Eli Tan

Washington, D.C.

Business Intern

Education: Columbia University, MS in journalism; St. Olaf College, BA in English

Eli Tan is a business reporting intern at The Washington Post. Before The Post, he was a staff writer for CoinDesk, where he covered cryptocurrency and Web3. He lives in Washington, D.C.
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Meta’s Threads tops 100 million users in just 5 days, Zuckerberg says

In less than a week, the Twitter competitor has become one of the most downloaded social media apps in the United States.

July 10, 2023

Judge stays NYC minimum wage rule for delivery app workers

The city had hoped to force companies such as DoorDash, GrubHub and Uber Eats to pay almost $18 an hour starting July 12.

July 7, 2023

App makers sue to halt NYC rule setting $18 hourly wage for food delivery

Uber, DoorDash and Grubhub want a temporary restraining order against the measure, which is slated to take effect July 12

July 6, 2023

Twitter bars unregistered lurkers from peeking at tweets for now

The change is a “temporary emergency measure” to deter third-party scraping of data, company owner Elon Musk said.

June 30, 2023

Grimace shake trend mixes horror with McDonald’s mascot on TikTok

Sales of the fast-food chain’s latest specialty offering have been propelled by videos that use the drink as a prop for skits featuring people pretending to be dead.

June 29, 2023

Affirmative action ruling puts target on corporate diversity programs

Conservative groups and legal experts said the private sector should brace for challenges.

June 29, 2023

Before Titan loss, OceanGate’s submersibles focused on science

OceanGate’s vessels were more than stewards for the ultra-rich, contributing for years to scientific expeditions and assisting academic institutions.

June 24, 2023

This guy paid $6 million for a digital goose owned by a failed crypto fund

The recent sale of an NFT called The Goose shows there’s still some demand for unique digital art, despite the recent downturn in the crypto industry’s fortunes,

June 22, 2023

Boeing, Airbus to sell up to 1,000 airliners to Indian carriers

The massive orders by carriers India Air and IndiGo for hundreds of Boeing and Airbus jets underscore substantial economic growth in India.

June 20, 2023

Eliquis maker Bristol Myers Squibb sues over Medicare plan to cut drug costs

The pharmaceutical giant is challenging a provision in the Inflation Reduction Act that would let Medicare negotiate drug prices.

June 16, 2023