Drew Harwell

Tesla CEO Elon Musk in Los Angeles on May 17, 2018. Musk's recent activity on Twitter has rattled investors.

Elon Musk’s attack on organizer of Thailand cave rescue rattles investors: ‘What is he doing?’

July 17, 2018 at 11:09 p.m.

Four days after Tesla's fourth-largest shareholder urged "a time of quiet and peace," chief executive Elon Musk lobbed one of his nastiest stink bombs yet: an accusation about an organizer...

President Donald Trump, flanked by Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. and Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, holds an example of a new tax form during a meeting on tax policy with Republican lawmakers on Nov. 2, 2017, at the White House.

Trump says he’s ‘big loser’ in GOP tax plan; experts say it could save him tens of millions

August 22, 2019 at 6:36 a.m.

President Donald Trump has defended the Republican effort to overhaul taxes by calling it a bitter pill for the rich, saying its provisions will boost the middle class and make...

Then-presidential candidate Donald Trump congratulates Adam Scott after he won the Cadillac Championship tournament held at Trump's golf club on March 6, 2016, in Doral, Fla.

With business booming again under Trump, private prison company gathers at president’s resort

August 22, 2019 at 6:24 a.m.

In recent years, the private prison company GEO Group has held its annual leadership conference at venues near its Boca Raton headquarters. But this year, the company moved its gathering...

President Donald Trump tries on a Stetson hat during a "Made in America" product showcase featuring items created in each of the 50 states at the White House on July 17, 2017, in Washington.

White House touts ‘Made in America’ even as it seeks to cut office U.S. firms say helps them compete

August 22, 2019 at 5:10 a.m.

As the White House champions a "hire American" agenda, the administration wants to slash funding for a small government office that many U.S. companies say they rely on to stay...

Mark Light, chief executive officer of Signet Jewelers, speaks during an interview in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, June 15, 2016. M

Signet Jewelers CEO at the center of a gender discrimination case, retires

June 3, 2018 at 11:41 a.m.

Mark Light, the Signet Jewelers chief executive at the center of a sprawling gender-discrimination case, will retire due to "health reasons" and be replaced at the end of this month,...

Jewelry giant calls sex harassment claims a ‘purported parallel universe’

June 5, 2018 at 8:37 p.m.

Sterling Jewelers, the Kay and Jared retail-jewelry conglomerate now facing a massive class-action arbitration case, on Thursday dismissed hundreds of former female employees' allegations that the company fostered a culture...

‘My Pillow,’ the infomercial sensation, flunks out of Better Business Bureau

June 6, 2018 at 4:03 p.m.

The list of problems keeps growing for My Pillow, the popular Minnesota-based pillow maker known for its late-night TV informercials and celebrity endorsements. Just months after settling a class action...

With Ivanka’s jewelry ad, Trump companies begin to seek to profit off election result

June 9, 2018 at 7:19 a.m.

One day after President-elect Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka spoke to "60 Minutes" about her father's rise to power, her jewelry line alerted journalists to a surprising fact: The First Daughter-elect's...

Rich "RJ" Rappaport shows part of a prop airplane interior.

America has never had so much TV, and even Hollywood is overwhelmed

June 9, 2018 at 9:05 a.m.

Rich "RJ" Rappaport barely remembers the days when he wasn't busy renting out truckloads of sham guns and fake cocaine. His vast prop warehouse on the outskirts of Atlanta used...

Bud Light’s latest advertisement says it supports equal pay … in theory

June 10, 2018 at 5:36 p.m.

In its newest national TV ad, the world's biggest brewer portrays itself as a staunch defender of paying women as much as men. "Bud Light proudly supports equal pay," comedian...

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