Vanguard Buys Wealth Management Platform Altruist in $4 Billion Deal

The world’s second-biggest investment firm is making a bigger push into financial advice.

Google Moves AI-Responsibility Team Out of DeepMind Lab in Latest Shake-Up

Researchers have raised concerns about the change’s effect on their independence and ability to detect threats…

Here Are the Business Executives Who Have Mamdani’s Ear

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is expected to unveil on Thursday a new business advisory…

Years Late, Billions Over Budget: California’s High-Speed Rail Hasn’t Laid a Track

A push now aims to jump-start the project, but there are skeptics.

Thousands Are Flocking to Maine to See the Elusive Puffin

Five decades after a graduate student’s rescue plan that people had scoffed at, a thriving ecotourism…

Blake Lively Awarded $400,000 in Legal Fees

The ‘It Ends With Us’ actress had sought an $8 million reimbursement in dispute with Justin…

Fed’s Cook Says She Never Committed Fraud

A lawyer for Fed governor Lisa Cook said her mortgage documents provide no legal basis for…

Thailand Central Bank Holds Rate Steady

The move comes as continued uncertainty around the Middle East conflict and fresh fiscal anxiety about…

Kevin Warsh faces his biggest audience this week with one question hanging over him: Is inflation high because of one-off shocks such as tariffs and a war, or because the economy is running too hot?

Kevin Warsh has kept his views on interest rates close to the vest, leaving investors and…

U.S. Durable-Goods Orders Rose More than Expected in July

Total orders for durable goods—which comprise goods meant to last three years or more—increased in July…