Business

When the private equity firm Carlyle bought Beautycounter, the skin care brand that people sold at kitchen tables, everything changed.

Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, delivered optimistic remarks to Senators as inflation and the job market slow gently.

Analysts warn that the Labour Party’s proposals are unlikely to be cheap and could come at the cost of jobs in the oil and gas industry.

The tech giant’s largest union escalated its dispute with management after failing to reach an agreement over pay and working policies.

Intelligence officials from three countries flagged a Russian influence campaign that used artificial intelligence to create nearly 1,000 fake accounts on the social media platform X.

A court-appointed monitor said he was looking into allegations that a union official was punished for resisting actions that would have benefited the union president’s partner and her sister.

Legal maneuverings followed a Supreme Court ruling last month that denied the Sackler family immunity from liability over its role in the opioid crisis.

Across the country, copper and other valuable materials have been stolen from streetlights, statues and even gravesites, costing millions to repair.

A new report estimates that the company led by Elon Musk accounted for just under half of all battery-powered vehicles sold in the second quarter of the year.