Category: Business
![Can the Olympics Rejuvenate One of France’s Poorest Corners? Can the Olympics Rejuvenate One of France’s Poorest Corners?](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/18/multimedia/18olympic-promise-hjfw/18olympic-promise-hjfw-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Can the Olympics Rejuvenate One of France’s Poorest Corners?
Parisians are already grumbling about the crowds for this summer’s Olympics. They envision sweaty tourists jamming the subway cars, making the hell of commuting even…
![Nature Has Value. Could We Literally Invest in It? Nature Has Value. Could We Literally Invest in It?](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/18/magazine/18mag-bigidea/18mag-bigidea-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Nature Has Value. Could We Literally Invest in It?
Picture this: You own a few hundred acres near a growing town that your family has been farming for generations. Turning a profit has gotten…
![Questions Arise Over Sephora’s Handling of Girls in Blackface Questions Arise Over Sephora’s Handling of Girls in Blackface](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/16/multimedia/16sephora-blackface-lgjz/16sephora-blackface-lgjz-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Questions Arise Over Sephora’s Handling of Girls in Blackface
Sephora made headlines this week after a video went viral showing three girls wearing apparent blackface at one of the chain’s Boston locations. The company…
![Three Lessons From a Surprisingly Resilient Job Market Three Lessons From a Surprisingly Resilient Job Market](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/14/business/00econ-lessons/00econ-lessons-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Three Lessons From a Surprisingly Resilient Job Market
The pandemic created an economic crisis unlike any recession on record. So perhaps it shouldn’t be surprising that the aftermath, too, has played out in…
![Student Housing Has a New Mantra: Bigger Is Better Student Housing Has a New Mantra: Bigger Is Better](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/09/multimedia/00student-housing-05-kbmq/00student-housing-05-kbmq-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Student Housing Has a New Mantra: Bigger Is Better
When the Standard, an off-campus student housing complex, opened in the fall in Bloomington, Ind., welcoming its first batch of residents, it had a decidedly…
![Pro Sports in Las Vegas Aren’t Cheered by Everyone Pro Sports in Las Vegas Aren’t Cheered by Everyone](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/09/multimedia/09Vegas-Sports-bpzt/09Vegas-Sports-bpzt-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Pro Sports in Las Vegas Aren’t Cheered by Everyone
The history of Las Vegas has been marked by a relentless churn of hotels, casinos, theaters and restaurants. But only recently has the city’s landscape…
![Tucker Carlson Urges Putin to Release American Journalist Tucker Carlson Urges Putin to Release American Journalist](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/08/multimedia/08putin-gershkovich-gfzm/08putin-gershkovich-gfzm-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Tucker Carlson Urges Putin to Release American Journalist
In an interview released on Thursday, Tucker Carlson urged President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to release an American reporter for The Wall Street Journal…
![Why Are Americans Wary While the Economy Is Healthy? Look at Nevada. Why Are Americans Wary While the Economy Is Healthy? Look at Nevada.](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/01/multimedia/00nevada-econ-05-pgvb/00nevada-econ-05-pgvb-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Why Are Americans Wary While the Economy Is Healthy? Look at Nevada.
Toni Irizarry recognizes that the economy has improved. Compared with the first wave of the pandemic, when Las Vegas went dark, and joblessness soared to…
![BP to Increase Oil Output Amid Strong Demand, New Chief Says BP to Increase Oil Output Amid Strong Demand, New Chief Says](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/06/multimedia/06bp-jfvk/06bp-jfvk-facebookJumbo.jpg)
BP to Increase Oil Output Amid Strong Demand, New Chief Says
BP’s new chief executive, Murray Auchincloss, promised a flexible approach to the shift away from fossil fuels as the oil giant reported a $3 billion…
![Fed Chair Powell Says Officials Need More ‘Good’ Data Before Cutting Rates Fed Chair Powell Says Officials Need More ‘Good’ Data Before Cutting Rates](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/04/multimedia/04dc-powell-wzvf/04dc-powell-wzvf-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Fed Chair Powell Says Officials Need More ‘Good’ Data Before Cutting Rates
Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, made clear during a “60 Minutes” interview aired on Sunday night that the central bank is…