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Cruise lines are seeing their biggest passenger surges since the pandemic
Stock prices for one operator are soaring as well. Read More
Ripple announces launch of RLUSD stablecoin
RLUSD will be available on Uphold, Bitso, MoonPay, Archax, and CoinMENA. Read More
Germany headed for early elections after Olaf Scholz loses confidence vote
Parliamentary defeat marks end of fractious coalition and start of election campaign
Putin threatens to lift missile restraints in warning to west
Russian president says Moscow is being pushed to ‘a red line we can’t step back from’
Court names alleged Chinese spy linked to Prince Andrew
Tengbo Yang has been banned from UK on national security grounds
Elite runner and Peloton instructor Becs Gentry ran 7 marathons in 7 days across 7 continents. How she prepared for the grueling $50,000 challenge
“In the weirdest way, being the toughest, most stressful thing on my body, it’s brought me such peace and relaxation.” ...
EU takes UK to court in blow to London’s proposed ‘reset’
European Commission brings cases over treatment of citizens and bilateral investment deals
Starbucks is expanding its parental leave benefits despite recently cutting back on other employee perks
The coffee giant is hoping that the new expansion will help attract and retain talent: “We need to provide our ...
Nearly half of Gen Z-ers want to be their own boss and it could spell disaster for HR leaders
Workers with side hustles are great, but bosses need to know how to manage them effectively. Read More
Meet the woman in charge of keeping Google Search relevant in the AI era
Google has always “welcomed” competition in Search, she says. Read More
U.K. billionaire’s investment fund is ‘aggressively’ selling Magnificent 7 stocks amid growing fears of AI backlash
Peter Hargreaves’s Blue Whale fund has shed its ownership in AI stocks in latest warning over stock market bubble. Read ...
Qualcomm’s CFO says M&A will help power its diversification strategy
Akash Palkhiwala discusses how the company is going beyond mobile and his dual role of CFO and COO. Read More
German giant Volkswagen bets on upstart Rivian to save its flailing EV software strategy
Volkswagen is shifting focus away from its in-house software group Cariad, which employs 5,500 workers across Europe. Read More
Luigi Mangione hires top lawyer—whose husband is representing Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
Karen Friedman Agnifilo has now reportedly been retained to represent Luigi Mangione; her husband Marc is leading the legal defence ...
Netanyahu and Erdoğan compete to be the Middle East’s strongman
Turkey and Israel move to take advantage of the fall of the Assad regime in Syria
Consumer brands like Warby Parker and Casper built the New York tech scene. Where did they go?
The rise of AI could create a consumer tech renaissance in New York. Read More
Starbucks hires its first-ever China chief growth officer as it battles fierce local competition
Starbucks’ China revenue fell 7% last quarter, as Chinese shoppers turned to more affordable drinks sold from local chains like ...
‘Kraven the Hunter’ takes less than box office flop ‘Madame Web’ in disastrous $11M opening weekend
‘Kraven the Hunter’ starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson earned only $11 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. Read More
Novo Nordisk invests $1.2 billion in new Danish factory to expand beyond insulin and weight-loss
The 430,000-square-foot production factory in Odense is modular, letting Novo Nordisk add more product lines to its mix from 2027. ...
Federal Reserve will likely slow its rate cuts in 2025 as inflation stays stubbornly high
Some economists question whether the Fed even needs to cut this week. Inflation, excluding volatile food and energy costs, has ...
Parents are turning to rideshare apps as schools cut back on bus service amid driver shortage
Reliance on school buses has been waning for years as districts struggle to find drivers and more students attend schools far outside ...
Wooing the luxury consumer
‘Tis the season for luxury retail but giants like LVMH and Kering have been struggling while brands like The Row ...
UK private sector employment shrinks at fastest pace since 2021
S&P data for December follows tax rises on business in autumn Budget
Former FBI informant will plead guilty to lying about a phony bribery scheme involving Biden and son Hunter
Alexander Smirnov told his FBI handler that executives from the Ukrainian energy company Burisma had paid President Biden and Hunter ...
Storms pound U.S., bringing first-ever tornado warning to San Francisco
Inclement weather plagued areas of the U.S., with dangerous conditions including heavy snow in upstate New York, a major ice ...
United fantasy flight takes more than 100 kids to visit Santa in Denver airport hangar transformed into the North Pole
United partnered with Make-A-Wish Colorado, Girls Inc., Children’s Hospital Colorado and Rocky Mountain Down Syndrome Association to invite Denver-area kids ...
Mitch McConnell says Trump nominees should ‘steer clear’ of trying to discredit vaccine for polio, a disease he had as a child
McConnell’s words were a sign that RFK Jr., who has long advanced the debunked idea that vaccines cause autism, could face ...
Bitcoin-friendly Trump administration and expanded statehouse lobbying could push public pension funds and treasuries to buy into crypto
Proponents of the uniquely volatile commodity argue it is a valuable hedge against inflation, similar to gold. Read More
Tesla fights to avoid the steep cost of scrapping Elon Musk’s pay package
Over $100bn in accounting and tax charges may await electric-car maker and CEO if they are forced to abandon 2018 ...
What Trump’s industrial policy will look like
New legislation raises questions about whether Maga, or Wall Street, will steer the ship in the incoming administration
