clear its employees are vaccinated. Most of the staff members…
Continue ReadingBig banks and accounting firms do most of their business in New York, London, Hong Kong and Tokyo. But they wouldn’t be able to function…
Continue ReadingBill and Melinda Gates announced the end of their 27-year relationship Monday, shocking the business and philanthropic worlds. “After a great…
Continue ReadingVitalik Buterin, a 27-year-old Russian-Canadian programmer, created ethereum in 2013 when he was 19. The cryptocurrency launched in 2015, and now…
Continue ReadingEditor’s note: This story and headline have been corrected. An earlier version overstated the number of gun sales that have been recorded in…
Continue ReadingKrispy Kreme is preparing to go public. The doughnut company said on Tuesday that it has confidentially filed paperwork related to a public offering…
Continue ReadingEpic Games and Apple kicked off their high-profile trial on Monday, beginning a legal battle that is expected to run for at least two weeks and has…
Continue ReadingYou probably haven’t seen PimEyes, a mysterious facial-recognition search engine, but it may have spotted you. If you upload a picture of your…
Continue ReadingAn era in late night television is coming to an end next month. “Conan,” Conan O’Brien’s show on TBS, will end its run on…
Continue ReadingHunter S. Thompson once wrote, “There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether…
Continue ReadingDemand for goods is skyrocketing as the US economy reopens from the pandemic. But there’s a big problem: American factories can’t find…
Continue ReadingYou can’t make this stuff up. Two of the attorneys on opposite sides of the Bill and Melinda Gates divorce case also represented the opposing…
Continue ReadingThe question of whether former President Donald Trump should be allowed back on Facebook is the biggest, most contentious and most controversial…
Continue ReadingAmazon and Google owner Alphabet are two of the most valuable companies on the planet. They dominate their industries, generate tons of cash and are…
Continue ReadingTheater fans eager for Broadway’s reopening will have to wait a few more months. New York’s theater owners on Tuesday said they are still…
Continue ReadingLet’s say you’re shopping for something on Walmart.com — maybe t-shirts. Under the category on the site, you’ll see a number of…
Continue ReadingConcerns about looming gun control legislation and rising crime continued to fuel gun sales in America throughout the month of April, according to…
Continue ReadingIt looks like most Goldman Sachs workers will be back in Lower Manhattan by mid-June, marking another milestone in the reopening of New York City and…
Continue ReadingPandora produces more jewelry than any other company in the world. And on Tuesday, it announced a major change: It won’t use any more mined…
Continue ReadingIn the market for a new car, smartphone or washing machine this year? A global shortage of computer chips could mean you have to wait a while and pay…
Continue ReadingCryptocurrency is having a moment. Between the meteoric rise of dogecoin, Tesla accepting bitcoin as payment for its vehicles and PayPal allowing…
Continue ReadingEver since “Star Wars” premiered in 1977, kids and adults alike wanted to get their hands on a lightsaber. The “elegant weapon for…
Continue ReadingDogecoin is the hottest, quirkiest cryptocurrency on the planet. The total value of the dogecoins in circulation is nearly $50 billion — not bad…
Continue ReadingBig banks and accounting firms do most of their business in New York, London, Hong Kong and Tokyo. But they wouldn’t be able to function…
Continue ReadingTwitter, known for instant and short-form expression, is investing more in the media business and long-form journalism. The company announced Tuesday…
Continue ReadingFrom the price of stocks to ethereum, it’s no secret that markets continue to look extremely frothy. What’s happening: The S&P 500…
Continue ReadingA version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. “Yesterday…
Continue ReadingBill and Melinda Gates are ending their marriage after 27 years, the pair announced in a statement on their verified Twitter accounts. “After a…
Continue ReadingOne of Eleven Madison Park’s most iconic dishes has been whole roasted duck with daikon and plum — it’s a classic of the…
Continue ReadingThe Los Angeles Times has its new top editor: Kevin Merida of ESPN will start as executive editor in June, the paper announced Monday. Merida brings…
Continue ReadingFour astronauts are on their way home from the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, ending their five-month mission to…
Continue ReadingThe Facebook Oversight Board will announce its long-anticipated decision on the fate of former President Trump’s Facebook account at 9 a.m. ET…
