How Under Armour Lost Its Edge
In the summer of 2018, two top Under Armour executives traveled to the West Coast on a critical mission. Kevin Plank, the sports apparel company’s...
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It May Be the Biggest Tax Heist Ever. And Europe Wants Justice.
They made quite a team. One was an Oxford-educated wunderkind who handled the complicated math behind the transactions. The other was a beefy, 6-foot-2 New...
Jeff Bezos’ Hack Inquiry Falls Short of Implicating National Enquirer
Almost a year ago, Jeff Bezos hinted that Saudi Arabia had played a role in The National Enquirer’s 11-page exposé of his affair with the...
Wells Fargo’s Ex-Chief Fined $17.5 Million Over Fake Accounts
In a rare example of personal accountability for corporate wrongdoing, Wells Fargo’s former chief executive, John G. Stumpf, was fined $17.5 million on Thursday by...
The Trade War, Paused for Now, Is Still Wreaking Damage
The trade war is de-escalating, at least for now. But the economic damage it caused could be far from over. Two years of tit-for-tat tariffs...
Trump’s China Deal Creates Collateral Damage for Tech Firms
WASHINGTON — Among the corporate titans recognized last week by President Trump during a White House signing ceremony for his China trade deal was Sanjay...
The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It
Until recently, Hoan Ton-That’s greatest hits included an obscure iPhone game and an app that let people put Donald Trump’s distinctive yellow hair on their...
Disney Drops Fox From Names of Studios It Bought From Rupert Murdoch
LOS ANGELES — Sound the trumpets: 20th Century Fox, a name and klieg-lit logo that stretches back 85 years in Hollywood, is dropping the word...
Trump’s Next Trade Fight Could Be With Europe
WASHINGTON — European officials arrived in Washington this week touting a new mantra for the trans-Atlantic trading relationship: reset, refresh, recalibrate. But when it comes...
Trump Signs China Trade Deal, Putting Economic Conflict on Pause
WASHINGTON — President Trump signed an initial trade deal with China on Wednesday, bringing the first chapter of a protracted and economically damaging fight with...