PRESS DIGEST-New York Times business news - August 13
HD•Thrive Holdings raises $2 billion
Thrive Holdings, which buys up traditional service providers like accounting businesses and infuses them with A.I., said that it had raised $2 billion in new funding, valuing it at $12 billion.
Home Depot CEO to take temporary medical leave
Home Depot said its CEO Ted Decker will take a temporary medical leave of absence and is expected to return within the next few months, with two executives appointed to do Decker's job in the interim.
Treasury halts collection of private company ownership data
The U.S. Treasury Department said that it was permanently halting the collection of data about the ownership of private American companies that was required as part of the 2021 Corporate Transparency Act.
Trump says White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will leave role
U.S. President Donald Trump said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will leave her role at the end of the month to spend more time with her family, after the latter recently returned from maternity leave.
