Stephen Miran Resigns From White House as Fed Term Stretches On February 03, 2026 drawing criticism from Democrats. Mr. Miran had taken a leave of absence from advising the president after adding a role at the Federal Reserve NYT NYTimes NYT > Business +
Virginia Oliver, Maine’s ‘Lobster Lady’ and Folk Hero, Dies at 105 February 03, 2026 and intended to continue until she died. “It’s not hard work for me NYT NYTimes She fished off the New England coast for more than 80 years ” she said at 101. NYT > Business +
Brad Karp Says He Regrets Interactions with Epstein February 02, 2026 and Jeffrey Epstein reveal a number of social interactions between them. Newly released emails between Mr. Karp NYT NYTimes the chairman of Paul Weiss NYT > Business +
Elon Musk Merges SpaceX With His A.I. Start-Up xAI February 02, 2026 NYT NYTimes The deal further intermingles Mr. Musk’s companies and creates the most valuable private company on earth. NYT > Business +
Who Loves Turbulence, Airplane Food and the Middle Seat? They Do. February 02, 2026 NYT NYTimes What the travelers who adore some common annoyances of flying can teach everyone else about the power of changing one’s perspective. NYT > Business +
Squeezed Between Trump and China, India Looks for Faraway Friendships February 02, 2026 India is overcoming its aversion to free-trade deals to cozy up with Canada and other middle powers. NYT NYTimes NYT > Business +
01shoptalk-AI-washing-illo February 01, 2026 As companies blame artificial intelligence for layoffs NYT NYTimes skeptics wonder whether that explanation captures the full picture. NYT > Business +
‘I’m Free’: A Muslim Official Who Lost Faith in China Gains a Voice February 01, 2026 Ma Ruilin worked as a Communist Party cadre helping fellow Muslims navigate their country as religious minorities NYT NYTimes until the official hostility became too great to bear. NYT > Business +
Trump Names ‘Data Nerd’ to Lead Labor Statistics Agency January 30, 2026 a career government economist came six months after the president fired the previous commissioner. NYT NYTimes The decision to nominate Brett Matsumoto NYT > Business +
Trump’s Lawsuit Against I.R.S. Creates ‘Enormous Conflict of Interest’ January 30, 2026 NYT NYTimes The president is demanding that the federal government pay him at least $10 billion over the unauthorized disclosure of his tax returns during his first term. NYT > Business +
A Rug Maker Withstood One Year of Trump’s Tariffs. New Challenges Loom. January 29, 2026 but inventory is running low. Loloi stockpiled rugs from India NYT NYTimes Turkey and other countries in advance NYT > Business +
A Municipal Debt Boom Is Driving Public Projects and Tax Breaks for Investors January 28, 2026 a record that’s found a deep pool of buyers. Municipal debt issuance surpassed $500 billion last year NYT NYTimes NYT > Business +
Record Debt in the World’s Richest Nations Threatens Global Growth January 27, 2026 NYT NYTimes The cost of borrowing is already choking crucial public spending in many developing economies. Now it’s raising broader alarms. NYT > Business +