In April 2011, the editors of Disunion, The New York Times’s series on the Civil War, convened a panel of historians to mark the 150th anniversary of the Confederate assault on Fort Sumter and the ...

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Editor’s note: Marc Andreessen’s venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz, has invested just under $50 million in Bitcoin-related start-ups. The firm is actively searching for more Bitcoin-based ...

With a merger, American Airlines ends a yearlong courtship of US Airways. 8:53 a.m. | Updated Ending a yearlong courtship by US Airways, American Airlines agreed to merge with the smaller carrier, ...

Morgan Stanley has reached an agreement to take full control of the Smith Barney retail brokerage joint venture, a business that it has called a crucial part of its future. The deal announced on ...

A weekly column on the science and culture of eating. At a time when almost three-quarters of the country is overweight or obese, it comes as no surprise that junk foods are the largest source of ...

Facebook is not waiting for its initial public offering to make its first big purchase. In its largest acquisition to date, the social network has purchased Instagram, the popular photo-sharing ...

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Nature provides plenty of reasons for parents to adore their newborns. The giant eyes, the adorable coos, the flawless skin. But in the days following the birth of my son in May, it was his fresh, ...

Learn about key events in history and their connections to today. On April 20, 1971, the United States Supreme Court upheld the use of busing to achieve racial desegregation in schools. In 1954, in ...

Facebook has finally closed the book on its long-running, multi-front legal battle with the rival college social network ConnectU — but not before a new question was raised about Facebook’s supposed ...