Business
Bernard Pivot, Host of Influential French TV Show on Books, Dies at 89
10 May 2024
Bernard Pivot, Host of Influential French TV Show on Books, Dies at 89
For 15 years, French viewers watched Mr. Pivot on his weekly show, “Apostrophes,” to decide what to read next.
Why Higher Fed Rates Are Not Totally Off the Table
10 May 2024
Why Higher Fed Rates Are Not Totally Off the Table
Fed officials still think their next move will be to cut rates, but they are not entirely ruling out the…
Boeing Locks Out Firefighters in Contract Dispute, and Biden Weighs In
9 May 2024
Boeing Locks Out Firefighters in Contract Dispute, and Biden Weighs In
The aircraft manufacturer and a union representing 125 firefighters are at odds over pay at the company’s plants in the…
A Way to Beat High Mortgage Rates? Take Over Someone Else’s Loan.
9 May 2024
A Way to Beat High Mortgage Rates? Take Over Someone Else’s Loan.
Assumable mortgages — or low-rate mortgages that home buyers can take over from home sellers — are making a comeback.…
Norfolk Southern Investors Reject Plan to Oust Its Management
9 May 2024
Norfolk Southern Investors Reject Plan to Oust Its Management
An activist investment firm failed to replace the railroad’s top executive and all its directors, but did win three seats…
An Office With 128,000 Miles
9 May 2024
An Office With 128,000 Miles
As a reporter covering Texas, I ate, worked and slept in my trusty, company-issued Chevy. So allow me a moment…
Bank of England Holds Interest Rates Steady, but Signals Cuts
9 May 2024
Bank of England Holds Interest Rates Steady, but Signals Cuts
A rate cut could come as soon as this summer as the central bank forecast that inflation would drop to…
Norfolk Southern Investors Reject Plan to Oust Its Management
9 May 2024
Norfolk Southern Investors Reject Plan to Oust Its Management
An activist investment firm failed to replace the railroad’s top executive and all its directors, but did win three seats…
A Plan to Break up Paramount
9 May 2024
A Plan to Break up Paramount
If Sony and Apollo Global win the fight to buy the media company, they plan to keep the studio business…
Israel’s Shutdown of Al Jazeera Highlights Long-Running Tensions
9 May 2024
Israel’s Shutdown of Al Jazeera Highlights Long-Running Tensions
The network will keep covering the war in Gaza, but it will be harder for Israelis to watch. Israel calls…