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Paramount Pulls Back on D.E.I. Policies
Paramount, the parent company of BET, MTV and the Paramount film studio, said on Wednesday that it was rethinking its approach to diversity, equity and inclusion amid a broader...
Europe Relaxes Rules on Company Climate Reports
The European Commission on Wednesday proposed to substantially loosen the requirements on companies to report on the social and environmental impacts of their operations.The proposal would limit the rules...
Jeff Bezos’ Directive for Washington Post Opinion Pages Leads to Editor David Shipley’s Exit
Jeff Bezos, the owner of The Washington Post, announced a major shift to the newspaper’s opinion section on Wednesday, saying it would now advocate “personal liberties and free markets”...
What to Know About Filing Your Tax Return as the I.R.S. Sheds Workers
It’s a tax season unlike any other: As millions of Americans dutifully file their returns, the Trump administration is calling for the abolition of the Internal Revenue Service and...
Why Is Egg Shopping So Unpredictable?
On Saturday morning in Culver City, Calif., Marie Hernandes finally found her eggs. A friend had asked for a vanilla birthday cake, so all week after work, she’d visited...
BP to ‘Fundamentally Reset’ Strategy in Shift Back to Oil and Gas
BP, the energy giant, on Wednesday said it would increase spending on oil and gas while sharply paring back investments on various forms of clean energy.The move appears to...
Trump Takes Aim at Chinese Shipping Amid Widening Trade War
The Trump administration has opened a broad new front in its global trade conflict, proposing to affix levies reaching $1.5 million on Chinese-made ships arriving at American ports.Such fees...
Trump’s New Crackdown on China Is Just Beginning
President Trump’s tough talk on China typically centers on tariffs. But a closer look at the decisions he has made since taking office shows that the president is considering...
Dockworkers Vote to Accept New Labor Contract
Dockworkers on the East and Gulf Coasts voted in favor of a new contract on Tuesday, ending labor turbulence at ports that handle a large share of U.S. trade...
Tesla Stock Falls 8% as Concerns About Elon Musk’s Political Role Grow
Shares of Tesla had been on a tear since Donald J. Trump won the presidential election. Investors were betting that the carmaker would benefit from the more than $250...
Apple Plans to Invest $500 Billion in U.S. as Trump Tariffs Loom
Days after Apple’s chief executive met with President Trump, the company said on Monday that it planned to spend $500 billion and hire 20,000 people in the United States...
Who Are the Probationary Federal Workers Being Cut Under Trump?
In news about the Trump administration’s job-slashing effort, one class of federal workers comes up repeatedly: “probationary” employees.At the Internal Revenue Service, 6,700 people with that status are being...