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At least 68 people have fallen ill in the outbreak believed to be linked to cucumbers sold in the United States and Canada, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/health/cucumbers-salmonella-outbreak-sunfed.html

While the president-elect says he will impose a 25 percent tariff on everything Canada exports, Trudeau remains confident about forestalling that outcome. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/world/canada/tariffs-trump-trudeau.html

Business owners say card transaction fees are a growing monthly expense, one often passed to consumers. They’re cheering efforts to lower them. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/business/swipe-fees-merchants.html

Early data on online spending this week shows consumers are being drawn to discounts. A clearer picture of Black Friday sales, including in-store spending, will emerge in the days ahead. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/business/black-friday-holiday-shopping.html

With Friday’s gains included, November was the best month in a year for the S&P 500. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/business/stock-market-election-trump.html

The acronym for young people “not in education, employment or training” has been all over the internet lately. But like Gen Z-ers themselves, the term can be misunderstood. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/business/gen-z-neet.html

Lining up early outside stores and hunting for deals was once part of a gratifying Black Friday. It no longer feels that way. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/business/black-friday-shoppers-sales.html

The case largely echoes an antitrust action in the United States and seeks to force Google to sell off sections of its online ad business. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/world/canada/google-complaint-ad-monopoly.html

Livestock has been traded on the historic site in Britain’s capital for centuries. The local authority voted this week to close it. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/world/europe/london-smithfield-meat-market.html

Regulators are demanding information from the company on its cloud computing, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity products. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/technology/microsoft-ftc-antitrust.html

They would have been worth nearly $18 million if they were genuine, making it the largest counterfeit instrument seizure in history, officials said. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/us/fake-gibson-guitars-seized.html

Black Friday remains one of the busiest shopping days of the year, but its impact has been diluted by monthlong holiday sales and the convenience of buying online. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/business/black-friday-shopping-cyber-monday.html

The president-elect’s threat to hit Canada, Mexico and China with new tariffs is already rocking business and diplomatic relationships and could topple the trade pacts he signed in his first term. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/us/politics/trump-tariffs-global-trade.html

President Claudia Sheinbaum responded to President-elect Trump’s threat to impose high tariffs, saying such a move would inflict damage on both countries. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/us/mexico-tariffs-us-trump.html

Minutes from a Nov. 6-7 meeting showed that Federal Reserve policymakers saw the labor market stabilizing and signs of economic strength. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/business/economy/federal-reserve-minutes.html

The electric trucks have a side cargo door, more space and, critically, air conditioning, promising some long-overdue relief for carriers, who haven’t had an upgrade since the 1980s. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/us/usps-new-mail-trucks.html

The two sides made their final cases to a federal judge Monday in a trial over the tech giant’s dominance in technology that sells ads online. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/technology/google-advertising-monopoly.html

Cassava Sciences said that its drug did not significantly reduce cognitive decline in 1,900 people with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/health/cassava-alzheimers-simuflam.html

Ashley Buchanan will be the third chief executive of the department store chain since 2018. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/business/kohls-ashley-buchanan.html

Investors seemed to signal their approval for Scott Bessent as a safe choice to implement the president-elect’s economic agenda. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/business/dealbook/markets-trump-treasury-bessent.html

Fewer people will be able to afford electric cars and trucks if President-elect Donald J. Trump and Republicans in Congress eliminate a $7,500 federal tax credit. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/business/trump-electric-vehicle-tax-credit.html

The crash near Vilnius Airport sparked a fire in a residential area, an airport official said. Four people were on board. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/world/europe/dhl-lithuania-plane-crash.html

The Biden administration is reducing its award to the chip maker, partly to account for a multibillion-dollar military contract. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/business/washington-curtails-intel-grant.html

Reporting on the 40th anniversary of the popular pizza literacy program sent one writer on a mozzarella-scented memory trail. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/insider/book-it-pizza-hut.html

One of my co-workers criticized another in Spanish. Should I tell them that they were understood? source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/business/office-trash-talk-work-advice.html

The hedge fund manager will be responsible for steering President-elect Donald J. Trump’s unconventional economic agenda. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/business/trump-scott-bessent-treasury.html

He displayed some 10,000 cat-themed artifacts at the American Museum of the House Cat in North Carolina, which welcomed several thousand people a year. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/us/harold-w-sims-jr-dead.html

