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Trump Renews Threat to Fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook After Supreme Court Ruling
President Trump promised to “take appropriate action immediately” against Lisa Cook, the Fed governor he had tried to...
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World Cup Final Drives Billions in Bets on Kalshi and Polymarket
The soccer tournament has helped propel the prediction markets to new user records, creating what may be the largest...
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Robinhood’s Chief on Trump Accounts and Why Trading Isn’t Necessarily Gambling
Vlad Tenev, the chief executive of the digital brokerage Robinhood, is trying to win over the next generation of...
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What Will You Do in Retirement? Your Money Depends on It.
Workers often focus solely on their retirement savings balance. But figuring out how you want to spend the rest of...
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Why Locals Are Gatekeeping Their Favorite Places From Tourists
As visitors flock to places like Mexico City, Milan and Copenhagen, residents are rethinking what they share, and who...
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Taylor Farms to Remove Products After Lettuce Is Linked to Cyclospora Cases
The California company grows produce in more than 12 states, and in Mexico and Canada. Taco Bell and food distributor...
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Big Tech Firms Like Oracle Turn to Bonds to Finance A.I. Data Centers
Risk is rising as big tech companies like Oracle — the ultimate financial source of the Ellison media empire — need...
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Stocks Sink on Anxiety About Tech and A.I. Spending
Investors are growing uneasy about increasing competition from China in the global race to dominate artificial...
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China’s Moonshot AI Unveils Kimi Model, Threatening America’s Lead
China’s Moonshot AI unveiled a freely available artificial intelligence model that seemed to narrow the gap with...
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After Repeated Crises, Boeing Looks to Turn a Corner
The company recently opened a new production line to keep up with strong demand for its 737 Max, though orders for...
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X and Music Publishers Retreat From Lawsuits
Elon Musk’s social media platform and the music companies agreed to dismiss dueling claims, from 2023 and 2026. They...
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Poolhouse, a Tech-Infused Pool Hall Start-up, Raises $55 Million
Poolhouse, which was created by the founders of Topgolf and uses technology to track players’ scores, aims to sell...
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America’s Enterprising Spirit Is Booming After Decades-Long Slump
Hundreds of thousands of people are creating companies each year, ending a decades-long drought.
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How Companies Have Abandoned Their Climate Goals and Let Themselves Off the Hook
Big business made big promises about saving the planet. Following through hasn’t been easy.
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When a World Cup Team Needs a Trim, the Barbershop Comes to Them
Maram Hammadi, who grew up playing on dirt fields in Iraq before opening a barbershop outside Seattle, heard Egypt...
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Roger Summit, Who Invented an Early Online Search Service, Dies at 95
A research scientist at Lockheed, he came up with the idea for a computer system that would search scientific and...
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A New Blow to Tracking Gun Sales
The House has passed a bill that would bar the use of merchant codes specifically for firearm retailers, an effort to...
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Cooler Inflation May Not Be Enough to Stave Off Fed Rate Increases
The Federal Reserve is expected to hold rates steady at its July meeting, but officials have not written off the...
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Truth Social Parent to Sell Faster Access to Trump’s Posts
The product, Truth API, could give Wall Street trading firms an edge in seeing President Trump’s posts on the social...
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Netflix Revenue Grows 13% to $12.6 Billion
The company’s second-quarter earnings were largely in line with Wall Street’s expectations.
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Mary-Dell Chilton Dies at 87; Helped Create First Genetically Modified Plant
In 1982, she led the research team that figured out how to genetically alter plants, a discovery that would...
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Americans Are Spending, and Not Just on Necessities
Lower gas prices have been a relief for households struggling with higher living costs. But now they are creeping...
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Anthropic Inches Toward a Mega-I.P.O.
The artificial intelligence lab is said to have taken more steps that are consistent with a company aiming to go...
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Maker of Drone Boats Used in Iran War Will Open New Texas Shipyard
Saronic Technologies will make naval and commercial vessels at the facility. The company’s naval drone helped rescue...
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TSMC Adds $100 Billion to Its U.S. Spending Plan
The pledge from the Taiwanese chip-making giant brought the total commitment to its fast-growing operations in...
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NextEra and Dominion File to Form a Huge Power Company
They asked regulators in three states and at a federal agency to approve a deal that would create a combined company...
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PayPal Receives $53 Billion Takeover Offer Involving Stripe
PayPal, which owns Venmo, is the target of what one group of analysts described as a “lowball” offer from Stripe,...
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SpaceX Briefly Falls Below I.P.O. Price of $135
After soaring in its stock market debut, the shares of Elon Musk’s rocket and A.I. company have been rocky.
