by Victoria Johnson. Church was “the emblematic artist of the middle decades of America’s nineteenth century,” according to The New Yorker. This “lively” biography shows how he “did for America what John Constable and JMW Turner had done for Britain,” painting landscapes that defined the nation’s image of itself. Buy ...
Netflix wades into the M&A gameNetflix wades into the M&A game
The Scene It failed in a bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. Then, it bowed out of its pursuit of Roku, according to people involved in the sale process. Netflix is increasingly showing up in the marketplace for giant deals, marking a territory for the company that historically said it prefers ...
How Amazon Business made business buying smart by rebuilding its consumer platform for companiesHow Amazon Business made business buying smart by rebuilding its consumer platform for companies
In this special episode of Compound Interest, Semafor’s Chief Commercial Officer Rachel Oppenheim sits down with Todd Heimes, Vice President and General Manager at our season sponsor, Amazon Business. Todd and Rachel sit down to discuss how Amazon Business is reshaping how organizations buy. Heimes has been scaling Amazon since ...
Hormuz will never really be open againHormuz will never really be open again
Tim’s view The US-Iran de-escalation deal may bring oil tanker traffic back to something resembling the pre-war norm, but the global energy trade will never be the same. Oil prices will very likely fall — Goldman Sachs lowered its fourth-quarter Brent forecast from $90 to $80 per barrel on Monday. ...
Oil prices hit three-month low over US-Iran truceOil prices hit three-month low over US-Iran truce
Wall Street is looking favorably on the prospects for a US-Iran peace deal. Oil prices fell to a three-month low Monday (although still above pre-war levels) and several major banks cut their price forecasts. Natural gas prices could also see relief if Qatar follows through on plans to return to ...
‘At first, the idea does sound crazy’: meet the scientists trying to refreeze the Arctic‘At first, the idea does sound crazy’: meet the scientists trying to refreeze the Arctic
Sea ice is melting fast, worsening the climate crisis, but a bold attempt to rethicken it is showing early signs of success ‘This would have been a wild dream a year ago,” says Andrea Ceccolini, standing on Arctic sea ice just a 4-mile snowmobile ride from the Inuit town of ...
Even if Iran benefits from this deal with Washington, any peace is likely to be temporary | Sina ToossiEven if Iran benefits from this deal with Washington, any peace is likely to be temporary | Sina Toossi
The regime has learned it must extract concessions rather than promises from the US, but any permanent deal still depends on ending the war in Lebanon To understand why Iran agreed to the memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the United States to end the war, one must first understand how ...
‘He liked that people were scared of him’: my year unpicking fantasy and reality with a veteran of Italy’s football ultras‘He liked that people were scared of him’: my year unpicking fantasy and reality with a veteran of Italy’s football ultras
I’ve met many hardcore, violent fans, but the hostage-negotiating, cocaine-smuggling, Marxist-Leninist Alessandro Casolari still stood out I had heard the name Alessandro Casolari on and off for years. From 2016 onwards, when I was researching my book on Italy’s ultras – a cross between English football hooligans and Hells Angels ...
How the fight over US datacenters is scrambling this state’s politics: ‘We don’t want it’How the fight over US datacenters is scrambling this state’s politics: ‘We don’t want it’
Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania’s governor, squares off with state lawmakers over the facilities powering an AI boom A controversial haunted house near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, taps into its dark history every fall to scare tens of thousands of visitors. In 1968, a local news station documented appalling conditions for disabled people in ...
Some college, no degree: the Americans who find it impossible to graduateSome college, no degree: the Americans who find it impossible to graduate
They all begin college with hope, and leave without the credential they believed would shape the rest of their lives due to financial instability, family, illness Story and photographs by Rachel Bujalski Everyone knows the feeling of leaving something unfinished. A half-written novel. A business idea scribbled into a notebook. ...