The deal, which would have created one of the largest pay-TV providers in the United States, fell apart after strong objections from Dish’s lenders. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/business/dealbook/directv-dish-network-deal-collapse.html

The oil company was indicted on charges of dumping nearly 800,000 gallons of contaminated wastewater into the Los Angeles County sewer system. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/technology/phillips-66-wastewater-indictment.html

The Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday it was allowing air traffic to resume at half a dozen airports in Haiti, but the country’s main flight hub in the capital would remain off limits. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/world/americas/haiti-airports-six-reopened-faa.html

The parent company of Truth Social filed a trademark application for a crypto payment service it called TruthFi. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/business/trump-media-crypto-payment-service.html

The company’s woes are symptomatic of a wider malaise among companies that make batteries for electric vehicles. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/business/northvolt-battery-bankruptcy.html

He made his mark on newspapers in Atlanta, San Francisco and Baltimore, but may be best known for having been abducted in Atlanta in 1974. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/business/media/reg-murphy-dead.html

Mr. Hwang was convicted in July for his role in the collapse of his investment firm that caused roughly $10 billion in losses for several Wall Street banks. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/business/bill-hwang-archegos-sentence.html

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning letter, but not a recall, after microorganisms were found in water samples and finished toothpaste products. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/health/toms-of-maine-toothpaste-mold-bacteria.html

President-elect Donald J. Trump joined Elon Musk, as his company’s prototype moon and Mars rocket carried out a sixth test flight that showed a mix of progress and setbacks. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/science/spacex-launch-starship.html

A hearing is scheduled for Monday to review the auction process, which is being contested by a losing bidder associated with Alex Jones, the Infowars founder. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/business/media/the-onion-infowars-alex-jones.html

Sophia Park is believed to be the youngest person to pass the California State Bar Exam, besting the previous record-holder: her older brother, Peter. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/us/california-bar-exam-sophia-park.html

The billionaire executive and leader of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s transition team will be charged with promoting U.S. industry and overseeing technology controls on China. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/us/politics/howard-lutnick-trump-commerce-secretary.html

An independent researcher found that noise recorded miles away from the site of a recent test flight was equal to standing 200 feet from a Boeing 747 during takeoff. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/us/politics/spacex-starship-sonic-boom-damage.html

Flights will still take off and travelers can keep booking tickets, the low-cost carrier said, as the company enters Chapter 11 bankruptcy. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/business/spirit-airlines-bankruptcy-flights.html

The gold watch was given to the captain of the Carpathia, the ship that responded to the Titanic’s distress call and rescued hundreds of people. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/business/titanic-watch-auction.html

The Michelin-starred chef and humanitarian has partnered with Capital One to open a lounge-restaurant hybrid at Ronald Reagan National Airport. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/travel/jose-andres-hopes-to-transform-dining-this-time-at-the-airport.html

The newsletter start-up, which once drew an overture from Elon Musk, is betting on politics content and recruiting stars. But profits remain elusive. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/business/media/substack-politics-newsletters.html

Mr. Carr, who currently sits on the commission and is a vocal critic of Big Tech, has said the agency should regulate the tech industry. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/technology/fcc-nominee-brendan-carr-trump.html

The outbreak, which has sickened nearly 40 people, has been tied to multiple brands of recalled organic carrots sold by Grimmway Farms, officials said. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/well/carrots-ecoli-outbreak.html

Michael Hyatt used his charisma and tales of athletic prowess to persuade a string of women to open up their homes and wallets, leaving them disillusioned, bitter and in debt. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/business/michael-hyatt-table-tennis-fraud.html

The incoming Trump administration promises an immigration crackdown. But for years, the on-demand economy has been fueled by unscrupulous staffing agencies exploiting migrant workers. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/us/immigration-undocumented-migrants-jobs.html

William A. Smith, the former chief financial officer for the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, was accused of embezzling funds meant to support efforts to beautify the city’s waterfront. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/16/us/detroit-riverfront-conservancy-cfo-embezzlement-guilty.html

Mr. Musk dug into his companies’ budgets, preferring to cut too much rather than too little and to deal with the fallout later. Under Donald Trump, he is set to apply those tactics to the U.S. government. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/16/technology/elon-musk-cost-cuts.html

The post-election rally has lost steam, with the S&P 500 down 2 percent for the week. But major stock indexes are still up since Election Day. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/business/stock-market-election-trump-economy.html

