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Americans are waiting in line for everything… and a velvet rope is a self-fulfilling business prophecy.Truth Social is selling early access to the President’s tweets to hedge funds… Wall Street can turn milliseconds into millions.Poolhouse raised $50M to turn billiards into date ...  Show more

Christopher Nolan’s $250M “The Odyssey” premiered yesterday… but so did an AI-generated $2K version.PayPal is in play, with a $53B acquisition offer… But the ultimate buyer could be SpaceX.$27 for a burger, fries, a cocktail, and a surprise… The # of Adult Happy Meals is up 21%.P ...  Show more

China has signaled it may adjust some aspects of its strict zero-Covid policy following a massive show of defiance in cities across the country, with some openly calling for the removal of Chinese leader Xi Jinping. We examine the financial and psychological ramifications of the ...  Show more

U.S. airlines say China is refusing to allow flights to land…after some passengers tested positive for COVID; Shortages at grocery stores are growing more widespread because of supply chain kinks and COVID To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https:/ ...  Show more

Xi Jinping’s renewed commitment to zero-Covid policy rattles investors in China, Africa’s top Covid vaccine plant faces an uncertain future after production halt, and plant-based meat maker Impossible Foods claims a rival, Motif, has infringed its patent on a beef-replica prod ...

The protests in China might force the government to back down from its extreme Covid restrictions and ramp up its extreme surveillance programs. The Wall Street Journal’s Josh Chin explains. This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered b ...  Show more