Category: Business
![Abortion Laws, Accidents and Lax Rules Now Imperil Fertility Industry Abortion Laws, Accidents and Lax Rules Now Imperil Fertility Industry](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/22/multimedia/22ivf-alabama-01-mbct/22ivf-alabama-01-mbct-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Abortion Laws, Accidents and Lax Rules Now Imperil Fertility Industry
To the fertility patients whose embryos were destroyed at an Alabama clinic, the circumstances must have been shocking. Somehow, a patient in the hospital housing…
![U.S. Economy: Has an Era of Increased Productivity Returned? U.S. Economy: Has an Era of Increased Productivity Returned?](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/15/business/00dc-1994productivity/00dc-1994productivity-facebookJumbo.jpg)
U.S. Economy: Has an Era of Increased Productivity Returned?
The last time the American economy was posting surprising economic growth numbers amid rapid wage gains and moderating inflation, Ace of Base and All-4-One topped…
![Capital One to Acquire Discover, Creating a Consumer Lending Colossus Capital One to Acquire Discover, Creating a Consumer Lending Colossus](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/19/multimedia/19capitalone-discover-wbgt/19capitalone-discover-wbgt-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Capital One to Acquire Discover, Creating a Consumer Lending Colossus
Capital One announced on Monday that it would acquire Discover Financial Services in an all-stock transaction valued at $35.3 billion, a deal that would merge…
![Nature Has Value. Could We Literally Invest in It? Nature Has Value. Could We Literally Invest in It?](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/18/magazine/18mag-bigidea/18mag-bigidea-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Nature Has Value. Could We Literally Invest in It?
Picture this: You own a few hundred acres near a growing town that your family has been farming for generations. Turning a profit has gotten…
![Amazon Argues National Labor Relations Board Is Unconstitutional Amazon Argues National Labor Relations Board Is Unconstitutional](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/15/multimedia/15amazon-nlrb-kbpc/15amazon-nlrb-kbpc-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Amazon Argues National Labor Relations Board Is Unconstitutional
In the latest sign of a growing backlash within corporate America to the 88-year-old federal agency that enforces labor rights, Amazon argued in a legal…
![Three Lessons From a Surprisingly Resilient Job Market Three Lessons From a Surprisingly Resilient Job Market](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/14/business/00econ-lessons/00econ-lessons-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Three Lessons From a Surprisingly Resilient Job Market
The pandemic created an economic crisis unlike any recession on record. So perhaps it shouldn’t be surprising that the aftermath, too, has played out in…
![Bob Edwards, Longtime Host of NPR’s ‘Morning Edition,’ Dies at 76 Bob Edwards, Longtime Host of NPR’s ‘Morning Edition,’ Dies at 76](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/12/multimedia/12edwards1-jbwk/12edwards1-jbwk-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Bob Edwards, Longtime Host of NPR’s ‘Morning Edition,’ Dies at 76
Bob Edwards, the host of NPR’s “Morning Edition” for nearly a quarter-century, whose rich baritone and cool demeanor imbued his radio broadcasts with authority in…
![Pro Sports in Las Vegas Aren’t Cheered by Everyone Pro Sports in Las Vegas Aren’t Cheered by Everyone](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/09/multimedia/09Vegas-Sports-bpzt/09Vegas-Sports-bpzt-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Pro Sports in Las Vegas Aren’t Cheered by Everyone
The history of Las Vegas has been marked by a relentless churn of hotels, casinos, theaters and restaurants. But only recently has the city’s landscape…
![Tucker Carlson Urges Putin to Release American Journalist Tucker Carlson Urges Putin to Release American Journalist](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/08/multimedia/08putin-gershkovich-gfzm/08putin-gershkovich-gfzm-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Tucker Carlson Urges Putin to Release American Journalist
In an interview released on Thursday, Tucker Carlson urged President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to release an American reporter for The Wall Street Journal…
![Why Are Americans Wary While the Economy Is Healthy? Look at Nevada. Why Are Americans Wary While the Economy Is Healthy? Look at Nevada.](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/01/multimedia/00nevada-econ-05-pgvb/00nevada-econ-05-pgvb-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Why Are Americans Wary While the Economy Is Healthy? Look at Nevada.
Toni Irizarry recognizes that the economy has improved. Compared with the first wave of the pandemic, when Las Vegas went dark, and joblessness soared to…