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When Taxpayers Fund Shows Like ‘Blue Bloods’ and ‘S.N.L.,’ Does It Pay Off?
New Yorkers — and residents of many other states — have paid more for entertainment in recent years than just their Netflix or Hulu subscriptions.Each New York household has...
U.S. Prosecutors Accuse Large Insurers of Paying Kickbacks for Private Medicare Plans
The Justice Department on Thursday accused three of the nation’s largest health insurers of paying hundreds of millions of dollars in illegal kickbacks over several years to insurance brokers...
Woman Says She Was Sexually Assaulted on American Airlines Flight
A woman has filed a lawsuit against American Airlines, saying a man sexually assaulted her during a red-eye flight from San Francisco to Dallas last year.Barbara Morgan, a California...
Amazon Says Operating Profits May Decline Amid Economic Uncertainty
As much as Amazon may have wanted to dodge the spotlight in President Trump’s trade war, there was no avoiding it for America’s largest online retailer.First, the e-commerce company...
U.S. Dollar Falls. The Euro Could Step Up as Reserve Currency
The U.S. dollar has fallen about 9 percent in the past three months, according to an index that tracks its performance against a basket of major trading partners. Not...
SharkNinja Recalls 1.8 Million Pressure Cookers After Burn Reports
SharkNinja is recalling more than 1.8 million pressure cookers after it received more than 100 reports of burn injuries, federal safety regulators said on Thursday. The injuries prompted more...
At a Dubai Conference, Trump’s Conflicts Take Center Stage
Sitting in front of a packed auditorium in Dubai, a founder of the Trump family cryptocurrency business made a brief but monumental announcement on Thursday. A fund backed by...
How Much Time Will Musk Devote to Tesla?
Musk or not, Tesla’s challenges remainTesla shareholders appear relieved that Elon Musk seems set to stay on as C.E.O., after the automaker’s chair denied a report that the board...
Kennedy Issues Demands for Vaccine Approvals that Could Affect Fall Covid Boosters
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a plan that would require placebo-controlled studies for all new vaccines, surprising some experts who noted that such testing already routinely takes...
Who Decides How Much You Pay for College? Here’s How Tuition Costs Are Set.
Last month, four Republicans from the House and Senate sent letters to the presidents of Ivy League schools demanding years of data about how they decide what to charge.These...
