timef 01/03/2026
- 8 Big Questions for 2026 nytimes.com2026-01-03 21:00:05
Here are the biggest unknowns the DealBook team will be watching as we cover business and the economy this year.
- Vaccines Are Helping Older People More Than We Knew nytimes.com2026-01-03 18:01:47
Many shots seem to have “off-target” benefits, such as lowering the risk of dementia, studies have found.
- Why Haven’t Trump’s Tariffs Had a Bigger Impact? nytimes.com2026-01-03 18:00:58
Steep import taxes have raised prices and affected U.S. businesses, but not quite as much as expected. A new report offers some reasons.
- The Year in Neanderthal Discoveries nytimes.com2026-01-03 18:00:48
They drew with crayons, possibly fed on maggots and maybe even kissed us: Forty millenniums later, our ancient human cousins continued to make news.
- Retirement 2026 by the Numbers nytimes.com2026-01-03 18:00:45
As the new year begins, savings have hit unprecedented levels, but rising health care costs and growing poverty make retirement unaffordable for many.
- The Trump Administration Approved a Big Lithium Mine. A Top Official’s Husband Profited. nytimes.com2026-01-03 18:00:13
Karen Budd-Falen, the No. 3 at the Interior Department, didn’t disclose a $3.5 million water-rights contract between her husband and the developers of a Nevada mine, records show.
- How Jenelle Manzi, a ‘Nutcracker’ Ballerina, Spends a Day with New York City Ballet nytimes.com2026-01-03 16:00:11
Jenelle Manzi started a nutrition company while performing with New York City Ballet. Now she’s doing her makeup in cabs and taking Zoom meetings as she sews pointe shoes.
- How Kazakhstan Aims to Tap More Oil Riches Below Its Grassy Plains nytimes.com2026-01-03 13:00:19
After spending nearly $50 billion to expand the country’s Tengiz oil field, Chevron and its partners encounter more uncertainty.
- ‘Chinese Peptides’ Are the Latest Biohacking Trend in the Tech World nytimes.com2026-01-03 13:00:14
The gray-market drugs flooding Silicon Valley reveal a community that believes it can move faster than the F.D.A.
- Offshore Wind Projects Challenge Trump Administration’s Order to Stop Work nytimes.com2026-01-03 05:38:39
The developers of Revolution Wind off Rhode Island and Empire Wind off New York are the latest to sue the Trump administration.
- Sprinkles Cupcakes, the Bakery That Sold From A.T.M.s, Closes Suddenly nytimes.com2026-01-03 05:28:08
The boutique chain’s co-founder, Candace Nelson, said that the business had ceased operations at year’s end. It was sold to a private equity firm more than a decade ago.
- Saks C.E.O. Steps Down as Company Struggles to Pay Down Debt nytimes.com2026-01-03 04:48:24
Saks Global’s executive chairman, Richard Baker, is taking over the luxury retailer he created with the 2024 acquisition of Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman.
- Richard Pollak, 91, Dies; Edited Magazine That Criticized the Media nytimes.com2026-01-03 02:01:33
He was a founder of More, which skewered the foibles of the press in the 1970s, and later wrote a critical biography of the psychoanalyst Bruno Bettelheim.
- A Study Is Retracted, Renewing Concerns About the Weedkiller Roundup nytimes.com2026-01-03 00:07:26
Problems with a 25-year-old landmark paper on the safety of Roundup’s active ingredient, glyphosate, have led to calls for the E.P.A. to reassess the widely used chemical.
