Snubs and Surprises of the 2023 Oscar Noms
With 11 nods, the sci-fi action adventure Everything Everywhere All at Once leads nominations for the 95th Annual Academy Awards, announced Tuesday morning by Riz Ahmed (Sound…
Read moreChina Widens Property-Tax Trials With Levy on Home Owners
China’s State Council will expand property-tax reform trials to more areas and start taxing residential property owners, official news agency Xinhua reported. The plan, approved by the…
Read moreHow Biden’s IRA Favors Homeowners
The American economy is already tilted in favor of homeowners. They have the stability of knowing how much they’ll pay for housing every month, they can deduct…
Read moreHow Crypto Investors Are Handling Plunging Prices
Amid a sharp plunge for Bitcoin and other top tokens like Ethereum and Solana, some cryptocurrency investors say they’re taking a long-term view of the market to…
Read moreHow Olympic Sponsors Are Banking on Public Indifference
At Airbnb, hopes were sky-high three years ago when the company reached deep into its pockets for $500 million to sign on as a major Olympic sponsor,…
Read moreCity of Beijing Said to Seek Taking Didi Under State Control
Beijing’s municipal government has proposed an investment in Didi Global Inc. that would give state-run firms control of the world’s largest ride-hailing company, according to people familiar…
Read moreThe Met’s CEO on Fashionable Safety, Sacklers and NFTs
(To receive weekly emails of conversations with the world’s top CEOs and business decisionmakers, click here.) When at the Met, I always make a point of visiting…
Read moreHow ‘Subscribe to Me’ Became the Future of Work
In August, Savannah’s entire monthly income was at stake. OnlyFans, the social media platform where she built her career, making an average of $50,000 a month from…
Read moreThe World’s Steel Comes at a Steep Climate Cost. A Swedish Company is Trying to Change That.
At a steel plant in Lulea, Sweden, workers make the world’s most essential construction material the old fashioned way: piling iron ore and coke, a kind of…
Read moreWhy a Group of Nuns Has Been Buying Firearm Shares
It was her years as a teacher in the Seattle-area Catholic School system that made Sister Judy Byron particularly sensitive to gun violence. “We had fire drills…
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