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Three months ago, things were looking pretty good for Tim Fulton and Ramper Innovations, a manufacturer of airplane equipment based in Sitka, Alaska.Mr. Fulton was spending his days inside his workshop doing what he loved: building the company’s main product — a fold-up conveyor belt that unfurls in the belly of a plane to load and unload cargo or luggage. He had an order from the U.S. Air Force that he was confident would serve as a catalyst and bring in new customers from Asia and the Middle East while luring potential investors.Then, the tariffs from President Trump struck.The New…

Same cereal. Same sugary taste. Different hues.A box of Froot Loops sold in the United States contains vivid rings of red, orange, green, purple, yellow and blue — neon colors derived from synthetic dyes, like Red No. 40, Yellow No. 5, Blue No. 1 and Yellow No. 6. In a box sold in Canada, the colored rings obtain paler shades from the juices of blueberries, watermelon and huito, an Amazonian fruit. And not a single one is blue.The manufacturer in both countries, WK Kellogg, formerly known as the Kellogg Company, can clearly make Froot Loops without synthetic dyes. The question…

Good morning. John T. Edge brought us this recipe for a Seattle-style chicken teriyaki, adapted from one by Sujan Shrestha, many years ago: salty-sweet and garlic-gingery, with a starch-thickened, glossy sauce that pairs beautifully with rice and broccoli. I make the dish with less sugar and more pineapple juice than John calls for and only marinate the chicken for a few hours before cooking. Cook’s choice.Featured RecipeChicken TeriyakiView Recipe →Sometimes I make it with steak tips and a lot more soy sauce, and serve the result with fries. That’s a regional teriyaki, too: a dish that nods at one served…

Firings, resignations and delays in seasonal hiring have clouded the coming vacation season at the 433 sites and 85 million acres managed by the National Park Service. Parks are already closing campgrounds, cutting hours and reducing services, and insiders are predicting a challenging summer.Weeks after President Trump took office, the administration abruptly dismissed more than 1,000 permanent, full-time N.P.S. workers, and at least 700 more took buyouts. The park service usually operates with about 20,000 total employees, including approximately 7,000 seasonal workers.Conflicting court rulings have since reinstated laid-off employees and then given the government permission to fire them again. Another…

Shares of blank-check firm Cantor Equity Partners soared 42 per cent on Friday, extending a scorching rally from the previous session as retail investors flocked to the stock.Over 2,200 users on Stocktwits.com, a social media platform for retail investors, added the stock to their watchlist after the company announced a $3.6 billion crypto venture on Wednesday.The venture, Twenty One Capital, aims to be a publicly traded bitcoin-holding company that lets investors gain exposure to the cryptocurrency without directly owning it.Once a niche idea, bitcoin-holding firms have gained traction after the exponential growth of Michael Saylor’s Strategy, whose shares have jumped…

In a remote and lushly forested area of a single mountain range on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, scientists have discovered a carnivorous caterpillar species that makes a living in such a macabre way that they have nicknamed it the “bone collector.”The caterpillar prowls spider webs to scavenge trapped and helpless victims such as ants, beetles, weevils and flies, the researchers said. The crafty caterpillar camouflages itself from the spider, which would happily eat it, by hiding its body inside a case it fashions from its own silk and adorns it with inedible body parts that it collected from the…

LONDON :Marks & Spencer stopped taking online orders in the UK and Ireland on Friday following a cyber attack which it reported earlier in the week, an announcement which sent its shares down by 5 per cent. The British company, which sells its clothing and homeware ranges through its website and app, said it made the decision as part of “proactive management” of the incident. “Our experienced team – supported by leading cyber experts – is working extremely hard to restart online and app shopping,” the company said on X, apologising for the inconvenience and stating that its stores remained…

Sri Lanka has reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund on a fourth review of an Extended Fund Facility bailout, the IMF said on Friday.On approval by the IMF Executive Board, Sri Lanka will have access to about $344 million in financing, the IMF said in a statement. Sri Lanka, which plunged into financial crisis due to a record shortage of dollars three years ago, has recovered strongly since securing a four-year program from the global lender in March 2023.An IMF team was in Sri Lanka this month but agreement proved elusive amid trade turmoil triggered by the…

In late 2023, Israel was aiming to assassinate Ibrahim Biari, a top Hamas commander in the northern Gaza Strip who had helped plan the Oct. 7 massacres. But Israeli intelligence could not find Mr. Biari, who they believed was hidden in the network of tunnels underneath Gaza.So Israeli officers turned to a new military technology infused with artificial intelligence, three Israeli and American officials briefed on the events said. The technology was developed a decade earlier but had not been used in battle. Finding Mr. Biari provided new incentive to improve the tool, so engineers in Israel’s Unit 8200, the…

It is in a president’s interest to ensure that the economy and the stock market are strong. Yet the Trump administration has been doing just the opposite.The mood in the markets has been upbeat this week, largely because the president and his advisers softened their stances, rolling back some of their threats toward both China and the Federal Reserve. Periods of relative calm like this last one have been a relief, but they haven’t lasted long, for good reasons.Start with President Trump’s imposition of tariffs on countries around the world, especially his decision to start a trade war with China.…