Kevin Draper

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Kevin Draper

“There are no cash registers in the home office.”It’s a mantra at Walmart and a reminder that every dollar earned comes from its nearly 11,000 stores worldwide. Everything done at its corporate headquarters in Bentonville, Ark., is an expense. For decades that expense was minimal — the retailer’s main office was a spartan distribution center with wood-paneled offices and few windows. Most of the white-collar employees here were focused on merchandising and logistics.

1 week ago | thestar.com.my | Eshe Nelson |Kevin Draper

JUST a few days after the United States and Britain announced to much fanfare that they had agreed to lower some tariffs and create a US$5bil export opportunity for American beef, ethanol and other agricultural products in Britain, US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins touched down in London. She came with a clear message for her British counterparts: the agreement was just the first step.

1 month ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Kevin Draper |Juliet Macur

Share At college, at temple and at the embassy where she worked, Sarah Milgrim was known for bringing people together.“Sarah was a link, a powerful, radiant link,” Rabbi Stephanie Kramer told a synagogue overflowing with mourners on Tuesday in Overland Park, Kan., just days after Ms. Milgrim was one of two Israeli Embassy workers killed outside a Jewish museum in Washington.Standing near the casket draped with an Israeli flag, as hundreds watched online, the rabbi added that Ms. Milgrim had...

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Kevin Draper |Juliet Macur

Shooting Outside D.C. Jewish Museum At the funeral for Sarah Milgrim, who was killed outside a Jewish museum in Washington last week, the Israeli embassy aide was mourned as someone who wanted to help everyone. Sarah Milgrim was known for bringing people together, at college, at temple and at the embassy where she worked. At a synagogue overflowing with mourners and with hundreds watching online, those who eulogized her on Tuesday in Overland Park, Kan.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Eshe Nelson |Kevin Draper

The countries' trade agreement is just a first step, U.S. officials say. But British consumers are still skeptical of American food production. Just a few days after the United States and Britain announced to much fanfare that they had agreed to lower some tariffs and create a $5 billion export opportunity for American beef, ethanol and other agricultural products in Britain, Brooke Rollins, the U.S. secretary of agriculture, touched down in London.