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Opinion | Obama’s Prophet Motive Led to the ‘Promised Land’ and Trump

The former president fails even to see how his disdain for ‘bitter clingers’ fed voters’ resentment.

Are Brooklyn Brownstones the New Manhattan Co-Op?

The coronavirus pandemic has many New York buyers shifting gears—and boroughs

20 Minutes With: Becky Harris, American Craft Spirits Association President

The head distiller and co-founder of Virginia’s Catoctin Creek wants to foster inclusion and help small distilleries survive the pandemic

Biden Team Vows to Have a Smaller Inauguration Crowd Than Trump Did at ‘Scaled-Down’ Event

Crowd size looks on track to remain a hot topic at the next presidential inauguration, but this time around the incoming Biden administration is talking…

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 Vaccine Data Fails to Impress Wall Street Analysts With Its Effectiveness in Clinical Trials

AstraZeneca’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine is the third vaccine to demonstrate it can prevent coronavirus infections in a late-stage clinical trial, though…

Democratic Economists: Checks, Please. And Soon.

A group of prominent economists, including high-profile names from Democratic and liberal policy circles, said in an open letter Monday another round of…

HelloFresh Stock Gets a Downgrade as JPMorgan Sees Post-Lockdown Slowdown

German meal-kit company HelloFresh has been downgraded to underweight by JPMorgan Cazenove, over concerns the eventual easing of lockdown restrictions will bring a “quick and sharp slowdown”…

Cineworld Just Got a $750 Million Liquidity Lifeline and Shares Are Soaring

The world’s second-biggest movie chain has shored up its finances and is sitting tight until the world returns to normal. Analysts are upbeat.

Bentley Goes All-In on Electrification

Fueled in part by a U.K. government mandate, the 100-year-old luxury automaker will produce only electric cars by 2030

CFOs Adjust to Remote Due Diligence as Deal Making Soars

Executives feared due diligence, especially reviewing a target company’s books and assets, wouldn’t be doable in a remote world and that negotiations via Zoom and other virtual platforms…

DHL’s Warehouse Management Business Makes It Easier to Onboard Robots

Integrating robots into warehouses is traditionally time-consuming and costly. A unit of global logistics giant Deutsche Post and one of its technology suppliers think they might have found a better way.

CMO Today: Retailers Reduce Choice to Boost Sales

NBA Shooters Hit the Jackpot in Free Agency

Joe Harris, Davis Bertans and Fred VanVleet were the big winners of NBA free agency. It’s a bull market for the league’s best shooters.

Julia Garner on Meeting Anna Delvey at Rikers and Watching ‘The Vow’

“The only thing that I didn’t expect is that Anna is really funny. She’s actually hysterical. And she’s super soft-spoken and gentle.”