Even a Work Friend needs a break from the office sometimes. Send in your questions about all kinds of money-related extracurriculars: marriage and divorce; windfalls and investment catastrophes; and, of course, anything that happens in a truck. Confide to workfriend@nytimes.com. Contractor Casanova I’m 62. I’ve been a handyman for 40 years. My body is breaking…
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Levi Strauss & Company, the denim company that traces its roots to the days of the California Gold Rush, started trading publicly on Thursday for the second time in its 165-year history. The company’s shares were priced at $17 each, giving it a valuation of roughly $6.6 billion. The stock opened at $22.22 and jumped…
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MELBOURNE, Australia — This cosmopolitan city on the southern coast of Victoria teems with great restaurants of all sorts, and the diners there are often thirsty for wine. Whether the restaurant is Chinese or Japanese, modern Australian or a wine bar that would not be out of place in Bushwick, Brooklyn, its tables are bound…
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Rent the Runway, the company known for lending designer dresses to women for special occasions, has received a new round of financing that increased its valuation to the unicorn level of $1 billion. The valuation announced on Thursday is a milestone for Rent the Runway, which was founded a decade ago and has been working…
DetailsPopcorn can either be good or bad for a person’s health, depending on what goes into making it. On its own, without any added sugar or salt, popcorn makes a nutritious, healthful snack. Popcorn is a type of corn kernel that, when people heat it, it pops to become light and fluffy. Popcorn contains plenty…
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Image Paco Rabanne, spring 2019CreditFirstview Eighteen months ago, Alexandra Connell, who has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, introduced the online marketplace Patti & Ricky, which bills itself as “fashion for people of all abilities.” Among the products is a line of “discreet” sliding bead fidget jewelry from Love Dawne aimed at those with A.D.H.D. and anxiety…
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It’s like being hit with a ton of … blossoms. “The Orchid Show: Singapore,” the New York Botanical Garden’s 17th annual orchid extravaganza, running through April 28, features the natural species and hybridized sensations of Southeast Asia — upward of 70 percent of the display in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. Thousands of them, in…
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El Espace is a column dedicated to news and culture relevant to Latinx communities. Expect politics, arts, analysis, personal essays and more. ¿Lo mejor? It’ll be in Spanish and English, so you can pass it on to your tía, your primo Lalo or anyone else (read: everyone). When Netflix announced this month that it had…
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Courtesy of brands Ahh, the ’90s. If there’s one article of clothing that has become synonymous with the golden era of fashion, music, and pop culture, it’s the slip dress. The delicate, silky garment was once seen as a fashion faux pas—a risqué lingerie piece worn only in the comfort of your home—but when industry…
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The Explorers Club celebrated the 50th anniversary of the lunar landing of Apollo 11 at its March 16 dinner at the Marriott Marquis. A stage full of Apollo astronauts, from left: Harrison Schmitt, Fred Haise, Michael Collins, Alfred Worden, Walter Cunningham, Buzz Aldrin and Rusty Schweickart.