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United Airlines Will Soon Let You Take Over the Middle Seat, for a Price
The option, set to go on sale on some flights later this year, will feature a shared table in the middle seat. The...
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Twitter Turns 20: Two Decades of Memes, Movements and Hot Takes
The first tweets from the public appeared on July 15, 2006, several months after a soft launch. It was rebranded as X...
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Goldman’s Former Top Lawyer Calls Epstein a ‘Masterful Liar’
Kathryn Ruemmler, the former general counsel of Goldman Sachs, testified on Wednesday in a closed-door congressional...
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The American E.V. Has Been Crushed. Will It Take the U.S. Auto Industry With It?
The largest U.S. automakers have backed away from electric vehicles, even as global sales are booming. The decision...
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IBM’s Stock Crash Reignites Fears of A.I. Disruption in Software Sector
The company tumbled sharply after previewing quarterly results that were disappointing. It’s not good news for...
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A Year After DOGE Cuts, Social Security Is Trying to Stabilize
The agency has been quietly hiring workers again, and its leadership is focused on improving technology to ease...
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Tech Investors and Longevity Influencers Back Neko Health’s Mega Round
The health tech start-up co-founded by Spotify’s Daniel Ek is worth billions more after a new $700 million funding...
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White House Cheers Inflation Data While Iran War Sparks New Price Surge
The news of an improvement in consumer prices in June came as the U.S. and Iran escalated attacks, risking a return...
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T. Rex Fossil Sells for $50.1 Million, Putting the King Back On Top
In a booming fossil market, the T. rex had been dethroned by a stegosaurus. No longer.
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Public Health Groups Sue F.D.A. Over Flavored E-Cigarette Policy
Executives unhappy with the agency donated and lobbied President Trump directly. Major companies have already begun...
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Leonard Abramson, Health Care Innovator and Philanthropist, Dies at 93
He created U.S. Healthcare, one of the first H.M.O.s, and used his great wealth from the sale of the company for...
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Chai Discovery, an A.I. Drug Start-Up, Raises $400 Million
The fund-raising values the company at $3.8 billion and underscores investor interest in using artificial...
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Paramount vs. the States
An effort to block the media giant’s planned takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery underscores how states are taking a...
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The Fed’s new chairman is asking for advice.
Five new task forces are focused on topics that Kevin M. Warsh, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, has said are...
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Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Is Challenged in Court by California and 11 Other States
The lawsuit, filed by California and 11 other states, argues that the deal would harm movie theaters and damage...
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Trump Administration Is Snapping Up Stakes in Private Companies. Could A.I. Be Next?
Some tech executives are nervous that the administration’s recent scrutiny of artificial intelligence models could be...
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Will Oil Prices Rise as the US-Iran Truce Frays? The Answer Lies With China.
For decades, OPEC influenced the market by how much oil it produced. But China, the largest importer, is...
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The Fed’s Christopher Waller Warns of Higher Rates Soon if Inflation Stays High
Christopher J. Waller, a governor at the Federal Reserve, said he needed to see several months of lower inflation...
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Nearly 200 Economists and Tech Leaders Warn of A.I. Threats
A letter calls for policymakers to do more to understand and respond to potential disruptions from artificial...
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Wall Street’s Big Week for Earnings and Economic Data
Earnings season kicks off in earnest on Tuesday with big banks up first. Corporate America faces a high bar to beat...
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5 New Roller Coasters to Make You Scream This Summer
Let the adrenaline flow on coasters that will shoot you high in the air, spin you around and turn you upside down....
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U.A.W. President Says He’s the Victim of ‘Bogus Allegations’
A grand jury is investigating whether Shawn Fain used his position to seek favors for his fiancée and retaliated...
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‘Moana’ Falters at the Box Office, Casting Doubt on Disney’s Formula
The live-action remake took in roughly $43 million over the weekend in North America, about 30 percent less than...
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‘Michael’ Crosses $1 Billion at the Box Office as Lionsgate Roars Back
Shunned by bigger studios as too risky, “Michael” and other hits have revived Hollywood’s last major independent...
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Big-Box Retailers Have a New Strategy for Breaking Into Urban Markets
As more states and municipalities continue their push to build affordable housing, companies like Costco and Target...
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Kansas City, the Smallest World Cup Host, Has the World at Its Feet
The city has a proud history with the sport thanks to Lamar Hunt, who owned the Kansas City Chiefs and co-founded...
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Kids Can’t Stop Watching ‘Moana.’ There’s a Scientific Explanation.
The 2016 release has become the most watched movie on Disney+. Parents and experts explain why kids can’t get enough.
