This interview with Mark Toro,managing partner and chairman ofNorth American Properties — Atlanta Ltd., was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant. Q. Were you in leadership roles when you were younger? A. One of the sayings my father would repeat when I was younger was “Always be a leader, never be a follower.” I think […]

Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year—the day on which we are closest to G‑d and to the quintessence of our own souls. It is the Day of Atonement—“For on this day He will forgive you, to purify you, that you be cleansed from all your sins before G‑d” (Leviticus 16:30). For nearly […]

BEIJING –  Apple Inc. has removed some applications from its App Store after developers in China were tricked into using software tools that added malicious code in an unusual security breach. Apple gave no details of which companies were affected. But Tencent Ltd. said its popular WeChat app was affected and the company released a […]

New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has beat out nearly 600 institutions to be named the world’s favourite museum. In TripAdvisor’s Travelers’ Choice Museums list, the Met edged out the Musee d’Orsay in Paris and the Art Institute of Chicago that came in second and third spots respectively, to take the top spot. Winners are […]

Verizon Communications announced on Thursday it would begin to offer roaming wireless service in Cuba next week, becoming the first U.S. company to do so. The announcement by the No. 1 U.S. wireless carrier follows the restoration of diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States in July after 54 years. The United States has […]

By Bill Keveney, USA TODAY BURBANK, Calif. – Visiting the set of The Muppets(ABC, Sept. 22, 8 p.m. ET/PT) makes you feel like a kid again. In the larger sense, it’s the youthful memory ofKermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and the rest of Jim Henson’s menagerie of animal, human and species-defying puppets. In the smaller sense, […]

By Maria Puente, USA TODAY Movie star-turned-politician Arnold Schwarzeneggerwill replace mogul-turned-would-be politician Donald Trump on The Celebrity Apprentice, NBC announced Monday. The former California governor, although he’s not a billionaire like Trump, is a good fit for the show, which will return for the 2016-17 season, the network said. As governor for two terms, Schwarzenegger managed […]

This interview with Patty Stonesifer, chief executive of Martha’s Table, a provider of food and clothing for low-income people, was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant. Q. What were some early influences for you? A. I’m the sixth of nine children. The most notable things about my family were that my parents had to achieve […]

By Tom Warren writing for The Verge Apple is usually the company that hides secret hints in its event invites, but Microsoft is joining in on the fun today, too. Hidden in the full Windows 10 hardware invite, Microsoft embedded some binary code that links to a webpage with a new ninja cat wallpaper. Reddit users were quick to […]

The company is conducting an experiment in how far it can pushwhite-collar workers to get them to achieve its ever-expanding ambitions. By JODI KANTOR and DAVID STREITFELD SEATTLE — On Monday mornings, fresh recruits line up for an orientation intended to catapult them into Amazon’s singular way of working. They are told to forget the […]