President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren have the same idea about the dollar, and it is very bad. Both Trump and Warren would like to see the United States intervene in global currency markets to weaken the US dollar. Both say this would help US workers by making Americans exports cheaper,…
The daughter of a Holocaust survivor has brought forward a ram’s horn trumpet and her father’s account of the power of belief amid death. ImageChaskel Tydor, a survivor of Auschwitz, described for his family how, despite the danger, this shofar, or ceremonial ram’s horn, was blown at the camp during prayers. CreditCreditLandon Speers for The New…
A few years ago the market for “endpoint” security—software designed to protect people’s computers—was ripe for the taking. Investors poured hundreds of millions of dollars into startups salivating over the lunches of stalwarts Symantec and McAfee. While some defiant contenders remain, the situation has changed drastically since then: Winners have been anointed; losers disappointed. The…
Joe Biden says Donald Trump must release transcripts of a call with the president of Ukraine where he reportedly badgered him to probe Biden's son Hunter. The Democratic Party 2020 candidate issued a statement late Friday demanding the president come clean about the July 25 call with Vladimir Zelensky "so that the American people can…
ImageAshleigh Nowakowski, a substance abuse consultant, warned high school students about the risks of vaping and drug use in Crystal Lake, Ill.CreditCreditAlyssa Schukar for The New York TimesSept. 20, 2019Updated 7:22 p.m. ETCRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. — In Alabama, a school removed the doors from bathroom stalls to stop students from sneaking inside to vape. In…
Walmart will stop selling e-cigarettes in its U.S. locations as the country grapples with a string of vaping-related deaths. “Given the growing federal, state, and local regulatory complexity and uncertainty regarding e-cigarettes, we plan to discontinue the sale of electronic nicotine delivery products at all Walmart and Sam’s Club U.S. locations,” the retailer said in…
In February, Richard Markel was a flourishing WeWork executive, making roughly $300,000 per year as the company's vice president of West Coast construction, managing a team of 75. But when he came into work one morning, he discovered something odd. Another executive at the company named Lincoln Wood had apparently deleted all of Markel's recurring…
PARIS — The more Patti Smith rips her French audience, the more they love her.She tells the crowd at the Olympia music hall, the scene of concerts by Édith Piaf, Marlene Dietrich and the Beatles, that they should show more appreciation for their beleaguered president because at least he cares about the environment.Five hundred miles…
Given the struggles WeWork has had getting its long-anticipated IPO off the ground, you might think the entire "flexible office" industry is troubled. Not so. Office provider IWG (formerly Regus), a legacy shared office player that was founded 30 years ago, has seen its share price on the London Stock Exchange double over the course…
Amazon told employees last week that it planned to end its Virtual Customer Service Reserves program on November 10, as Business Insider previously reported. Amazon gave Reserves employees three options: Take on more hours by moving to a Flex customer-service role, apply for another job within Amazon, or end their employment and accept severance. Amazon…
