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At the first town hall meeting in support of the project, residents of Solano County, Calif., pelted one of its leaders with skepticism and questions. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/business/solano-county-california-forever-city.html

The Academy Award winner’s career thrived even as her progressive politics antagonized some liberals in Hollywood. But her agency dropped her after her remarks at a recent pro-Palestinian rally. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/arts/susan-sarandon-war-israel-gaza.html

After decades of stagnation, the Tar Heel State is the beneficiary of a lithium rush fueled by demand for car batteries. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/business/electric-vehicle-north-carolina-lithium-mining.html

Jensen Huang said that the chips giant enjoys a decadelong lead over rivals because it didn’t just make chips. It reinvented computers. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/business/dealbook/nvidia-ai-dealbook-chips.html

Mr. Munger’s death won’t affect the day-to-day operations of the conglomerate, but shareholders will miss his imprint on the company’s ethos. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/business/charlie-munger-berkshire-culture.html

In 2024, passengers are set to have the option to book black cabs through Uber. After longstanding tensions, a union for drivers said they “have no interest.” source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/world/europe/uber-black-cab-taxi-london.html

Small businesses and risky borrowers face rising costs from the Federal Reserve’s moves, but the biggest companies have avoided taking a hit. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/28/business/economy/corporate-interest-rates.html

Stocks and bonds were buoyed after even inflation-focused Federal Reserve officials suggested that rates may stay steady. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/28/business/economy/federal-reserve-interest-rates.html

The company says it will start purging accounts, including services like Gmail and YouTube, that have been idle for two years or more. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/28/technology/gmail-delete-accounts.html

The retailer, founded in China, filed confidentially to take the company public in the U.S., a person familiar with the plans said. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/27/business/shein-ipo.html

The president is facing some pressure to focus on oil drilling and gas prices at home, while boosting climate ambition on the world stage. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/27/climate/biden-cop28-climate-dubai.html

The country star’s rock-themed new LP debuts at No. 3, becoming her highest-charting album on Billboard’s all-genre Top 200. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/27/arts/music/drake-dolly-parton-billboard-chart.html

American spy agencies have warned about the Emirati firm G42 and its work with large Chinese companies that U.S. officials consider security threats. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/27/us/politics/ai-us-uae-china-security-g42.html

Google has a zero-tolerance policy for child abuse content. The scanning process can sometimes go awry and tar innocent individuals as abusers. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/27/technology/google-youtube-abuse-mistake.html

The White House and economists will be closely watching the annual shopping events for insight into what the data says about the state of the consumer. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/27/business/dealbook/black-friday-economy-inflation.html

If your feed makes the corporate life look stylish, it’s just another evolution in the long history of the American workplace. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/26/business/office-design-rto.html

For 25 years, Maria Cornejo has been designing things her way. But independence has a cost. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/26/style/maria-cornejo-zero.html

Meta “routinely documented” children under 13 on Instagram and “unlawfully” collected their data, according to a newly unsealed complaint. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/25/technology/instagram-meta-children-privacy.html

There are ways to reduce the stress and expense of ending a marriage, but they require both parties to want to end the relationship civilly. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/25/business/affordable-divorce-mediation.html

Internal documents show companies like Airbnb, Coca-Cola and Microsoft have halted ads, or may do so, after Elon Musk’s endorsement of an antisemitic conspiracy theory. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/24/business/x-elon-musk-advertisers.html

The country’s central bank increased rates by 5 percentage points in an attempt to deal with the soaring cost of household necessities and the devaluing of the lira. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/24/business/turkey-interest-rates.html

Big discounts, many of them online only, start appearing well before Thanksgiving and will run long after. Some people still go to the mall, though. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/24/business/what-is-black-friday.html

His political journal challenged liberal and conservative orthodoxies for decades and added an important perspective for Washington’s cognoscenti. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/23/us/politics/charles-peters-dead.html

Germany could be forced to suspend a constitutional law that limits borrowing, after court ruling upended Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s spending plans and threw his government into chaos. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/23/business/germany-budget-crisis.html

Who is off, and who is on? For now there are three members, including one holdover from the board that ousted Sam Altman as C.E.O. last week. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/22/technology/open-ai-board-shakeup.html

Beginning the 1930s in San Francisco, she transformed the image of her native Mexican cuisine in the United States with a restaurant and popular cookbooks, all while overcoming a loss of sight. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/22/obituaries/elena-zelayeta-overlooked.html

