A member of his firm’s family dynasty, he built Lazard into an elite player on Wall Street while keeping it a smaller operation than most of its competitors.

Three posts on Friday night signaled the resurfacing of a figure who used a variety of conspiracy theories to marshal support for Donald J. Trump.

From changing their work hours to driving farther in search of cheaper deals, people have been making crafty calculations to grapple with expensive gasoline.

Reeling from competing demands from stakeholders — including activists, clients, consumers, shareholders and elected officials — businesses are increasingly caught in the middle of the country’s bruising culture wars.

The gap with workers widened even further as public companies granted top executives rich pay packages partly inspired by Tesla.

The region is emerging from Covid isolation only to find a dearth of the Chinese visitors who once flocked there. Some hotels are responding with deals for travelers from the U.S. and elsewhere.

Age requirements vary among the larger pharmacy chains, and some won’t give the shots to children younger than 5.

The corporate response to the Supreme Court’s Friday decision was more muted, and the companies that did speak out mostly talked about their health care policies.