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Canada Readies Billions of Dollars in Retaliatory Moves to Trump Tariff Threat
The government is preparing for the possibility that the incoming U.S. administration will impose high tariffs on Canadian goods, setting the close allies up for a showdown.The New York Times - Jan. 16 -
Billion-dollar video game: is this the most expensive piece of entertainment ever made?
How player-funded development launched a multiplayer game of galactic proportions – and costs – in Star Citizen. How much does it cost to make a video game? The development expenses of blockbuster ...The Guardian - Jan. 16 -
The alarming contradictions awaiting Donald Trump’s dollar
Big tax cuts and tariff hikes will prevent any new Plaza Accord to manage currenciesFinancial Times - Jan. 16 -
GM Signs Multibillion-Dollar Deal for Supply of EV Battery Materials
The deal, with Norway’s Vianode, is for delivery of a material critical for electric-vehicle batteries.The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 15 -
SGS, Bureau Veritas in Talks for Potential Multibillion-Dollar Tie-Up
The Swiss and French companies are in talks about a combination that would create a giant in Europe’s inspection, certification, and testing services industry, with a combined market value of some ...The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 15 -
After a weeks-long confrontation, South Korea’s impeached president Yoon is detained
South Korean police detained impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol at his residence in Seoul on Wednesday local time, ABC News confirmed.ABC News - Jan. 14 -
Country Garden Lost $24.33 Billion in 2023
The Chinese developer released its long-delayed results showing that its net loss narrowed in the first half of 2024 following a record loss in 2023.The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 14 -
Canada Approves Bunge's $8.2 Billion Deal for Viterra
Canada has approved Bunge’s $8.2 billion deal for Glencore-backed Viterra, as the companies agreed to concessions to address previous antitrust concerns.The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 14 -
Inside the Multimillion-Dollar Recruitment of a College Football Star
Miami wasn’t excited about any quarterback in the transfer portal. Then Carson Beck entered.The New York Times - Jan. 13 -
FirstFT: Dollar hits 2-year high as interest rate assumptions change
Also in today’s newsletter, China’s trade surplus reached a new record and the reinvention of El SalvadorFinancial Times - Jan. 13 -
Chronic Pain Afflicts Billions of People. It’s Time for a Revolution.
As many as two billion people suffer from it — including me. Can science finally bring us relief?The New York Times - Jan. 12 -
The Los Angeles wildfires: Confronting the pain of loss
Sparks rode the hot breath of the Santa Ana Winds all across Los Angeles County this week, as wildfires destroyed thousands of structures, from the mountains to the ocean. Correspondent Lee Cowan ...CBS News - Jan. 12 -
Dollar dominance means tariffs are not the only game in town
America’s grip on global financial services could provide Trump with another source of leverageFinancial Times - Jan. 10 -
Why investors are still buying gold despite a strong dollar and rising Treasury yields
Gold prices settled Thursday at their highest level in four weeks, defying their usual inverse relationship with strength in the U.S. dollar and gains in Treasury yields, as fiscal worries prompt ...MarketWatch - Jan. 10 -
Man Convicted in Pizzagate Shooting Is Killed in Confrontation With Police
Edgar Maddison Welch, 36, of Salisbury, N.C., who was sentenced to four years in prison for the 2016 shooting at a Washington restaurant, was fatally shot after he pointed a gun at an officer ...The New York Times - Jan. 10 -
‘To confront the anti-gay law is to trouble waters’: the young Nigerian novelist refusing to go by the book
Chukwuebuka Ibeh’s first novel, Blessings, about love in a hostile climate, was written after a life-changing encounter with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Shortly after his 18th birthday, Chukwuebuka ...The Guardian - Jan. 10 -
‘What are you going to do?’: Distressed fire victim confronts Gov. Newsom
Governor Newsom was challenged during a visit to Palisades by a distressed mother who demanded to know what action he was taking, and asked to join the phone call to President Biden that the ...NBC News - Jan. 9 -
U.S. companies will need to increase their hedges against a stronger dollar in 2025, says Bank of America
A surging buck can crimp multinational’s profitsMarketWatch - Jan. 9 -
Asia's central banks face a formidable challenge: An ascendant U.S. dollar
A surge in the dollar has sent Asian currencies reeling, stoking worries over imported inflation and prompting some central banks to intervene in the currency market.CNBC - Jan. 9 -
I Quit Drinking Four Years Ago. I’m Still Confronting Drinking Culture.
Yes, you can become sober and remain social.The New York Times - Jan. 9 -
Anthropic in Talks for $2 Billion Funding Round
The financing efforts follow new funding rounds by Elon Musk’s xAI and the market leader, OpenAI, which is now valued at $157 billion.The New York Times - Jan. 8 -
AI Startup Anthropic Plans to Raise $2 Billion at a $60 Billion Valuation
The new funding round, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, sees the company at more than triple its 2024 valuation of $18 million.Inc. - Jan. 8 -
A million-dollar kombucha deal spurred Quinn Ewers to Ohio State early, but staying long never made sense
The Buckeyes were caught off guard by Ewers' decision to reclassify and join them a year earlyCBS Sports - Jan. 8 -
Why investors should watch the dollar as markets make sense of Trump’s tariff plans
It had seemed like nothing could stop the U.S. dollar from marching higher. Then a headline about President-elect Donald Trump’s tariff plans landed in traders’ newsfeeds, and suddenly all bets ...MarketWatch - Jan. 8 -
UK watchdog bans adverts featuring burning dollars
Posters from Islamic finance start-up Wahed Invest likely to cause ‘serious offence’, rules ASAFinancial Times - Jan. 8 -
Getty Images, Shutterstock to Combine in $3.7 Billion Deal
Getty shareholders will own about 54.7% of the combined company, which will retain the Getty name. Shares of both companies surged on the news.The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 7 -
Anthropic in talks to raise funding at $60 billion valuation
AI startup Anthropic is in late-stage talks to raise as much as $2 billion at a $60 billion valuation, according to a person familiar with the deal.CNBC - Jan. 7 -
Trump confronts high trade deficits again as he weighs tariffs. But there’s no quick fix.
The U.S. trade deficit rose 6% to nearly $80 billion near the end of 2024, leaving Donald Trump with a gap that’s almost twice as high as when he first took office as president eight years ago.MarketWatch - Jan. 7 -
Nvidia chief calls robots ‘multitrillion-dollar’ opportunity
Jensen Huang unveils AI models for humanoids and self-driving car partnership with Toyota at CES keynoteFinancial Times - Jan. 7 -
Phillips 66 to Buy EPIC NGL for $2.2 Billion
Phillips 66 will buy EPIC NGL for $2.2 billion to help the Houston oil refiner grow its Permian midstream business.The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 6 -
Report of easing tariff plan, which Trump denies, sends dollar lower
Aides to President-elect Donald Trump are weighing more targeted tariffs than was proposed by the campaign, according to a report.MarketWatch - Jan. 6 -
Dollar drops on reports Trump will scale back tariff plans
Shares in European carmakers rally on hopes new US administration targets only critical importsFinancial Times - Jan. 6 -
‘A not so subtle misogyny’: Sargent portraits of ‘dollar princesses’ come to London
Portraits of wealthy American heiresses who married into British society will be shown at Kenwood in London. Margaret “Daisy” Leiter was just 19 when in 1898 she was painted by the most celebrated ...The Guardian - Jan. 6
