Investigators Allege A Shocking Case Of Child Labor In A U.S. Meatpacking Plant

Anemona Hartocollis, a New York Times reporter who covers higher education, was at a holiday party when she overheard revelers talking about Claudine Gay, the president of Harvard University. The people Ms. Hartocollis writes about are not typically fodder for holiday party chatter. But the Harvard controversy, Ms. Hartocollis said in a recent interview, has…

Big banks held up well in 2023, even though the Federal Reserve continued to raise interest rates at a fast clip. Reports on fourth-quarter bank earnings, which start this week, should show how the banks’ customers fared in the harsher rate environment.   So far, households have continued to spend and borrow, despite higher borrowing costs,…

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save As authorities probe Boeing’s safety protocols as part of their investigation into what went wrong with a flight that blew a hole midair last week, the role of a major supplier is also coming into focus: Spirit AeroSystems. The Kansas-based company, which is far less…

Not many Americans know their net worth. That’s understandable, given our propensity to measure financial success by how much we earn. A recent report by The Washington Post found that the middle half of Americans have a net worth between $27,000 and $659,000. And roughly 1 in 12 U.S. households have a negative net worth,…

Netflix has seen subscriptions for its lower-priced advertising tier soar — jumping by 8 million over the past two months, the company said. The streaming giant — which rolled out its Basic With Ads plan for $6.99 a month in November 2022 — has amassed more than 23 million global monthly active users, according to…