The US Supreme Court said it will consider whether a Maryland school system is violating the Constitution by incorporating LGBTQ-friendly books into the elementary school curriculum without giving parents the right to opt out. Plunging into a culturally ...

Today we’re checking in on the state of the music world, pegged to two developments. The first: Drake sued Universal Music Group NV on Wednesday over alleged defamation stemming from Kendrick Lamar’s song Not Like Us. The suit contains some revealing details both about how the major label record system operates openly and behind the scenes.

The LA wildfires have burned tens of thousands of acres – but on some weather maps, air quality still looks good. What’s going on?

Hong Kong has been relatively quick in addressing investor protection concerns related to virtual assets. We look at Hong Kong’s regulation in that space and how intermediaries can prepare.

Hi, it’s Aaron Kirchfeld in London, looking at how bankers and executives are trying to bring dead deals back to life. Elsewhere, two of Italy’s most prominent billionaire clans emerge as power brokers in reshaping the country’s banking industry.

Also today: LA pushes to rebuild homes faster, and real estate vultures eye middle-class homeowners.

The Federal Reserve announced Friday it had withdrawn from the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System, a global coalition of central banks engaged in the study of climate risk that was launched in 2017.

On Jan. 10 the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned 161 tankers and traders involved in about 2,000 shipments since the invasion began. It also acted against Moscow-based ship insurers and two companies — Surgutneftgas and Gazpromneft — which in the first 10 months of last year accounted for almost 30% of Russia’s oil exports.

The leading US trucking company broke with its tradition of never giving earnings guidance to flag that analysts’ estimates for first-quarter operating profit were too high. The long-awaited recovery in the freight market, first anticipated in 2024 and then forecast for 2025, now looks like it won’t arrive before 2026.

Major retailers can tailor prices based on customer data including location, demographics or shopping history, the US Federal Trade Commission said in initial study findings, raising concerns about the use of what they termed “surveillance pricing.

A ceasefire deal has been approved by Israel’s high-level security cabinet, paving the way for a pause in fighting in Gaza. The six-week truce deal, which would exchange Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners,

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