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Trump Accounts Prompt Parents to Start Saving Early for Their Kids
Between Trump accounts and child-friendly investment platforms, it has become much easier for parents to invest for...
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What Slate Auto’s $25,000 Electric Pickup Truck Is Like in Person
The Slate Auto truck is making a splash for its lack of frills and its relatively affordable price, but it’s jumping...
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What’s in the Housing Bill That Just Became Law
It is no Great Society measure, but the new law offers local governments and builders incentives to make incremental...
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New York Times Accuses Federal Employment Agency of Retaliation
A May lawsuit by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claims the newspaper discriminated against a white male...
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SK Hynix Stock Rises on First Day of US Trading
SK Hynix began trading at $170 a share, above its initial public offering price of $149, in the latest test of...
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Atlassian Illegally Fired Worker in Rare Legal Victory for Tech Worker
A federal labor law judge determined last week that the software maker Atlassian had illegally fired an employee who...
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You’re Freezing in Your Office Building. Here’s Why.
Office temperatures are typically set in the low 70s during summer. But where you sit and the efficiency of the...
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Oil Prices Wobble As a Week of Hostilities Derails Shipping
The latest turmoil, sparked by attacks on three commercial ships in the strait days ago, pushed the price of crude...
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Wall St. Sets Limits on Prediction Market Trading
Goldman Sachs is the latest firm to restrict how employees use the popular betting platforms.
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Meta Ordered by E.U. to Alter ‘Addictive Design’ of Instagram and Facebook
European Union authorities said the company’s use of “addictive design” violated a digital safety law.
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Hotel Workers Hoped the World Cup Would Boost Their Hours. It Didn’t.
Even as matches have drawn large crowds, hotel bookings have lagged. And workers in host cities say they’re struggling.
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The World Cup’s Biggest Match Is Nike Vs. Adidas
Second place in the hearts and wallets of Americans isn’t good enough for the world’s largest sportswear companies,...
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Warsh Announces Slate of New Advisers for Fed Task Forces
The five task forces are focused on topics that Kevin M. Warsh, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, has said are...
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John Deere Farm Equipment Owners Have Right-to-Repair, F.T.C. Says
A settlement by the company with the Federal Trade Commission will allow farmers and local mechanics to make their...
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Oil Prices Remain Elevated Amid Shipping Traffic Slowdown in Strait of Hormuz
Fresh data showed that the number of ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz halved on Wednesday amid renewed...
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Delta, United and Other Airlines Are Offering Lower-Cost Business Class Options: What to Know
Delta is the latest U.S. airline to introduce stripped down, luxury-class fares. What do you get for your money, and...
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Help! I Refueled My Rental Car, but Enterprise Charged Me Anyway.
A traveler to Germany returned his vehicle with slightly more gas than it had when he picked it up. So why was he...
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Grocery Stores Lower Prices as Consumers Pare Spending
While shoppers may get better deals on some items, it’s unlikely their overall grocery bill will fall.
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China, Russia and Others Seek to Inflame Debate Over A.I. Data Centers
State actors in China, Russia and Iran have sought to exploit the U.S. public debate over the effects of the technology.
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A $3.2 Trillion Deal-Making Frenzy Is Spurred by the A.I. Economy
This year’s boom includes the most spent on global deal-making in a six-month period in a decade. But questions...
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Renewed Fighting With Iran Shows Cracks in Peace-Trade Rally
Investors have taken heart from the fragile cease-fire between the United States and Iran before. Will they do so again?
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Can Xenom Turn Working Out Into a Sport?
Xenom, a new fitness company, wants to make weekend warriors feel like pros.
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A Few Officials Signaled Support for Higher Rates at Warsh’s First Meeting
Minutes from Kevin M. Warsh’s first meeting as chairman revealed the extent of divisions at the central bank about...
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Mariska Hargitay to Host the Emmys
The “Law & Order: SVU” star is a departure from the comedians and sitcom actors who have typically hosted the annual...
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Why Are Berries Everywhere, in Every Season? Driscoll’s.
The California giant has helped turn a local, seasonal treat into a worldwide refrigerator staple and marketing...
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George E. Johnson, Who Built a Black Hair-Care Empire, Dies at 99
Mr. Johnson’s hair product company, a longtime sponsor of “Soul Train,” was the first Black-owned company listed on a...
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A New ‘Little House’ Broadens and Updates the Prairie
A Netflix adaptation of the beloved tale empowers Ma and adds new Black and Native characters to challenge...
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Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin Nears a Big Fund-Raising Round
The rocket company founded by Jeff Bezos is set to take on external investors for the first time, at a $130 billion...
