Business
-
Highbrow Films Aimed at Winning Oscars Are Losing Audiences
The kind of critically praised dramas that often dominate the awards season are falling flat at the box office, failing to justify the money it takes to make them.
-
Shaping the Future of a New American Pottery Company
Since East Fork started in 2009, its fans have been drawn to a founder’s frank and candid style of communication. Can it stay transparent in a muddy world?
-
Best Podcasts of 2022
This year’s standouts included shows about a gay paradise in Massachusetts, a mass kidnapping in Mexico and a commune in West Virginia.
-
Tiny Vanuatu Uses Its ‘Unimportance’ to Launch Big Climate Ideas
It wants a top international court to weigh in on whether nations are legally bound to protect against climate risks.
-
In Appalachia, Margo Miller Leads From a ‘Place of Courageous Joy’
“Transforming Spaces” is a new series about women driving change in sometimes unexpected places. Margo Miller, the executive director of the Appalachian Community Fund, describes herself as a “proud Black mountain woman” in a region not widely known ...
-
U.S. Gas Prices Are Now Lower Than a Year Ago
A visible symbol of inflation for much of the year, prices at the pump have been driven down by reduced global demand and tumbling oil prices.
-
From the DealBook Summit: Leaders Look Into the Future
Groundbreakers at the conference were asked what’s coming next for the brain, climate, medicine, labor, security and business.
-
Can News Be Made Into a Sustainable Business?
For a DealBook task force, a lack of trust, political polarization and a troubled business model are among the news industry’s challenges.
-
Pentagon Divides Big Cloud-Computing Deal Among 4 Firms
Contracts that could total $9 billion were awarded to Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle. An earlier effort, won by Microsoft, was scrapped after rivals objected.
-
New York Times Union Announces One-Day Strike
Negotiators for the company and the union, which represents most of the newsroom, have failed to come to an agreement on salaries, health and retirement benefits, and other issues.