At Airbnb, New Services and ‘Experiences’
For 17 years, Airbnb has taken on the hotel industry, and now, two billion guests later, the company is upping the competition. In an announcement today, Brian Chesky, Airbnb’s chief…
A.I. Was Coming for Radiologists’ Jobs. So Far, They’re Just More Efficient.
Nine years ago, one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence scientists singled out an endangered occupational species. “People should stop training radiologists now,” Geoffrey Hinton said, adding that it was…
The World Is Wooing U.S. Researchers Shunned by Trump
Help Wanted. Looking for American researchers. As President Trump cuts billions of federal dollars from science institutes and universities, restricts what can be studied and pushes out immigrants, rival nations…
How Pandora Is Surviving Trump’s Trade War
Pandora, the world’s largest jewelry company, is based in Denmark and has nearly 500 stores in the United States, more than any of its other key markets. But in some…
Tesla Board Chair Robyn Denholm Made $198 Million Selling Stock as Profit Fell
In March, after a steep decline in Tesla’s share price, Elon Musk told employees, “Hang on to your stock.” The chair of Tesla’s board, Robyn Denholm, has not heeded his…
U.S. Inflation Stable Ahead of Expected Jump From Tariffs
U.S. inflation held steady in April in what economists warn could be a final lull before a likely surge in consumer prices because of President Trump’s trade war. The Consumer…
A Toxic Pit Could Be a Gold Mine for Rare-Earth Elements
There’s a tale told about a miner who found copper cans in his garbage dump in the early days of mining. Wastewater from copper mining had flowed through his land,…
With Guarantees Galore, Christie’s Has a Rocky Start to Auction Week
Chandelier bidding. Quiet phone banks. Executives wiping their brows. One of the most anticipated auctions of the season proved to be anticlimactic on Monday evening at Christie’s in New York,…
Tariff Truce With China Demonstrates the Limits of Trump’s Aggression
President Trump’s decision to impose, and then walk back, triple-digit tariffs on Chinese products over the past month demonstrated the power and global reach of U.S. trade policy. But it…
Trump Signs Executive Order Asking Companies to Lower Drug Prices
President Trump on Monday signed an executive order asking drugmakers to voluntarily reduce the prices of key medicines in the United States. But the order cites no obvious legal authority…