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Wealthy travelers seeking sun, sand, and luxury are flocking to the Caribbean paradise next to Haiti, where armed gangs dominate

The Dominican Republic is having a moment. Ten million tourists a year are flocking to its beaches, helping drive one of the region’s...

Buy a California town for $6.6 million

In California, a state where single family houses often run for millions of dollars, what amounts to basically an entire city has gone...

Big Tech is pouring billions into British AI investments—but the U.K. risks becoming a sidekick to U.S. tech giants

Microsoft’s plan to open a new AI hub in London is a huge endorsement for the U.K. as a world leader in AI. But I...

17,000-company study of COVID greedflation shows most profited from cost-of-living crisis

The aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic came with many “new normals,” not least hybrid working and rising prices. Suggestions are growing that the...

North Koreans stole Americans’ identities and took remote-work tech jobs at Fortune 500 companies, DOJ says

The Justice Department on Thursday announced the arrests of three people in a complex stolen identity scheme that officials say generates enormous proceeds...

BlackRock sent its team a memo secretly written by ChatGPT—and one major critique emerged

BlackRock COO Robert Goldstein has learned a lot since his firm launched a generative AI lab in 2018. Goldstein discussed his team’s efforts,...

LSE CEO: Listing flight not a big concern as U.K. is ‘punching above its weight’

London’s status as Europe’s top financial hub has been at risk for the last few years. There are now 25% fewer companies listed on...

Who will be HSBC’s next CEO? An internal candidate seems likely for Europe’s largest bank

HSBC Holdings Plc is leaning towards appointing its next chief executive officer from a shortlist of internal candidates as it begins its hunt...

5 ways to change your relationship with sugar

If pressed to define their relationship with sugar, many people would say, “it’s complicated.” A 2018 study found that 70% of U.S. adults...

Netflix doubles down on its ‘big bet on live’ events with huge deal to air NFL Christmas Day games

Netflix Inc. will air two National Football League games this Christmas Day, in the streaming TV giant’s latest push into live events. The three-season...

Ship that collapsed Baltimore bridge had blackouts both 10 hours before leaving port and shortly before fatal collision

The cargo ship Dali experienced electrical blackouts about 10 hours before leaving the Port of Baltimore and yet again shortly before it slammed into the...

E. Jean Carroll said women could decide the presidential election

E. Jean Carroll took on former President Donald Trump and won, and now she wants other women to know that they have the...

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