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The Democratic National Committee is again raising huge sums from donors, but the rise of super PACs has forced it to adapt to a new era of big-money influence. A [...]

The Justice Department could force the technology group to split after a landmark court ruling that the search giant is an illegal monopoly. Google faces a reckoning Shares in Alphabet, [...]

Mars is acquiring Kellanova in one of the largest deals in the industry in years, creating a new global giant with a stable of well-known brands. Mars, the company behind [...]

A key jobless claims report could join a hiring slowdown, corporate earnings, and growth worries weighing on investors during an August to forget. The summer slowdown intensifies Even by August’s [...]

Here’s how business executives and donors are evaluating Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, especially on taxes, labor unions, energy policy and more. Where Harris’s running mate stands on the issues [...]

The search giant is likely to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that it abuses its monopoly in the lucrative online business. But the industry could still see major changes. What [...]

Fears of a hard landing are rocking global stocks again as stocks, oil and cryptocurrencies sell off. What might the Fed do now? Stocks, cryptocurrencies, the dollar, oil — they’re [...]

The cybersecurity company said the airline should take the blame after it struggled to rebound from a software outage that caused disruptions worldwide. The legal saber rattling between the cybersecurity [...]

The election has pit former colleagues and sometime allies against each other, as the tech industry’s libertarian wing puts its money and influence to work. How the election is dividing [...]

The billionaire financier’s U.S.-listed investment vehicle is facing a delay in pricing its I.P.O., the latest speed bump in its journey to the public markets. Ackman delays his big bet [...]

A debate over whether the F.T.C. chair should stay reflects broader anxiety over how Kamala Harris would regulate business. A question about the future of antitrust News that Reid Hoffman, [...]

The battle between the media mogul and three of his children over control of his empire has big ramifications for politics, media and more. An “irrevocable” trust? Rupert Murdoch is [...]

Sluggish car sales and a tough price war with rivals are weighing on Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company. Tesla’s doldrums Elon Musk is an omnipresent figure in the news, given [...]

Fear of being seen as circumventing an open nomination process is one reason that some backers have not yet publicly endorsed the vice president. Why some big money is holding [...]

Many Democrats endorsed the vice president as their party’s standard-bearer, but some donors questioned whether more competition for the role was needed. Follow the money The shock waves from President [...]

Elon Musk, David Sacks, Marc Andreessen and other influential figures in technology have endorsed former President Donald Trump. How did the Democrats lose Silicon Valley? Or did they? If you [...]

Space, electric vehicles, artificial intelligence: The tech mogul could influence policy in these areas and others should Donald Trump win re-election. The potential Musk-Trump agenda Elon Musk has given Donald [...]

Donald Trump says he will not fire Jay Powell as chair of the central bank if he is re-elected president, after threatening to do so. But whether the president even [...]

The shooting of Donald Trump has galvanized his campaign, prompted Elon Musk to endorse him and forced Democrats to rethink plans to oust President Biden. A shooting changes the election [...]

The search giant’s negotiations to buy Wiz, a cybersecurity start-up, for $23 billion, come as the Biden administration has taken a hard line against consolidation in tech and other industries. [...]

The president’s performance in Thursday’s news conference at the NATO summit may not have been enough to calm Democratic donors and officials. Biden’s big test Anticipation was exceptionally high ahead [...]

Fresh calls from lawmakers and donors to step down have increased pressure on the president, as he prepares to hold a crucial news conference. A brutal 24 hours President Biden [...]

The president’s joined a call intended to soothe wealthy backers’ worries and tried to shift the focus to attacking Donald Trump. Making them wait President Biden hasn’t let up on [...]

Major backers in finance spent the weekend discussing whether to stick with the president, or to call on him to withdraw. Wall Street’s game theory As more leading Democrats https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/07/us/politics/biden-democrats-congress-murphy.html [...]

Over 18 minutes, the president repeated his assertion that he was staying in the race and suggested it was time to turn the focus back to Donald Trump. President Biden [...]

The president appears intent on remaining on the ballot, while wealthy donors are discussing plans to put their money elsewhere. After several days of https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/03/us/politics/biden-donors-debate.html and hoping that President Biden [...]

