The first baby boomer on the Supreme Court hit a milestone on Thursday, becoming the second-longest serving justice in history at a time when his influence has never seemed greater. Once an outlier on the nation’s highest court, Justice Clarence Thomas has become…
But in 2012, Eddie Kim and Tomer London, cofounders of HR software startup Gusto, were there to see Christina Stembel. The owner of Farmgirl Flowers, Stembel needed to hire her first employee and, accordingly, had to set up payroll for…
The U.S. Treasury will likely have borrowed more than $2 trillion by the end of the fiscal year, according to the latest estimates out of the Executive Office of the president—a figure described as “beyond scary” by budget hawks. Yesterday,…
Spirit Airlines’ collapse, like its launch more than three decades ago, will impact consumers and the airline industry—and the Antitrust Division’s airline-enforcement program—for years to come. Spirit’s limited leg space and ancillary fees sparked endless complaints and memes. But each…
As AI mints new millionaires, billionaires, and even trillionaires, it’s also threatening to replace entry-level workers and sparking fearful chatter of the “permanent underclass.” There’s no place that’s more evident than in the Bay Area, at the heart of Silicon…
The Food and Drug Administration authorized an L.A.-based company to sell mango and blueberry-flavored products, marking a 180-degree pivot from Biden-era policies. For the first time, the FDA under President Donald Trump has authorized the sale of fruit-flavored vape products…
The numbers coming out of Wall Street’s most influential research shop tell a story that Silicon Valley would rather not hear. In two separate reports published in April, Goldman Sachs analysts examined the great AI infrastructure build-out from opposite ends…
Ted Turner, a brash television pioneer who raced yachts, owned huge chunks of the American West and transformed the news business by launching CNN and introducing the 24-hour cable news cycle, died Wednesday. He was 87. Turner died surrounded by his family,…
Ted Turner was a sportsman of all types, a world champion in sailing and a World Series-winning owner in baseball. He famously owned the Atlanta Braves, leveraging his ownership of the TBS superstation to broadcast their games across the country, all while…
The Justice Department found Wednesday that the medical school at the University of California, Los Angeles, illegally considered race in admissions as the Trump administration ramps up scrutiny of colleges’ processes for selecting students. The finding escalates the Trump administration’s ongoing standoff with…