Occidental to Buy CrownRock for $12 Billion as Oil Patch Consolidates
Updated Dec. 11, 2023 8:13 am ETOccidental Petroleum announced a $12 billion agreement Monday to buy West Texas producer CrownRock...
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North Carolina’s Billion-Dollar Bet on an EV Outsider
Updated Dec. 11, 2023 12:13 am ETHAIPHONG, Vietnam—When electric-car startup VinFast Auto was looking to build a factory in the...
The Cybertruck Is Weird. So Was Elon Musk’s Cybertruck Launch.
The early reviews of the Cybertruck are in, and Elon Musk was wrong if he thought his powerful influencer army...
Former CNN Boss Jeff Zucker Eyes Unlikely Next Role: British Media Mogul
Updated Dec. 9, 2023 12:16 am ETJeff Zucker ran NBC’s “Today” show as a young executive producer and was CNN’s...
FTC Investigates Exxon’s $60 Billion Deal for Pioneer
Updated Dec. 5, 2023 5:25 pm ETU.S. antitrust enforcers are investigating Exxon Mobil’s plan to acquire Pioneer Natural Resources, which...
Wednesday’s Republican Debate Is Opportunity to Shine for NewsNation
Updated Dec. 5, 2023 4:49 pm ETThe next Republican presidential primary debate will give the two-year-old cable-news upstart NewsNation a...
Activist Nuns, With Stake in Smith & Wesson, Sue Gun Maker Over AR-15 Rifles
Updated Dec. 5, 2023 3:49 pm ETA group of activist nuns filed an unusual shareholder lawsuit to pressure gun maker...
Need a Job? America’s Smallest Employers Have a Record Share of Openings
America’s tiniest employers have the highest share of job openings on record—more than one in five available positions—a sign the...
For the First Time, Most Golfers Play Off-Course
Golf courses and clubs are looking to tap in to the growth of Topgolf and other grassless venues. Source link
How Tesla’s Cybertruck Compares With Other Pickups
Elon Musk’s long-awaited electric truck hits the road. See how it stacks up on price, speed and more. Source link
Bari Weiss’s Surging News Startup Lures Readers Miffed at Media Coverage of Israel
Bari Weiss realized that her news startup, the Free Press, was attracting a lot of attention with its coverage of...
What It Takes to Be in the 1%—of Taylor Swift Fans
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GM Plans $10 Billion Stock Buyback in Bid to Assuage Investors
Updated Nov. 29, 2023 8:59 am ETGeneral Motors plans to sharply increase cash return to shareholders, as Chief Executive Mary...
The Biggest Winner in the OpenAI Fiasco
Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella made a huge bet on the world’s hottest AI company. After it nearly blew up...
Your Local Newspaper Might Not Have a Single Reporter
The Gleaner, the local newspaper in Henderson, Ky., has sections focused on features, sports, news and opinion.What it doesn’t have:...
How a Fervent Belief Split Silicon Valley—and Fueled the Blowup at OpenAI
Listen to article(2 minutes)Over the past few years, the social movement known as effective altruism has divided employees and executives...
Larry Summers Is OpenAI’s Surprise Pick to Mend Fences
Updated Nov. 22, 2023 10:30 am ETAs Sam Altman looks to steer OpenAI following the turmoil of his ouster and...
Behind the Scenes of Sam Altman’s Showdown at OpenAI
Updated Nov. 22, 2023 7:14 am ETListen to article(2 minutes)Sam Altman was in Las Vegas for the biggest party of...
Ilya Sutskever: The OpenAI Genius Who Told Sam Altman He Was Fired
Last Friday, Ilya Sutskever sent a text message to his boss and fellow board member, Sam Altman. Could he jump...
OpenAI’s Path Ahead Is Unclear as Employees Threaten to Quit Unless Board Resigns
Updated Nov. 20, 2023 8:01 pm ETThe future of OpenAI was in jeopardy Monday, as the vast majority of employees...
