Alana Semuels

1 week ago | time.com | Alana Semuels

(To receive weekly emails of conversations with the world’s top CEOs and decisionmakers, click here.)You might assume it’s not a good time to be the CEO of Booz Allen Hamilton, which makes about 98% of its revenue from government-related work. As part of the Trump Administration’s efficiency purge, the General Services Administration is calling for agencies to cancel contracts with the top 10 highest-paid consulting firms contracting with the federal government, including Booz Allen.

2 weeks ago | time.com | Alana Semuels

After two years of doing their own back-breaking yard work on their acre-and-a-half property in Cold Spring, N.Y., Renata Kero and her husband were ready to finally give in and spend a few thousand dollars to hire a landscaping company. Then they started re-thinking the purchase, given the uncertainty roiling the economy. Tariffs are being levied and reversed. The federal government is cutting jobs across the country. The stock market is historically volatile.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Alana Semuels

Boar's Head deli meats recall notice at a deli counter in a Queens, New York grocery store. Credit - Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesEven before the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) eliminated 10,000 jobs on April 1, people who watched the agency closely were concerned about food safety. Under a Biden-era reorganization, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cut millions of dollars for state-level food inspections, effective this year.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Alana Semuels

Employees of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) stand in line to enter the Mary E. Switzer Memorial Building on April 01, 2025 in Washington, DC. Credit - Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesEmployees of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) knew that mass layoffs would be coming on April 1. But many did not expect the cuts to be so deep—or the implications of the layoffs to be so potentially detrimental to the health and wellbeing of American families.

3 weeks ago | time.com | Alana Semuels

You probably know the story of the crash and burn of WeWork, the co-working startup that, under founder Adam Neumann, soared to a valuation of $47 billion before plummeting to bankruptcy in November 2023. John Santora is writing the company’s second act. The longtime executive, who had been at commercial real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield for 47 years, took the helm of WeWork in June 2024, as it emerged from bankruptcy.