“You’ve got three days left” The British pound rose and selling of U.K. government bonds intensified today after another head-snapping turn of events that left investors confused and worried about what’s coming...
Read morePara hasn’t exactly been welcomed by the gig companies. DoorDash sent a cease-and-desist letter last summer, shortly after the app had started, saying that it was illegal for drivers to use their...
Read moreNikki Finke, the acerbic, widely read entertainment reporter and blogger who broke Hollywood news, antagonized moguls and in 2006 founded the website Deadline Hollywood Daily, now known simply as Deadline, died on...
Read moreBut that recovery has stalled. On Monday, the pound was trading around $1.10 amid skepticism that the government’s plan would expand the economy as promised, and that instead large public spending cuts...
Read moreLast October, when Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Facebook, announced that the company would change its name to Meta and become a “metaverse company,” he sketched a vision of a utopian...
Read moreYe, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, has set off one controversy after another in the last week, first at his fashion show and then on social media, prompting accusations of...
Read moreWhat’s Up? (Oct. 2-8)Twitter Deal Back on the TableDays before he was supposed to be deposed in court regarding his bid to acquire Twitter, Elon Musk changed course once again. This time,...
Read moreIn most years, no. That’s because most seniors are enrolled in Medicare, and premiums for Part B (which covers outpatient care) typically are deducted from Social Security benefits. But this time will...
Read moreAgnes Gund, the New York arts patron, collector and a former president of MoMA, said of Ms. Glueck in a phone interview in 2021: “She was not afraid to speak her mind...
Read moreA court in Britain looked at a bag of 27 marshmallows this summer and considered the future of the soft, sweet treats: Were these marshmallows destined to be eaten straight from the...
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