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Big Banks are “Quiet Quitting” Their Climate Promises
Big Banks are “Quiet Quitting” Their Climate Promises

Big banks made big promises to help fight climate change. But as the world warms, those institutions are quietly cooling on their plans. 

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Jerry Seinfeld: The Last TV Billionaire?
Jerry Seinfeld: The Last TV Billionaire?

Jerry Seinfeld is a billionaire, thanks in part to earnings from his iconic 1990s sitcom, Seinfeld. After co-creating and starring in the TV show, Se…

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The Texas Border Town at the Center of the Immigration Debate
The Texas Border Town at the Center of the Immigration Debate

Immigration has become a top issue for voters in the 2024 election cycle, but people on the border want action now — not after November.

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The Sentencing of Sam Bankman-Fried
The Sentencing of Sam Bankman-Fried

In the nearly five months since a jury found Sam Bankman-Fried guilty, a narrative has started to take shape in crypto circles that the business mode…

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Elon Musk’s Starlink Terminals Have a Black Market Problem
Elon Musk’s Starlink Terminals Have a Black Market Problem

SpaceX’s Starlink satellite program touts itself as a source of reliable internet in hard-to-reach places. But there are some countries where Starlin…

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Employees Describe Pattern of Harassment and Drug Use in Citigroup Unit
Employees Describe Pattern of Harassment and Drug Use in Citigroup Unit

Citigroup was the first major Wall Street bank with a female CEO. But interviews with 22 people who worked in or closely with the bank’s equities div…

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What TikTok Tells Us About China’s Soft Power
What TikTok Tells Us About China’s Soft Power

The US House of Representatives has passed a bill with an ultimatum for TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance: sell the app, or be banned in the US.

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Japan Has a New Interest Rate: Zero.
Japan Has a New Interest Rate: Zero.

For the first time in almost two decades, Japan has raised interest rates out of negative territory. The reason? Inflation has finally arrived in the…

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The MLB Wants to Make It Big in Asia. Shohei Ohtani Can Help
The MLB Wants to Make It Big in Asia. Shohei Ohtani Can Help

Major League Baseball has a big problem: it’s tapped out on new fans in the US. So it's looking abroad to Asia to bring in new ones. Japanese basebal…

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Crypto Is Back. Bubble or Blastoff?
Crypto Is Back. Bubble or Blastoff?

Cryptocurrencies have been on a tear. Over the past few weeks, Bitcoin has been hitting all-time highs. And many say this is just the beginning. 

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