Tim Robinson‘s new comedy series “The Chair Company” will premiere on HBO and HBO Max on Oct. 12. Co-created by Robinson and his “I Think You Should Leave” collaborator Zach Kanin, the show follows a ...

Twelve million Americans work for companies owned by private equity firms. In a new book, the journalist Megan Greenwell traces the arrangement’s considerable human costs. By Jennifer Szalai When you ...

Schewels Home, a Virginia-based furniture retailer, has acquired Butterworth’s Furniture in Petersburg. The acquisition is among the largest in Schewels Home's 127-year history. Butterworth’s ...

After almost a century of family ownership, Butterworth’s Furniture in Petersburg has been purchased by a Virginia-based furniture retailer. Terms of the deal, which was announced June 18 by the buyer ...

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI has acquired the tech billionaire’s social media platform X in a blockbuster deal that values X at $33 billion. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO made the ...

Elon Musk on Friday evening announced he has sold his social media company, X, to xAI, his artificial intelligence company. xAI will pay $45 billion for X, slightly more than Musk paid for it in 2022, ...

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — There are dozens of stores that make up Rhode Island’s past. Those stores included the Outlet Company, Shepard’s, Almacs, Bradlees, Ann and Hope, Apex, Benny’s and ...

Peter A. Vagi of Boca Raton, FL. and previously of Weston, MA. passed away on Monday, February 10, 2025 at the age of 97. He was born and raised in Budapest, Hungary, loving son of Sandor and Malvin ...

Jessica Alba is not only a successful actress but also a businesswoman thanks to her brand, The Honest Company — but her estranged husband, Cash Warren, has links to the brand as well. Alba, 43, ...

A Chelmsford retail plaza leased to a group of national tenants sold for the first time since its development in the early 1970s. Concord-based Winstanley Enterprises partnered with Surrey Equities of ...

HBO has formally ordered “The Chair Company,” the comedy series starring and co-created by Tim Robinson. The project was originally announced with a pilot order back in April. Robinson co-created the ...

After more than 150 years, the Campbell Soup Company is dropping "soup" from its name. The iconic brand has branched out into much broader territory since it was founded as the Anderson & Campbell ...