Money

Raphael Bostic, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, is one of the most prominent government officials yet to publicly express support for reparations as a way to address the consequences of racism and inequality in America. “There are definitely merits to it in the sense that, if people have been harmed by laws,

Australian broadcaster 9 News suffered a cyberattack that forced a number of live shows off air on Sunday, as the country’s federal parliament also reported an attack on its computer network. “A cyber-attack on our systems has disrupted live broadcasts today however, we have put processes in place to ensure we’re able to resume our

“Saturday Night Live” didn’t open up with politics to kick off the latest episode of the NBC variety show, but Maya Rudolph’s Kamala Harris still had her moment. Rudolph, the host of this week’s “SNL” who has played the vice president multiple times, welcomed guests to a Passover meal. She did so with her husband

For years, the media industry has been forced to compete with tech platforms for advertising revenue and consumers’ time. Now, in addition to those same pressures, publishers will see increased competition for attention as the economy opens back up. Last March, media owners reacted to the economic fallout of the pandemic with furloughs, layoffs and

President Joe Biden’s second big legislative push will be harder than his first for multiple reasons, most conspicuously this one: It will include tax increases. To be sure, Biden seeks increases of the most popular kind. He intends to target corporations and rich people without, aides maintain, touching Americans earning under $400,000 a year. But

The fried chicken sandwich wars are going global, cookie subscriptions are the new Netflix, and, for or better or worse, you can soon get a free doughnut every day for the rest of the year. Those are just some of the tantalizing and tasty offers that made headlines this week in the fast food world.

A new daily record for administering Covid-19 vaccines was set Friday, but many experts reiterate that the pandemic is far from over. The total number of doses administered jumped by about 3.38 million, according to a tweet from White House Covid-19 Data Director Dr. Cyrus Shahpar. This is the fourth time the number of doses

A race and inclusion editor for USA Today’s Sports Media Group wrote in a blog post published Friday that she was fired over an inaccurate tweet about the Colorado shooting, and accused the media company of being “subservient to white authority.” In her Medium post, the editor, Hemal Jhaveri, opened by saying, “I am no

Here’s what you need to know if you’re planning on a spring break trip to Orlando next week: Renting a car — if you can find one — could cost you at least $300 a day. That’s possibly more than you’ll spend for air fare, hotel rooms or tickets to theme parks. A year ago,

Dominion Voting Systems, a voting technology company that was the target of baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, filed a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against the right-wing channel Fox News on Friday. The company alleged that the network “recklessly disregarded the truth” and participated in a disinformation campaign against it because “the lies were

Your Disney+ bill is about to go up. The reason? “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” “Lando,” “Ahsoka,” “Loki,” “Ms. Marvel,” “Moon Knight,” “Hawkeye,” “She-Hulk,” “Sister Act 3,” “Zootopia+,” “Pinocchio,” “Hocus Pocus 2,” “Peter Pan & Wendy” and “Chip N’ Dale: Rescue Rangers.” Those are just some of the films and series coming to Disney+ in the next few

Elon Musk’s tweets have once again come under fire from federal regulators. The National Labor Relations Board says that Tesla and its CEO engaged in illegal actions against US employees trying to organize a union. One of those actions was a tweet, now three years old, in which Musk appeared to threaten to revoke employees’

It’s not unusual in American conversations on race for somebody to proclaim, “I don’t see color,” as his or her own personal credo on the matter. It sounds, on its surface, like an admirable quality. But it’s one that doesn’t stand up to closer scrutiny or deeper interrogation. In “not seeing color” in others, what

China is slapping massive duties on wine from Australia for the next five years, a move that threatens to deprive the country’s winemakers of their top export market and escalate a trade dispute. The duties, which range from 116% to 218%, were announced Friday and come after an investigation by Chinese authorities found instances of

It took a lot longer than expected, but WeWork is finally set to go public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company — and at a huge discount to what the startup was once worth. WeWork announced Friday morning that is merging with BowX Acquisition, a blank check firm known as a SPAC,