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Bad Bunny turns Super Bowl half-time into Puerto Rican love letter with a Lady Gaga surprise

It marks a historic moment for Latin music on America’s biggest stage

The Epstein files are not just about one man’s crimes, they are a mirror reflecting deeper problems with how power operates in society, and a test of whether accountability truly applies to everyone.
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The Epstein files: Accountability and the question of elite impunity

Jeffery Epstein’s ability to operate for decades, despite credible allegations, points to failures across multiple institutions

Last year, foreigners poured around US$1.6 trillion into US financial assets, including nearly US$700 billion into stocks – both new records and significantly higher than the levels of recent years.

Bash all day, buy all night

Why foreigners keep pouring money into America

According to the complaint, Live Nation and its Ticketmaster unit illegally inflated concert ticket prices and engaged in practices that harmed both artists and consumers.

Live Nation executives in talks with DOJ to avert trial, Semafor reports

The company has unlawfully maintained its dominance in the live entertainment industry, a lawsuit alleges

The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. factory in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Taiwan's Vice Premier Cheng Li-chiun said she had made it clear to Washington that Taiwan’s semiconductor ecosystem, built up over decades, could not be relocated.

Taiwan says 40% shift of chip capacity to US is ‘impossible’

The semiconductor ecosystem will continue to grow in Taiwan, Vice Premier Cheng Li-chiun said

The Fed vastly expanded its balance sheet during the global financial crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic to push down long-term interest rates.

US Treasury’s Bessent says Fed will take its time on balance sheet moves

[WASHINGTON] US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday he would not expect the Federal Reserve to move quickly to shrink its balance sheet, even under Fed chief nominee Kevin Warsh, who has c...

Interest in hedge fund managers based in Asia has grown around 10%.

Investors look beyond US hedge funds for the first time since 2023: Barclays

[LONDON] Investor interest in US hedge funds is waning for the first time since 2023, with talk of a “Sell America” trade simmering since US President Donald Trump’s sweeping Liberation Day levies in ...

The RBI's US$10 billion US dollar/rupee buy-sell swap has coincided with the jump in reserves by about US$36 billion in just three weeks until Jan 30.

India’s forex reserves rise to record high of US$723.8 billion

They are up by about US$14 billion, from the week ending in Jan 23

The jury awarded Jaylynn Dean US$8.5 million in compensatory damages but declined to award punitive damages.

Uber ordered to pay US$8.5 million in trial over driver sex assault claims

The company maintains that its drivers are independent contractors rather than employees