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Is ‘The View’ a News Show? ABC Says That’s Already Settled.
In a new filing, ABC said that the F.C.C. had ruled in 2002 that “The View” was a “bona fide news program.”
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U.S. Trade Deficit Widens in May on Record Goods Imports
Imports of foreign goods, including pharmaceuticals and equipment for data centers, hit a record high, pushing the...
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Samsung Made More Profit Last Quarter Than the Last Two Years Combined
The A.I. boom has propelled the South Korean tech giant’s earnings, but its shares sank as investors had even loftier...
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Four Seasons Sets Sail, Offering Luxury and Curated Cruise Experiences
Luxury hotel brands are getting into the cruise business. A Mediterranean itinerary offered a taste of what at times...
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Richard H. Glanton, Combative Head of Barnes Foundation, Dies at 79
In the 1990s, he took 80 of the art institution’s paintings on tour — going against the founder’s wishes — to raise...
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Trump Promised a Foreign Investment Boom. It’s Getting Harder to Deliver.
The threat of tariffs may have helped push more capital into the United States, but other factors are pushing it away.
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Why Index Funds Haven’t Boosted SpaceX
Some market watchers are puzzled that shares in Elon Musk’s rocket and A.I. company have stalled out despite major...
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Those Soldiers Flooding Your Feeds? They Might Not Be Real.
Videos generated by artificial intelligence have swarmed social media to exploit public support of U.S. troops for...
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Trump’s World Cup Intervention Roils the Soccer World, and Beyond
The U.S.-Belgium soccer game is turning out to be a huge deal even before it kicks off on Monday, thrusting politics...
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‘Minions’ Opens at No. 1 but Falls Far Short of Earlier Films in the Franchise
The movie generated $36.4 million in ticket sales in North America for the holiday weekend, a 62 percent decline from...
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Taylor Swift’s Wedding Became a Marketing Moment for Brands Big and Small
Some businesses flocked to social media using A.I.-generated content, while others deployed timely digital ads...
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I Have a Light Workload and I Simply Can’t Handle It
Plus: When a nurse practitioner in gynecology needs care, should she see one of her own colleagues?
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The Revenge of the Philosophy Majors
A.I. labs are hiring contrarian, chin-stroking, finger-steepling sages. Who’s underemployed now?
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Wikipedia Is Battling for the Soul of the Internet
The internet’s largest stockpile of free knowledge is under threat from MAGA, A.I. and foreign autocrats. A...
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Are the ‘MANGOS’ Stocks Already Turning Soft?
Wall Street loves an acronym. The latest one stands for Meta, Anthropic, Nvidia and three other companies at the...
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The Rise of Racetrack Country Clubs: ‘Racing Is Golf on Steroids’
A motorsports club north of Miami, on former orange groves, is being built to cater to enthusiasts and well-heeled...
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David S. Doty, Judge Who Helped Shape the Modern N.F.L., Dies at 96
He presided over the 1993 agreement that led to free agency and the salary cap, and for years oversaw the league’s...
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Why Some Banks Still Charge High Overdraft Fees
Congress scrapped a rule last year that capped how much banks could charge if you spent more than was in your...
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The Hottest Stock Markets Lead to the Biggest Losses
Investor enthusiasm culminated in some of the worst cases of wealth destruction in the last 100 years, a long-running...
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Egg Producers to Pay $3.3 Million to Settle Federal Price-Fixing Lawsuit
The companies also agreed to donate more than 53 million eggs to food banks and nonprofits in 17 states that joined...
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June Jobs Report Shows US Labor Market Making Slower but Steady Gains
Employers added fewer jobs in June than a month earlier but the unemployment rate ticked down, a decent showing for...
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Private Credit Can’t Stop the ‘Freak Out’
On Thursday, Blue Owl reported another quarter of significant investor withdrawal requests from some of its private...
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What Private Credit Is, and Why Investors Are So Worried About It
Some say the industry expanded too quickly and extended loans to companies that won’t be able to pay them back.
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Tesla Sales Surge 25% on Recovery in Europe
Price cuts helped the electric automaker rebound in Europe in the second quarter, offsetting declines in the United...
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What to know about the report.
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A.I. Is Reshaping the Economy. Good Luck Measuring How.
Some data suggest artificial intelligence is already causing job losses. Other sources show the opposite. Why is it...
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Trump Accounts to Receive $250 Million Donation From Chip Maker Micron
President Trump said the U.S. chip maker would make a significant donation to a new type of investment account...
