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The Times (UK) businessworld
Saudis shut key pipeline as Houthis seize Yemen’s Red Sea coast

President Trump rebuffed the kingdom’s plea to help protect the Bab al-Mandeb strait, a chokepoint at the mouth of the Red Sea, as oil prices climbed

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The Times (UK) businessculture
Lucy Powell: Middle-class children should take vocational subjects

The education secretary says that curriculums tailored to the needs of the local economy should not be rejected because of snobbery

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San Francisco Chronicle businesspolitics
New COVID and flu shots are now available the Bay Area. When should you get one?

Updated COVID-19 and flu vaccines are now available across much of the Bay Area, giving residents a chance to boost protection before respiratory virus season hits.

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The Atlantic business
‘I Was Responsible for Those People’

The manager of Windows on the World survived 9/11, while 79 of his employees died. He’s still searching for permission to move on.

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Medium culturebusiness
The Fight to Keep Our Public Lands

Giant sequoias, thousands of years old, dot acres of rich granite, majestic meadows, massive waterfalls, iconic rock climbing, and vast…

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New York Times business
To Drill or Not to Drill? Britain Nears Decision on Aging North Sea Oil Fields. (Gift Article)

Britain is considering expanding fossil fuel production at the risk of undermining its climate goals.

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New York Times transportationbusiness
Gulf Tankers Are Running Out of Ways to Export Oil: ‘These Waters Aren’t Safe’ (Gift Article)

Ship operators already faced severe risks in navigating the region, and now the danger is higher as Houthi militias assert control in the Red Sea.

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New York Times business
Chevron Expansion in Venezuela Extends U.S. Influence Over Oil Riches (Gift Article)

The U.S. energy giant, which stayed in the country after other Western companies left, will invest $7 billion in the country to more than double its production there.

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New York Times businesspolitics
A Hurricane Will Not Hit California, Experts Say. Here’s What It Will Do Instead. (Gift Article)

Marie has caused a frenzy in Southern California this week. Forecasters said it will almost certainly stay far offshore.

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New York Times businessworldtechnology
Choking Global Trade
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New York Times businessculture
7 Twisting Exercises to Make Daily Movements Easier (Gift Article)

Try these exercises to build rotational strength, which can help you move more comfortably as you age.

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New York Times businessworld
Energy Markets Rattled After Saudi Pipeline Attacks (Gift Article)

The price of U.S. diesel fuel hit a new high over mounting fears that fighting in the Middle East could further threaten oil supplies.

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New York Times politicsbusiness
Fears of a Democratic Wave Push Texas to Center Stage at G.O.P. Convention (Gift Article)

A parade of speakers focused on crucial races in the reliably red Texas, where Democrats are running close, or even ahead, of Republican nominees.

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Bloomberg politicsworldbusiness
Saudi Oil Pipeline That Bypasses Hormuz Shut After Attacks

Saudi Arabia’s critical East-West oil pipeline that acts as a workaround for shipments unable to transit the Strait of Hormuz was shut as a precautionary measure following multiple attacks on Thursday...

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Medium culturebusinesstechnology
Now We’re Golden With MacGuffins

The Word Collector — Part 153

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San Francisco Chronicle businesspolitics
Why Gov. Newsom should support California’s big bet on local news

OPINION: If Gov. Gavin Newsom signs AB2222 into law, it would become the largest investment in local news of its kind in American history, Matt Pearce writes.

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New York Times entertainmentfoodbusiness
Maple Shortbread Bars Recipe • 4★

Shortly after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Regina Schrambling wrote of the healing power of cooking.

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New York Times businesspolitics
Elevated Inflation Keeps Pressure on Fed to Raise Rates (Gift Article)

The odds of a quarter-point rate increase at the Federal Reserve’s meeting next week surged to 90 percent after August’s Consumer Price Index report.

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New York Times politicsbusiness
Facing Islamophobia, Mamdani Keeps Focus on 9/11 Victims (Gift Article)

In recent weeks, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has visited firehouses around New York City as part of an effort to direct the public’s attention toward the victims, and away from himself.

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New York Times politicsbusinesslegal
Trading Keggers for ‘Wellness Darties’ (Gift Article)

A new crop of college students is finding balance at daytime parties with yoga, saunas and cold plunges.

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Medium businesstechnologytransportation
The Pundits Were Wrong About Apple’s Folding iPhone

Apple pricing is quite reasonable

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New York Times politicsworldbusiness
Hawaii Governor Asks Trump for Help as State Copes With Hurricane’s Damage (Gift Article)

Kauai residents could be without power for days, or even weeks, after Hurricane Lowell left widespread destruction across the island.

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New York Times businessworld
Why Emerging Powers Keep Joining BRICS, Even When They Disagree (Gift Article)

The leaders of China, Russia, India and other nations in the BRICS club gather in New Delhi this weekend, but wars and soaring energy prices divide them.

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Bloomberg businesstechnologyworld
The Companies Trying to Cash In on Trump’s Deep-Sea Gold Rush

Entrepreneurs are racing to secure seabed mining permits. Then comes the hard part.

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Bloomberg businesstransportation
US Diesel Prices Rise Past $6 a Gallon for First Time Ever

US diesel prices rose above $6 a gallon for the first time ever, raising the risk of further energy-driven inflation just ahead of peak demand season for the fuel.

