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What Do Students at Elite Colleges Really Want?
At Harvard, a graduating senior, who passed on a full scholarship to another school, told me that he felt immense pressure to show his parents that their $400,000 investment...
‘Silicon Valley Princess’: Inside the Life of Nicole Shanahan, R.F.K. Jr.’s Running Mate
Ms. Shanahan, a lawyer who was married to Sergey Brin, a Google founder, led a rarefied and sometimes turbulent life in Silicon Valley, according to a Times examination. ...
Europe Wants to Build a Stronger Defense Industry, but Can’t Decide How
France and Germany’s recent agreement to develop a new multibillion-dollar battlefield tank together was immediately hailed by the German defense minister, Boris Pistorius, as a “breakthrough” achievement.“It is a...
U.K. Inflation Falls to 2.3 Percent, Lowest in Three Years
Britain’s inflation rate slowed last month to its lowest level in about three years, approaching the Bank of England’s 2 percent target.Consumer prices rose 2.3 percent in April from...
Bruce Nordstrom, Who Helped Lead His Family’s Retail Empire, Dies at 90
Bruce Nordstrom, who along with three other members of his family transformed a small chain of Pacific Northwest shoe stores into an international fashion retail giant with more than...
Ivan F. Boesky, Rogue Trader in 1980s Wall Street Scandal, Dies at 87
Ivan F. Boesky, the brash financier who came to symbolize Wall Street greed as a central figure of the 1980s insider trading scandals, and who went to prison for...
One Dead and Dozens Injured After ‘Extreme Turbulence’ on Flight
A 73-year-old man from Britain died and dozens of people were injured after a plane encountered “sudden extreme turbulence” about 10 hours into a flight from London to Singapore,...
C. Gordon Bell, Creator of a Personal Computer Prototype, Dies at 89
C. Gordon Bell, a technology visionary whose computer designs for Digital Equipment Corporation fueled the emergence of the minicomputer industry in the 1960s, died on Friday at his home...
This Man Did Not Invent Bitcoin
“The feeling that Craig Wright has is that he has never been enough,” Mr. van Pelt said.Even after Dr. Wright failed to produce the evidence, he retained a band...
How Donald Trump’s Financial Future Became Tied to Trump Media
At Mar-a-Lago on a Wednesday evening last month, Donald J. Trump mingled with partygoers, greeting his supporters and making small talk. The country star Lee Greenwood sang “God Bless...
