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In China, It’s Time to Splurge Again, and the Luxury Industry Is Relieved

This time last year, Shanghai — China’s capital of fashion and luxury — was in the throes of a ruthlessly enforced Covid lockdown. The city’s glittering high-end malls and avenues […]




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After First Republic Collapse, Is the Worst of the Banking Crisis Over?

Is the worst of the banking crisis over? It may seem a strange question to pose so shortly after the collapse of First Republic Bank, the second-largest such failure in […]




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Why Companies Are Pushing Premium Products With Higher Prices

Six Flags, the theme park operator, recently shifted to a more premium model by raising prices and limiting discounts, which Selim Bassoul, the chief executive, described as “bold changes to […]




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Hedge Fund Billionaire Ray Dalio Gets Billions More to Retire

When Ray Dalio, the multibillionaire founder of the world’s biggest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, announced his retirement in October, both he and the firm he founded more than four decades […]




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Gautam Adani’s Rise Was Intertwined With India’s. Now It’s Unraveling.

Gautam Adani began the year as one of the richest men who ever lived, an upstart billionaire whose conglomerate, one of India’s largest, had surged in value by 2,500 percent […]







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I.R.S. Backlogs Continue as Republicans Mount Offensive

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service will begin the 2023 tax season bogged down in 10 million unprocessed tax returns from prior years and struggling to answer taxpayer phone calls, […]




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How NYU’s Emergency Room Favors the Rich

In New York University’s busy Manhattan emergency department, Room 20 is special.Steps away from the hospital’s ambulance bay, the room is outfitted with equipment to perform critical procedures or isolate […]




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Epstein Estate Agrees to Pay U.S. Virgin Islands More Than $105 Million

The estate of Jeffrey Epstein has agreed to pay what could amount to more than $105 million to the U.S. Virgin Islands to settle claims that the disgraced financier used […]




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FTX’s In-House Performance Coach Is Just as Surprised as You Are

Over the past week, Dr. Lerner has had a front-row seat to the implosion of Mr. Bankman-Fried’s empire. First, the dramatic collapse of FTX, which followed what was the equivalent […]