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A former Goldman Sachs trader moved to the Bay Area to make it in tech. He ended up buying rural land with money from some of Silicon Valley’s wealthiest people. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/31/business/california-solano-county-city.html

Scions of their family businesses are embracing legacies, whether lost or lasting, while tackling a future that their forebears would barely recognize. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/31/style/legacy-design-brands.html

A group of high-profile investors is pushing to buy a storied hedge fund that has already agreed to be sold to another firm. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/31/business/dealbook/sculptor-hedge-fund-sale.html

The Swiss bank’s sharply discounted takeover of Credit Suisse led to a paper gain that gave it the biggest quarterly profit by a bank in history. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/31/business/dealbook/ubs-billion-credit-suisse-deal.html

Prices rose at an annual rate of 5.3 percent, defying expectations of a slowdown. The news may bolster the case for another European Central Bank interest rate increase. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/31/business/europe-eurozone-inflation.html

Gina Raimondo, the U.S. commerce secretary, and her Chinese counterparts agreed to continue economic talks, but such dialogues have a disheartening record. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/31/business/economy/us-china-talks-gina-raimondo.html

The company cited potential milk contamination of the tamales. Other products had potentially been contaminated with rocks, insects and metal. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/30/business/trader-joes-recall-tamales.html

A company that rode to success with an inclusive message has shrunk to a single store, as a founder sues a partner he accuses of mismanagement and fraud. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/30/dining/big-gay-ice-cream-nyc.html

A company that rode to success with an inclusive message has shrunk to a single store, as a founder sues a partner he accuses of mismanagement and fraud. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/30/dining/big-gay-ice-cream-nyc-hits-hard-times.html

He was promoting a new trade journal, Tape Recording, when he lent a video recorder to Andy Warhol, who used it to make a classic work with Edie Sedgwick. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/30/business/media/richard-ekstract-dead.html

Artificial intelligence tools have given scammers a potent weapon for trying to trick people into sending them money. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/30/business/voice-deepfakes-bank-scams.html

A grass-roots movement aims to recast urban living in Paris and other cities around the world through a hyperlocal prism of neighborliness. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/30/realestate/paris-cities-neighbors.html

Mr. Thompson, who helped revitalize The New York Times, will take over at a pivotal moment for the news network. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/29/business/cnn-mark-thompson.html

In Solano County, Calif., longtime residents are both worried and baffled by an ambitious plan to build a city where there is now mostly farmland. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/29/technology/solano-flannery-tech-city.html

A federal appeals court ruled that the Securities and Exchange Commission had wrongfully denied Grayscale Investments’ application to create a cryptocurrency fund that sells on stock exchanges. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/29/business/cryptocurrency-grayscale-bitcoin-etf.html

The contamination, which officials said resulted from the accidental mixing of diesel and gasoline, comes as Gulf Coast residents face potential evacuation orders. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/28/us/florida-gas-diesel-contamination-idalia.html

During a visit to Beijing, Gina Raimondo, the commerce secretary, said the two sides would meet to discuss export restrictions and intellectual property, among other issues. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/28/business/economy/united-states-china-trade-talks-raimondo.html

Britain’s air traffic control agency warned of “flow restrictions” while it tried to find and fix a system fault, with long waits likely as a result. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/28/world/europe/uk-airport-flight-delays.html

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo has kicked off her China tour, calling for “stable” trade relations even as both countries continue to chip away at them. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/28/business/dealbook/commmerce-raimondo-china.html

Pulling off one last summer getaway, even over a holiday weekend, is still possible. Here’s how. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/28/travel/labor-day-travel-apps-flights-hotels.html

Many carmakers and charging companies are switching to the Tesla plug for electric vehicles. Why are they doing that and what will it mean? source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/28/business/energy-environment/electric-vehicle-chargers-plugs-tesla.html

The secretary said she planned to discuss U.S. technology controls, commercial disputes and opportunities for doing more business in her visits to Beijing and Shanghai this week. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/27/business/gina-raimondo-china-agenda.html

Carol Lombardini, the studio voice in union talks, values a low profile. That hasn’t kept striking writers and actors from casting her as a villain. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/27/business/hollywood-strike-studios-lombardini.html

