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On the open 15th floor of a loft building in Midtown Manhattan, about a dozen skilled workers make their way through piles of pants, stitching each piece together with focus and precision. Some of the items are designed by Outlier, a fashion brand that produces its smaller runs and experimental products with the garment district’s…

Cabot Creamery is voluntarily recalling more than 1,700 pounds of butter in seven states after testing found that the products had elevated levels of fecal bacteria, federal safety regulators said. Cabot, based in Waitsfield, Vt., is recalling 189 cases, or 1,701 pounds, of its eight-ounce, sea-salted Extra Creamy Premium Butter after it detected elevated levels…

Yellen: Trump tariffs ‘the worst self-inflicted wound that I have ever seen’ Former Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaking with CNBC’s Sara Eisen (not shown) at the U.S Treasury Department on Jan. 8, 2024. CNBC Former Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is speaking out against Trump’s chaotic tariff efforts, panning the protectionist push as “the worst self-inflicted…

HANNAH BATES: Welcome to HBR On Strategy—case studies and conversations with the world’s top business and management experts, hand-selected to help you unlock new ways of doing business. The taboo around menstruation made it hard to innovate in the feminine hygiene market. It also made marketing these products difficult. But feminine hygiene brand Thinx turned that…

For the second year in a row, Trader Joe’s has brought a Black Friday-like frenzy to its stores. But instead of lining up for a new video game console or Taylor Swift vinyl, customers are waiting their turn to buy miniature tote bags bearing the grocery chain’s logo for $2.99. Some people camped out in…

Following President Trump’s decision to pause punishing tariffs on dozens of countries, markets in Asia reacted predictably: Stocks soared in the countries that were spared. In trading on Thursday, benchmark indexes rose more than 9 percent in Taiwan and Japan and 6 percent in South Korea. All three Asian economies were among the U.S. trading…

European markets are on track to rise sharply when trading begins Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump reversed course on tariffs after the European market close, sending global markets higher. In a volatile week for markets that has been marked by sharp moves higher and lower, the pan-European Stoxx 600 ended the prior session down…