Billionaire Ken Griffin talks to teens about ‘Call of Duty,’ what he looks for in a job candidate, and bombing his chemistry exam
Ken Griffin speaks with Boca Raton Community High School senior Renen Antonacci during a recent event with students at his alma mater. Billionaire Ken Griffin has been raising the profile of Florida since 2022 when he announced plans to move his hedge fund and trading empire to Miami, where they are now headquartered. His companies,…
Trump extends TikTok ban deadline again and says he’s working with China to get the app sold
Trump said he would sign an executive order giving TikTok 75 more days to find a US buyer. TikTok will live to see another day. Or another 75 days, to be exact. President Donald Trump said Friday he would sign an executive order extending the deadline for ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, to find…
Sweet and sour ‘tsunami’ Dozens of Chinese restaurant chains are opening in America — if they can survive the backlash.
The midtown Manhattan building where Jackie Kennedy, Elizabeth Taylor, and Truman Capote once dined, then the legendary French restaurant La Grenouille, is now a nondescript renovation site with wood, metal, and industrial-size garbage bins strewn about. The 60-year home of La Grenouille will soon be turned into the new American home of Quanjude, the most…
Sure, Congress could stop Trump’s tariff plan, but they won’t
Some GOP lawmakers have publicly split from President Donald Trump over his tariff plan, proposing bills to rein him in on trade issues, but the measures almost certainly won’t pass. Even though new bills are being proposed to rein him in, don’t hold your breath waiting for Congress to stop President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff…
Inside the ‘Kyiv Express,’ the loud, bumpy, yet surprisingly cozy overnight train I rode 16 hours to Ukraine
Waiting to board the ‘Kyiv Express’ in Warsaw. WARSAW, Poland — When I boarded the big blue train that took me on a 16-hour journey into Ukraine, I was certain I wasn’t going to be getting any sleep. The makeshift beds rattled throughout the night as we barreled across the Polish and, eventually, Ukrainian countryside.…
TikTok staffers say Chinese leadership has been tightening its grip over US operations
The Trump administration is racing to curb TikTok’s ties to China. But inside the company, a string of recent US executive departures and team restructurings has given Chinese leaders a greater grip on its American business, company insiders told B-17. This month, US-based sales and marketing exec Blake Chandlee, who served as the face of…
US stocks are plummeting again after China hits back and Powell says the Fed is in no rush to cut rates
China has imposed retaliatory tariffs on US imports. Stocks ended their worst week since 2020 on Friday, with the Dow losing over 2,200 points and the Nasdaq falling into a bear market. The S&P 500 ended with a two-day loss of 10%, with the historic rout wiping out over $5 trillion in market cap. Losses…
Big Law’s biggest players are absent from brief opposing Trump’s attacks on law firms
504 law firms signed onto a brief opposing Trump’s war on Big Law. More than 500 law firms — including some of the country’s most prominent — signed onto a legal brief Friday to oppose Donald Trump’s executive orders attacking law firms that hired his political enemies. Absent from the list, however, were America’s 27…
The stock market just finished its worst week since 2020. Here’s what the pros say to do in a sell-off.
The stock market just capped off a historic two-day plunge amid the panic caused by President Donald Trump’s trade war. On Friday, The Dow Jones Industrial Average cratered by more than 2,200 points, the Nasdaq 100 ended in a bear market, and the S&P 500 lost almost 6%. That adds to Thursday’s declines, with the…
