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Fifa to hand out $1bn prize pot at expanded Club World Cup
A quarter of prize money will go to clubs not taking part Winners may take home as much as $100m in summer Fifa are to distribute $1bn (£775m) in prize money as part of the expanded Club World ...The Guardian - 19h -
Apple expands India manufacturing
Also in this newsletter: better-off Indians’ growing reliance on borrowing, and foreign direct investment shrinksFinancial Times - Feb. 21 -
Short Novels Dominate International Booker Prize Nominees
Only one of the 13 titles nominated for the prestigious award for fiction translated into English is more than 300 pages long. But it is the one favored by critics.The New York Times - Feb. 25 -
New York padlocks 207 illegal pot stores as licensed sellers gain traction
State gears up actions against illicit cannabis stores with the total count of legal shops in N.Y. now at 307.MarketWatch - Feb. 26 -
Canopy Growth’s stock falls to all-time low on pot company’s share-sale plans
Canopy Growth Corp.’s stock fell 9% to an all-time low on Monday after the cannabis company said it would sell up to $200 million of its stock.MarketWatch - 2d -
Firings Expand at Interior Department With Purge of Probationary Workers
More than 2,000 workers at the Interior Department were fired in recent days, according to counts from workers groups and those familiar with the cuts, as probationary workers were targeted across ...The New York Times - Feb. 19 -
Is there no limit to Trump’s ever-expanding presidential powers?
Donald Trump has made clear that he intends to bend the federal bureaucracy to his will.The Hill - Feb. 24 -
F.D.A. Expands Access to Clozapine, a Key Treatment for Schizophrenia
Federal regulators will no longer require patients to provide blood tests before receiving the drug from pharmacies.The New York Times - Feb. 26 -
Pentagon firings expand to top military lawyers
A bipartisan group of former U.S. defense secretaries are now asking Congress to investigate the Trump administration's firing of top brass at the Pentagon, according to a letter obtained by the ...CBS News - 5d -
Scrap relegation to expand WSL? Radical proposals considered
The WSL needs to develop - what changes could we see, how do clubs feel about them and what impact could they have?BBC News - 2d -
US aid cuts are expanding Chinese influence
China is rapidly filling the vacuum left by the Trump administration's decision to freeze and reduce foreign aid, using strategic lending and infrastructure investments to counter American ...The Hill - 1d -
Millennium’s billionaire founder explores expanding ownership to executives
Izzy Englander still owns 100% of one of the world’s top hedge fundsFinancial Times - 18h -
FIFA to Consider Expanding World Cup to 64 Teams
Soccer’s governing body will look into another expansion of its marquee event, the most lucrative in sports, after a request by one of its 2030 co-hosts.The New York Times - 2h -
Kamala Harris receives prestigious Chairman’s prize at NAACP Image Awards
Former Vice President Kamala Harris stepped on the NAACP Image Awards stage Saturday night with a sobering message, calling the civil rights organization a pillar of the Black community and urging ...NBC News - Feb. 23 -
Kamala Harris receives prestigious Chairman's prize at NAACP Image Awards
The 56th annual Image Awards kicked off Saturday.ABC News - Feb. 23 -
England and Ireland remind Six Nations rivals that points win prizes
Making tries worth more could be worth considering but for now Steve Borthwick’s men remain in Six Nations hunt. Style and beauty count for only so much in top‑level sport, as Welsh and Scottish ...The Guardian - Feb. 23 -
'Eyes on the Prize III' arrives on HBO during a renewed 'assault on equality'
HBO's docuseries, inspired by Henry Hampton's seminal civil rights documentary, picks up where he left off, taking us through the Obama presidency and to the brink of the first Trump administration.Los Angeles Times - Feb. 25 -
Trump still really wants to win a Nobel Peace Prize
Trump's desire to win a Nobel Peace Prize may not be fulfilled as he increasingly breaks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.NBC News - 5d -
Republican says he's nominating Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said on Monday he is nominating President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. “Today I will nominate @realDonaldTrump for the Nobel Peace Prize,” Issa wrote in a post on ...The Hill - 2d -
Club World Cup in U.S. to have $1BN prize fund
The prize money for this year's 32-team Club World Cup to be held in the U.S. between June 14-July 13 will be $1 billion, soccer's governing body FIFA said on Wednesday.ESPN - 16h -
Trump Tests Fed’s Independence With Order Expanding Authority Over Agencies
A directive calling for oversight over the central bank’s regulatory and supervisory responsibilities has set off alarm.The New York Times - Feb. 20 -
Universal’s Theme Parks, Long in Disney’s Shadow, Expand at Dizzying Pace
Universal is going after Disney, the industry leader, with new parks in Florida and Texas: “We want people to think of us first.”The New York Times - Feb. 21 -
Expanding West Bank Campaign, Israel Sends Tanks for First Time in Decades
Israel’s defense minister, Israel Katz, said that 40,000 Palestinian residents displaced from militant hotbeds would not be allowed to return to their homes.The New York Times - Feb. 23 -
Facing Early-Onset Alzheimer’s, She Fought to Expand Assisted Suicide in Quebec
Sandra Demontigny, 45, pushed Quebec to become one of the few places in the world to allow people to choose a medically assisted death sometimes years in advance.The New York Times - Feb. 26 -
California legislators propose bills to expand film and TV tax credit program
To address the flight of productions to other states and countries, legislators are proposing bills that they say will make it more attractive to film in California.Los Angeles Times - Feb. 27 -
Why foreign retailers like Primark and Mango are expanding across the U.S.
