Economy

United Airline flight attendants picketed outside Terminal B at Logan Airport Thursday morning seeking a new contract. John Tlumacki | Boston Globe | Getty Images United Airlines reached an “industry-leading” tentative labor deal for its 28,000 flight attendants, their union said Friday. The deal includes “40% of total economic improvements” in the first year and […]

US President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 23, 2025. Mandel And | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders Friday to overhaul the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and speed the deployment of new nuclear power reactors in […]

A water tower at the U.S. Steel Corp. Edgar Thomson Works steel mill in Braddock, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 4, 2024. Justin Merriman | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Friday cleared the merger of U.S. Steel and Nippon Steelafter the Japanese steelmaker’s previous bid to acquire its U.S. rival had been blocked on […]

Apple CEO Tim Cook, left center, escorts President Donald Trump as he tours Apple’s Mac Pro manufacturing plant in Austin, Texas, Nov. 20, 2019. Tom Brenner | Reuters The once-solid relationship between President Donald Trump and Apple CEO Tim Cook is breaking down over the idea of a U.S.-made iPhone. Last week, Trump said he […]

Former President Donald Trump has added his onetime campaign rival Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to his presidential transition team, a spokesman confirmed Tuesday. Both Kennedy and Gabbardendorsed Trumpin the past week in his race against Vice PresidentKamala  Harristhe Democratic presidential nominee. “As President Trump’s broad coalition of supporters and endorsers […]

Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov AOP.Press | Corbis | Getty Images Russia on Tuesday issued words of caution to France over its detainment of Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of messaging app Telegram, suggesting the move may be politically motivated. On Saturday, the Paris Public Prosecutor’s Officeissued a warrant for Durov’s arrest over […]

“Buy-now, pay-later” firm Klarna aims to return to profit by summer 2023. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty Images Klarna said it posted a profit in the first half of the year, swinging into the black from a loss last year as the buy now, pay later pioneer edges closer toward its hotly anticipated stock […]

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Ukrainian soldiers prepare a vehicle adapted to fire helicopter shells on Aug. 19, 2024. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Waves of Russian drones and missiles assailed Ukraine on Tuesday and killed at least five people, Ukrainian authorities said, in the second day of Moscow’s bolstered aerial attacks against its war-torn neighbor. Ukraine’s air force […]

The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, July 19, 2024. Kevin Mohatt | Reuters The Supreme Court on Thursday strongly suggested that Federal Reserve board members would have special protection against being fired by a president in a ruling that, for now, allows President Donald Trump to fire two members of other federal agencies’ boards. […]