Continue ReadingWarren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman Charlie Munger are not big fans of short-term trading and the popular Robinhood app. But it…
Continue ReadingVerizon is exiting the media business, announcing Monday that it’s selling the unit for $5 billion to private equity firm Apollo Global…
Continue ReadingAmerica’s parents — mothers in particular — have been hit hard by the pandemic. Supervising distance learning and keeping their children…
Continue ReadingWarren Buffett’s ability to pick investments that pay off over the long term has transformed him into a billionaire and made him the…
Continue ReadingWarren Buffett said Monday that Greg Abel, the head of Berkshire Hathaway’s non-insurance business, will be his successor — although…
Continue ReadingCarbon emissions are a huge contributor to climate change, so companies are getting creative about finding ways to suck the heat-trapping element out…
Continue ReadingBitcoin prices continued their rebound Monday, rising about 4% to nearly $59,000. But the world’s largest cryptocurrency has been overshadowed…
Continue ReadingJournalist Ye Wint Thu was already on the run when his name and photo appeared on a wanted list broadcast by Myanmar’s military junta. For…
Continue ReadingTikTok has finally appointed a new permanent chief executive, eight months after its former leader called it quits as the United States was…
Continue ReadingA version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. CNN reporter and…
Continue ReadingA SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule soared back from outer space Sunday morning and made a parachute landing in the Gulf of Mexico, returning four…
Continue ReadingIn his first address to a joint session of Congress last week, President Joe Biden framed his climate change agenda as a once-in-a-generation…
Continue ReadingMedia outlets have covered Covid-19 safety protocols for more than a year now. But with new CDC mask guidelines in place, newsrooms are shifting…
Continue ReadingElon Musk is calling on Twitter to help him prepare to host Saturday Night Live. The Tesla CEO tweeted, “Throwing out some skit ideas for SNL.…
Continue ReadingThe Washington Post, The New York Times, and NBC News on Saturday issued significant corrections, retracting earlier reporting that said Rudy…
Continue ReadingDisneyland reopened Friday after being closed for more than a year, but many health safety protocols will continue to be enforced. The theme park in…
Continue ReadingEver since it was launched in 2008, the Apple App Store has been the sole gatekeeper between apps and iPhones and iPads. Other platforms, such as…
Continue ReadingBig banks have changed their attitude toward cryptocurrencies in recent years, going from dismissive to cautiously interested. But Wall Street still…
Continue ReadingLate last month, Basecamp, a project management software company, banned “societal and political discussions” at work. Given the…
Continue ReadingOn most days, Network Capital, a business networking group with over 67,000 members on Facebook, focuses on providing its community with information…
Continue ReadingWarren Buffett defended the decision by Berkshire Hathaway to not put out reports from its many subsidiaries about how the company is addressing the…
Continue ReadingMany people forced into isolation during the Covid-19 pandemic credit their pets for keeping them sane through the lockdown. Hilton wants to reward…
Continue ReadingThe Washington Post and The New York Times on Saturday issued significant corrections, retracting earlier reporting that said Rudy Giuliani had been…
Continue ReadingKobe Bryant’s late daughter Gianna’s new Mambacita apparel line went on sale Saturday on what would have been the teen basketball…
Continue ReadingThasunda Brown Duckett officially took the helm as the new CEO of TIAA on Saturday, becoming the fourth Black woman ever to head a Fortune 500…
Continue ReadingSummer is around the corner, but anyone who is looking forward to a refreshing dip in the pool to cool off may be in for a big “shock.” A…
Continue ReadingForget the Oscars. If you’re looking for star power — in the business world, at least — it doesn’t get any bigger than Warren…
Continue ReadingThe economy is on the path to recovery but it’s still far from repaired. Yet investors and economists are already worried it might be growing…
Continue ReadingWarren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway returned to profitability in the first quarter of this year after reporting a nearly $50 billion loss…
Continue ReadingEli Broad, an entrepreneur and businessman known for creating two billion-dollar businesses and establishing the iconic Broad Museum in Los Angeles,…
Continue ReadingIndia’s government locked down the country last year to avoid an out-of-control Covid-19 outbreak that so many of the world’s countries…
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