Apparel retailers from Primark to Mango and Aritzia are expanding across the U.S., and not just along the coasts.CNBC - 2d -
White House plans to expand mass layoffs to IRS and Veterans Affairs
Trump administration looks to axe up to half of the tax agency’s workforce and fire up to 83,000 workers at the VA. US politics live – latest updates Mass layoffs are being planned for two ...The Guardian - 1d -
Elon Musk’s Doge to expand blitz against spending on consultants
Firms including Deloitte and Accenture told to justify billions of dollars’ worth of contractsFinancial Times - 9h -
‘I’m an endless honey pot’: My wife and I are in our 70s. We gave our son $40,000 for his L.A. wedding. Now he wants more.
“We have four sons. We financed three of them through college, so none of our kids have student loans.”MarketWatch - 2d -
Andrew Garfield, Percival Everett and Attica Locke among L.A. Times Book Prize finalists
Andrew Garfield, Percival Everett and Attica Locke are among the finalists for the 45th Los Angeles Times Book Prizes.Los Angeles Times - Feb. 19 -
Finalists announced for Lukas book prizes, which champion 'serious research and social concern.'
Books on slavery, the justice system, poverty and gender identity are among this year’s finalists for JABC News - Feb. 19 -
‘Dreams,’ Film About Teen Infatuation, Takes Top Prize at Berlin International Film Festival
The event’s other honorees include the actress Rose Byrne, a performance as the composer Richard Rodgers and an Argentine film about a girl who seems to speak to animals.The New York Times - Feb. 22 -
Norwegian drama 'Dreams (Sex Love)' takes top prize at the Berlin Film Festival
A Norwegian film about love, desire and self-discovery won top honors at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival on SaturdayABC News - Feb. 22 -
‘Overjoyed’: US lottery winner pledges to give part of $328.5m prize to non-profits
Abbas Shafii says he plans to travel, invest and share Powerball prize with non-profits ‘close to [his] heart’. What would you do if you won hundreds of millions of dollars playing the lottery? A ...The Guardian - Feb. 25 -
Bill O'Reilly: Trump wants Nobel Peace Prize via Ukraine peace deal
O'Reilly defended Trump's approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which has entered its third year.The Hill - Feb. 25 -
Kennedy Center affirms Conan O'Brien's Mark Twain Prize ceremony moving forward amid Trump upheaval
While drama has surrounded the Kennedy Center following President Trump's takeover as its board chair, a night of comedy honoring Conan O'Brien has not been caught in the crossfire. The annual Mark ...The Hill - Feb. 25 -
PGA Tour schedule: Cognizant Classic 2025: How to watch, streams, field and prize money
TV times and more for this week's Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches.Yahoo Sports - Feb. 26 -
Rubio says Trump would be 'on his way to the Nobel Peace Prize' if he were a Democrat
Secretary of State Marco Rubio fiercely defended President Trump’s approach to negotiating a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia on Sunday, saying the media and public would be praising his ...The Hill - 3d -
The winner of EA’s ‘Madden’ videogame tournament will get more prize money than the NFL’s Super Bowl champions
The Madden tournament will pay its winner $250,000, while Super Bowl champs each received $171,000.MarketWatch - 2d -
‘I aspire to be like water’: the exquisite buildings of Liu Jiakun, winner of architecture’s top prize
He turns steelworks into parks and makes ‘rebirth bricks’ from earthquake rubble. As the novelist, meditator and ‘accidental architect’ wins the Pritzker prize, we look at the masterful temples, ...The Guardian - 2d
