Sonny Mehta, Venerable Knopf Publisher, Is Dead at 77
A voracious reader and an instinctive decision maker, Mr. Mehta could spot great books and, coming from a paperback world, had no qualms about pushing them.
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Recent commercial real estate transactions in New York.
View ArticleChinese Scientist Is Accused of Smuggling Lab Samples, Amid Crackdown on...
Zaosong Zheng, a promising cancer researcher, confessed that he had planned to take the stolen samples to Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, and publish the results under his own name.
View ArticleThe Warriors Get a New Home, and New Neighbors
Chase Center, in San Francisco’s Mission Bay, seeks to anchor more than an N.B.A. franchise.
View ArticleStolen Research: Chinese Scientist Is Accused of Smuggling Lab Samples
Zaosong Zheng, a promising cancer researcher, confessed that he had planned to take the stolen samples to Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, and publish the results under his own name.
View ArticleF.D.A. Plans to Ban Most E-Cigarette Flavors but Menthol
The tobacco and vaping industries and conservative allies intensively lobbied against a ban on popular flavored e-cigarettes.
View ArticleRocket Launches, Trips to Mars and More 2020 Space and Astronomy Events
A year full of highs and lows in space just ended, and the 12 months to come will be full of new highlights in orbit and beyond.
View ArticleThe Work Diary of Anna Bond, Whose Work Includes … Making Diaries
In an iCal era, the co-founder of Rifle Paper Co., seller of stationery and home goods, still relies on physical planners (and the drive-through).
View ArticlePika-Who? How Pokémon Go Confused the Canadian Military
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View ArticleFazle Abed, Founder of a Leading Relief Agency, Dies at 83
Mr. Abed gave up a job as a senior executive at a multinational company to start BRAC after he saw his native land, Bangladesh, devastated by war.
View ArticleThe Market Surged Last Year. Don’t Expect the Same in 2020.
Stocks and bonds do not have as much room to rise this year, and Wall Street has been busy trying to rein in expectations.
View ArticleDavid Stern Saw Where the Sports World Was Headed Long Before It Got There
Stern was a visionary who understood that pro athletes were seeking more power in their sports. While other commissioners tried to stop the effort, he used it to his advantage.
View ArticleTurkey Questions Pilots About Carlos Ghosn’s Escape From Japan
Mr. Ghosn, the former Nissan and Renault chief, fled Japan to avoid trial and arrived in Lebanon this week.
View ArticleMustang From Famed ‘Bullitt’ Car Chase Heads to Auction
The owner of Steve McQueen’s “hero car” figures the price could approach $5 million, or at least far more than the $3,500 his father paid in 1974.
View ArticleHow Did Carlos Ghosn Flee Japan?
Emerging details suggest that the former Nissan and Renault chairman owes his arrival in Lebanon to an escape plan on a grand scale.
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View ArticleWith Partial Flavor Ban, Trump Splits the Difference on Vaping
An initiative to reduce the use of e-cigarettes by teenagers led to compromise. Sales of most flavored pods popular with youth will be forbidden, but flavored liquid nicotine for open tank devices will...
View ArticleSuit Against Artforum Can Proceed, but Not Claims Naming Publisher
A New York appeals court clears the way for some of a former magazine employee’s claims of retaliation against her in a #MeToo case.
View ArticleU.S. Strike Against Iran Rattles Markets
Markets were shaken by the death of a major Iranian general at the orders of President Trump, a killing that escalated tensions between Washington and Tehran.
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