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New York Times: Business
- Elon Musk’s Diplomacy: Woo Right-Wing World Leaders. Then Benefit.by Ryan Mac, Jack Nicas and Alex Travelli on May 13, 2024 at 8:35 pm
Mr. Musk has built a constellation of like-minded heads of state — including Argentina’s Javier Milei and India’s Narendra Modi — to push his own politics and expand his business empire.
- Melinda French Gates to Resign From Gates Foundationby Anupreeta Das and Santul Nerkar on May 13, 2024 at 8:16 pm
The co-founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will chart her own course as a philanthropist focused on women’s rights and gender equality.
- GameStop Stock Soars as Roaring Kitty Returns to Social Mediaby J. Edward Moreno on May 13, 2024 at 8:08 pm
Keith Gill, the trader who helped turn the video game retailer into a high-flying “meme stock,” posted cryptic messages online after a three-year hiatus.
- Why Al Jazeera is the Go To News Source for Student Protestersby Santul Nerkar on May 13, 2024 at 8:01 pm
Students active in campus protests value Al Jazeera’s on-the-ground coverage and its perspective on the Israel-Hamas war. They draw distinctions between it and major American outlets.
- The Trump Trial on Cable TV: Play-by-Play and Drawings on an iPadby Michael M. Grynbaum on May 13, 2024 at 7:49 pm
With no cameras recording Donald Trump’s criminal trial, anchors and producers are improvising to animate dramatic moments like Michael Cohen’s testimony.
New York Times: Your Money
- Your Money: A Boot Camp for 20-Somethingsby Tara Siegel Bernard, Ron Lieber and Mike Dang on May 13, 2024 at 6:46 pm
Advice, explainers and exercises on taking advantage of job benefits, creating a budget, paying off debt and thinking about your future.
- Can You Make Your Investment Portfolio Reflect Your Values?by Ron Lieber on May 11, 2024 at 9:03 am
Forget about endowments and their holdings and divestment for a minute. What do you stand for, and how can you make your portfolio reflect that?
- Assumable Mortgages Are Making a Comeback in a High-Rate Marketby Tara Siegel Bernard on May 10, 2024 at 7:41 pm
Assumable mortgages — or low-rate mortgages that home buyers can take over from home sellers — are making a comeback. The process can be challenging.
- A Pause for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Programby Ann Carrns on May 10, 2024 at 1:00 pm
The Education Department has temporarily stopped processing applications and other forms as it updates its systems and deals with problems plaguing the program.
- Medical Debt Shows Up Less Often on Credit Reportsby Ann Carrns on May 3, 2024 at 1:00 pm
But the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said 15 million people still had medical bills in their files, which can make it hard to qualify for loans.
New York Times: Economy
- U.S. Awards $120 Million to Polar Semiconductor to Expand Chip Facilityby Madeleine Ngo on May 13, 2024 at 9:01 am
The grant is the latest federal award in a series stemming from the CHIPS and Science Act meant to ramp up domestic production of vital semiconductors.
- U.S. to Announce New Tariffs on Chinese Electric Vehiclesby Alan Rappeport and Jim Tankersley on May 11, 2024 at 3:47 pm
The administration could raise tariffs on electric vehicles from China to 100 percent in an attempt to protect American auto manufacturers.
- Why Higher Fed Rates Are Not Totally Off the Tableby Jeanna Smialek on May 9, 2024 at 10:55 pm
Fed officials still think their next move will be to cut rates, but they are not entirely ruling out the possibility that they might have to raise them.
- How 401(k) Drives Inequalityby Michael Steinberger on May 8, 2024 at 8:33 pm
How an obscure, 45-year-old tax change transformed retirement and left so many Americans out in the cold.
- Biden Announces $3.3 Billion Microsoft AI Center at Trump’s Failed Foxconn Siteby Erica L. Green on May 8, 2024 at 8:27 pm
The president’s visit to Wisconsin celebrated the investment by Microsoft in a center to be built on the site of a failed Foxconn project negotiated by his predecessor.
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