Business Newspaper Front Page on Wooden Desk

A photorealistic overhead three-quarter view of a folded financial newspaper on a dark wooden desk, styled like a prestigious American business daily from the 1980s–2000s. The newspaper features crisp realistic newsprint texture, subtle paper wrinkles, slightly worn folded edges, and warm morning sunlight casting diagonal window-shadow bands across the surface. The newspaper sits slightly rotated clockwise. At the top, the dominant masthead reads in large classic serif capitals: "[THE WALL STREET DAILY.]". Directly underneath is a thin header strip with financial-paper details: "DOW JONES", "News Corp", the date line "MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2026 – VOL. CCLXXXV NO. 90", "WSJ.com", a row of stars, and price "$5.00". The lead article occupies the upper center-left with a large bold serif headline reading "[Cook to Step Down as Apple CEO; Ternus Named Successor]", followed by a smaller serif subheadline: "Transition caps 15-year run; company pivots to AI-driven future", and byline in small caps: "By Tim Higgins" and "And Joanna Stern". Dense, fully legible multi-column body text in authentic journalistic prose covers Tim Cook stepping down as Apple CEO, John Ternus succeeding him, company growth, and AI strategy. To the right of the lead story is a black-and-white engraved stipple portrait of a male executive in a collared shirt and jacket, with a pale gray square censor block over the eyes and upper nose. Top right features a sidebar box titled "What’s New" containing two subsections: "Business & Finance" with 3 bullet-point briefs, and "World-Wide" with 4 bullet-point briefs, all legible in small serif font. Below the main story runs a secondary banner article titled "Silicon Valley Braces for New Chapter in AI Arms Race" by Liz Hoffman, with short text columns. To its right is a compact markets table titled "Markets" with 4 rows: "DOW JONES", "S&P 500", "NASDAQ", and "10-YR. TREASURY" showing realistic index numbers and changes. Along the bottom are three teaser boxes: 1. "Heard on the Street" – "Why Investors Are Rethinking Big Tech" (Page B12) 2. "Markets" – "Earnings Season Lifts Stocks Despite Rate Uncertainty" (Page B1) 3. "Inside" – "Private Credit Sees Inflow Surge as Yields Stay High" (Page B14) Surrounding environment: a white ceramic cup filled with black coffee in the upper-right corner, dark-framed reading eyeglasses resting near the bottom-right corner of the paper, and the cropped rim of a dark tumbler or lens in the upper-left corner. Clean newspaper grid typography, thin column dividing rules, justified text, and natural lighting.