The Sunday Read: ‘The Little Hedge Fund Taking Down Big Oil’
The Daily25 Jul 2021

The Sunday Read: ‘The Little Hedge Fund Taking Down Big Oil’

An activist investment firm won a shocking victory at Exxon Mobil. But can new directors really put the oil giant on a cleaner path?

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Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017

Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017

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Monday, Dec 18, 2017

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There was military footage of unidentified flying objects that couldn’t be explained, and a decade of hidden funding in the defense budget. A Times investigation discovered a shadowy secret program at...

18 Des 201718min

Friday, Dec. 15, 2017

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Student debt levels are soaring — and so are defaults on educational loans. A New York Times investigation found that some creditors are taking extreme measures to get paid. In many cases, those measu...

15 Des 201720min

Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017

Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017

Republican lawmakers have reached a deal on their sweeping tax bill, and they are on track to send it to President Trump by Christmas. Why has such an unpopular plan moved so swiftly through Congress?...

14 Des 201724min

Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017

Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017

Voters in Alabama have elected Doug Jones, a former prosecutor, to the Senate, rejecting the scandal-plagued Roy Moore and giving Democrats a rare victory in a staunchly conservative state. That cuts ...

13 Des 201722min

Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017

Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017

Roy Moore, the Republican Senate candidate in Alabama, has built a legal and political career as a conservative crusader and a man of faith. As voters head to the polls on Tuesday, those early battles...

12 Des 201719min

Monday, Dec. 11, 2017

Monday, Dec. 11, 2017

One day before the polls open in the Alabama special election, many are asking whether voters will find it harder to support Roy Moore or a Democrat. And we take a look at James O’Keefe, the newly emb...

11 Des 201724min

Friday, Dec. 8, 2017

Friday, Dec. 8, 2017

Senator Al Franken, a Democrat, reluctantly announced on Thursday that he would resign, even as he denied accusations of sexual misconduct. What does it tell us that his own party pushed for him to st...

8 Des 201719min

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