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Bloomberg businesspoliticsworld
Healthcare Costs Have Small Businesses in an Impossible Bind

The healthcare affordability crisis is crushing everyone, but it has become downright calamitous for small businesses. Survey after survey after survey shows that employers expect healthcare costs to ...

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New York Times businesstechnologypolitics
Opinion | What It Took to Dismantle the Most Powerful Company in the World (Gift Article)

A playbook to curb the growing power of Big Tech.

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New York Times businessworld
CPI Report Live Updates: Elevated Inflation Keeps Pressure on Fed to Raise Interest Rates (Gift Article)

U.S. inflation showed little improvement in August from the month before.

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New York Times legalbusinesspolitics
Prince William and the toolkit aimed at preventing suicide in sport: ‘This can help so many people’ (Gift Article)

The Prince and Princess of Wales were at Hill Dickinson Stadium on World Suicide Prevention Day for the launch of On Your Side

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National Observer businesspolitics
A county caught between oil debts and Alberta's war on renewables

Jason Schneider watched his county's tax base flip from oil and gas to wind and solar in a decade. Now Alberta is reining in renewables, just as unpaid oil and gas taxes leave many counties with a bud...

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Bloomberg businesspoliticsworld
China Signals Nation Is Ready to Lead Global Climate Action

China signaled it plans to take a more important role in steering the global campaign to tackle climate change, as officials offered further details on strategy to mitigate and adapt to rising tempera...

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National Observer business
Danielle Smith still doesn't get it

Alberta's premier might be the most Trump-friendly politician in Canada, but she still hasn't figured out what makes him tick — or why he's a far bigger threat to her province's oil and gas industry t...

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National Observer businessworld
New tariffs hitting Canadian cleantech 'quickly – and in very different ways': poll

Nearly three-quarters of clean economy firms say they’ve already felt the sting of US tariffs, a new survey finds. Sector leaders in the survey are calling for Ottawa’s fall budget to focus more on co...

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Medium opinionbusiness
Dependent Origination and the Collapse of the Wave Function: What Happens When Uncertainty Needs an…

Two and a half thousand years apart, and from entirely different disciplines, Buddhist philosophy and quantum mechanics arrived at the same…

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Bloomberg legalpoliticsbusiness
Compare the iPhone Duo and Cybercab Launches. Notice Something?

Apple Inc. just launched its long-anticipated foldable iPhone. It made a big deal of it, livestreaming an event at its headquarters hosted by brand new Chief Executive Officer John Ternus. That makes ...

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New York Times business
102 MINUTES: Last Words at the Trade Center; Fighting to Live as the Towers Die (Gift Article)

Last words of men and women trapped on high floors of World Trade Center's twin towers provide haunting chronicle of their final 102 minutes; final words began as calls for help, information, and guid...

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The Atlantic business
A Quarter Century of Panic

After 9/11, the U.S. government was over-focused on fighting terrorism, losing sight of other threats. Americans are still living with the consequences.

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New York Times business
What Years of Inflation Have Done to US Prices (Gift Article)

Nearly every category of product costs more than it would have had prepandemic trends continued. And many product prices are still rising faster than they were before.

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Bloomberg sportsbusiness
The Premier League Conquered the World. At What Cost?

England’s richest sporting export is straining the traditions that made it valuable in the first place.

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Bloomberg businesspoliticstechnology
Bridgewater’s Jensen Says AI Will Kill People Before It’s Curbed

Greg Jensen, the co-chief investment officer of one of the world’s largest hedge funds, issued a dire warning about the risks and consequences of the artificial intelligence boom Friday on Bloomberg’s...

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New York Times businesspolitics
Amazon Prime Video Uses A.I. for Lip-Synced Translations (Gift Article)

The streamer released a version of a popular German series in which the actors’ lip movements have been digitally altered.

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New York Times businessworld
Oil Keeps Rising and Diesel Hits $6 a Gallon as Middle East Tensions Mount (Gift Article)

Prices for the fuel jumped to a new high over mounting fears that the fighting between the United States and Iran could expand into a full-scale war.

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Medium technologybusiness
Was anybody listening when Geoffrey Hinton warned us about AI? Seems not

After working on model training for OpenAI and Anthropic for the last three years, Jacob Coxon announced a very public resignation on X on…

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The Times (UK) businesslegal
Nottingham parents despair as NHS chiefs dodge maternity questions

The BBC tracked down two former executives at a trust where failings were linked to 162 potentially avoidable deaths

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New York Times businessworld
At BRICS Summit, China and India Vie for Influence (Gift Article)

China sees the BRICS group as a vehicle for challenging American power. India wants to keep the group broad enough to avoid choosing sides.

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The Times (UK) businessscience
Delays to power network upgrades will add £100 a year to bills

A £70 billion programme is running behind schedule, meaning wind farms are having to be taken offline

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The Atlantic businessworld
American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center, Part Two

Part Two: The Rush to Recover

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The Atlantic politicsbusiness
American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center

Part One: The Inner World

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New York Times sportsbusiness
What Cathy Engelbert’s successor owes WNBA players (Gift Article)

The players aren’t a problem the next commissioner must solve. They are the answer to unlocking the league's full value.

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Medium businessopinionsports
Photos: Yellowknife Bald Eagles

As a break from depressing article topics

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