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Yvon Chouinard has forfeited ownership of the company he founded 49 years ago. The profits will now be used to fight climate change.

Yvon Chouinard has forfeited ownership of the company he founded 49 years ago. The profits will now be used to fight climate change.

Yvon Chouinard has forfeited ownership of the company he founded 49 years ago. The profits will now be used to fight climate change.

Vista Equity Partners, whose performance rivals that of the big names in the field, invests exclusively in enterprise software while seeking to transform the companies it holds.

They had just moments to override an automated system and avert disaster in simulations of problems with the Lion Air plane that crashed last fall.

Ms. Scott made a new round of grants, to 286 organizations. Her net worth, which Forbes estimates at $60 billion, keeps rising, thanks to Amazon stock.

Launching one of the most prominent climate lawsuits in the nation, the state claims Exxon, Shell, BP and others misled the public and seeks creation of a special fund to pay for recovery.

The president announced that he would dissolve two councils of business leaders after a decision by the members of his Strategic and Policy Forum to disband.

Two years before two deadly crashes, a top pilot told a colleague that a new automated system, known as MCAS, was causing trouble in flight simulators.

A Times investigation revealed a coordinated effort by state treasurers to use government muscle and public funds to punish companies trying to reduce greenhouse gases.

Sixteen young Montanans have sued their state, arguing that its support of fossil fuels violates the state Constitution.

President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. is seizing the moment, not to aggressively confront the president he defeated, but to act presidential in his stead.

Ed Pierson, a former senior manager at the 737 factory, believes production problems may have contributed to two deadly crashes. He will testify before Congress on Wednesday.

Amazon, Google, G.M. and Starbucks were among those joining the biggest show of solidarity by businesses over legislation in numerous states.

A trendy maneuver allows wealthy donors to reap immediate tax benefits, while charities can wait for funds indefinitely — or even forever.

A trove of internal employee communications shows that the aviation giant’s troubles go beyond one poorly designed plane.

Kenneth C. Griffin, one of the richest people in the world, paid a record $238 million for a penthouse, heightening the debate about income inequality.

In a tense meeting with American Airlines pilots shortly after the first deadly crash of Boeing’s new jet, executives insisted that the plane was safe to fly.

The Texas Public Policy Foundation is shaping laws, running influence campaigns and taking legal action in a bid to promote fossil fuels.

For the first time, companies in the U.S. are disclosing how their C.E.O.’s compensation compares with the pay of employees. The results are eye-opening.

Pfizer announced positive early results from its coronavirus vaccine trial, cementing the lead in a frenzied global race that has unfolded at record-breaking speed.

David Malpass, under fire for months by critics who accused him of climate denialism, said he would resign in June, a year before his term ends.

ExxonMobil, Shell and BP are among the companies that Multnomah County says were responsible for a heat wave that led to the deaths of 69 local residents.

Workers at a 787 Dreamliner plant in South Carolina have complained of defective manufacturing, debris left on planes and pressure to not report violations.

The billionaire has inserted himself into the confounding stock market drama and solidified his role as the ultimate insider outsider.

“They are complicit in their silence,” one activist said, as bills that would disproportionately affect Black citizens across the country stir public debate.

David Carbon’s departure follows a New York Times article that detailed shoddy production and weak oversight at the company’s 787 Dreamliner factory in North Charleston.

A lawyer started small with a creative tactic. It grew into an effort that could force fossil fuel companies to pay hundreds of billions in damages.

“They are complicit in their silence,” one activist said, as bills that would disproportionately affect Black citizens across the country stir public debate.

Many in corporate America endorsed the president’s economic policies, which were good for them and gave him mainstream business credibility. It was “fool’s gold,” one said on Thursday.

A dispatch from the flooded house of our new lead writer.

Around the United States, dangerous floods, heat and storms are happening more frequently.

One year after a second 737 Max jet went down, the victims’ families press on in memory of their loved ones. “They were an extraordinary group of people.”

The agency proposed the penalty over the installation of unapproved equipment in the 737 Max and other aircraft.

The bank had relationships with more than 1,500 companies working on technologies aimed at curbing global warming.

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Well-timed stock bets have generated big profits for senior executives and board members at companies developing vaccines and treatments.

The billionaire venture capitalist said the study of climate change and sustainability would be the “new computer science.”

“Companies that get down with me know how I get down.”

Once the coronavirus reached rural Bristol, N.H., the effect on the local economy was devastating.

The former Yahoo chief is renting Google’s original office, where “there’s a lot of good juju,” and planning her next act. She just won’t say what it is.

Surging demand for critical products has created an immediate need for more workers, forcing some companies to alter normal hiring practices.

The company and regulators are looking into everything from the wiring on the plane to its engines.

“They are complicit in their silence,” one activist said, as bills that would disproportionately affect Black citizens across the country stir public debate.

He helped steer Delta through 9/11 and a bankruptcy. Then he had to tangle with the National Rifle Association.

For a group of elite black executives, police killings and protests have unleashed an outpouring of emotion and calls for action.

Amazon, Google, G.M. and Starbucks were among those joining the biggest show of solidarity by businesses over legislation in numerous states.

Businesses that expressed opposition to restrictive voting laws are declining to take a similar stand on the abortion measure.

Caught short by its rival’s gains, Boeing raced to update its workhorse jet rather than design a new one. Workers describe a hectic project, but say they hadn’t felt safety was compromised.

Many of the industry’s key materials are made with forced labor.

“Companies that get down with me know how I get down.”

DuPont factories pumped dangerous substances into the environment. The company and its offspring have gone to great lengths to dodge responsibility.

Corner Office, a regular interview with leading C.E.O.s, returns. In the first installment, Ken Frazier talks about race, justice and his break with President Trump.

C.E.O.s are eager for employees to return — and afraid of alienating those who have grown accustomed to working from home.

Their message was inspired. Their returns, not so much.

Mr. Smith will help start a new organization with Justin Smith, the chief executive of Bloomberg Media.

The United States is pivoting away from fossil fuels and toward wind, solar and other renewable energy, even in areas dominated by the oil and gas industries.

Amazon, Google, G.M. and Starbucks were among those joining the biggest show of solidarity by businesses over legislation in numerous states.

A Times investigation found that the F.A.A. regulatory process, which gave Boeing significant oversight authority, compromised the safety of the plane.