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‘Not Good for Learning’

New research is showing the high costs of long school closures in some communities. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. By David Leonhardt When Covid-19 began to sweep across the country in March 2020, schools in every state […]

Bausch + Lomb eyes over $8 billion valuation in IPO amid slowdown for listings

(Reuters) -Eye care products maker Bausch + Lomb on Thursday sought a valuation of as much $8.4 billion for its flotation in the U.S. and Canada, as it looks to test the appetite of capital markets investors who have pulled back from investing in IPOs. Initial public offerings (IPOs) have slowed since the start of […]

Opinion | Why We Can’t Get Our Story of Covid Straight

Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. By Frederick Kaufman Mr. Kaufman is a journalist and narratologist whose most recent book, “The Money Plot: A History of Currency’s Power to Enchant, Control, and Manipulate,” dissects the story of money. […]

Opinion | What ‘Severance’ Gets Right About Infantilizing Office Perks

Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. By Elizabeth Spiers Ms. Spiers is a writer and digital media strategist. She was the editor in chief of The New York Observer and the founding editor of Gawker. Among the many […]

Opinion | I Would Have Never Bought This Home if I Knew It Flooded

Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. By Elizabeth Rush Ms. Rush is the author of “Rising: Dispatches From the New American Shore,” a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction in 2019. She teaches at Brown University. […]

Italian watchdog will not start probe into Generali's rebel investors

FILE PHOTO: The Generali logo is seen on the company’s building in Milan, Italy, November 5, 2018. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini/File PhotoMILAN (Reuters) -Italy’s insurance watchdog IVASS said on Tuesday it would not start a probe into Generali’s rebel investors as it had not found any evidence they had breached disclosure rules over their stakes. Generali had […]