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How Trump Decided to Pardon Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht
In December 2023, Angela McArdle, the chair of the Libertarian Party, flew to Mar-a-Lago to meet with Donald J. Trump. Mr. Trump wanted to…
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Reddit Users Boycott X Links After Elon Musk’s Gesture at Inaugural Event
Many Reddit users are boycotting the social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, after Elon Musk twice made a gesture during President…
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Stellantis Will Restart Illinois Factory That U.A.W. Pushed to Revive
Stellantis, the company that owns Chrysler and Jeep, said on Wednesday it planned to reopen a factory in Illinois and increase production…
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South Carolina Utility Wants to Sell Unfinished Nuclear Power Site
A major power provider in South Carolina started accepting bids from buyers on Wednesday to finish two nuclear reactors, hoping to take…
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Travel 2025: European Travel May Include Train Trips, Stargazing and ‘Detour Destinations’
In 2025, travelers who are reluctant to abandon overcrowded hot spots like Barcelona and Lisbon and take advantage of the near euro-dollar…
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Divvy Homes, Once Valued at $2 Billion, Is in Talks to be Sold for Parts
Divvy Homes, a Silicon Valley-backed company that promised an alternative path to homeownership for consumers of modest means, is in talks…
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As D.E.I. Programs Come Under Attack, Companies Like Costco and Microsoft Forge Ahead
As corporate diversity and inclusion programs come under attack, not all companies have scaled back. At Costco’s annual meeting on…
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Trumps Threatens Tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China
When President Trump refrained from immediately imposing new tariffs on his first day in office, as he had previously threatened, business…
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Taking Trump’s Tariffs Threats Seriously and Literally
Is Trump bluffing? President Trump’s tariff threats have perplexed and rankled foreign leaders and C.E.O.s for some time now as they fear…
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Olympic Medals From Paris Games Are Falling Apart. LVMH Has Fallen Silent.
Rarely in Olympic history had a single company been as ubiquitous as LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the luxury goods empire owned by…
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How the Debt Could Hamstring Trump’s Agenda
When House Republicans gathered behind closed doors on Capitol Hill last week to hash out their plans for cutting taxes, Representative…
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2 Families, in Business 50 Years, Fight for Control of Korea Zinc
When two longtime business partners established a subsidiary 50 years ago to make zinc out of an industrial complex set up by South…
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Trump Is Said to Push for Early Reopening of North American Trade Deal
The Trump administration intends to push to renegotiate the U.S. trade deal with Canada and Mexico ahead of a required 2026 review of it,…
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Trump Says He Will Impose 10% Tariffs on Chinese Imports on Feb. 1
President Trump said on Tuesday that he intended to impose a 10 percent tariff on Chinese imports into the United States on Feb. 1, a…
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Trump Pardons Ross Ulbricht, Creator of Silk Road Drug Marketplace
President Trump on Tuesday granted a pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk Road drug marketplace and a cult hero in the…
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Trump Wants to Unleash Energy, as Long as It’s Not Wind or Solar
President Trump is moving to restructure the nation’s energy future to block any transition away from fossil fuels. And he is testing the…
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Netflix Adds 19 Million Subscribers in Final Quarter of 2024
Netflix ended 2024 with 302 million global subscribers and an annual operating income exceeding $10 billion for the first time in the…
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Automakers Brace for Impact of Trump Tariff Plan for Canada and Mexico
Automakers ship billions of dollars’ worth of vehicles and parts across the U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico every day. President…
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India’s Economy Slows Down Just When It Was Supposed to Speed Up
A year ago, India was bouncing back from a recession caused by Covid-19 with a spring in its step. The country had overtaken China as the…
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Leaders at Davos Economic Forum Vow to ‘Stay the Course’ on Climate Action
When President Trump signed an executive order to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement on Monday as part of his…
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Trump’s Executive Order to End E.V. Subsidies Draws Pushback
If President Trump has his way, the auto industry’s transition to electric vehicles will soon slam into reverse. He will erase tax credits…
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Trump Pitches External Revenue Service to Collect Tariffs: What to Know
President Trump has promised to generate a “massive” amount of revenue with tariffs on foreign products, an amount so big that the…
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Trump Signs Executive Order in Attempt to Delay TikTok Ban
President Trump signed an executive order on Monday to delay enforcing a federal ban of TikTok for 75 days, even though the law took…
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Does a Strong Holiday Shopping Season Mean a Better Year Ahead?
The retail industry’s report card for the critical holiday shopping season is in. American shoppers surprised analysts, economists and…