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Supported by The New New World China’s Entrepreneurs Are Wary of Its Future Behind the scenes, businesspeople worry that Beijing has become more interested in solidifying its control over people’s lives than promoting economic growth. Image Chen Tianyong left China for Malta in early January. For the entrepreneur class, he ...

Supported by The Dollar Is Still King. How (in the World) Did That Happen? Image The dollar in recent years has become the favored repository for global savings, the paramount refuge in times of crisis and the key form of exchange for commodities like oil.CreditCreditTony Cenicola/The New York Times By ...

Image Tahir Imin, a 38-year-old Uighur, had his blood drawn, his face scanned and his voice recorded by the authorities in China’s Xinjiang region.CreditCreditKate Warren for The New York Times SectionsSkip to contentSkip to site index China Uses DNA to Track Its People, With the Help of American Expertise The ...

Supported by Huawei Risks to Britain Can Be Blunted, U.K. Official Says, in a Rebuff to U.S. Image The Trump administration has mostly blocked the Chinese firm Huawei from the United States and has been trying to persuade its European allies to do the same, citing the risk of espionage.CreditCreditChris ...

Supported by Democrats Want to Tax the Wealthy. Many Voters Agree. A proposal to tax wealth finds support across party lines, along with the premise that the government should combat inequality. Image Kris Stallard, a data analyst in Tulsa, Okla., backs a wealth tax in principle, but questions how it ...

Supported by Amazon Resets Its Film Operation After Rough Year at Box Office Image Jennifer Salke, who took over as the head of Amazon Studios last March, said, “I don’t think we had diverse-enough points of view in the storytelling.”CreditCreditRozette Rago for The New York Times By Brooks Barnes Feb. ...

Supported by In Bid to Conquer Oscars, Netflix Mobilizes Savvy Campaigner and Huge Budget Image A barrage of ads for “Roma” — in trade publications, on Netflix-owned billboards in Los Angeles — has continued for months. Estimates suggest Netflix has spent $ 25 million or more on its Oscar campaign.CreditCreditHunter ...

Supported by In Amazon Fight, Progressives Showed What They Want: A New Economic Agenda Image A view of Long Island City from the No. 7 train. Amazon planned to build a campus there but resistance from local politicians and residents led the company to pull out of the deal last ...

Supported by Your Money The Power of Raw, Honest Stories About Money Gaby Dunn, Chanel Reynolds and Vicki Robin were born decades apart. But their books about money have a common thread: Talk about it way, way more often. By Ron Lieber Feb. 15, 2019 Image From left, the financial ...

Supported by The Shift For Once, Amazon Loses a Popularity Contest Image The battle in Queens posed a challenge to one of Amazon’s bedrock beliefs: that being loved by customers is all that matters.CreditCreditHiroko Masuike/The New York Times By Kevin Roose Feb. 14, 2019 Amazon’s surprise announcement on Thursday that ...