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New York Times
April 9, 2018
As Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's co-founder, begins two days of testimony on Capitol Hill, where he will undoubtedly face withering criticism over his site's handling of user data, millions of people will spend the day the way they always do: scrolling through their News Feeds, sending each other messagesÃâà...
New York Times
April 2, 2018
“One of our biggest responsibilities is to protect data.” That's what Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's chief executive and co-founder, said just over a week ago after revelations that the data research firm Cambridge Analytica had gained access to the profiles of 50 million Facebook users. Over the past year, theÃâà...
New York Times
March 26, 2018
The focus on raising the age of gun buyers to 21 is not random: Individuals ages 18 to 20 commit homicides using guns at a rate that's four times higher than the rate for those over 21, according to Everytown for Gun Safety, using F.B.I. and census data. While other institutions seem to be waiting to find theÃâà...
New York Times
March 5, 2018
Over the past several weeks, there has been a lot of talk about investors ridding themselves of their shares in gun manufacturers and retailers after the school shooting in Parkland, Fla. A number of public pension funds, like those in the state of Connecticut, have discussed the prospect of selling theirÃâà...
New York Times
February 20, 2018
For the past year, chief executives have often talked about the new sense of moral responsibility that corporations have to help their communities and confront social challenges even when Washington won't. In the aftermath of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., that killed 17 students and staff membersÃâà...
New York Times
February 5, 2018
“The stock market has smashed one record after another, gaining $8 trillion in value. That is great news for Americans' 401(k), retirement, pension and college savings accounts.” That was President Trump only a week ago during his State of the Union address as he triumphantly touted the gains in theÃâà...
New York Times
January 23, 2018
That package also paid Mr. Musk only when he reached certain market value and operational benchmarks. And virtually nobody could imagine Tesla would be worth 17 times what it was back then. Mr. Musk has reached all but one of the metrics in that plan. Even though Mr. Musk's shares have vested, heÃâà...
New York Times
January 16, 2018
On Tuesday, the chief executives of the world's largest public companies will be receiving a letter from one of the most influential investors in the world. And what it says is likely to cause a firestorm in the corner offices of companies everywhere and a debate over social responsibility that stretches from WallÃâà...
New York Times
December 4, 2017
When Steve Case, the billionaire co-founder of AOL, first met J. D. Vance, author of “Hillbilly Elegy,” the best-selling book about the industrial decline of the Midwest, Mr. Case told him, “I really love the book but there is a part of it I don't love.” Mr. Vance listened patiently. “It helped frame the problem but itÃâà...
New York Times
August 14, 2017
At what point do the C.E.O.s of the largest companies in the United States tell President Trump that enough is enough? Not yet, apparently. On Monday morning, President Trump went on a tirade against Kenneth C. Frazier, chief executive of Merck, the pharmaceuticals giant. Mr. Frazier, one of the nation'sÃâà...
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