The Costs of the Hollywood Actors’ Strike
Strikes by actors and screenwriters have ground movie and TV productions to a halt, with consequences likely to be felt across the entertainment industry.Read More
JPMorgan’s Profit Jumps 67% After First Republic Rescue
Net interest income hit a third straight record, with the bank able to charge more on loans.Read More
Robinhood’s New Retirement Accounts Put a New Spin on ‘You Only Live Once’
The online broker is getting into the retirement business—which calls for a very different kind of trading than its customers usually mean when they ‘YOLO.’Read More
Philadelphia’s Eviction Diversion Program Kept Thousands Housed
A lockdown-era program that gets landlords talking to tenants has had notable success for both. Can it continue?Read More
Insurer’s Retreat in Florida Signals Crisis With No Easy Fix
Farmers is ending some policies in the Sunshine State as insurers struggle with the rising costs of covering climate change-related damage. No one can agree on whom to blame.Read More
Will New Yorkers Ever Have Another Mayor They Like?
Eric Adams — like most of his recent predecessors — hovers around a 50 percent approval rating. It’s hard to govern when only half the city is on your side.Read More
New Yorkers Find De Blasio’s Separation News to Be Refreshing
Many New Yorkers weren’t impressed with Bill de Blasio as mayor. But the way he’s handling his separation from his wife, Chirlane McCray? “Inspiring.”Read More
Ruined, Empty, Mined and Overgrown: Ukraine’s Forgotten Villages
Settlements along Ukraine’s eastern steppe were reduced to wreckage as the war passed through them. Now choked with weeds and with few residents, they are at risk of disappearing.Read More
How Netflix Plans Total Global Domination, One Korean Drama at a Time
Popular content produced in Asia and around the world has taken on greater significance with most of Hollywood now on strike.Read More
UK SMEs Struggle Without Support, as 73% Can’t Even Secure a Meeting With Their Bank
Interest rates and trading costs have been rapidly rising, while SME survival rates continue to take a hit. But when business owners need support the most, many SMEs in the UK are feeling unsupported, independent polling agency Censuswide reveals. Seventy-two per cent of SMEs in the UK feel that their banking partners are providing limited […]
