Oil Boom Gives the U.S. a New Edge in Energy and Diplomacy
Having survived a slump, shale drilling is surging as prices recover, limiting market upheaval and providing Washington with strategic leeway.
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CreditDaniel Leal-Olivas/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Tech Giants Brace for Europe’s New Data Privacy Rules
A stringent set of data protection rules will take effect in Europe in May. Facebook, Google and others are working overtime to be ready.
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CreditTony Cenicola/The New York Times Side Benefit to Amazon’s Headquarters Contest: Local Expertise
The applications from 238 places contained valuable information, like potential tax breaks, that the company can use for other projects.
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CreditGian Ehrenzeller/European Pressphoto Agency At Davos, the Real Star May Have Been China, Not Trump
While President Trump reassured business leaders that he wanted trade to continue, Beijing extended its economic reach to Latin America and the Arctic.
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CreditEric Thayer for The New York Times Data on Europe’s Economy, Job Numbers and Janet Yellen’s Goodbye
The Fed meeting this week, Janet Yellen’s last as chairwoman will probably pass quietly, while earnings season for tech companies begins with a bang.
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CreditCCTV, via Associated Press Chinese Investors Keep Losing Billions Online. Here’s Why.
The country’s latest $5 billion flameout shows how smartphones and the rise of online finance lure unsophisticated investors hoping for high returns.
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CreditKarsten Moran for The New York Times An Ad Executive Often in the Vanguard Peers Into the Future
Rob Norman, a leading industry voice who recently retired, talked with The Times’s advertising reporter about Facebook, Google and the possibility of an emboldened Hulu.
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Credit Every One of the World’s Big Economies Is Now Growing
For the first time since the global economic downturn, there is a wave of expansion that is creating jobs, lifting fortunes and tempering fears of popular discontent.
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CreditEmily Berl for The New York Times Reese Witherspoon’s Second Act: Big-Time Producer
From Oscar-winning actress to Emmy-winning producer: After taking charge of her career, she makes deals with HBO and Apple.
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Table for Three
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CreditChona Kasinger for The New York Times The Mind Meld of Bill Gates and Steven Pinker
The entrepreneur-turned-philanthropist and the best-selling author discuss their surprising bond, the challenge to improve the human condition and the quest to create the perfect toilet.
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CreditCalvin Sit/Bloomberg Stephen Wynn Steps Down From R.N.C. Post After Sexual Misconduct Claims
Mr. Wynn, who had been selected for the committee finance position by President Trump, was facing growing calls to step aside.
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CreditTim Cook Consumer Confidence Is Lifting the Economy. But for How Much Longer?
So-called animal spirits may have been unleashed, but at some point the trend is likely to reverse itself, with potentially serious effects.
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CreditAndrew Mangum for The New York The World Bank Is Remaking Itself as a Creature of Wall Street
Jim Yong Kim, the World Bank’s president, is trying to revitalize a hidebound institution. But his embrace of Wall Street is controversial.