The crypto exchange treated them as essential customers, the government said. U.S. authorities want the industry to understand how bad that is for business. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/22/business/binance-crypto-criminal-customers.html

With OPEC Plus members in disarray over production levels, oil prices have fallen nearly 20 percent in three months. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/22/business/energy-environment/gas-prices-thanksgiving.html

Broadcast Music Inc., one of the major performing rights organizations in the United States, collected $1.57 billion and distributed $1.47 billion for its 2022 fiscal year. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/21/arts/music/bmi-sells-new-mountain-capital.html

Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s early November meeting suggested another rate increase remained possible, but officials were in no hurry. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/21/business/economy/fed-officials-thought-rates-could-rise-more-if-inflation-stayed-stubborn.html

Under the deal, Changpeng Zhao will pay a $50 million fine and step down as chief executive of the company he created, the latest blow to the crypto world since the implosion of FTX last year. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/21/technology/binance-changpeng-zhao-pleads-guilty.html

The Biden administration has faced backlash from small-business owners who called the new I.R.S. reporting requirements confusing and onerous. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/21/business/irs-venmo-cash-app-taxes.html

Tim Sweeney, who runs the company that created Fortnite, testified in a case that, if he wins, could allow competing payment systems on the Play Store. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/20/technology/epic-games-google-lawsuit-sweeney.html

Mr. Nadella moved fast to hire Sam Altman, who was pushed out of OpenAI on Friday, and asserted his company’s role in its partnership with the A.I. start-up. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/20/technology/openai-microsoft-altman-nadella.html

With more than 700 of OpenAI’s nearly 800 staff members saying they might head to Microsoft, prospects for the A.I. start-up aren’t rosy. The industry could experience second-order effects, too. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/20/business/openai-staff-exodus-turmoil.html

The former chief executive of Twitch has embraced “A.I. doomerism,” the fear that artificial intelligence could cause the end of humanity. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/20/business/emmett-shear-openai-interim-chief-executive.html

Los investigadores afirman que los discursos de odio se han disparado en las plataformas sociales a raíz del conflicto entre Israel y Gaza e impulsados por los extremistas. source https://www.nytimes.com/es/2023/11/20/espanol/el-discurso-de-odio-antisemita-antimusulman.html

Rarely has the U.S. government so depended on the technology provided by a single technologist with views that it has so publicly declared repugnant. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/19/us/politics/elon-musk-white-house-pentagon.html

Disagreements over the board’s makeup appear to be a reason for the delay. Mr. Altman was forced out as chief executive by the company’s board on Friday. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/19/technology/sam-altman-openai-board.html

Details about Sam Altman’s surprise departure as chief executive are still emerging, and the board has been tight-lipped so far. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/19/business/media/openai-sam-altman-why.html

Using electromagnetic waves to flummox and follow smarter weapons has become a critical part of the cat-and-mouse game between Ukraine and Russia. The United States, China and others have taken note. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/19/technology/the-invisible-war-in-ukraine-being-fought-over-radio-waves.html

Mr. Altman was forced out of the artificial intelligence start-up on Friday, leading to an outcry from his supporters and the company’s investors. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/18/technology/sam-altman-openai-board.html

The departure of the high-profile boss of the San Francisco company drew attention to a philosophical rift among the people building new A.I. systems. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/18/technology/open-ai-sam-altman-what-happened.html

Warner Bros. and Sony have joined other companies in pausing spending on X, formerly Twitter, over Elon Musk’s endorsement of an antisemitic post. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/18/technology/elon-musk-twitter-x-advertisers.html

People who study social media say the conflict between Israel and Hamas has underscored the need for better data transparency from platforms. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/17/technology/israel-hamas-war-meta-tiktok-social-media.html

The tech entrepreneur had endorsed a social media post that echoed the conspiracy theory that had fueled the Tree of Life synagogue killer in 2018. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/17/us/politics/elon-musk-antisemitism-white-house.html

With a bevy of corporate and institutional clients, he helped shape the visual language of the postwar American economy. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/17/arts/design/george-tscherny-dead.html

Truth Social, the online platform at the core of Trump Media, has had challenges attracting advertising revenue. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/16/business/trump-media-truth-social-advertising-revenue.html

Las aerolíneas están comenzando a ofrecer precios de rebaja, una señal de que tienen problemas para llenar los aviones. source https://www.nytimes.com/es/2023/11/16/espanol/bajan-tarifas-aereas-estados-unidos.html

