A History of Elon Musk’s Twitter U-Turns
This Tuesday marked one full year since Twitter accepted Elon Musk’s $44 billion offer to buy the social network. The 12 months that followed were marked by…
Read moreCars Get Stuck at U.S. Garages in Spare-Parts Shortage
The world’s supply chain woes are bearing down on U.S. auto garages. The challenge of finding spare parts as mundane as oil filters or carpeting has forced…
Read moreAmazon Sued by FTC and 17 States
The Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorney generals filed an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon on Tuesday, alleging the e-commerce behemoth uses its position in the marketplace…
Read moreMcDonald’s Closes American Offices Amid Expected Layoffs
McDonald’s is temporarily shutting down its U.S. offices this week as it prepares to announce layoffs across the company’s corporate structure. In an email sent out to…
Read moreAs More Companies Make Net-Zero Pledges, Some Aren’t as Good as They Sound
At COP26, the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, governments and businesses put forward ambitious-sounding plans to de-carbonize. But a closer look beneath the surface shows many corporate…
Read moreMore Than 100 Kids Were Illegally Employed In Dangerous Jobs
More than 100 children—some as young as 13—were employed in hazardous jobs cleaning equipment like skull splitters, brisket saws, and bone cutters in meatpacking plants in eight…
Read moreMeet the 80 and 90-Somethings Who Still Want to Work
Wilmar Jensen passed the California bar and started practicing law the same year that Dwight D. Eisenhower became President and Elizabeth II took the throne as Queen…
Read moreThe One Thing Climate Week Made Clear
(To get this story in your inbox, subscribe to the TIME CO2 Leadership Report newsletter here.) One of the challenges writing about news as it unfolds is…
Read moreOil Companies Posted Huge Profits. Here’s Where The Cash Will Go (Hint- Not Climate)
As consumers grapple with high fuel prices and politicians scramble to knock them down, oil companies are not making any sudden moves. That’s because, after years of…
Read moreWhat Elon Musk Can Do at Twitter—and What He Can’t
One of corporate America’s most notable loudmouths has acquired the largest stake in the home of online loudmouths: Twitter, the microblogging platform. Of course, the person in…
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