North America

Young Moviegoers Power ‘Backrooms’ to $82 Million in Ticket Sales
June 1, 2026
Will young people ever come back to the movies? That question has shadowed Hollywood since the Covid-19 pandemic, with skeptics insisting that theaters have become relics for a generation...
7-Eleven Founding Family’s Bid to Block Foreign Takeover Collapses
February 27, 2025
The founding family of 7-Eleven’s Japanese parent company has failed to secure the money to buy it out, the company said Thursday, months after they launched a bid worth...
Should Tulips Replace Roses for Valentine’s Day? Florists Think So.
February 14, 2025
For the past five years, Molly Culver, owner of Molly Oliver Flowers in Brooklyn, has mounted a quiet battle against the goliath of Valentine’s Day flowers: the rose. Classically...
Trump Tariffs Threaten to Upend Global Economic Order
February 2, 2025
President Trump’s move this weekend to slap sweeping tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China is threatening to fracture the global trading system and a world economic order that once...