TikTok faces escalating accusations that it promotes pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel content. “Shame on you,” Sacha Baron Cohen said on the call. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/16/technology/tiktok-jewish-open-letter-antisemitism.html

By working with Vetements, the skate brand Palace and now Crocs, the fast-food chain has become an unlikely source of style. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/15/style/mcdonalds-crocs-moschino-vetements.html

The decision came about five months after the tour struck an agreement with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund to create a joint company. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/14/business/rory-mcilroy-resigns-pga-tour-board.html

Under Seidler’s leadership, the team’s payroll grew to one of the largest in Major League Baseball. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/14/sports/baseball/peter-seidler-dead.html

The pandemic upended everything at the Red Hook Lobster Pound. By mid-2022, the co-founder felt she had no choice but to raise the price of her signature item, a lobster roll and fries. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/14/nyregion/nyc-costs-lobster-roll-fries.html

The tech giant, which is wrapping up its arguments in the federal monopoly trial, has framed itself as a good corporate citizen that has pushed innovation and helped consumers. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/14/technology/google-antitrust-trial-defense.html

The administration will no longer try to announce the completion of the trade terms this week, after prominent Democrats objected to some provisions. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/13/business/economy/indo-pacific-trade-delay.html

A wave of regulation and industry action have placed the flourishing fake review business on notice. But experts say the problem may be insurmountable. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/13/technology/fake-reviews-crackdown.html

The announcement is the first from a network about its plans since a tentative agreement was reached last week to end Hollywood’s strikes. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/13/business/media/cbs-new-scripted-shows-february.html

Companies are looking to commercialize advances made by federally supported research labs in the quest for boundless energy. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/13/science/laser-fusion-energy-start-ups.html

President Biden and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, are set to meet on Wednesday, as the two seek to maintain ties despite trade tensions. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/13/business/dealbook/biden-xi-china-trade.html

As the Biden administration prepares to toughen air quality standards, health benefits are weighed against the cost of compliance. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/13/business/economy/smog-rules-economics.html

“The Marvels” cost about $300 million to make and market and arrived to $47 million in domestic sales. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/12/business/the-marvels-box-office.html

The site was built for the military, but commercial sales are booming with little public accountability. Rounds have been bought by murderers, antigovernment groups and others. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/11/us/army-ammunition-factory-shootings.html

The police believe the victim is the wife of the suspect, Samuel Haskell, the son of a veteran talent agent and film producer. Mr. Haskell’s in-laws were missing as of Saturday. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/11/us/sam-haskell-murder-charges-los-angeles.html

Football was introduced to the country by U.S. soldiers after World War II, but interests soared when the N.F.L. played its first regular-season game there last year. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/03/business/nfl-germany.html

The SAG-AFTRA board voted on Friday to send the tentative deal with studios to its members for a ratification process that will end in early December. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/10/business/media/sag-tentative-deal-vote.html

Moody’s reaffirmed America’s credit rating at the highest AAA level but expressed concern about the nation’s fiscal trajectory amid congressional dysfunction. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/10/business/moodys-negative-credit-outlook.html

The Treasury secretary said she had pressed her Chinese counterpart on China’s export controls and cautioned against supporting Russia. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/10/business/yellen-china-economy-relations.html

The singer-songwriter began her Eras Tour outside North America in the country, where some Swifties camped out for more than five months. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/10/world/americas/taylor-swift-argentina.html

Omegle’s popularity surged during the pandemic. But critics said that it let online sexual predators go unchecked. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/09/business/omegle-shuts-down.html

Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, said officials will proceed carefully. But if more policy action is needed, he pledged to take it. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/09/business/economy/fed-chair-powell-inflation.html

Energy markets have shrugged off the fighting between Israel and Hamas so far, focusing instead on forecasts of subdued demand. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/09/business/energy-environment/oil-price-israel-gaza.html

The company is in the midst of a major transformation, exploring options for traditional businesses like ESPN. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/business/disney-5-million-streaming-subscribers.html

Corporate executives will pay $2,000 a head to dine with China’s leader in San Francisco next week, in one of a series of engagements aimed at stabilizing the U.S.-China relationship. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/business/economy/xi-jinping-american-business-leaders-dinner.html

