Karl E. Meyer, 91, Reporter, Editorialist and Author, Dies
He reported on Castro’s rise and the Bay of Pigs invasion and, as an opinion writer, criticized, in retrospect, a Times reporter’s Stalin-era dispatches.
View Article8 Comic Books to Get You to Spring
There is something for nearly every reader: memoir, biography, religious satire, time travel and more.
View ArticleMarciano Foundation Worker Files Suit Claiming Mass Layoffs Were Illegal
The lawsuit asks to be certified as a class action and seeks back pay and other damages for former employees.
View ArticleBMW Is Under S.E.C. Investigation
The inquiry is reported to center on sales practices in which cars delivered to dealers as loaners were recorded as purchased.
View ArticleSaudi Arabia and Kuwait Settle Dispute Over Oil Fields
The agreement over a shared region could bring more oil to the global market and benefit Chevron.
View ArticleRecent Commercial Real Estate Transactions
Recent commercial real estate transactions in New York.
View ArticleShuttered Philadelphia Refinery May Get New Life After Fire
The size and location of the parcel make it an attractive piece of real estate, but its future is clouded by questions of viability.
View ArticleBoeing Can’t Fly Its 737 Max, but It’s Ready to Sell Its Safety
The company knows travelers are wary of its plane, so it has prepared presentations with strategies for airlines to help win back the public’s trust.
View ArticleSmashing the Finance Patriarchy With Memes
Wall Street wants you to stay ignorant. @MrsDowJones is here to teach us financial literacy.
View ArticleChuck Peddle Dies at 82; His $25 Chip Helped Start the PC Age
His invention brought digital technology to a new breed of consumer devices and powered early Apple and Commodore computers.
View ArticleJapan Shrinks by 500,000 People as Births Fall to Lowest Number Since 1874
Japan’s population fell by more than a half-million people as the country’s efforts to shore up its dwindling birthrate come up short.
View ArticleMax Yu, Young Theater Graduate, Wins $45,000 Playwriting Prize
Yu won the Relentless Award for “Nightwatch,” a story based on his family that he wrote as a student at the University of California, Los Angeles.
View ArticlePentagon Warns Military Personnel Against At-Home DNA Tests
The tests, from companies such as 23andMe and Ancestry, have become popular holiday gifts, but the military is warning service members of risks to their careers.
View ArticleJapan Shrinks by 500,000 People as Births Fall to Lowest Number Since 1874
A widening gap between births and deaths has put Japan in a demographic squeeze, with fewer people to replace retiring workers and support them as they age.
View ArticleBuying Black, Rebooted
In the newest iteration of the Buy Black movement, entrepreneurs are creating marketplaces that pool black-owned brands in one space.
View ArticleCrisis Looms in Antibiotics as Drug Makers Go Bankrupt
First Big Pharma fled the field, and now start-ups are going belly up, threatening to stifle the development of new drugs.
View ArticleThe Best Bras Might be Made in Poland
A reporter’s pilgrimage to the land of meticulous sizing and pretty embroidery.
View ArticleJoseph Segel, Founder of the QVC Shopping Network, Dies at 88
The chief executive of QVC’s parent company said it “changed the way the world shops.” Mr. Segel’s many other ventures included the Franklin Mint.
View ArticleJapanese Lawmaker Is Arrested in Casino Bribery Investigation
Tsukasa Akimoto, a member of the governing party, is suspected of accepting cash from a company that wanted to build a casino on the island of Hokkaido.
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