Month: February 2024
China has thousands of Navalnys, hidden from the public
After watching “Navalny,” the documentary about Russian opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny, a Chinese businesswoman sent me a message: “Ren Zhiqiang is the Navalny of…
GiFi, in difficulty, calls its banks for help
A Gifi low-cost store, March 20, 2019, in Toulouse. PASCAL PAVANI / AFP The Casino Group’s recovery has not yet been completed and another French…
before the parliamentary commission of inquiry, the perplexity of former political and administrative officials
The construction site of the A69 motorway between Toulouse and Castres, near Puylaurens (Tarn), February 20, 2024. ED JONES / AFP Among the trees, opponents…
Reviews | Trump is in his element
Brett Stephens: Hi, Gail. I know we’re going to talk about Donald Trump’s big victory in the South Carolina primary, but first I want to…
Housing costs are rising, but is missing data a cooling trend?
The Federal Reserve may have a housing problem. At the very least, there is a housing conundrum. Overall inflation has declined significantly over the past…
around twenty leaders expected at the Elysée in the afternoon
Two years after the start of the large-scale war, the dynamic of Western support for Kiev is losing momentum: newly committed aid is down over…
The Gardinier family, a fortune born from fertilizers, nourished by gastronomy
Laurent Gardinier, owner, with his brothers Thierry and Stéphane, of the restaurant Le Taillevent where he poses, in 2015. He also became, in 2023, president…
Inside the funding frenzy of Anthropic, one of the hottest AI start-ups
Last May, Anthropic, one of the world’s hottest artificial intelligence startups, raised $450 million from investors including Google and Salesforce. It was the start of…
two years closer to Zelensky
Book. Never, when he slipped into the artist’s dressing room in the spring of 2019, Simon Shuster would have imagined writing a book on Volodymyr…
Spring training at Coachella: Can MLS capitalize on its preseason?
On a recent Wednesday afternoon, Dan Perkin and Scott Bissmeyer, vacationing work buddies, sat on metal bleachers watching the Portland Timbers take on the San…