Israel offers to pay millions of dollars for release of each hostage

Soto among 13 free agents to receive $21.05 million qualifying offers. Cole staying with Yankees

Juan Soto, Corbin Burnes and Willy Adames are among 13 free agents who have received $21.05 million qualifying offers from their former teams

Sports - ABC News - November 4

Chinese Express Delivery Firm Taps Hong Kong Market With Near $800 Million Offering

S.F. Holding, which is already listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, plans to raise as much as $793.0 million by selling 170 million shares.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - 5 days ago

Caitlin Clark fans disappointed by WNBA star’s decision to turn down $1 million offer

Clark was almost unanimously named Rookie of the Year during her WNBA season this year

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 2 days ago

San Francisco Will Pay $212 Million for Its Train System to Ditch Floppy Disks

The city’s light-rail system has used 5¼-inch floppy disks for nearly 40 years. Getting off them won't come cheap.

Tech - Wired - October 25

Lyft pays $2.1 million to settle case alleging the ride-hailing service deceived drivers

Lyft is paying $2.1 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the ride-hailing service of exaggerating how much money drivers could make while the company was trying to recover from a steep downturn in ...

Tech - ABC News - November 1

Trump plan to 'end all taxes' on overtime pay would benefit millions of Americans, but it's going to be uphill battle

President-elect Trump has many tax cut plans and a promise to 'end all taxes on overtime', but in Congress, it's likely something has to give, and someone lose.

Business - CNBC - November 15

Russia is dropping millions on pay for up to 100,000 North Korean soldiers. They're unlikely to see much of it.

World - Yahoo News - 5 days ago

Australian mine company to pay Mali junta $160 million after its CEO and 2 employees were detained

Australia’s Resolute Mining says it will $160 million to Mali’s ruling junta to resolve a tax dispute, more than a week after the company’s CEO and two other employees were detained in the West ...

World - ABC News - 5 days ago

Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger ordered to pay nearly $100 million in civil trial

Guyger was convicted six years ago of shooting and killing Jean in his apartment, which she said she thought was her own.

49-year-old started his business 'to make $5,000 a month to survive, pay my mortgage'—he sold it for $100 million

When tech CEO Tomas Gorny launched a web-hosting startup in 2001 after losing millions, his modest goals helped him build a better business, he says.

Business - CNBC - 3 days ago

The family of Israeli-American hostage pleads with Biden and Trump to bring hostages home

Some families of the 101 hostages still being held in Gaza are desperately hoping that a drastically different political landscape will be able to reignite the momentum to bring their loved ones home

World - ABC News - November 16

Deficits, Donald Trump and the dollar

How fiscal excess strengthens the currency

World - Financial Times - October 30

Biden meets with families of American hostages held by Hamas

President Biden met Wednesday with the families of American hostages held in Gaza.

Hostage relatives demonstrate at Israeli prime minister's home

World - Yahoo News - 5 days ago

Here's why Dollar Tree and Dollar General stocks have plummeted

Dollar stores are dealing with a mix of both economic and self-inflicted problems.

Business - CNBC - 2 days ago

Dollar weakens as investors rein in bets on Trump victory

Markets move after poll shows unexpected groundswell of support for Kamala Harris ahead of Tuesday’s election

Business - Financial Times - November 4

Dollar Tree CEO Steps Down

The discount retailer is searching for a new chief executive after Rick Dreiling stepped down from the company’s top role, citing health challenges.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - November 4

How to devalue the dollar (a guide for Trump)

Greenback attack

World - Financial Times - November 6

Why the Dollar Keeps Getting Stronger

President-elect Donald J. Trump often says he prefers a weaker dollar, but economists and investors think his proposed policies will have the opposite effect.

Business - The New York Times - November 14

How each country’s emissions compare

A searchable dashboard of 193 countries’ historical emissions and future climate targets

World - Financial Times - November 11

The Best M.L.B. Player at Each Position

The Dodgers, Yankees and Guardians were the only clubs with two players selected by our expert.

Sports - The New York Times - 6 days ago

What We Just Went Through Wasn’t an Election. It Was a Hostage Situation.

Telling people they have no choice but to vote for you shows deep contempt.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 6

Ex-Hillary Clinton adviser: Dems 'hostage' to far-left, don't voice 'common sense'

Veteran political adviser Philippe Reines joined others in criticizing the modern Democratic Party after recent election losses, saying it has been taken "hostage" by the far left. "The majority of ...

Politics - The Hill - November 8

Hamas says Israeli female hostage killed in north Gaza combat zone

Group’s armed wing says unnamed woman’s death established after long break in contact with her captors. Hamas’s armed wing said on Saturday that an Israeli woman taken hostage during the October ...

World - The Guardian - 10 hours ago

Hamas claims hostage killed in Israeli attack on northern Gaza

World - Yahoo News - 10 hours ago

The dark last days of Donald Trump’s campaign

If the Republican loses, it will reflect his reluctance to appeal to the centre. But if he wins, he will feel emboldened to implement a radical agenda