The future of war
Kevin
Jul 9, 2023
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Britain’s lighthouses are being transformedWatch the sweep of history along the coastlineAt first glance the war in Ukraine may lo...
Is the Japan-China relationship at a turning-point?
Kevin
Jul 9, 2023
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THE CONUNDRUM of how to de-risk and deter conflict with China is puzzling the West. But one country is ahead in figuring out how t...
The Wagner Group is likely to stay put in Africa—but do Africans still want them?
Kevin
Jul 9, 2023
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ITS LEADER is in exile and its future is uncertain. But the Wagner Group will be loth to abandon the influence and the cashflow th...
High-speed descents are the talk of the Tour de France
Kevin
Jul 9, 2023
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image: Getty ImagesIT TAKES GREAT skill to urinate off the side of a moving bicycle. Tom Pidcock did so after zooming down the Col...
An interview with Vint Cerf, one of the “fathers of the internet”
Kevin
Jul 9, 2023
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ALMOST 50 YEARS ago, Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn designed TCP/IP, a set of rules enabling computers to connect and communicate with eac...
David Eaves on the promise and pitfalls of digital government
Kevin
Jul 9, 2023
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image: Dan WilliamsOVER THE past decade a small but growing number of governments have begun to challenge the assumption that the ...
Meta’s Threads app has better odds of usurping Twitter than previous clones had
Kevin
Jul 9, 2023
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IF THERE IS one thing Facebook’s parent company does well, it is aping other social-media features and platforms—and it is a propi...
Drug-trafficking networks are expanding into new territories
Kevin
Jul 9, 2023
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Global temperatures have broken records three times in a weekAre these records falling faster?STORIES ABOUT illicit drugs are ofte...
Will aviators ever kick their carbon habit?
Kevin
Jul 9, 2023
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THE AVIATION INDUSTRY is responsible for more than 2% of annual carbon emissions. That figure is set to rise as more passengers ta...
An interview with Kyrylo Budanov, Ukraine’s spymaster
Kevin
Jul 9, 2023
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WE SIT DOWN with Kyrylo Budanov, Ukraine’s youngest-ever spymaster. He is intense, resolute—and oddly charismatic. A world of elec...
North Korea’s hackers are after intel, not just crypto
Kevin
Jul 9, 2023
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Global temperatures have broken records three times in a weekAre these records falling faster?To read more of The Economist’s data...
Britain’s lighthouses are being transformed
Kevin
Jul 9, 2023
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The future of warThe Ukraine conflict reveals how technology is reshaping warfareMany of the lights that for more than a century h...
Was the Supreme Court right to overturn affirmative action?
Kevin
Jul 9, 2023
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AMERICA’S SUPREME Court has ended the use of race-based affirmative action in college admissions. It is 45 years since the court g...
Global temperatures have broken records three times in a week
Kevin
Jul 9, 2023
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North Korea’s hackers are after intel, not just cryptoThe country’s “all-purpose sword” is living up to its nameTo read more of Th...
A lighter look at the week’s big story
Kevin
Jul 9, 2023
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This week's cartoon is by Saffron Swire, a Melbourne-based British journalist, editor and illustrator.We regularly commission arti...
What It Would Take to Bring the Job Market Into Balance
Kevin
Jul 7, 2023
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Employers aren’t begging for workers as hard as they were a year ago, but they’re still begging ...
Meta Threads the Right Needle to Poke Twitter
Kevin
Jul 7, 2023
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Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter clone has the right timing, scale to disrupt Elon Musk’s town square ...
FIS to Sell Majority Stake in Worldpay for $11.7 Billion
Kevin
Jul 7, 2023
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Private-equity firm GTCR to hold 55% stake following deal that values the payment processor at $18.5 billion ...
Stocks Post Broad Losses After Strong Economic Data
Kevin
Jul 7, 2023
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Bond yields rise, investors think about monthly jobs numbers due Friday ...
SVB Securities to Be Sold for $100 Million
Kevin
Jul 7, 2023
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The investment-banking firm formerly tied to Silicon Valley Bank was approved to be sold out of bankruptcy to the unit’s founder ...
