New York Times - International Businesses

A sense of danger spread like a wave among high-profile politicians and journalists as an emergency unfolded at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.Secret Service members responding after the sound of gunfire at the Washington Hilton on Saturday.

Lionsgate estimated on Saturday that the Michael Jackson biopic would collect more than $200 million over its first few days in theaters.Weekend ticket sales in North America for “Michael” could reach $95 million. Box office analysts had expected about $70 million.

Even a Times reporter qualified for the event, which caused outrage last year for providing access to President Trump in exchange for investment in one of his family’s crypto ventures.

The industry’s murky supply chain has long attracted scammers and con artists. In the words of one expert, “Wine and fraud go hand in hand.”

The leases on hundreds of thousands of battery-powered cars and trucks will end in the next three years, and many will end up on used-car lots.Analysts say lower prices of used electric cars and the surging cost of gasoline will encourage more people to consider models that they may have found too expensive earlier.