About 140 years ago, a botanist named Addison Brown noticed an unfamiliar red-tendriled plant growing around Red Hook, Brooklyn. Trade had lately picked up, he told readers of the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club in 1879, and as ships arrived, they dumped thousands of tons of ballast — earth …

Stephen Lam | Reuters Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks on stage during the annual Facebook F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, U.S., April 18, 2017. Facebook is set for strong earnings with healthy advertisement revenue growth and a stock set to pop another 22 percent over the …

CME announced Tuesday it plans to launch bitcoin futures in the fourth quarter, pending regulatory review. Bitcoin rose to a record high above $6,400 Tuesday morning, according to CoinDesk, after the announcement by the world’s largest futures exchange. “Given increasing client interest in the evolving cryptocurrency markets, we have decided …

John Moore | Getty Images British Prime Minister Theresa May walks through the headquarters of the United Nations on September 19, 2017 in New York City. British Prime Minister Theresa May has promised to take action to protect government staff against sexual harassment, as allegations grow of inappropriate behavior by …

Photo Credit Ron Frehm/Associated Press.. Recipients of the Nobel Prize in Literature inevitably see renewed interest in their work, and one publisher is banking on especially high regard for the first literal rock star to win it. Simon & Schuster today released a special edition of Mr. Dylan’s Nobel lecture, …

On Wall Street, it’s sometimes possible to see a rainbow—and maybe even find a pot of gold—without having to suffer through a downpour first. That’s the happy spin on the historical record of stock performance in years when the market prances unscathed through typically tough months of the year. Rather …

To nobody’s surprise, their plan is foiled at the last minute, thanks in no small part to Jackson’s prodigal son, Mick, played by Michael Viruet as a Jimi Hendrix-esque rogue prone to flashing his nipple rings and manscaped torso. While I am not a professional historian, these do not appear …

David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Elon Musk, chairman and chief executive officer of Tesla Motors, speaks during an event at the company’s headquarters in Palo Alto, California. Tesla will likely disappoint when it reports September quarter earnings, but investors should focus on the long term and retain …

Francois Durand | Getty Images Jack Dorsey attends the ‘#SheInspiresMe: Twitter celebrates female voices & visionaries’ event in Cannes, France. Twitter, Google and Facebook representatives will testify before Congress on Tuesday, revealing just how much of a role Russia had in spreading information on social networks during the presidential campaign. …

Before the demonstration on Monday, several women’s rights groups, including Osez le Féminisme, had called for the retrospective to be canceled. Photo Mr. Polanski arriving at the film institute on Monday. Credit Yoan Valat/European Pressphoto Agency An online petition signed by more than 28,000 people criticized the timing of the …