Dispatch from northwest Syria
US inflation declined in January though less than expected, Turkey’s president faces a backlash for an amnesty programme that forgave faults in millions of buildings, and humanitarian aid is finally r...
15 Helmi 20239min
US regulators go after non-competes
Nigeria’s highest court slapped a temporary ban on the plan to replace the country’s largest currency notes, and US regulators may ban non-compete clauses that stop workers from jumping to a rival com...
14 Helmi 20239min
Syrian refugees in Turkey face rising hostility
The earthquake in Turkey has worsened the plight of Syrian refugees who already face rising hostility, YouTube has rolled out a revenue sharing scheme to lure new content creators away from rival TikT...
13 Helmi 20239min
Credit Suisse’s big slump
China has pulled back from an internet pipeline connecting Asia with Europe, activist investor Nelson Peltz has called off his fight against Disney, and Americans are expected to wager a record $16bn ...
10 Helmi 20239min
Disney to axe 7,000 jobs
Disney plans to cut 7,000 jobs to reduce costs, the UK competition regulator said Microsoft’s acquisition of video game maker Activision Blizzard would harm competition for UK gamers, and the seventh-...
9 Helmi 202310min
Adani scrambles to reassure investors
Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell said on Tuesday that reducing inflation would take a “significant period of time”, Turkey declared a state of emergency in areas ravaged by the region’s worst earthqua...
8 Helmi 20238min
The jig is up for the Texas two-step
The UK Treasury and Bank of England are designing a “digital pound”, Google revealed plans on Monday to launch a chatbot to rival OpenAI’s popular ChatGPT, more than 11,000 residents of Nigeria’s oil-...
7 Helmi 20238min
Unhedged’s Rob Armstrong on a puzzling US economy
The US donor network led by billionaire industrialist Charles Koch has signalled it will oppose Donald Trump’s bid to secure the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, and European banks launch earn...
6 Helmi 20239min
