Modern capitalism is a study in contrasts. On the one hand, it’s dominated by massive enterprises that tend to become high-cost bureaucracies. On the other hand, these giant firms are increasingly policed by activist shareholders—including private-equity firms—that focus single-mindedly on profits. To its champions, private equity forces companies to cut costs and improve efficiency; profits are deserved. To critics, profits flow mainly from loading companies up with debt; private equity is a sophisticated swindle that often cheats ordinary shareholders....

The “World Wide Rally for Freedom and Democracy” events on March 20 are being widely promoted online, with rallies against coronavirus restrictions and the “tyranny” of the vaccine implementation taking place in countries such as the U.S., Australia, Canada, Japan and Germany. A channel on encrypted messaging service app Telegram promoting the anti-vaccine events across the world currently has more than 35,000 subscribers. There are also dozens of separate “World Wide Demonstration” Telegram channels promoting each planned protest in individual countries....

If you think those who have long challenged the mainstream scientific findings about global warming recognize that the game is over, think again. Yes, 19 million people watched the “Live Earth” concerts last month, titans of corporate America are calling for laws mandating greenhouse cuts, “green” magazines fill newsstands, and the film based on Al Gore’s best-selling book, “An Inconvenient Truth,” won an Oscar. But outside Hollywood, Manhattan and other habitats of the chattering classes, the denial machine is running at full throttle—and continuing to shape both government policy and public opinion....

Only a few weeks after Messi finished ahead of the Bayern Munich star forward in France Football’s vote involving media members around the world, the Globe Soccer Award ceremony didn’t remedy what many felt to be an injustice given the 2021 campaign produced by the Polish forward. It was Kylian Mbappe who came away with the 2021 Globe Soccer award, despite falling well short of Lewandowski’s achievements. The Bayern striker scored 69 goals during the calendar year, widely recognized as second-best scoring year ever and matching Cristiano Ronaldo’s 2013....

Those offerings include the Extreme Off-Road package. GMC is not ready to divulge details about what that package will include on the Hummer EV 3X, but there are indications that it will include many of the staples of a pack by the same name offered on Hummer EV Edition 1 models. On those vehicles, the Extreme Off-Road package includes 35-inch Goodyear Wrangler Territory MT tires wrapped around 18-inch black aluminum wheels, front e-lockers, virtual rear lockers, ball spline half shafts, skid plates, rocker protectors, rubber flooring and inserts, and UltraVision, a suite of technology that enables up to 18 camera views....

Photo Editor Susan Ackerman was given the task of persuading the ““Little Rock Nine’’ to gather in Arkansas. This wasn’t always easy, explains National Correspondent Vern E. Smith, who, along with Senior Writer John Leland, would crisscross the country interviewing them. ““In ‘57 they had horrendous things happen to them, but they were split up in different classes and didn’t really get together to reflect on what they were going through,’’ says Smith....

It’s 1942, and Simon gives us a nuclear family that clearly has some protons missing. Grandma Kurnitz (Irene Worth) is a fearsome German-Jewish tyrant who’s terrorized her children, now grown: Bella (Mercedes Ruehl) is a good-hearted soul who’s not right in the head. Gert (Lauren Klein) is so nervous that she sometimes forgets to stop talking when she inhales, so that her speech is punctuated by death rattles of fear....

In L.A. Story, Steve Martin rushes in where wise men fear to tread and makes merry sport with the city of the angels. As both the writer and star, Martin brings a puckish sense of irony that sets the right tone of sunny, silly disenchantment: the movie’s a fond sendup. It’s also Martin’s most personal film: call it his sunbaked version of “Annie Hall.” He plays antic TV weatherman Harris K....

The contract’s fine print focused on just a few areas of law, like those involving defective products. But big business and other groups worried about being sued privately warned that the GOP would get only one shot at legal reform and should, as a key lobbyist said, ““go for the nuclear bomb.’’ So the House Republican leadership plans to offer a radical floor amendment clamping down on lawsuits over medical malpractice, auto accidents, airline crashes, sexual harassment and all other personal-injury (or ““tort’’) cases....

“Since I got hurt, it’s been, I don’t know, it just seems like things haven’t really went my way — and that’s fine,” Eichel told ESPN’s “The Point” host John Buccigross. “People deal with adversity and this is no different. It’s just, it’s definitely been a long process, kind of dragged out … and just a lot of drama that you don’t really want to deal with. But I guess you just learn to and I’m just happy to be on the other side of it....

In the funny footage, shared to TikTok by an account called Hudsonbegood, the dog, whose name is Hudson, is being walked on leash around a shopping center in New York. As the animals goes round the corner and sees some escalators leading up to the next floor the pet immediately panics and turns around, pulling back on the leash. The video is set to audio of a man saying: “Immediately no....

In a post shared on Instagram, the dog’s owner, Amy Purdy, explained that when they got the golden retriever he was just a puppy and she was going through surgeries on her leg so he never saw her stand up for two years. “His reaction was concern & confusion,” she said. Purdy, who has over 452,000 followers on Instagram, is an American actress, model, motivational speaker, and three times paralympics medalist in para-snowboarding....

The defending champion shot a 5-under 67 on Saturday to move to 13 under and pull away from England's Richard Finch at Leopard Creek. Victor Riu of France was another shot back at 10 under. Schwartzel, the 2011 Masters champion, led after three rounds at the South African Open last weekend before slipping up on the final day. He carded five birdies and no bogeys to lead outright with a round to play at the Alfred Dunhill, which he won by a dominant 12 shots a year ago for his last European Tour win and only victory on the circuit since the triumph at the 2011 Masters....

Creamer's putt curled across the 18th green and then rolled slowly down the slope and directly into the hole. She ran across the green, then fell to her knees and put her head on the ground, laughing and pounding the grass. MORE: Tiger Woods at Honda Classic | Leaderboard via Golf.com "It's one of those putts where if you just get it in the right spot, it's going to fall down," she said....

With five tournaments remaining on the 2013 LPGA schedule, Pettersen is second to Park on the money list and in the Rolex Player of the Year rankings. Pettersen, who also won here in 2007, beat Scotland's Catriona Matthew on the third playoff hole to win last year's tournament. The Norwegian is coming off a tie for third at last week's LPGA Malaysia and has three victories this season including one major title at the Evian Championship....

Heavy rains have forced numerous delays at TPC Louisiana this week, resulting in the tour cutting the event to 54-holes to finish on Monday. MORE: Tiger might play at Memorial | Zurich Classic to finish Monday Horschel was hanging around with some of the other players waiting to find out if they were going to play again Sunday, when he gave the camera crew a not-so-friendly piece of his mind....

Mark Hubbard wanted to rub it in just a bit more. The PGA golfer and Denver native trolled Oilers and Canadian hockey fans on Thursday at the Canadian Open, donning a Nathan MacKinnon Avalanche shirt over his golf apparel during Round 1. Edmonton was the last remaining Canadian team in the running to win the Stanley Cup Final after three made the playoffs. The Oilers knocked out their Alberta rivals, the Flames, in the second round, and the Maple Leafs were eliminated by the Lightning in the first....