Europe’s On-Demand Economy Draws Complaints. And Regulators.
As self-employed work forces and nontraditional work contracts proliferate, governments and courts are considering tougher protections.
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Photo CreditChester Higgins Jr./The New York Times S.I. Newhouse Jr., Who Turned Condé Nast Into a Magazine Powerhouse, Dies at 89
Mr. Newhouse owned The New Yorker, Vogue, Vanity Fair and other magazines associated with the golden age of publishing.
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Photo CreditREX/Shutterstock Bowing to the Inevitable, Advertisers Embrace Advocate Role
For decades, brands tried to stay away from anything that might prove divisive. But they are increasingly comfortable with making public stands.
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Photo CreditAli Asaei for The New York Times Starbucks Closes Online Store to Focus on In-Person Experience
One casualty of the closing: flavored syrups. Some customers reacted with alarm to the news. A fan of toffee nut syrup tweeted, “I need that!”
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Photo CreditGeorge Etheredge for The New York Times What’s Up in Coal Country: Alternative-Energy Jobs
Miners may have just the skills for scaling wind towers and putting solar panels on roofs. And that’s no small thing in Wyoming and West Virginia.
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Photo CreditDavid Ryder/Bloomberg Inside the Latest Power Struggle at Uber
A proposal to the board by Uber’s new chief, Dara Khosrowshahi, and Goldman Sachs would reduce the voting clout of the ex-C.E.O., Travis Kalanick.
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Photo CreditJames Estrin/The New York Times Facebook Blocks Chinese Billionaire Who Tells Tales of Corruption
The company, which acted at a sensitive time for China, said Guo Wengui had posted personal information that violated its terms of service.
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Photo CreditMark Schiefelbein/Associated Press China Tries to Steer Loans to Small Businesses
Chinese banks have balance sheets bloated with loans to big state-owned enterprises. The central bank is nudging them to lend more to smaller rivals.
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Photo CreditPhilippe Calia for The New York Times IBM Now Has More Employees in India Than in the U.S.
IBM has shifted its center of gravity halfway around the world to India, making it a high-tech example of the globalization trends that the Trump administration has railed against.
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Photo CreditMark Wilson/Getty Images Google Prepares to Brief Congress on Its Role in Election
Following scrutiny of Facebook and Twitter, the search giant is examining if Russians used its services to meddle in last year’s election.
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Photo CreditJean Chung for The New York Times New Virtual Currencies Hit Barriers in U.S. and 2 Other Nations
The authorities in the United States, South Korea and Switzerland all took steps to cool down the market for so-called initial coin offerings.
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Photo CreditJustin T. Gellerson for The New York Times New Skirmish in an Old Battle: Wall Street vs. the Customer
Investors in Europe will soon enjoy a fairer market under new rules. American investors won’t, if regulators side with big brokerage firms.
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Photo CreditRoger Kisby for The New York Times A Game to Help Students Pay the Right Price for College
Payback walks students through picking a college and paying for it, from choosing majors to finding work. Will it help them or scare them?
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Photo CreditThe New York Times All Your Equifax Breach Questions (and Some Answers) in One Place
For weeks, we have been asking Equifax dozens of questions about credit freezes, credit locks and the trouble readers have been having with its various systems. The company has responded — to some of them.
