Business One Crazy Day Showed How Political Chaos Threatens the World EconomyThe New York Times - By NEIL IRWINThe series of economic and financial developments on Friday was a strange, bewildering, exhausting microcosm of why the global economy is at risk of a meltdown. It showed the odd interplay at work between
Business One Crazy Day Showed How Political Chaos Threatens the World EconomyThe New York TimesJerome Powell, the Federal Reserve chairman, left, and Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, in Jackson, Wyo., on Friday. Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve chairman, left, and Mark Carney, governor
Tariffs Trump Says He Will Raise Existing Tariffs on Chinese Goods to 30%The New York TimesPresident Trump, in a tweet, said he would raise tariffs on $250 billion worth of Chinese goods to 30 percent from the current rate of 25 percent beginning Oct. 1. A shopping mall in Beijing. On Friday,
Business S&P, Dow and Nasdaq Slide After China Tariff Threat and Trump Twitter ResponseThe New York Times
Business Ford Workers Who Sued Over Sexual Harassment Face SetbackThe New York Times - By KAREN ZRAICKA federal judge in Chicago ruled this week that a lawsuit brought by female Ford employees over sexual misconduct at two Chicago plants cannot proceed as a class-action suit. The ruling was a setback the
Play buttonObituaries What They Left Behind: Toons, the Snurfer and ‘Macho Man’The New York Times - By DANIEL J. WAKINObituaries in The New York Times give account of the lives of the people around us — what they accomplished and how they lived — and reading them can be an exercise in discovering, or rediscovering, the
Vaping First Death in a Spate of Vaping Sicknesses Reported by Health OfficialsThe New York Times Since June, 193 people in 22 states have reported vaping-related injuries, the C.D.C. said.
Long-Term Care Your Long-Term Care Insurance Rate Spiked. Now What?The New York Times Karen Herzog, 73, is facing a steep increase in long-term care insurance premiums.
Giraffes Giraffes Get New Protections, but Will It Be Enough?The New York Times A stuffed giraffe in the National Wildlife Property Repository outside Denver, where 1.3 million pieces of animal contraband — including skins, taxidermy and other items made from giraffes — are housed.
Venice Beach Snapchat’s Disappearing Act Leaves Venice Beach Searching for Its FutureThe New York TimesStreet performers have had a big role in shaping Venice’s creative ethos. The Gingerbread Court on Ocean Front Walk once housed the lively Sean’s Cafe. Snap took up the lease and turned it into an employee
Uniqlo Can Roger Federer Break a Sweat?The New York TimesRoger Federer at the Uniqlo flagship in New York City. Derek Blasberg, right, was on hand to moderate an audience Q. and A. Roger Federer at the Uniqlo flagship in New York City. Derek Blasberg, right,
Business Patrick Byrne, Overstock C.E.O., Resigns After Disclosing Romance With Russian AgentThe New York Times
Uber How Uber Got LostThe New York Times - By MIKE ISAACThis article is adapted from the book “Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber,” by Mike Isaac, a reporter for The New York Times. The book will be published by W.W. Norton & Co. on Sept. 3. “From the beginning,”
News (Hong Kong) As Hong Kong Firms Fall in Line Over Protests, Some Workers Push BackThe New York TimesMore than 1,000 people joined a march for accountants to support the ongoing antigovernment protests in Hong Kong on Friday. Some people at the accountants’ march wore masks, saying they did not want employers
Business DealBook Briefing: Could This Weekend Bring Relief to the Global Economy?The New York Times Jay Powell, left, the Fed chairman, and Mario Draghi, the European Central Bank president.
Business Hiring Is Very Hard for Restaurants These Days. Now They May Have to Fire.The New York Times
U.S. Politics Life-Changing Drugs Almost Nobody Can AffordThe New York TimesPatients suffering from rare diseases who had little hope for a treatment now have access to life-changing medicines, thanks to pharmaceutical companies’ investment in so-called orphan drugs, which treat
