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Tesla investors are worried Elon Musk enjoys operating "above the law"A group of Tesla investors asked CEO Elon Musk for more commitment to the electric vehicle (EV) company in an open letter published last week ,...
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First Republic lost more than $70 billion in deposits in the first quarterFirst Republic, which found itself at the center of a brief banking panic in March following the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature...
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The FAA let SpaceX launch Starship without the usual pad protectionsThe multi-year bureaucratic clash over the environmental impact of the world’s largest rocket considered everything from endangered birds and...
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Don Lemon is out at CNNCNN anchor Don Lemon was fired today (April 24), while much of the media world was preoccupied the much bigger news of Tucker Carlson leaving...
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Tucker Carlson is out at Fox NewsFox News and Tucker Carlson—cable’s most popular primetime anchor—have severed ties, according to a statement by the network on April 24. The...
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Some descendants of British slave owners want the UK to pay reparationsThe slave trade helped make their families rich. But, two centuries later, a handful of British aristocrats, part of a new organization called...
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The countries with the worst malaria ratesAfrica continues to carry a disproportionately high share of malaria cases, according to the latest world malaria report by the World Health...
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A jury is weighing up Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” against Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On”Was Ed Sheeran’s “ Thinking Out Loud” a rip-off of Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On”? Read more...
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With 14,600 millionaires, Johannesburg is Africa's wealthiest citySouth Africa’s commercial capital, Johannesburg, remains Africa’s wealthiest city. Read more...
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Rishi Sunak took questions on LinkedIn—and no one mentioned inflation, strikes, or the NHSAhead of Rishi Sunak’s first event on LinkedIn, the British prime minister invited members of the public to submit questions that he would answer...
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For Indian startups, the coming summer promises a funding winterIndian startups are grappling with a funding squeeze, triggered by a slew of factors: monetary policy tightening worldwide, rising inflation, and...
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NBCUniversal’s CEO has quit after having an “inappropriate relationship” with a colleagueJeff Shell, the head of the US media giant NBCUniversal, has stepped down following a probe into his misconduct with a female colleague. Read...
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Credit Suisse reported its last-ever quarterly results—and it's still leaking moneyCredit Suisse is still bleeding—even after its rival UBS promised to buy it out . Read more...
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Zomato's new pay structure has prompted 1,000 delivery workers to quitA revised pay structure has reportedly upset Zomato’s Blinkit employees so much that around 1,000 of its instant delivery executives have quit in...
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How Bed Bath & Beyond lost the fight to stave off bankruptcyAfter months of trying to avoid bankruptcy, Bed Bath & Beyond filed for Chapter 11 proceedings yesterday (April 23). Read more...
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Mike Bloomberg is planning to leave his company to Bloomberg PhilanthropiesMike Bloomberg, the billionaire founder of Bloomberg LP , plans to leave his media and financial information juggernaut to his charity , a...
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Why the pharmaceutical industry has been so quiet on mifepristoneThe US Supreme Court is expected to make a decision soon on whether the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone more than 20...
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Tesla's Autopilot mode is on trial in CaliforniaThe first trial of robotic technology’s threat to human life is underway in a California court. The case relates to Tesla’s Autopilot software,...
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The problem with Twitter's blue checkmark is not the $8-a-month costI used to pay for Twitter Blue . Back before Elon Musk took over , I coughed up $3 a month to Twitter for the luxury of some nice-to-have...
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Chile is nationalizing new lithium production, vowing "no more mining for the few"Chilean president Gabriel Boric said he plans to nationalize the country’s lithium production in a nationally televised address on Thursday...
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Elon Musk paid the Twitter Blue fee for celebrities like LeBron James and Stephen KingAs Twitter’s legacy blue checks flickered out of existence, CEO Elon Musk personally paid for three celebrities (William Shatner, Stephen King,...
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Rocket evolution from the Saturn V to StarshipStarship’s first launch follows decades of rockets that came before it. Here’s how rocket design has evolved in the US since the 1960s. Read...
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How Dobbs affected the number of abortions across the USSince the US Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization denied access to abortion as a constitutional right, effectively...
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Americans are flocking to movie theaters. Could it be a recession warning?US box office sales recovered to 2019 levels this past week, meaning that moviegoing has officially recovered from its pandemic slump. Read...
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie pushed US box office sales back to their pre-pandemic levelThe Super Mario Bros. Movie has powered the US box office resurgence, catapulting sales beyond pre-pandemic levels. Read more...