President Biden’s campaign said it had raised $127 million last month, but big donors are still anxious after his debate performance. Political reality is setting in President Biden’s campaign just [...]

Just weeks after the Paramount’s controlling shareholder and Skydance scuttled their talks about a potential deal, the two media companies have tentatively agreed to a merger. Just weeks after Paramount’s [...]

There were several hitches in the last week as Skydance, Paramount and its parent company, National Amusements, reached the final stages of negotiations. Skydance’s merger talks with Paramount were called [...]

The tech giant announced a slew of artificial intelligence-focused features, but also signaled it will be patient in rolling out the technology to users. A.I., the Apple way After months [...]

Wall Street and Silicon Valley will be watching the company’s developers conference closely for signs of whether the iPhone maker can finally catch up on artificial intelligence. Apple tries to [...]

A week after his criminal conviction, the former president was in deep-blue San Francisco raising money from some of Silicon Valley’s best-connected entrepreneurs and investors. Trump’s techie friends Last week, […]

The Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department are set to proceed with investigations into the dominance of Nvidia, Microsoft and OpenAI. An A.I. antitrust fight is coming Nvidia has joined [...]

The European Central Bank is widely expected to cut interest rates on Thursday. But how low it can go may ultimately depend on the Federal Reserve. The Fed’s shadow over [...]

Money flowed into the former president’s re-election campaign from Wall Street and Silicon Valley following Thursday’s historic conviction. Convicted Guilty on all counts. Donald Trump is the first sitting or [...]

The Republican is courting the mogul to bolster his re-election fight, but the Biden campaign sees a political opportunity to exploit. Trump and Musk’s growing courtship For much of President [...]

A billionaire who was critical of Disney’s management, Mr. Peltz lost an expensive battle for a place on the company’s board. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/business/disney-peltz-trian-proxy-vote.html after losing an epic corporate battle to get [...]

ConocoPhillips has agreed to buy Marathon Oil for $22.5 billion, as consolidation in the U.S. energy sector shows little sign of slowing down. Another mega oil deal Bullish https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-07/are-oil-prices-heading-to-100-this-summer-as-a-global-shortage-takes-hold may [...]

Climate-focused shareholders are rethinking their tactics ahead of this week’s annual meetings at Exxon Mobil and Chevron. Big Oil’s big climate showdown Months of tensions between oil majors and activist [...]

Executive communications experts say the gig is becoming a harder sell for business leaders. Tim Cook has delivered at least seven commencement addresses since becoming the chief executive of Apple. [...]

The actress, who criticized the use of a soundalike voice for ChatGPT, is the latest to raise concerns about the artificial intelligence start-up’s practices. OpenAI’s Scarlett Johansson problem When OpenAI [...]

Former employees of the ChatGPT maker raised concerns that it isn’t doing enough to make sure its products don’t pose a threat to humanity. OpenAI’s fear factor The tech world’s [...]

A win for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau removed the existential threat hanging over the agency, but opponents have vowed to keep on fighting. Regulatory wars The Supreme Court https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/politics/supreme-court-cfpb.html [...]

The two companies have expressed interest in acquiring the media conglomerate, but are backing away from their $26 billion all-cash offer. Sony Pictures Entertainment and Apollo Global Management have taken [...]

Stocks on both sides of the Atlantic set records as investors foresee interest rates moving in one direction: down. Inflation euphoria goes global Stocks in Asia and parts of Europe [...]

Ilya Sutskever, a co-founder at the artificial intelligence start-up and one of the world’s leading researchers, is out, and Sam Altman’s control looks firmer than ever. Behind a big shake-up [...]

Mr. McCourt, a longtime critic of the way tech companies use data, sees acquiring TikTok as a chance to create an “alternative to the current internet.” Ever since Congress passed [...]

The pivotal Consumer Price Index report is set to be published on Wednesday as the window for interest-rate cuts before November is closing. Another inflation surprise? Wall Street is increasingly [...]

A little-known financial tool was the talk of the Milken Institute’s Global Conference. At the Milken Institute’s Global Conference this week, a little-known risky financial tool became the subject of [...]

On earnings calls, dozens of corporate executives have cited a slowdown in spending to explain why sales are slipping. The “stretched” consumer Better than expected quarterly earnings have helped propel [...]