Bob Dylan, in his 2004 memoir, “Chronicles: Volume One,” cited Mr. Paley as an important influence on his music. Mr. Paley also taught the Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia and the young Ry Cooder some of the finer points of the acoustic guitar. Mr. Paley played with the Ramblers from 1958 …

General Motors shares climbed Monday after Deutsche Bank said a meeting with the automaker’s management “confirmed” expectations GM could launch self-driving vehicles “well ahead of competitors.” Shares of GM rose more than 4 percent Monday to a record, surpassing a previous high from December 2013. “GM confirmed that their [autonomous …

David Butow | Corbis | Getty Images Workers assemble cars on the line at the Tesla’s factory in Fremont, California. Tesla delivered 26,150 vehicles in the third quarter, up 4.5 percent from the same time last year. Of the total, 14,065 were Model S, 11,865 were Model X, and 220 …

The film travels with Ms. Varda and JR, as they drive his photo-booth truck to hamlets, factories and ports in France; take giant images of residents and laborers; and paste them onto buildings, water tanks and any other surface they can beautify — bringing those so often unseen to the …

Robert Galbraith | Reuters Ellen Pao arrives at San Francisco Superior Court, March 24, 2015. Former Reddit CEO and venture investor Ellen Pao said in a Recode Decode podcast that at one time the social media site was completely overwhelmed by demand for naked celebrity pics. Pao told Recode founder …

“As opposed to terrorism or drugs, there is no clear enemy with climate change,” he said. “We’re all participating in the climate crisis — if there is an enemy, it’s us. And it’s hard to go to war against ourselves.” And when climate change is depicted on screen, it’s often …

Home Depot shares hit an all-time high Monday, and a technician says there’s more room to run. The home improvement chain has been on a tear, but despite its strong performance this year, the stock, a member of the Dow Jones industrial average, has still underperformed the broader market, according …

There was no green room at the humble Pocket Theater in 1963, Mr. Wolff later told me. They had some pillows backstage, he said, but the event was casual. Some players even left at one point to have dinner in Chinatown. Photo John Cale, in front on the piano bench, …

Getty Images | Sacramento Bee Shawn Johnson of the United States performs her gold-medal winning routine on the balance beam in individual apparatus finals on Tuesday, August 19, 2008, in the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing, China. “My head began to spin with disbelief, because in that instant …

The sharp declines in oil futures on Monday put the commodity on pace to confirm a trend that has held in many fourth quarters past: U.S. crude does not typically perform well in the final three months of the year. Oil prices have been on a tear lately, rising on …