Murals at San Francisco School Should Stay for Now, Judge Says
A California court this week ruled that Works Progress Administration frescoes depicting the life of George Washington cannot be removed from a local high school without an environmental review, thwarting the San Francisco Board of Education’s plans to cover up the hotly debated artwork. Painted in the 1930s by Victor Arnautoff, a onetime assistant More...
Infrastructure Deal Puts Cryptocurrencies in Washington’s Cross Hairs
WASHINGTON — In a hunt for funds to help pay for the Senate’s bipartisan infrastructure package, lawmakers have turned to the cryptocurrency industry as a potential source of tax revenue and are proposing More...
We Asked Daves About Dave, Marcus and Other First-Name Money Apps
Can these customers count on getting the help they need? (So far, none of the start-ups has called him for advice.) The question is borne out by some pretty recent history. Robinhood’s trading platform and More...
The Fed’s Favorite Price Index Rose 4 Percent. What Comes Next?
The Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation climbed by 4 percent in June compared with a year earlier, as a rebounding economy and strong demand for goods and services helped to push prices higher. The More...
Why Elite Female Athletes Are Turning Away From Major Sponsors
Ms. Carreon-John noted that more than a third of the U.S. track and field women’s roster is made up of Nike athletes. “Individual situations of a handful of athletes are not representative of Nike’s support More...
Live Business News: Robinhood Stock Falls After I.P.O.
Daily Business Briefing July 29, 2021Updated July 29, 2021, 4:40 p.m. ET July 29, 2021, 4:40 p.m. ET USA’S Simone Biles does her one and only event of the night on the Vault during the Finals of the More...
Here’s How Companies Are Responding to the Rise in Virus Cases
Companies are revisiting coronavirus precautions as cases rise across the United States, fueled by the Delta variant. Lyft said on Wednesday that it would not require employees to return to the office until More...
Business News: Mask Guidance Complicates Return to Office Plans
Daily Business Briefing July 28, 2021Updated July 28, 2021, 4:25 p.m. ET July 28, 2021, 4:25 p.m. ET Credit…Dado Ruvic/Reuters Facebook said on Wednesday that revenue rose 56 percent to $29 billion More...
Covid Variant Adds to Worker Anxieties
For much of the pandemic, Amazon has offered free on-site Covid testing for employees. It incorporated a variety of design features into warehouses to promote social distancing. But a worker at an Amazon warehouse More...
Black women’s group sues Johnson & Johnson over talc baby powder.
Daily Business Briefing July 27, 2021Updated July 27, 2021, 4:13 p.m. ET July 27, 2021, 4:13 p.m. ET At the heart of the accusations against Johnson & Johnson is that it was aware that its products More...