Billionaires who have grown disgusted by disruptive anti-Israel protests across US college campuses are abandoning their elite alma maters — and instead backing a new, “anti-woke” university in Texas that has just 92 students, according to a report. Wall Street trader Jeff Yass, real-estate tycoon Harlan Crow and investor Len Blavatnik are just a few … Read more
Nearly 10 million pounds of beef and chicken that has been recalled over possible listeria contamination can be found in frozen dinners and fresh salads from Trader Joe’s, Jenny Craig, Amazon Fresh and big grocery chains including Kroger, according to US regulators. An updated list released Friday by the US Department of Agriculture includes popular … Read more
NEW YORK — About 200 demonstrators protesting Israel’s war in Gaza were arrested in a sit-in outside the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, police said. The protesters chanted “Let Gaza live!” and ”Up up with liberation, down down with occupation!” in front of the stock exchange’s landmark building in lower Manhattan. “The reason we’re … Read more
DETROIT — Stellantis is fixing its slowing U.S. sales at the right pace after fumbling a marketing plan earlier this year, CEO Carlos Tavares told reporters Monday. Tavares, who last week pushed out the company’s chief financial officer and the chief operating officers for both North America and Europe in a management restructuring, told reporters … Read more
NEW YORK — Lilly Ledbetter, an former Alabama factory manager whose lawsuit against her employer made her an icon of the equal pay movement and led to landmark wage discrimination legislation, has died at 86. Ledbetter’s discovery that she was earning less than her male counterparts for doing the same job at a Goodyear Tire … Read more
The pandemic didn’t just change how New Yorkers work. It’s also completely up-ended how they dine and drink — and put a serious dent in the idea of happy hour. “People used to work from 9 to 5. And you were happy at 5:01 because your workday ended,” Eugene Remm, co-founder of Catch Hospitality Group, told … Read more
PARIS — PARIS (AP) — Auto manufacturers competing to persuade drivers to go electric are rolling out cheaper, more tech-rich models at the Paris Motor Show, targeting everyone from luxury clients to students yet to receive their driving licenses. The biennial show has long been a major industry showcase, tracing its history to 1898. Chinese … Read more
Bath & Body Works is apologizing for selling a candle with packaging that some people said looked like Ku Klux Klan hoods. The 3-wick candle was called “Snowed In” and briefly appeared on the company’s website for purchase. It was quickly pulled off of the website once the issue was brought to Bath & Body … Read more
ISLAMABAD — China’s Premier Li Qiang on Monday inaugurated a Beijing-funded airport built in restive southwestern Pakistan a week after militants killed two Chinese workers, as he arrived for a regional security meeting in Islamabad. Li will be the most prominent leader at the two-day meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization starting Tuesday to discuss … Read more
DAKAR, Senegal — Congo canceled an auction for 27 sites earmarked for oil exploration, its government said, citing late submissions and a lack of competition. The auction for the sites, known as oil blocks, was initially launched two years ago but was called off after it failed to achieve the expected success and a new … Read more