Over the following decades, the building was home to metalworking and kitchen equipment supply companies. Don DeLillo put Great Jones Street in the annals of American literature in 1973, when he named his third novel after the street. The book’s narrator-protagonist, a disillusioned rock star, Bucky Wunderlicklives in an apartment there: “I went to the…
The rate of serious medical complications increased at hospitals after they were purchased by private equity investment firms, according to a major study of the effects of such acquisitions on patient care in recent years. The study, published in JAMA on Tuesday, found that in the three years after a private equity fund bought a…
The math performance of American teenagers has declined sharply since 2018, with scores lower than 20 years ago, and American students continue to lag behind their global competitors, according to results of a key international exam released Tuesday. In the first comparable global results since the coronavirus pandemic, 15-year-olds in the United States scored lower…
Despite persistent inflation, Americans increased their spending during the holiday season, according to early data. This comes as a big relief to retailers who had spent much of the year fearing a rapid slowdown in the economy and a decline in consumer spending. Retail sales from Nov. 1 to Dec. 24 increased 3.1% from a…
One thing I love about editing the Ask Well column is the camaraderie it creates. Each week we answer a health question: Why am I so congested all the time? (I’ve wondered this too!) Why does my sleep get worse as I get older? (I’m right there with you.) Does my coffee habit need intervention?…
A BNP bank branch, in Lille, in 2014. PHILIPPE HUGUEN / AFP It is a sensible case, which mobilizes the judicial authorities on both sides of the Atlantic. According to information from World, confirmed by the Paris prosecutor’s office, French justice opened a preliminary investigation, in June, for acts of “aggravated money laundering” targeting numerous…
Often seen as disease-carrying nuisances, pigeons have an image problem around the world. Japan is no exception, but birds enjoy some legal immunity, forcing city dwellers to put up with these unwanted guests perching and cooing on their balconies. Under Japan’s wildlife laws, residents cannot kill or remove even the most nuisance birds without approval…
A closely watched inflation measure particularly cooled in November, good news for the Federal Reserve as officials head into the next phase of their fight against rapidly rising prices and good news for the White House as voters see relief from the rise costs. The measure of inflation of personal consumption expenditures, which the Fed…
The restrictions proposed in 2024 to the ecological bonus introduce a new deal for sales of electric cars. Without the benefit of this aid, vehicles from Asia whose carbon footprint is considered too high due to their production and transport conditions will be the most penalized. More broadly, the reform of this aid system, the…
Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and MIT came under fire Tuesday from Republican members of the House of Representatives who claimed that the universities themselves had sown seeds of campus bias against Jews. “The anti-Semitism we’ve seen on their campuses didn’t come out of nowhere,” said Virginia Foxx, a North Carolina Republican and chairwoman of…