U.S. Oil Boom Blunts OPEC’s Pricing Power
Kevin
Jul 7, 2023
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Production is surging despite a slide in oil futures ...
A Trillion-Dollar Opportunity: China’s Pivot to the Middle East Set to Fuel Investment Boom
Kevin
Jul 7, 2023
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Middle Eastern sovereign-wealth funds have a lot of money to invest. More of it is set to go to Chinese businesses. The increasi...
Read the Ingredients Before Buying This $25 Billion ETF
Kevin
Jul 7, 2023
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Microsoft, Amazon and Netflix ended up as large holdings in a popular value-investing index created by S&P, an example of Wall St...
Ads Are Streaming TV’s Next Big Hit
Kevin
Jul 7, 2023
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Netflix, Disney and now, perhaps, Amazon: More streamers are getting into the advertising game and more viewers are signing on N...
Obesity Drugs Won’t Starve These Other Potential Blockbusters
Kevin
Jul 7, 2023
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Stocks of developers of fatty liver treatments had been on a tear until some Eli Lilly results spooked investors ...
This Year’s Most Buoyant Sector Was a Win for Value Investors
Kevin
Jul 7, 2023
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Because of low expectations, cruise lines were the top performer of the second quarter ...
Industries Reliant on Thriving Downtowns Suffer From Remote Work
Kevin
Jul 6, 2023
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The multibillion-dollar ecosystem of businesses are having to pivot, shrink or worse Tim Robinson for The Wall Street Journal Ti...
Office Turmoil Roils Ground-Lease Negotiations
Kevin
Jul 6, 2023
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Often contentious process is especially tricky now as property sales slow Vornado Realty Trust owns Penn 1, its marquee office t...
China’s Weakening Currency Becoming a Headache for Central Bank
Kevin
Jul 6, 2023
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A recent rate cut looks unlikely to turn the economy around. But it has put more pressure on the yuan. ...
China’s Export Curb on Chip-Making Metals Prompts Countries to Explore Supply-Chain Diversification
Kevin
Jul 6, 2023
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Beijing’s decision to curb exports of rare minerals alarms South Korea and Japan ...
Rebound in Rates Puts Pressure on Banks
Kevin
Jul 6, 2023
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Holdings of bonds and loans likely fell in value for most lenders in the second quarter ...
Stocks Slip as Fed Minutes Reinforce Rate Expectations
Kevin
Jul 6, 2023
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Nearly all Federal Reserve officials expect additional rate increases this year ...
Desire for Interest on Deposits Is Bad for Main Street Banks
Kevin
Jul 6, 2023
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Community banks expected the Fed’s rate increases to help them, but instead they are hurting Photo-illustration by Alexandra Cit...
As Greedflation Starts to Fade, Wageflation Creeps In
Kevin
Jul 6, 2023
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Softer demand, more supply and rising labor costs all take the air out of profit margins ...
Iran Floods Global Markets With Cheap Oil as Saudi Arabia Cuts Output
Kevin
Jul 6, 2023
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Iranian crude exports have hit a five-year high in recent months as the country ships more oil to China and other buyers ...
Goodbye, Volkswagen: China’s New EV Winners
Kevin
Jul 6, 2023
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The new top dogs in China’s electric vehicle market—the world’s largest—are starting to thin out the pack. Tesla is in the runnin...
Home-Builder Stocks Are Booming as Homeowners Stay Put
Kevin
Jul 6, 2023
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Shares of PulteGroup are up about 70% so far this year ...
Lazard Fires Top Restructuring Banker Accused of Harassing Employees
Kevin
Jul 6, 2023
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Reid Snellenbarger said to have acted inappropriately at party he hosted over the weekend ...
Higher-for-Longer Rates Are a Debt Threat. Investors Don’t Want to Hear It Yet.
Kevin
Jul 5, 2023
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A lull in bond maturities is making markets slow to price in risks in corporate debt, which lurk in unexpected places ...
Stock Futures Tick Lower; Oil Prices Rise
Kevin
Jul 5, 2023
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U.S. markets were closed for Independence Day; Chinese metal producers’ shares rose after Beijing set export curbs on minerals ...
