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Jake Burton Carpenter, the pioneer who brought snowboarding to the masses and helped turn the sport into a billion-dollar business and Olympic showpiece, has died at 65. He died Wednesday night in Burlington, Vermont, according to an email sent to the staff of the company he founded. Carpenter had emailed his staff this month saying, “You will not believe this,...

Manuel Henriquez has resigned as CEO of Hercules Capital and TPG executive William McGlashan has been placed on indefinite leave at the private equity firm after they were accused in a scam to help their children get into top colleges. The two were among 50 people charged in what investigators said was a $25 million bribery scam. Henriquez, 55, resigned...

Manuel Henriquez has resigned as CEO of Hercules Capital and TPG executive William McGlashan has been placed on indefinite leave at the private equity firm after they were accused in a scam to help their children get into top colleges. The two were among 50 people charged in what investigators said was a $25 million bribery scam. Henriquez, 55, resigned...

Top executives from Google, Microsoft, IBM, Oracle and Qualcomm are planning to meet at the White House amid strained ties between President Donald Trump’s administration and the tech industry. The White House says the Thursday meeting will address efforts to advance American leadership in innovation and how that will affect jobs, industries and the economy. Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Microsoft...

Chipotle, hoping to rebuild its business after a series of food safety scares, has named an executive from fast-food chain Taco Bell as its next CEO. Brian Niccol, chief executive at Taco Bell chain for three years, will start at Chipotle next month. He’ll be tasked with helping turn around the burrito chain, which has long positioned itself as a...

NBC has apologized to South Koreans for an on-air remark by an analyst that cited Japan as an example that has been important to the country’s own transformation. The remark was made by analyst Joshua Cooper Ramo during NBC’s coverage of Friday’s opening ceremony. He was noting the significance of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit. “Every Korean will tell...

Watch as the colossal bagel is built from scratch and then cut with a saw.

Kate Upton is speaking out against Guess, the brand that helped make the model famous, and its chief creative officer and former co-CEO Paul Marciano, known as the “genius” behind the denim house.

It was dawn on the set of “Blade Runner 2049” and Harrison Ford and director Denis Villeneuve were swimming back to the shore together after an all-night shoot in a million-gallon water tank. It was cold in the water. It was cold outside. And it was just one night out of a dozen that they’d be spending their sleeping hours...

Full service has resumed on commuter rail lines into New York’s Penn Station after a two-month repair project. New Jersey Transit, Long Island Rail Road and Amtrak trains resumed their normal schedules on Tuesday. Amtrak wrapped up an extensive summertime track repair project at New York’s Penn Station on Thursday that officials had warned could create an infernal bottleneck...

Summer of hell or summer of swell? Andrew Siff was on the ground with commuters as normal service returned to Penn Station.

It was billed as the “summer of hell.” Thankfully, it was more like the summer of “meh,” New York rail commuters say.

Commuters’ rides to and from work are about to go back to normal as the ‘summer of hell’ comes to an end. Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

A plan to upgrade part of Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor in order to accommodate high speed rail travel was supposed to be completed last month — but the I-Team has learned the railroad operator is now projecting a finish date of November 2018. Chris Glorioso reports.

A plan to upgrade part of Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor in order to accommodate high speed rail travel was supposed to be completed last month — but the I-Team has learned the railroad operator is now projecting a finish date of November 2018.

Chipotle closed a store in Sterling, Virginia, after a “small number” of customers reported symptoms consistent with norovirus after eating at the restaurant.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel met with President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday morning at Trump Tower in New York City, touching on a variety of issues, including transportation, investment in infrastructure, job creation and, perhaps most importantly, immigration.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel met with President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday morning at Trump Tower in New York.