NY Times: The Brooks Running C.E.O. on Beating Cancer, and Leading With Purpose - Jim Weber, the chief executive of Brooks Running, was a devoted distance runner. Then came cancer. - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/01/business/brooks-running-jim-weber.html -

NY Times: How Panera Bread Navigated Covid, the Labor Market, Inflation and More - Niren Chaudhary took over as C.E.O. just before the pandemic. He now has the company focused on climate change. - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/15/business/panera-niren-chaudhary-corner-office.html -

NY Times: In Venice, a Young Boatman Steers a Course of His Own - “What I ask myself all the time is, ‘What is a man?’” says Edoardo Beniamin, a trans man training to join his father’s profession as a gondolier. - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/16/style/venice-gondolier-transgender.html -

NY Times: How a Dollar General Employee Went Viral on TikTok - Mary Gundel loved managing a store in Tampa, Fla. But when she detailed its challenges on social media, the company — and fellow employees — took notice. - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/18/business/dollar-general-tiktok.html -

NY Times: An Optimist at the Helm of IBM - Arvind Krishna is trying to stay in touch with the company’s roots as he confronts today’s challenges. - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/13/business/arvind-krishna-ibm-corner-office.html -

NY Times: A ‘Period Dignity Officer’ Seemed Like a Good Idea. Until a Man Was Named. - The job in the Scottish region of Tayside was eliminated after a groundswell of anger that a man would be overseeing, or ‘mansplaining,’ menstruation policy. - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/06/world/europe/scotland-free-period-products.html -

NY Times: Day 23: On Christmas Day, No Rest for the Weary. (Or the Guy Who Feeds the Penguins.) - For a biologist in San Francisco, Dec. 25 will bring not presents and mistletoe, but beak trims and fish guts. - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/23/style/christmas-tradition-penguin-feeding.html -

NY Times: With Layoffs, Retailers Aim to Be Safe Rather Than Sorry (Again) - Companies that ramped up hiring in areas like technology over the past few years are cutting back as customers slow their spending. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/business/retail-jobs-layoffs.html -

NY Times: When Clothes Fly Off, This Intimacy Coordinator Steps In - Jessica Steinrock’s work on intimate scenes in film has come to prominence as the entertainment industry reels from the litany of sexual abuses brought to light by the #MeToo movement. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/02/business/intimacy-coordinator-sex-scenes-film-jessica-steinrock.html -

NY Times: How Janelle Jones’s Story About Black Women and the Economy Caught On - The first Black woman to serve as chief economist at the Labor Department advanced the idea that lifting up people on the margins helps everyone else, too. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/13/business/economy-black-women-labor-union-janelle-jones.html -

NY Times: How African Restaurant Baobab Fare Found Success in Detroit - Hamissi Mamba, a refugee from Burundi, knew little of American culture when he arrived eight years ago and learned English watching the “Peppa Pig” cartoon. But he opened his dream restaurant, and the accolades have rolled in. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/15/dining/baobab-fare-restaurant-detroit.html -

NY Times: For Founders of Small Businesses, the Personal Story Matters - A business owner’s personal story can bolster trust in a brand, experts say. But what happens when they share hardships like homelessness, addiction or incarceration in company marketing? - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/28/business/small-business-owners-champion-pizza-rethink-ice-cream.html -

NY Times: The Unemployment Gap Between Black and White New Yorkers Is Widening - The unemployment rate for Black New Yorkers rose to 12.2 percent in the first quarter of the year, while the white unemployment rate dropped to 1.3 percent, a new report says. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/28/jobs/black-unemployment-rate-nyc.html -

NY Times: Once an Evangelist for Airbnbs, She Now Crusades for Affordable Housing - Precious Price ditched her profitable business of renting home stays to tourists to combat the mounting housing crisis. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/12/business/airbnb-short-term-rental-discrimination-housing.html -

NY Times: Restaurant Chain Franchises Face Scrutiny From the FTC - Troubles at the restaurant chain Burgerim highlight concerns about whether franchisees need more protection in their contracts with franchisers. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/26/business/burgerim-ftc-franchise.html -

NY Times: Pivots That Helped Businesses Through the Pandemic Have Endured - A challenging time proved to be fertile ground for experimentation that continues to pay off. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/08/business/business-pivoting-covid.html -

NY Times: U.S. Reaches Deal With Iran to Free Americans for Jailed Iranians and Funds - Five American detainees will eventually be allowed to leave Iran in exchange for Tehran gaining access to $6 billion for humanitarian purposes and the United States freeing several jailed Iranians. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/us/politics/iran-us-prisoner-swap.html -

NY Times: It’s Never Too Late to Become a Nurse - During the pandemic, Joanna Patchett spent 18 harrowing months in the intensive care unit. She discovered that medicine isn’t just about science — it’s also about heart. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/28/health/nursing-school-program.html -

NY Times: Russian Influencer Ksenia Sobchak on the War: Resistance Is Futile, So Find Ways to Cope - Ksenia Sobchak, one of the best known media figures still in Russia, says her fatalistic stance just reflects a grim reality. Some liberals call her a Kremlin stooge, while hawks see her as disloyal. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/world/europe/ksenia-sobchak-putin-russia-ukraine-war.html -

NY Times: Guggenheim Museum Staff Ratifies Union Contract - The contract will provide an average salary increase of 11 percent, similar to what other museum workers across the country have obtained during the industry’s multiyear union push. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/08/arts/design/guggenheim-union-ratify.html -