The founders of Buck Mason think it can — and they bought a sewing factory and a cloth mill in Pennsylvania hoping to prove it. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/27/style/buck-mason-t-shirt.html

The country’s legal marijuana business — a rarity in Asia — is struggling with oversupply, illegal imports and regulatory ambiguity. Investors are piling in anyway. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/27/business/thailands-weed-industry-is-poised-to-grow-fast.html

Scientists and educators are searching for ways to improve air quality in the nation’s often dilapidated school buildings. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/27/health/schools-indoor-air-covid.html

The fallout is probably limited — and there may be some upside for American interests. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/26/business/economy/us-economy-china.html

The one-time Wall Street darling has lost 92 percent of its stock value since its I.P.O. Can the former tire and power tool executive reclaim the luxury goods site’s luster? source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/26/business/the-moat-that-we-have-to-protect-the-realreals-ceo-on-reviving-the-brand.html

Economists say loan rates are affected by a complicated combination of factors, but there are tactics consumers can use to land a lower rate. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/26/business/mortgage-rates-housing-market.html

The drug Wegovy eased issues for people with a type of heart problem, adding to the treatment’s benefits beyond weight loss. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/25/health/weight-loss-drug-heart-failure.html

A mysterious company has spent $800 million in an effort to buy thousands of acres of San Francisco Bay Area land. The people behind the deals are said to be a who’s who of the tech industry. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/25/business/land-purchases-solano-county.html

Whether it’s a “yurt village” in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains or a riverside mansion in Cognac country in France, here are places where food and nature enthusiasts can mark the season’s end. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/25/travel/late-summer-getaways-trips.html

After a fierce rally largely propelled by a handful of tech stocks, the market’s rapid climb stalled in August. That setback could ultimately be a good thing, our columnist says. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/25/business/why-the-stock-markets-summer-doldrums-are-not-a-problem.html

Absent for more than two years, former President Donald J. Trump posted his mug shot on the site, now called X. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/24/technology/donald-trump-twitter-x-return.html

Pulse oximeters measuring oxygen in the blood often inflated the levels for dark-skinned Covid patients, who then experienced delayed care or an increased risk of hospital readmission, researchers found. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/24/health/oxygen-covid-treatment-race.html

The bigger-than-expected rate increase, to 25 percent, is aimed at curbing stubbornly high inflation that exceeded 80 percent last year. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/24/business/turkey-central-bank-raises-rates.html

Some districts that once raced to block A.I. chatbots are now trying to embrace them. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/24/business/schools-chatgpt-chatbot-bans-walla.html

Congress has tended to be slow to respond to revolutionary technologies. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/24/upshot/artificial-intelligence-regulation.html

Technology disruption typically affected blue-collar occupations. Now white-collar workers may feel the brunt of changes. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/24/upshot/artificial-intelligence-jobs.html

Investors and economists are watching the event this week closely. How did a remote Wyoming conference become so central? source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/24/business/economy/jackson-hole-economic-conference.html

Donald J. Trump is the most important figure in the Republican Party, but he merited only 10 minutes of questions from the moderators, Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/24/business/media/fox-republican-debate-trump.html

As a correspondent, including as a bureau chief, he wrote vividly from all corners of the globe. He later served as foreign editor and assistant managing editor. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/business/media/warren-hoge-dead.html

Mr. Thompson, who was also the director general of the BBC, stepped down as chief executive of The Times in 2020. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/business/media/mark-thompson-cnn-new-york-times.html

Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals had promised $1.7 billion to governments, individuals and others harmed by the opioid crisis. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/business/opioids-mallinckrodt-bankruptcy.html

Early data suggest laws to increase semiconductor production and renewable energy technology have shifted the makeup of foreign direct investment — but not increased it. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/us/politics/biden-foreign-investment-factories.html

China’s leader, Xi Jinping, pitches his country as a leader of the developing world, rallying support for an alternative to the U.S.-dominated global order. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/world/asia/china-africa-brics-us.html

The federal wage floor of $7.25 is increasingly irrelevant when even most teenagers are earning twice that. But what happens when the economy cools? source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/business/economy/minimum-wage.html

