Business
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Tesla Will Build Heavy Trucks at a New Factory in Nevada
The $3.6 billion investment, which also includes a new battery factory, presents a challenge to traditional truck makers that have been slow to sell electric vehicles.
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Murdoch No Longer Wants to Combine His Media Empire
Rupert Murdoch is no longer looking to combine the two parts of his media empire. News Corp, one of Mr. Murdoch’s media companies, said in a statement on Tuesday that he had determined that combining it and the Fox Corporation was “not optimal for ...
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Walmart Raises Starting Wages for Store Workers
The retail giant said the minimum wages for those employees would range from $14 to $19 an hour, up from $12 to $18 an hour.
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Washington Post Lays Off 20 Journalists
A further 30 open positions will not be filled. The overall size of the newsroom is expected to return to its current level after The Post makes new hires in the affected departments.
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The Sierra Club Tries to Move Past John Muir, George Floyd and #MeToo
For three years, the nation’s most prominent environmental organization has been ruminating about its past and future. Like many other American institutions, the Sierra Club was convulsed by the 2020 murder of George Floyd, beset by painful questions ...
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The Unknown Hedge Fund That Got $400 Million From Sam Bankman-Fried
After the collapse of FTX, prosecutors and lawyers have scrutinized its discredited founder’s huge investment in Modulo Capital.
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No Open-House Party. Influencers Just Want an Open Door.
It was still dark on a recent Tuesday morning when the photographers began gathering in the lobby of Sutton Tower, an Upper East Side skyscraper that was still under construction. By the time the sun had broken over the Manhattan skyline, 30 of them ...
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Live Nation Faces a Skeptical Senate
The company’s grip on ticket sales, and its move last year to cancel sales for Taylor Swift’s upcoming tour, will be a big focus of an antitrust-focused hearing.
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Russia’s War Breathes New Life Into a Cold War Symbol
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a news network originally set up as a C.I.A. operation early in the Cold War, is experiencing a renaissance and making a case for its independence.
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How Waze Changed the Way We Drive
Cast your mind back to pre-Waze days, when your glove compartment was stuffed with maps of Vermont and Arizona and to get somewhere you needed to know the way. Now you just punch in the destination address and follow the turn-by-turn instructions ...