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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.
On the Big T…
2 years, 1 month ago
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…
2 years, 1 month ago
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…
2 years, 1 month ago
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…
2 years, 1 month ago
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.
Tod…
2 years, 1 month ago
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…
2 years, 1 month ago
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…
2 years, 1 month ago
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.
On …
2 years, 1 month ago
The Plumber Shortage Clogging Up the US Economy
The US has a plumber shortage. And as more and more baby boomer plumbers reach retirement, there aren’t enough young people coming in to fill the gap…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Federal Reserve's Tricky Economic and Political Terrain, Explained
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is trying to navigate a tricky economy – stubborn inflation and persistent fears of a recession. Now, two men hop…
2 years, 2 months ago