The public disclosure of the Aug. 11 proposal was an unusual step and suggested an attempt to go around union leadership and appeal to rank-and-file members. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/business/media/hollywood-writers-strike-negotiations.html

Kohei Saito says the country should seize this moment of demographic and economic challenge to reinvent itself through “degrowth communism.” source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/business/kohei-saito-degrowth-communism.html

The vote by members of the Teamsters union removes a potential threat to the economy. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/22/business/economy/ups-contract-vote-teamsters.html

The Biden administration’s new income-driven repayment plan, SAVE, will reduce payments for millions of borrowers and more will qualify for $0 payments. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/22/your-money/student-loans-income-driven-repayment-save.html

On Monday, Waymo began letting the public pay for rides in its driverless cars in San Francisco. The New York Times dispatched three reporters around the city to test the service. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/21/technology/waymo-driverless-cars-san-francisco.html

The I.P.O. filing means Arm can begin to gauge investor interest, which will be critical to the share sale. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/21/technology/chip-designer-arm-ipo-softbank.html

Strong demand for air travel and a pilot shortage have strengthened the ability of unions across the industry to win gains in pay and benefits. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/21/business/american-airlines-pilots-union.html

China’s economy was long dependent on a booming real estate sector, which has recently fallen on harder times. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/21/business/china-economy-real-estate-crisis.html

Businesses fear that efforts to look tough on Beijing, which have the potential to be more expansive than moves by the federal government, could have unintended consequences. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/21/us/politics/china-restrictions-distrust.html

Michael Bloomberg, the company’s founder, said that Vlad Kliatchko would be its new chief executive and Jean-Paul Zammitt would be its new president. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/21/business/media/bloomberg-lp-succession.html

The most visible winner of the artificial intelligence boom achieved its dominance by becoming a one-stop shop for A.I. development, from chips to software to other services. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/21/technology/nvidia-ai-chips-gpu.html

The neighbors may complain about the noise, but outdoor spaces that bloomed under a pandemic program are now a permanent and vibrant fixture of city life. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/21/world/europe/paris-cafes-summer-terraces.html

Close calls involving commercial airlines happen far more frequently than the flying public realizes, a Times investigation has found. We want to hear from people working in aviation about safety issues. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/21/business/media/do-you-work-in-aviation-and-have-concerns-about-safety-we-want-to-hear-from-you.html

Consumers and business owners say they feel paralyzed by despair, and their reluctance to spend and borrow is feeding what could become a dangerous cycle. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/21/business/china-deflation.html

The action by the People’s Bank of China, the central bank, the latest in a series of steps to try to spur lending, was more modest than expected. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/21/business/china-central-bank-rate-cut.html

The R-rated comedy opened to a fifth place showing this weekend, while the comic book movie “Blue Beetle” came in at No. 1. Both were hurt by the actors’ strike. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/20/business/media/strays-blue-beetle-box-office.html

On the front lines of a low-cost resort, Spanish residents complain that U.K. visitors drink too much and don’t spend enough. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/20/business/british-tourists-mallorca-drinking-local-economy.html

A driverless Cruise taxi with a passenger collided with a fire truck Thursday night, just one week after state officials allowed the service to expand. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/18/technology/cruise-crash-driverless-car-san-francisco.html

Investors are pouring money into the less exclusive cousin of tennis. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/19/business/dealbook/pickleball-business.html

A series of hurdles prevented the facilities from shielding older people, despite the best efforts of staff. Experts are calling for reforms before the next virus arrives. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/19/health/nursing-homes-covid.html

An influx of Chinese investment into nickel-processing on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi is sowing pollution while generating economic opportunity. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/18/business/indonesia-nickel-sulawesi-china.html

The filing comes two years after the company defaulted on its debt, setting off defaults by smaller Chinese developers. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/17/business/china-evergrande-bankruptcy.html

The end of the payment pause means Americans in this age group will once again have to juggle paying off debt while trying to save for older age. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/17/business/generation-x-retirement-student-loan-debt.html

