Product that tells our story
The best way I can describe Meredith Gran’s recently released video game Perfect Tides: Station to Station—or at least the best way I can describe it to people who read contemporary literature—is that it feels like a version Elif Batuman’s novels The Idiot and Either/Or that you can step inside of. Batuman’s novels offer the […]
Two of the largest U.S. gym operators delivered the same headline in their latest earnings reports: strong growth. But beneath the surface, Life Time Group Holdings and Planet Fitness told very different stories about the American consumer. They highlighted a widening divide between higher-income households that continue to spend freely and more price-sensitive consumers who […]
A Boeing Co. 737 Max airplane at the company’s manufacturing facility in Renton, Washington, US, on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images Boeing logged net orders for 1,173 airplanes last year, marking the first time it outsold its European rival Airbus since 2018, the latest sign of Boeing’s recovery. Boeing […]
A home is shown for sale in The Heights in Houston, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. Kirk Sides | Houston Chronicle | Getty Images Home prices have finally come down compared with last year, though just fractionally, according to daily reads from Parcl Labs, which looks at high-frequency listing data on single-family homes, condos and townhomes, […]
US gas prices fell below $3 on Tuesday for the first time since May 2021, according to AAA. The national average price for regular gas dropped to $2.998 a gallon, down from $3.001 the previous day, according to the fuel price tracker. It was also down from $3.036 a month ago and $3.05 this time […]
In a bid to stand out in the competitive chicken sandwich market, Chick-fil-A is testing two new chicken-and-waffle sandwiches in select U.S. cities. A Chicken & Waffles Breakfast Sandwich and a Chicken & Waffles Sandwich will hit certain restaurants in Baltimore from Dec. 1 through Jan. 24, while supplies last. In San Antonio, certain restaurants will test […]
President Trump on Friday touted his TikTok deal with China’s leader Xi Jinping as yet another example of his business savvy working wonders for the American people. The truth is more complicated. The wildly popular, Chinese-owned app that provides addictive short videos is a huge moneymaker, and now will be “saved” from a law that […]
I was one of those teenagers who wrote and read poetry, who dreamed of being a poet. I still have my teenage poems, the ones I wrote in notebooks between classes, on the bus, late at night when my family were deep in their own dreams. In those poems, I reveal my inner self—fraught with […]
Thomas Fuller | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Apple is taking a cue from some of its competitors. The technology giant’s Apple TV+ monthly subscription is now $12.99, starting Thursday in the U.S. and other countries. Apple said the new price will hit current subscribers 30 days after their next renewal date. The […]
People walk past a Sweetgreen restaurant in Manhattan. Jeenah Moon | The Washington Post | Getty Images Sweetgreen shares dropped 23% on Friday after the salad chain cut its 2025 outlook for the second quarter in a row, citing issues with its loyalty program, weak consumer sentiment, tariff headwinds and store challenges. For the full-year […]