First as a correspondent and later as a professor, he pushed his industry to adopt more rigorous, quantitative methods. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/business/media/philip-meyer-dead.html

Decorated steering wheels could cause injuries in a crash, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/business/steering-wheel-cover-safety.html

The messaging app, which Meta bought nearly a decade ago, was an asset that Mr. Zuckerberg largely left alone for a while. No longer. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/technology/mark-zuckerberg-taps-the-strengths-of-whatsapp.html

He received ambassadorships after filling campaign coffers that led to two Bush presidencies. He later came around to backing Donald Trump. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/07/us/politics/mel-sembler-dead.html

Seeking re-election in 1984, Ronald Reagan presided over an economy similar in many ways to today’s. But he sold a message of progress and promise. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/07/business/economy/biden-economy.html

The company, one of the largest U.S. mortgage servicers, said it was trying to determine if the attackers obtained personal information about its four million customers. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/07/business/cyberattack-mr-cooper-mortgages.html

A national fixture is enjoying a fresh surge as post-pandemic customers crave speed and solitude. And restaurants are responding with a raft of innovations. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/07/dining/drive-through.html

President Biden, a longtime Amtrak rider, exhibited a business-as-usual approach in announcing $16.4 billion in awards for rail projects, despite polls showing him trailing Donald Trump. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/06/us/politics/biden-rail-amtrak-polls.html

The move is a blow for landlords who have rented space to the co-working group, which is planning a “comprehensive reorganization” that includes cutting some of its leases. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/06/business/wework-bankruptcy.html

Instead of lending money for highways and bridges, China has shifted to providing emergency rescues for previous borrowers. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/06/business/china-bri-aiddata.html

Shield AI, a tech start-up, already has a drone run by artificial intelligence being used by the Israeli military. But persuading the Pentagon to embrace the technology remains a big challenge. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/06/us/politics/ai-startups-pentagon-weapons.html

Policymakers, wary of inciting reckless borrowing in real estate, are instead investing heavily in factories and trying to help indebted local governments. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/06/business/china-economy-property-crisis.html

Tyson said it had received complaints from consumers about finding small metal pieces in the product. Federal regulators said one “minor oral injury” had been reported. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/05/business/tyson-dino-nuggets-recall.html

Surprised individuals and small-business owners can’t pay rent or make payroll, and no one ever explains what they did wrong. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/05/business/banks-accounts-close-suddenly.html

The former Dow Jones executive most recently co-founded The News Movement, a start-up aimed at young audiences. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/04/business/media/washington-post-will-lewis-chief-executive.html

SAG-AFTRA, which has been on strike for 114 days, did not give a timeline for when it would respond. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/04/business/media/actors-strike-final-offer.html

After winning the annual Miss Rheingold beauty contest, in which millions voted, she covered fashion and beauty for the popular morning show. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/04/business/media/robbin-bain-dead.html

Amazon’s much-hyped drone project is dropping small objects on driveways. Some customers are not sure what it delivers beyond minestrone. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/04/technology/amazon-drone-delivery.html

The writer, Jazmine Hughes, who has won awards for her work, had signed another letter of protest this year. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/03/business/media/new-york-times-writer-resign-israel-gaza-war.html

Intuit, which acquired Mint in 2009, is encouraging users to switch to Credit Karma, its money management and credit score service. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/03/business/mint-app-closing-intuit.html

Spending in that crucial period is predicted to rise 3 to 4 percent from last year, as the economy cools and demand normalizes. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/02/business/holiday-retail-inflation-economy.html

The push to attack television critics through fake Twitter accounts became the talk of the entertainment world on Wednesday after it was reported by Rolling Stone. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/02/business/media/casey-bloys-twitter-fake-accounts.html

Economists are surprised by how strong the economy remains with rates at a 22-year high. But there are some signs of slowing, if you know where to look. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/02/business/economy/fed-interest-rates-economy.html

His tiny California newspaper won a Pulitzer Prize for its exposé of Synanon, a renowned drug rehabilitation program that had turned into a violent operation. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/01/business/media/david-mitchell-dead.html

There was just a dirt road and a boarded-up motel in 1964 when he first saw the area at the southern tip of Nevada that would be named after him. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/01/business/don-laughlin-dead.html

Denmark’s Orsted said it would be forced to write off as much as $5.6 billion as wind developers in the U.S. faced wrenching financing costs. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/01/business/energy-environment/offshore-wind-farm-new-jersey.html