The utility company’s share price has tumbled after lawsuits were filed seeking to hold it accountable for the blaze, which has killed more than 100 people. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/17/business/energy-environment/hawaiian-electric-maui-wildfire.html

A mainstay of British television, he was best known for a long-running BBC program that was called simply “Parkinson.” source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/17/business/media/michael-parkinson-dead.html

In his long career at The New Yorker, he specialized in writing about this and other threats to people’s health, including chlorofluorocarbons. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/17/business/media/paul-brodeur-dead.html

The pilot, part of a three-member crew, died after the Latam Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Panama on Monday, the airline said. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/17/world/americas/pilot-death-flight-miami-chile.html

The outdoorsy lifestyle of Colorado mountain towns has become a magnet for the new remote-worker class, upending life for those already rooted there. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/17/business/economy/colorado-rocky-mountain-housing.html

Skyhorse Publishing has built a reputation for taking on authors that other houses avoid. And its founder has helped Kennedy mount a bid for president. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/17/books/skyhorse-robert-kennedy-jr-president.html

YouTube’s advertising practices on kids’ channels could have resulted in companies tracking children across the web, a report said. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/17/technology/youtube-google-children-privacy.html

He headed the journalism program at Harvard after overseeing Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the Kent State shootings and corruption in Michigan. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/16/business/media/robert-h-giles-dead.html

The ban extends to some of the popular accounts run by the city. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/16/technology/tiktok-ban-new-york-city.html

The raid of the newspaper, The Marion County Record, has drawn condemnation from First Amendment advocates. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/16/business/media/authorities-return-items-kansas-newspaper-raid.html

Federal Reserve officials raised interest rates at their July 26 meeting, but investors doubt that they will lift them again this year. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/16/business/economy/federal-reserve-minutes.html

Intel calls off its planned acquisition of Tower Semiconductor, an Israeli chip maker, after waiting in vain for 18 months for a review by Chinese regulators. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/16/business/intel-tower-semiconductor-china.html

The slowdown in price pressures comes as wages are rising at a record pace, which could lead to further increases in interest rates by the Bank of England. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/16/business/uk-inflation-july.html

The action comes days after a U.S.-led coalition accused Riad Salameh of decades of corruption to enrich himself at the expense of his country. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/16/business/lebanon-former-central-bank-governor-riad-salameh.html

Elon Musk’s social media service “throttled” access to sites such as Substack and Facebook, according to an analysis, but began reversing the slow access to news sites. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/15/technology/x-delay-throttle.html

She collapsed a day after the police raided her home and the offices of The Marion County Record, a weekly paper in Kansas. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/15/business/media/joann-meyer-dead.html

With the third-largest interest rate increase in a decade to shore up the ruble, Moscow’s policymakers are pursuing the conflicting goals of paying for the war against Ukraine and taming inflation. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/15/world/europe/russia-ruble-economy-interest-rates.html

Investors are worried about the Chinese economy teetering as well as signs that the U.S. economy may be growing too fast for inflation to moderate. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/15/business/stocks-markets-china-fed.html

As inflation and high credit card fees continue to affect a restaurant’s bottom line, more owners are tacking on a new charge for using a credit card. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/14/dining/restaurant-credit-card-fees.html

The settlement closes the chapter on the last investigation by a Justice Department task force on the role financial firms played in the collapse of the housing market in 2008. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/14/business/ubs-financial-crisis-settlement.html

Behind the scenes, he furthered the careers of numerous entertainers, as well as some athletes and politicians. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/14/arts/music/clarence-avant-dead.html

A downturn in the world’s second biggest economy, and growing fears about its real estate sector, are making investors jittery. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/14/business/chinas-global-markets-stocks-bonds.html

Abby Phillip, host of “Inside Politics Sunday,” will be the new anchor of CNN’s 10 p.m. hour on weekdays. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/14/business/media/cnn-program-lineup.html

Cada vez más estudios muestran que poner demasiado énfasis en la pasión por el trabajo puede ser perjudicial. source https://www.nytimes.com/es/2023/08/14/espanol/trabajo-pasion.html

Javier Milei, who wants to abolish the central bank and adopt the U.S. dollar as Argentina’s currency, is now the front-runner in the fall general election. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/14/world/americas/argentina-javier-milei-president-primary.html

