Morning News: April 21, 2023

How a Brazen Plot to Rig Oil Auctions Cost Venezuela Billions

Taiwan Quietly Urges US to Calm Rhetoric on China Chip Risk

Yellen Says National Security Comes Before Economy in U.S.-China Relationship

Fed Rethinks Loophole That Masked Losses on SVB’s Securities

Credit Suisse Investors Challenge Switzerland’s $17 Billion Bond Write-Down

America’s Inflation Antihero Gets a Makeover

Billion-Dollar Hedge Fund Startups Rise to Pre-Pandemic Levels

The Fabulous Yields, and Lurking Risks, of Money Market Funds

Rates on C.D.s Are Soaring, but the High Rates May Not Last

AI Is Coming for Wealth Management. Here’s What That Means

Battle Over Labor Secretary Nominee Reflects a Larger Fight for Biden

Franchisers, Facing Challenges to Business Model, Punch Back

Home Prices in March Posted Biggest Annual Decline in 11 Years

How Hard Lines in Fox-Dominion Deal Talks Suddenly Softened

Tesla Increases Price of Model S, X in US After Shares Slump

Apple Plans iPhone Journaling App in Expansion of Health Initiatives

When Apple Comes Calling, ‘It’s the Kiss of Death’

Google Launched Bard Chatbot Despite Ethics Concerns, Warnings It Was a ‘Pathological Liar’

Luxury Fortunes Jump $93 Billion on Demand Boom for Hermes, Dior

Americans Are Set to Spend More Than Brits at UK Hotels for Coronation

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Posted by on April 21st, 2023 at 7:03 am


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