Business-First Hong Kong Now Comes With a Catch: Beijing Politics
Doing business in Hong Kong increasingly comes with a new risk: the political cost of upsetting Beijing. Chinese clients recently dropped one big Chicago law firm after it recused itself from a...
View ArticleBuzzFeed Clashes With Vivek Ramaswamy
BuzzFeed’s newest activist investor, the former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, wants the company to consider moves like hiring the former Fox News host Tucker Carlson and the NBA...
View ArticleAdam Neumann Gives Up on Buying Back WeWork
Adam Neumann has officially admitted defeat in his quest to buy back WeWork, ending his bid to acquire the co-working company, which he helped found in 2010 and built into a global enterprise valued...
View ArticleChevron’s $53 Billion Oil Deal Is Backed by Hess Shareholders
A large oil industry deal advanced on Tuesday after shareholders of Hess approved a proposed sale of the company to Chevron for $53 billion. Control over one of the most prized oil assets, off the...
View ArticleIts Future in Doubt, the Freewheeling ‘Inside the NBA’ Is on Edge Instead
The future of “Inside the NBA” was already a sensitive topic when Charles Barkley stepped into an elevator in Minneapolis after Game 3 of the Western Conference finals late Friday night. Barkley’s...
View ArticleHaiti Names New Prime Minister to Try to Lead Country Out of Crisis
An experienced international aid official, Garry Conille, was unanimously appointed prime minister of Haiti by a Presidential Transition Council on Tuesday, which tasked him with leading the country...
View ArticleI.M.F. Is Upbeat on China’s Growth but Questions Industrial Policy
Responding to China’s surging exports and extensive investments in new factories, the International Monetary Fund made sizable increases on Wednesday in how much it believes China’s economy will grow...
View ArticleHow A.I. Made Mark Zuckerberg Popular Again in Silicon Valley
When Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, announced last year that his company would release an artificial intelligence system, Jeffrey Emanuel had reservations. Mr. Emanuel, a part-time...
View ArticleConocoPhillips to Acquire Marathon Oil in $22.5 Billion Deal
ConocoPhillips agreed on Wednesday to acquire its smaller rival, Marathon Oil, the latest deal in a wave of consolidation sweeping the oil industry. The all-stock deal values Marathon at $22.5...
View ArticleOnce a Sheriff’s Deputy in Florida, Now a Source of Disinformation From Russia
A dozen years ago, John Mark Dougan, a former deputy sheriff in Palm Beach County, Fla., sent voters an email posing as a county commissioner, urging them to oppose the re-election of the county’s...
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