International Business
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Norfolk Southern Faces Activist Investor Challenge
After one of Norfolk Southern’s freight trains derailed last year, spilling hazardous chemicals in an Ohio town, the company’s leaders…
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Hong Kong Court Bans “Glory to Hong Kong,” a Pro-Democracy Song
A Hong Kong court on Wednesday granted a government request to ban a popular pro-democracy anthem, raising further concerns about…
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FTX Customers Poised to Recover All Funds Lost in Collapse
Customers of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX are poised to recover all of the money they lost when the firm…
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Outage Causes Delays at U.K. Airports’ Immigration Checkpoints
International airline passengers arriving at Heathrow Airport near London and at other airports in Britain were facing long lines at…
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Inquiry Finds a Toxic Culture at the F.D.I.C., and Takes Aim at Its Leader
A report on workplace culture at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation released on Tuesday revealed a broad, yearslong pattern of…
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Senators Seek to Curb Facial Recognition at Airports, Citing Privacy Concerns
A bipartisan group of senators is pushing to halt the expansion of facial recognition technology at airports in the United…
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TikTok Sues US Government Over Potential Ban
Less than two weeks after President Biden signed a bill that will force TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the…
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Sweetgreen Is Introducing Steak. What About Its Climate Goals?
Nearly two decades after the fast-casual salad chain Sweetgreen was founded, the company announced on Tuesday that it would introduce…
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In a Surprise, Disney+ Becomes Profitable
When Disney reported robust earnings in February, the activist investors then circling the company essentially called it a stunt —…
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The Blackstone Fund BREIT Faces Big Questions
The numbers behind a big fund On Wall Street, one mystery has been whispered about for months: How accurate is…
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