Denounced in some Middle Eastern countries for undermining traditional gender norms, the hit movie is finding an audience in Saudi Arabia, illustrating the region’s shifting political landscape. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/14/world/middleeast/barbie-movie-saudi-arabia.html

The executive, Neeraj Khemlani, has signed a deal to stay with the company in a less senior role. His successor has not yet been named. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/13/business/media/cbs-news-president-neeraj-khemlani.html

Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, wrote on his Threads platform that Elon Musk did not seem “serious” about the much-ballyhooed match. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/13/business/zuckerberg-musk-cage-fight.html

The search of the Marion County Record led to the seizure of computers, servers and cellphones of reporters and editors. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/13/business/media/kansas-marion-newspaper-police-raid.html

An ever-growing number of young people, males in particular, have bought cryptocurrencies. Here’s some advice, without the finger-wagging. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/13/your-money/cryptocurency-personal-finance-bitcoin.html

In the pandemic emergency, Brewster Kahle’s Internet Archive freely lent out digital scans of its library. Publishers sued. Owning a book means something different now. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/13/business/media/internet-archive-emergency-lending-library.html

Two weeks after employees filed to organize, the company told some they had to change cities or would lose their jobs. It said the plan had long been in the works. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/12/business/grindr-rto-union.html

A federal appeals court had signed off on a deal that would shield members of the wealthy Sackler family from lawsuits in exchange for billions for those harmed by the opioid epidemic. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/us/supreme-court-purdue-case.html

As president of a foundation established by her father, she focused her grant making on issues related to the city’s architecture, design and quality of life. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/nyregion/joan-kaplan-davidson-dead.html

Health officials are investigating whether the Soft Serve on the Go brand, produced by Real Kosher Ice Cream, was behind an outbreak of listeria, a bacteria that can cause serious illness. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/us/brooklyn-ice-cream-recall-bacteria.html

Viet Dinh, Fox’s top lawyer, advised the company through its landmark $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/business/media/viet-dinh-fox-departing.html

Mr. Bankman-Fried had been under house arrest at his parents’ home as he awaited trial on charges stemming from the collapse of his cryptocurrency company, FTX. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/technology/sam-bankman-fried-jail.html

The sharply worded comments are the latest example of the president’s willingness to criticize China even as he tries to ease tensions. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/us/politics/biden-china-criticism-economy.html

A small acceleration in the second quarter was better than analysts had expected. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/business/uk-gdp-economy.html

As head of Chris-Craft Industries, he played a role in the Time-Warner merger and sold 10 television stations to Rupert Murdoch. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/business/media/herbert-j-siegel-dead.html

A federal appeals court had signed off on the agreement, which would shield members of the wealthy Sackler family from opioid-related lawsuits in exchange for $6 billion for victims. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/us/supreme-court-purdue-pharma-opioid-settlement.html

Human research trials at the New York State Psychiatric Institute at Columbia have been paused while regulators review whether protocols were violated. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/health/columbia-drug-trials-suicide.html

Hand-rolled, specialty cigars should not be subject to the broader F.D.A. regulatory rules over tobacco use, a federal judge ruled. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/health/fda-cigar-exemption.html

The two sides in the Hollywood stalemate will formally meet on Friday, after an informal sidebar session last week. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/business/media/writers-strike-movies-television.html

Researchers who found that a fifth of social networking apps have received multiple user complaints about sexual exploitation have launched a website to help parents vet apps. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/business/sextortion-ai-app-danger-project-safety-reviews.html

The new limits, aimed at preventing American help to Beijing as it modernizes its military, escalate a conflict between the world’s two largest economies. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/us/politics/biden-ban-china-investment.html

The co-working company has declared that its ability to endure as a business is in doubt. A failure could have widespread effects. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/business/wework-explain.html

New studies on social media’s influence tell a complicated story. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/world/europe/interpreter-social-media.html

Repeatedly switching jobs has long been a red flag for employers. That’s changing as Gen Z and younger Millennials embrace the upsides, but downsides persist. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/business/job-hopping-young-workers-gen-z.html