Do Voters Want Compromise or Combat? Shutdown Battle Reflects Deep Divide
Lawmakers weighing whether to cut bipartisan deals are pulled in conflicting directions by their constituents.
Is Your AI Model Going Off the Rails? There May Be an Insurance Policy for That
The many ways a generative artificial intelligence project can go off the rails poses an opportunity for insurance companies, even as those […]
Dollar’s Resurgence Is a Headache for the Rest of the World
The currency bounced back in the third quarter, threatening global central bankers’ tricky task of bringing down inflation while protecting fragile economic […]
Taylor Swift Survives a New York Jets Game
Can’t stop, won’t stop…yet. Another column on America’s favorite Kansas City Chiefs superfan.
Sorry, Y’all, Georgia’s Deep Southern Accent Is Slipping Away
Younger generations are losing the distinctive drawl; ‘Everybody thinks I’m from the Midwest.’
Singapore SPAC Vertex Makes S$925 Million Play for Livestreaming Company
A blank-check company from Singapore plans to acquire a Taiwan-based social-entertainment platform in what would be the first such acquisition in the […]
Nobel Prize Awarded to Duo for Covid Vaccine Development
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that enabled the development of effective mRNA […]
How Meridiam Hedges Its Emerging-Market Investment Risk
As green investment rushes into the developing world, the infrastructure-focused firm hews to a multipronged strategy that includes political-risk insurance and euro-based […]
Will Companies Keep Their Pandemic-Era Gains? It Depends.
As retailers look for signals as to when consumer spending will normalize postpandemic, macro pressures complicate the picture.
The Bond Regime Change That Is Whacking Stocks, in Six Charts
After a mostly stellar year, stocks have stumbled on an unexpected hurdle: The bond market isn’t the friendly companion it used to […]
As U.S. Aid to Ukraine Falters, Europe Faces Its Own Limits on Help
The funding measure that was passed to avoid a shutdown in Washington excluded support for Ukraine, raising the question of whether Europe […]