Apple, General Motors, John Deere and Facebook have at least two things in common: They’re iconic US companies and they’ve faced the wrath of former President Donald Trump. Trump, more so than any American president in modern history, has directly targeted individual US businesses, threatening them with everything from boycotts…

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In its 2006 war with Hizbollah, Israel tried to kill Hassan Nasrallah three times. One air strike missed — the leader of Hizbollah had earlier left the spot. The others failed to penetrate the concrete reinforcements of his underground bunker, according to two people familiar with the attempted assassinations.On Friday…

For more on the Senate Republican leadership race, watch “Inside Politics with Manu Raju,” this Sunday at 8 a.m. EDT.  The next president could have the power to dramatically reshape the Supreme Court with one or more appointments. But for Kamala Harris, that might not be possible. If Republicans…

Retirement is defined as “leaving one’s job or ceasing to work.” But it involves so much more than that. As I wrote in “Retirement As A Death,” leaving one’s job is an emotional and psychological roller coaster, particularly when one is not prepared. In order to retire successfully, it is…

Feeling anxious and perpetually behind? You are not alone. In a recent survey from the American Psychological Association, nearly half of the parents polled reported feeling overwhelming stress on most days. This unrelenting strain has become so prevalent in the U.S. that the Surgeon General issued an advisory warning on the…

If Dave Gilboa kept better track of his glasses, Warby Parker might not exist.In 2008, Gilboa lost a $700 pair of Prada eyeglasses on a backpacking trip just before starting an MBA program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. There, he met classmates — Neil Blumenthal, Andy…

When Jordan Myrick first moved to California in high school and heard about dirty sodas, she wasn’t the biggest fan. “It was a weird thing,” Myrick said. But in 2023, Myrick, who said she is “very passionate about soda,” visited Utah on a “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City”-themed…

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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Israel’s military said it had killed Hizbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah in a massive strike on Beirut, in the latest in a series of devastating blows to the Lebanese militant group.The strike in…