Tag: Appointments and Executive Changes

Sam Bankman-Fried Interview: Read the Transcript

SORKIN: How would that happen?BANKMAN-FRIED: There’ve been examples of this before in crypto history where this happened. Obviously,…

Elon Musk Is Said to Have Ordered Job Cuts Across Twitter

SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk planned to begin laying off workers at Twitter as soon as Saturday, four…

Despite Biden’s Success on Judges, Progressives Demand a Faster Pace

WASHINGTON — With an extended summer recess looming and their majority at risk in November elections, Senate Democrats…

Santtu-Matias Rouvali Knows His Way Around a Score, and a Farm

YLÖJÄRVI, Finland — “Here I grow peas,” the conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali said, gesturing to a plot of land…

How Mark Zuckerberg Is Leading Meta Into Its Next Phase

SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and chief executive of the company formerly known as Facebook, called…

Jay Carney, Amazon’s Top Policy Executive, Will Join Airbnb

SEATTLE — Jay Carney, who was press secretary for President Barack Obama, is leaving the top policy and…

Italy’s President Accepts Draghi Resignation, Calling for New Elections

ROME — Italy’s president on Thursday accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Draghi, dissolved Parliament and called…

Baltimore Symphony’s New Conductor Breaks a Racial Barrier

For decades, the 25 largest orchestras in the United States have been led almost exclusively by white men.That…

Amazon C.E.O. Andy Jassy Breaks From the Bezos Way

When Jeff Bezos was chief executive of Amazon, he took an arms-length stance toward the company’s affairs in…

Justice Jackson, a Former Law Clerk, Returns to a Transformed Supreme Court

Less than two hours after the Supreme Court ended a wrenching term last month, it welcomed a new…

Head of Documenta Resigns Amid Antisemitism Scandal

After a month of crisis that has roiled the art world, Sabine Schormann, the director general of the…

Biden Drops Plan to Name Anti-Abortion Lawyer Backed by McConnell as Judge

WASHINGTON — The White House is abandoning plans to nominate a Kentucky lawyer who opposes abortion rights and…