The popular Tuscan destination is the most recent European city to consider measures aimed at making life in a tourism hot spot more bearable. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/travel/florence-tourism-ban-rules.html

Nearly 60 percent of retailers have policies, often hush-hush, that refund customers for items that aren’t financially viable to send back. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/business/keep-it-returns-online-shopping.html

In a new era for global trade in which Donald J. Trump has promised tariffs, Malaysia and Singapore are finalizing a deal for greater economic integration. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/business/malaysia-singapore-china-trade.html

Footage of a bear rifling through luxury cars was submitted to insurance companies, which paid out $140,000. But something seemed off. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/us/fake-bear-insurance-fraud-charges.html

A strong economy is giving Federal Reserve officials room to move “carefully” as they lower interest rates, the central bank chair said. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/business/economy/fed-jerome-powell-rate-cuts.html

As he continues to shake up his old image, Meta’s chief executive has collaborated with the singer on a version of the hit song that was playing when he met his wife. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/style/mark-zuckerberg-tpain-get-low.html

The ruling, stemming from a complaint against Amazon, bars companies from compelling workers to attend meetings on unionization’s downsides. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/business/economy/nlrb-meetings-unions-amazon.html

Prime-time viewership at MSNBC has fallen 53 percent compared with October, and jumped 21 percent on Fox News. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/business/media/msnbc-fox-news-ratings-election.html

Tesla said a defect could cause the electric truck to lose driver power and pledged to replace the affected part for free. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/business/tesla-cybertruck-recall.html

The new agreement builds on an earlier announcement in which the German automaker said it would invest up to $5 billion in Rivian, a maker of electric vehicles. The new venture brings them closer. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/business/volkswagen-rivian-electric-vehicles.html

The Justice Department and four Democratic state attorneys general argued that United’s takeover would limit competition and harm consumers needing home or hospice care. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/health/united-health-home-care-antitrust.html

Could a tariff war erupt between the United States and Mexico? A top Mexican official said his country might retaliate if the Trump administration placed steep tariffs on Mexico. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/world/americas/mexico-tariffs-trump.html

The president-elect has said he could impose tariffs as high as 200 percent on car imports from Mexico, a move that could hurt factories and workers on both sides of the border. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/business/economy/trump-mexico-trade-tariffs-car-factories.html

The United States is the biggest trading partner for the European Union and Britain, whose economies could be at risk from the president-elect’s policies. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/business/economy/europe-economy-donald-trump.html

The 77-year-old veteran anchor told The Daily Beast that he planned to venture into streaming or podcasting. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/11/business/media/chris-wallace-cnn.html

The union said its members would return to work on Tuesday, even though it had not yet reached a contract deal with the company. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/11/business/media/new-york-times-tech-guild-ends-strike.html

Cities are spending more than ever to land the biggest events, but companies have long pulled back on spending for annual conferences and attendance has dwindled. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/11/business/convention-centers-revival.html

A new HBO documentary about opposition to autocrats says a lot about the complex politics the president-elect inspires for people fleeing countries. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/11/business/china-cuba-night-is-not-eternal.html

The site has a similar address to one that promotes a film adaptation of the hit musical. The toymaker apologized for the “unfortunate error.” source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/11/movies/mattel-wicked-porn-site-mistake.html

Critics of using public money to build sports facilities dismissed the bond sale, but some of the team’s devoted followers eagerly paid in. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/10/business/buffalo-bills-stadium-municipal-bonds.html

Health issues are affecting a worker’s performance. But is the real problem her supervisor’s handling of the situation? source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/10/business/employee-health-issues-manager-advice.html

Neither jail nor exile to Hong Kong have stopped Han Dongfang, a former Tiananmen Square protest leader, from championing workers’ rights. “If you’re born stubborn, you go everywhere stubborn.” source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/10/world/asia/china-labor-rights-han-dongfang.html

The Taiwanese chip giant will halt shipments to Chinese companies after some of its most advanced chips ended up with Huawei. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/09/business/tsmc-ai-chips-china.html

Media outlets on the right said Mr. Trump won because of the left’s embrace of what they called extreme political views. Left-leaning outlets offered a broader variety of explanations. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/08/business/media/trumps-victory-media-outlets-explain.html

President-elect Donald Trump’s win, coupled with a quarter-point interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve, pushed major stock indexes into record territory. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/08/business/stock-market-trump-fed.html

