Investments and Business

January 27, 2024

Los Angeles Times Owner Clashed With Top Editor Over Unpublished Article

Kyle C. Garrison

When Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, the billionaire owner of The Los Angeles Times, hired Kevin Merida to be the newspaper’s top editor nearly three years ago, he hailed the journalist as…

Investments and Business

January 26, 2024

Airlines Hoping for More Boeing Jets Could Be Waiting Awhile

Kyle C. Garrison

Boeing hoped 2024 would be the year it would significantly increase production of its popular Max jets. But less than a month into the year, the company is struggling to…

Investments and Business

January 24, 2024

Netflix is Said to License ‘Sex and the City’ From HBO

Kyle C. Garrison

HBO is renting out one of its most valuable series to Netflix.Every season of “Sex and the City,” the HBO comedy that aired from 1998 to 2004, will begin streaming…

Investments and Business

January 22, 2024

War Has Already Hurt the Economies of Israel’s Nearest Neighbors

Kyle C. Garrison

In the Red Sea, attacks by Iranian-backed Houthi militants on commercial ships continue to disrupt a crucial trade route and raise shipping costs. The threat of escalation there and around…

Investments and Business

January 20, 2024

The U.S. Seems to Be Dodging a Recession. What Could Go Wrong?

Kyle C. Garrison

With inflation falling, unemployment low and the Federal Reserve signaling it could soon begin cutting interest rates, forecasters are becoming increasingly optimistic that the U.S. economy could avoid a recession.Wells…

Investments and Business

January 19, 2024

A Fed Governor Reiterates That Rate Cuts Are Coming

Kyle C. Garrison

A prominent Federal Reserve official on Tuesday laid out a case for lowering interest rates methodically at some point this year as the economy comes into balance and inflation cools…

Investments and Business

January 17, 2024

Tesla Drivers in Chicago Confront a Harsh Foe: Cold Weather

Kyle C. Garrison

Charging stations in Norway see longer lines in the winter than summer, since vehicles are slower to charge in colder weather, but that has become less of an issue in…

Investments and Business

January 15, 2024

New U.S. Solar and Electric Car Factories Face Familiar Challenge: China

Kyle C. Garrison

The Biden administration has begun pumping more than $2 trillion into U.S. factories and infrastructure, investing huge sums to try to strengthen American industry and fight climate change.But the effort…

Investments and Business

January 12, 2024

As Utility Bills Rise, Low-Income Americans Struggle for Access to Clean Energy

Kyle C. Garrison

Cindy Camp is one of many Americans facing rising utility costs. Ms. Camp, who lives in Baltimore with three family members, said her gas and electric bills kept “going up…

Investments and Business

January 10, 2024

OpenAI Unveils App Store for Customized Versions of ChatGPT

Kyle C. Garrison

OpenAI said on Wednesday that it was opening an app store for people to share customized versions of its popular chatbot, ChatGPT, as the artificial intelligence company works to expand…

Investments and Business