Wealth and Finance
South Africa mourns pioneering female nuclear scientist
South Africa’s first black female nuclear scientist, Senamile Masango, a trailblazer who set out to inspire young women, has died aged 37, the government ...
What Privatization of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Means
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two giant mortgage finance firms, have been controlled by the federal government for nearly 17 years, but a long-dormant ...
Pink flamingos ‘seized from smugglers’ in Tunisia
Ten endangered flamingos have been saved after smugglers were caught trying to traffic them out of Tunisia, according to the country’s customs body. Photos ...
Trump Lawsuits Against Media Gain Momentum
Media lawyers scoffed last year when President Trump sued two news organizations for producing journalism that, he claimed, violated laws meant to protect consumers ...
Netflix Scurries to Stem Oscar Fallout From ‘Emilia Pérez’ Scandal
Two weeks ago, Netflix’s chief content officer, Bela Bajaria, strutted across the stage of the Egyptian Theater in Los Angeles and crowed about the ...
Job Market Gives Fed Cover to Extend Interest Rate Pause
Less than six months ago, Federal Reserve officials were wringing their hands about the state of the labor market. No major cracks had emerged, ...
Europe’s Trump Playbook: Offer Carrots but Warn That You Have a Big Stick
Follow live updates on Trump’s tariffs and executive orders. The European Union spent last year drawing up secret plans for what the bloc would ...
Trump’s Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum Re-Up Contentious First-Term Policies
President Trump is poised to move forward with sweeping tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum on Monday, re-upping a policy from his first term ...
U.S. Hiring Slowed to 143,000 Jobs in January
Can a labor market be hot and cool at the same time? That’s the picture painted by the latest federal hiring figures, which show ...
How Emily Sundberg’s ‘Feed Me’ Newsletter Made Her Into a Rising Substack Star
Until recently, almost every edition included a pouting selfie of Ms. Sundberg, even if the headline was about Goldman Sachs interns. (“There’s a lot ...
