Trump and Indonesia Sign Trade Deal, Locking in 19% Tariffs February 20, 2026 NYT NYTimes The countries made official an agreement reached last year with Indonesia avoiding a higher tariff and committing to cooperate on export controls. NYT > Business +
Blue Owl Capital Sets Off New Fears About the Private Credit Industry February 19, 2026 NYT NYTimes The lender’s announcement that investors would no longer be able to ask for a set amount of money back from its funds prompted worries about the private credit industry. NYT > Business +
Trump Administration Uses ‘Equal Time’ Rule to Reshape Late-Night TV February 19, 2026 NYT NYTimes The F.C.C. is using a century-old broadcast rule to take aim at hosts like Stephen Colbert. The impact could reshape how talk shows handle politics. NYT > Business +
Trump Mulls a North American Trade Pact Without Canada February 19, 2026 NYT NYTimes U.S. officials are threatening major changes to a trade agreement with Mexico and Canada that could upend the way business is done and leave Canada on the outs. NYT > Business +
Stock Slide and Slow Sales: What’s Happening in China’s E.V. Market? February 19, 2026 concerned that intensifying competition and shorter production cycles mean the years of easy growth are over. Investors are selling shares of Chinese E.V. companies NYT NYTimes NYT > Business +
Defense Department and Anthropic Square Off in Dispute Over A.I. Safety February 18, 2026 How artificial intelligence will be used in future battlefields is an issue that has turned increasingly political and may put Anthropic in a bind. NYT NYTimes NYT > Business +
Did That Bald Head Get Your Attention? One Start-Up Hopes So. February 17, 2026 Billboards that wouldn’t make sense to people outside the tech industry have become common in the Bay Area. One company took the microtargeting game to another level. NYT NYTimes NYT > Business +
Anderson Cooper Is Leaving ’60 Minutes’ February 16, 2026 Mr. Cooper said in a statement that he was leaving as a correspondent for the show to focus on his CNN program and spend more time with his children. NYT NYTimes NYT > Business +
The Quiet Architect of Trump’s Global Trade War February 16, 2026 a low-key lawyer from a working-class background is rewriting the rules of the global economy at the president’s behest. Jamieson Greer NYT NYTimes NYT > Business +
How a Trump Tax Break Rescued Horse Racing February 16, 2026 a big increase over 2024. A new tax provision allows them to immediately deduct the full cost of the purchase. NYT NYTimes Owners spent nearly $1.5 billion last year on racehorses NYT > Business +
Warner Bros. Is Said to Consider Reopening Talks With Paramount February 15, 2026 but its contract allows it to pursue offers that may lead to a superior deal. NYT NYTimes Warner Bros. Discovery had agreed to sell itself to Netflix NYT > Business +
Like Trump, U.S. Embassies Are Raising Cash for Lavish July Fourth Parties February 15, 2026 NYT NYTimes Some of Washington’s diplomatic outposts in Asia are raising millions for events to mark the 250th independence anniversary. One ambassador offered to sing and dance. NYT > Business +
‘Wuthering Heights’ Gallops Toward $82 Million in Global Ticket Sales February 15, 2026 directed by Emerald Fennell not including hefty marketing costs. NYT NYTimes Warner Bros. spent an estimated $80 million on the R-rated romance NYT > Business +