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China Says Economy Grew 5% Last Year, Driven by Exports
The economic scars of China’s real estate crash are evident at the country’s many street markets for construction materials. Proprietors of once-bustling shops that sell everything from lighting fixtures...
Justin Baldoni Sues Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds for Defamation
The actor Justin Baldoni filed a defamation lawsuit against the Hollywood stars Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds on Thursday, claiming that they tried to destroy him by accusing him...
Southwest Pilot Is Removed From Flight and Charged With D.U.I.
A Southwest Airlines pilot was removed from a plane at the airport in Savannah, Ga., on Wednesday and charged with driving under the influence, according to the authorities and...
F.T.C. Sues Greystar, Largest U.S. Apartment Landlord, Over Hidden Fees
The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the largest apartment landlord in the United States, Greystar Real Estate Partners, accusing it of charging tenants hundreds of...
Trump Picks a Jet-Setting Pal of Elon Musk to Go Get Greenland
Ken Howery is a quiet, unassuming tech investor who prioritizes discretion. And yet, he has ended up in the middle of two of the noisiest story lines of the...
Trump Taps Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone and Jon Voight as Hollywood ‘Ambassadors’
President-elect Donald J. Trump has added Hollywood to his fix-it list, saying in a social media post on Thursday that Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone and Jon Voight would be...
Meatpacking Companies to Pay $8 Million for U.S. Child Labor Violations
Perdue Farms and JBS, two of the country’s biggest meatpackers, will pay a combined $8 million after the Department of Labor found the companies relied for years on migrant...
Cash App Ordered to Pay $255 Million in Penalties Over Fraud
Cash App, the smartphone payments tool that allows instant money transfers and is popular with young people, has made billions in profits for Block, the technology conglomerate run by...
Jeff Bezos’ Successful Blue Origin Launch Silences Skeptics
On Thursday morning, at a time when most people in the United States were sleeping, Jeff Bezos’ space company sent its first rocket into orbit.At 2:03 a.m. Eastern time,...
Trump Is Said to Consider Executive Order to Circumvent TikTok Ban
President-elect Donald J. Trump is considering an executive order to allow TikTok to continue operating despite a pending legal ban until new owners are found, according to a person...
