By Ben Woolsey and Emily Starbuck Gerson As far back as the late 1800s, consumers and merchants exchanged goods through the concept of credit, using credit coins and charge plates as currency.  It wasn’t until about half a century ago that plastic payments as we know them today became a way of life. Early beginnings In the early 1900s, […]

This interview with Peter Miller, the chief executive of Optinose, a pharmaceutical company, was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant. Q. Were you in leadership roles or entrepreneurial when you were younger? A. I did have a real passion and an interest in business for some reason. Part of it was just finding ways to […]

by Tori Avey writing for PBS Second only to oil, coffee is the most valuable legally traded commodity in the world. We love it, we rely on it, and we drink it in massive quantities. It is estimated that 2.25 billion cups of coffee are consumed each day worldwide. New Yorkers are said to drink […]

By Christopher Klein written for History.com in 2013 1. Vatican City is the smallest country in the world. Encircled by a 2-mile border with Italy, Vatican City is an independent city-state that covers just over 100 acres, making it one-eighth the size of New York’s Central Park. Vatican City is governed as an absolute monarchy with […]

Yankees legend Yogi Berra passed away on Tuesday at the age of 90. An 18-time All-Star, Berra appeared in 14 World Series as a member of the Yankees and won 10 of them. Berra’s contributions to MLB history are incalculable, but his legacy might be even better remembered for what he contributed to American language. […]

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 […]