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British dynasty behind Primark put to test after sales dive to zero
In the unforgiving game of retailing, the Weston family have long proved nimble players. Over the better part of...
10:20
Money actually can buy happiness, study finds
A new report finds that in recent decades, having more money has become increasingly associated with greater happiness. The Expanding Class Divide in Happiness in the United States, 19...
04.07.20
'The Last of Us Part II': The Evolution of Ellie
Note: This article contains major spoilers for "The Last of Us Part II" and 2013′s "The Last of Us." - - - A man is shot in the chest and chokes on his own blood. A pregnant woman fall...
04.07.20
Top women winemakers are still rare in the world of grapes
A few days before the pandemic lockdown began in New York, I'm at Balthazar restaurant, sipping wines and dishing gossip with a group of female winemakers from Bordeaux. "My grandmothe...
03.07.20
Dairy farmers worldwide are on the brink of crisis
The world's dairy farmers are facing an existential crisis.
They've dumped millions of gallons of milk, slowed output and sold off older cows. Global governments stepped in ...
03.07.20
CEOs of America's large firms push for police reform
WASHINGTON - After weeks of professing support for racial justice, corporate America is wading into the debate over policing reform, calling on Congress to pass bipartisan policing res...
03.07.20
We've been isolated for months, and now we hate our home assistants
"I'm not a bad person," Angela Hatem said. "I'm so nice to people." But Alexa, the voice of Amazon's home devices, isn't a person, despite how hard "she" tries to emulate one. And coro...
02.07.20
Administration makes it easier for drugmakers to profit from publicly funded coronavirus drugs, critics say
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is weakening taxpayer safeguards in its agreements with companies working on novel-coronavirus drugs, which could prevent regulators from curbing ...
02.07.20
Big bank merger points to trouble at heart of Saudi economy
When Saudi Arabia last saw a merger of two of its biggest banks, the oil price was recovering from a dramatic slump, the kingdom was in the midst of a deep recession and its debt excee...
02.07.20
Tesla fires three more, overriding guidance allowing workers to stay home during pandemic
SAN FRANCISCO - Three Tesla workers say they've been fired from their jobs after opting to stay home from the Fremont, Calif. factory rather than risk being potentially exposed to covi...
02.07.20
Euro is riding a wave of confidence on Europe pandemic response
The euro's best rally in more than two years looks set to extend, with a host of market metrics reflecting growing confidence in Europe's pandemic response. The currency completed its ...
01.07.20
Facebook ad boycott could succeed where policymaking failed
For years, Facebook has succeeded for years in fending off critics and regulators in Washington who have complained about its market power and its failure to protect privacy, police ha...
01.07.20
It's not easy to say goodbye to low-cost China, Europe finds
European leaders talk of shortening supply chains and curbing China's "Belt and Road" plan. But on the ground in Italy, Gimmi Baldinini says his designer footwear company is in no posi...
01.07.20
Workers getting laid off for second time as virus's surge closes businesses
When she was first furloughed in March, Randee Heitzmann knew how to make ends meet. She deferred payments on her new Honda Civic, spent $3,000 in stimulus money and tax returns on oth...
30.06.20
In Bolton vs. Trump, a clash of brawlers
In the spring of 2018, then-Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton and one of his top lieutenants, Fiona Hill, were locked in a lengthy closed-door negotiation with...