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Asia
Chinese TikTok food blogger fined almost $20,000 after eating a great white shark she bought online
Biden’s huge computer chips campaign against China has won over the Dutch and Japanese, source says
Adani accuses Hindenburg of ‘calculated securities fraud’ but India’s status as an emerging-market star comes under Wall Street scrutiny
Environment
Scientists say that oysters and beavers are the eco heroes we’ve been waiting for and they’re doing all the work ‘for free’
New York City hasn’t had a winter this snowless since 1973: ‘There is a climate issue here’
Tiny radioactive capsule lost in Australian outback carries the equivalent of 10 X-ray blasts as fears mount it could be picked up by passing traffic
Europe
Russian millionaire with ties to hacking Hillary Clinton campaign faces U.S. trial over stealing insider Tesla, Microsoft stock tips
France is buying an impressionist masterpiece for $43 million a little help from from luxury goods giant LVMH
‘I don’t want to hurt you, but it would only take a minute’: Boris Johnson claims Putin issued sinister missile threat to U.K.
Finance
‘It really disturbs me to say this, but I think I agree with Larry.’ Paul Krugman is with his frenemy Larry Summers on the inflation fight.
The U.S. Treasury just said it plans to borrow another $932 billion in the first quarter of 2023
Russian millionaire with ties to hacking Hillary Clinton campaign faces U.S. trial over stealing insider Tesla, Microsoft stock tips
Health
The White House is turning up the heat on insurance companies for fake charges and sees a $4.7 billion windfall over 10 years
South Dakota Republicans want to make you work if you’re on Medicaid even though that’s against federal law
Joe Biden to formally end the 3-year national COVID emergency—and it may end up costing you a lot more for vaccines and tests
Leadership
Actor Ryan Reynolds bought a Welsh soccer team and it’s low key ruining his life: ‘I’m now so much in love with this sport that I actually hate it’
The ‘power paradox’ that’s holding back workplace allies
‘I don’t want to hurt you, but it would only take a minute’: Boris Johnson claims Putin issued sinister missile threat to U.K.
The Ledger
Keeping up with the SEC: Here’s what Kim Kardashian and your financial adviser have in common
Crypto lender BlockFi files for bankruptcy after FTX implosion
New York bans new crypto mining power plants—for now
Lifestyle
Racial scandal hits the Oscars as star-studded campaign for $27,000-grossing Andrea Riseborough film prompts Academy probe
Money can’t buy you love but your partner probably wants you to make at least $30,000 a year
Disgraced Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland is out of prison and he’s trying his luck as a marketing consultant: ‘Want to learn my method?’
Personal Finance
Just days after Lisa Marie Presley’s burial, the legal maneuvering for her estate has already begun
A doctor was sentenced to prison and ordered to pay $30 million after he was convicted of masterminding a massive opioid scheme that prosecutors call one of the worst in history
Drake finally wins $2 million betting on the Kansas City Chiefs after losing millions on bad sports bets
Politics
The White House is turning up the heat on insurance companies for fake charges and sees a $4.7 billion windfall over 10 years
The U.S. Treasury just said it plans to borrow another $932 billion in the first quarter of 2023
Russian millionaire with ties to hacking Hillary Clinton campaign faces U.S. trial over stealing insider Tesla, Microsoft stock tips
Retail
Layoffs are the medicine America needs to take to break out of inflation’s vicious circle, says former Walmart U.S. CEO
Amazon Fresh shoppers will soon have to buy a lot more to get free Prime delivery
Ticketmaster and Live Nation were not supposed to create a monopoly. Here’s why music fans, lawmakers, and Taylor Swift are fed up with the ticketing platforms
Success
Racial scandal hits the Oscars as star-studded campaign for $27,000-grossing Andrea Riseborough film prompts Academy probe
Drake finally wins $2 million betting on the Kansas City Chiefs after losing millions on bad sports bets
Remote workers are losing ground in the work from home wars: More than half of employees went into the office last week
Tech
California explores allowing self-driving semitrucks despite stiff opposition: ‘You cannot program instinct into a computer’
ChatGPT might be taking over the internet, but a computer scientist explains why some problems are still too hard to solve—even for AI
TikTok’s latest trouble: YouTube is opening its cash coffers to lure short-form video creators