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Latest Jobs Report Shows Labor Market Is Not a Source of Inflationary Pressure
The unemployment rate ticked down to 4.2 percent, but average hourly earnings were steady, giving Kevin Warsh, the...
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Why the Jobs Market Has Wall Street and Washington on Edge
A rebound in hiring has put more pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates. New jobs numbers are...
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Jaguar’s Electric Future: Curves Are Out, and Blunt Is In
The storied British automaker is going all-electric, and this fall it will unveil its new flagship, with deliveries...
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Chanel Is Buying Charvet, the World’s Oldest Shirt Maker
The French luxury group is acquiring Charvet, a Parisian brand that dates to the 1830s, in a bid to add some men’s...
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Trump Administration Delivers Lucrative Win for Its Kratom Allies
In moving to ban a potent synthetic version of kratom, the president’s team paved the way for more sales for makers...
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Crypto Brought Trump a Huge Windfall, Even as Many Investors Lost Big
President Trump and his family reaped vast financial rewards from a memecoin that generated losses for hundreds of...
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Who Can Sell ‘6 7’ Chicken Nuggets? One Company Is Asking a Court to Decide.
The meat and poultry giant Perdue said in a lawsuit that Soules Foods copied its packaging that is based on a meme...
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What Would Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s Prenuptial Agreement Look Like?
What would a prenuptial agreement between one of the world’s biggest pop stars and a three-time Super Bowl champion...
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U.S. Declines to Renew USMCA Trade Deal, Starting 10-Year Clock to Expiration
The Trump administration said Wednesday it would not immediately request to renew the North American trade agreement,...
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Fed’s Warsh Says Inflation Poses Less Risk Than a Few Weeks Ago
The Federal Reserve chairman, Kevin Warsh, stressed that the central bank would “deliver price stability,” a point he...
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Charles H. Townsend Dies at 82; Led Condé Nast During Digital Transition
By 2016, when he retired from the parent company of glossy magazines like Vogue, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker,...
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Court Halts Pentagon Rule Requiring Escorts for Journalists
A federal judge temporarily blocked a new rule that restricted reporters’ access to the Pentagon, in a lawsuit...
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Anthropic Won a Reprieve From the Trump Administration. Is It Enough?
The company can restore access to its most powerful A.I. models. But Silicon Valley remains worried about the Trump...
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Trump Pulled In About $1.4 Billion From Crypto Ventures, Financial Disclosure Shows
The release of a mandatory financial disclosure for 2025 shows that the Trump family’s holdings, particularly the...
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As Companies Race for Cheaper A.I. Options, This Start-Up Pitches a Solution
Together AI, which specializes in open-source artificial intelligence models, is now worth more than $8 billion.
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NPR Retracts Article That Mistakenly Said Justice Alito Would Retire
The news outlet quickly removed the article, which was written by NPR’s seasoned Supreme Court reporter, Nina...
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During Traffic Stop, N.F.L. Reporter Appeared to Show Off Her Access
A body-worn camera recording shows Dianna Russini, formerly an “insider” for The Athletic, talking football with an...
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Neon Buys ‘Artificial,’ a Film About OpenAI, After Amazon Dropped It
Neon purchased “Artificial,” which focuses on OpenAI’s chief, Sam Altman, after Amazon walked away from it following...
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BMW Will Build a New Electric S.U.V. in South Carolina
The German company is doubling down on electric vehicles even as other automakers pull back after acknowledging...
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How Grindr’s C.E.O. Adopted A.I.: ‘I Just Imposed It’
George Arison, the gay dating app’s chief executive, is aiming for all code to be eventually written by artificial...
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Comcast, NBCUniversal Split Drives Deal-Making Speculation
Almost as soon as the two companies announced a split, analysts rushed to consider potential merger and acquisition...
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How the Supreme Court Ushered in Corporate Chaos in D.C.
Though the high court affirmed the political independence of the Federal Reserve, it gave the presidency huge control...
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Director Who Defrauded Netflix Gets 30-Month Prison Term
Carl Rinsch was convicted last year of stealing $11 million from the streamer, which funded a science fiction series...
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Comcast to Spin Off NBCUniversal, Ending a Long Union of Cable and Media
The media business, which owns NBC News and Universal Pictures, will be separated from Comcast’s cable and internet...
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In San Francisco’s A.I. Era, Even $180,000 Tech Salaries Are No Longer Enough
As OpenAI and Anthropic prepare to go public, tech workers making six figures are grousing that they cannot compete...
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Could Comcast and NBCUniversal Do Deals After They Break Up?
Comcast said it plans to spin off its big media division from its core broadband operations. That could lead to some...