He introduced ticket prices that couldn’t be beat, but asked fliers to pay extra for nearly everything, including water, carry-ons and printed tickets. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/08/business/ben-baldanza-dead.html

Elon Musk was with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago when the president-elect spoke with Ukraine’s leader. It is not clear if they discussed any change in U.S. policy toward Ukraine. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/08/us/politics/trump-musk-zelensky.html

All employees at The Post will be expected to return to the office by June 2. Managers must be back in the office full time by Feb. 3. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/07/business/media/washington-post-return-to-office.html

Federal Reserve officials are widely expected to cut rates by a quarter point, as uncertainty about a second Trump presidency looms large. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/07/business/economy/federal-reserve-november-meeting.html

A two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, he was a reporter, editor and columnist for The Washington Post, renowned for his deeply sourced dispatches. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/07/business/media/jim-hoagland-dead.html

Yields on government bonds — which underpin all kinds of borrowing in the economy — are rising. But the Fed is cutting rates. What gives? source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/07/business/bond-market-trump.html

The world’s richest man gave his money and time in campaigning for the president-elect and now is putting in his requests for a friendlier regulatory environment. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/06/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-benefits.html

A little-known investment banker, a former hedge fund star and an acolyte of George Soros have the president-elect’s ear. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/06/business/trump-economic-advisers.html

The candidate largely let the billionaire run his $175 million ground game — a gamble that future candidates could look to emulate. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/06/us/elections/trump-musk-america-pac.html

Many Americans fretted about inflation as they headed out to vote. But Donald J. Trump’s approach comes with risks of a renewed boost. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/06/us/politics/trump-inflation-economy.html

Bitcoin’s price went above $75,000, breaking the record that the digital currency set in March. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/05/technology/bitcoin-election-trump.html

A reporter for Puck and other journalists were barred after critical coverage of the campaign. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/05/business/media/trump-election-party-access-journalists.html

After the death of Murray McCory, a founder of the outdoors equipment company JanSport, readers recalled how their backpacks served them on life’s journeys. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/05/business/jansport-memories.html

The aerospace manufacturer and its new chief executive face a daunting to-do list, including improving quality and increasing production of its commercial planes. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/05/business/boeing-planes-production.html

About 33,000 workers at the aerospace manufacturer had been on strike for nearly two months, having rejected two earlier contract offers. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/04/business/boeing-union-new-contract-strike.html

The shift in policy, covering government agencies and contractors working on national security, is intended to promote “responsible and ethical” innovations, the company said. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/04/technology/meta-ai-military.html

He brought lightweight packs to millions of students and transformed the way they carried their textbooks to school. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/04/business/murray-mccory-dead.html

Voters sometimes make mistakes when they use digital voting machines. But the issues are quickly remedied. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/04/business/voting-machines-fact-check.html

The Times Tech Guild represents more than 600 software developers and others who run the back-end systems behind The Times’s digital operation. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/04/business/media/new-york-times-strike.html

When the housing market was flying high, mortgage defaults were almost nonexistent. But now the legal system is struggling to keep up with evictions. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/04/business/china-foreclosures-mortgages.html

Saudi Arabia, which leads the group, appears wary of unsettling markets just before the U.S. presidential election on Tuesday. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/03/business/opec-plus-oil-production.html

Can Joanna Coles and Ben Sherwood revive the once-buzzy news site and reclaim their perches atop the New York media world? Their own staff isn’t sure. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/03/business/media/daily-beast-joanna-coles-ben-sherwood.html

The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Saturday but said its restaurants would remain open while it works on a “restructuring process.” source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/02/business/tgi-fridays-bankruptcy.html

He wrote the Press Clips column for The Village Voice, held top jobs at Inc. magazine and Slate, and wrote a book about how the startup magazine The Industry Standard fizzled. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/02/business/media/james-ledbetter-dead.html

Once the most powerful woman in television, the founder of Springboard has spent the past 20 years identifying and funding female-led start-ups. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/02/business/kay-koplovitz-springboard-usa-networks.html

A three-judge panel affirmed that Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” did not illegally borrow from Marvin Gaye’s song. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/01/arts/music/ed-sheeran-lets-get-it-on-copyright-appeal.html

The Biden administration said it had reached a settlement after the U.S. chipmaker voluntarily disclosed that it had shipped products to a firm linked with China’s military industrial complex. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/01/us/politics/globalfoundries-chips-fine-china.html