Rio Tinto’s Nuton venture is using microbes to remove copper from ores that are otherwise uneconomical to mine.https://www.wsj.com/finance/commodities-futures/can-arizona-miners-unleash-an-american-copper-boom-982638ff?mod=rss_markets_main
British banks will no longer need to hold so much capital, as the U.K. joins the U.S. in unwinding some measures put in place after the global financial crisis.https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/u-k-loosens-bank-capital-demands-for-first-time-since-financial-crisis-7aa214b5?mod=rss_markets_main
The role is one of the most demanding in world finance, with the bank acting as a financial bridge between the East and West.https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/hsbc-chairman-hiring-search-b62bd6f7?mod=rss_markets_main
Bitcoin had its worst day since March and is now down more than 30% from its peak.https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/bitcoin-rout-picks-up-steam-as-investors-fret-over-a-new-crypto-winter-1ffd2100?mod=rss_markets_main
Troops are hooked on investing. They’re trading tips from cockpits and the decks of aircraft carriers, and making fortunes.https://www.wsj.com/finance/stock-trading-military-crypto-culture-75fb3c59?mod=rss_markets_main
Stocks and cryptocurrencies tied to the president and his family have tumbled amid a broader rout of riskier assets.https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/donald-trump-djt-stock-crypto-slump-05b89b5b?mod=rss_markets_main
Politics and debt don’t mix well. Americans would be wise to look across the Atlantic to see how tough things can get.https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/uk-budget-debate-us-debt-lessons-38bc52e3?mod=rss_markets_main
Surprise heirs are showing up because of DNA test kits and sowing disorder for people handling their loved ones’ estates.https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/they-found-relatives-on-23andmeand-asked-for-a-cut-of-the-inheritance-251e5f4c?mod=rss_markets_main
The S&P 500 and Dow both rose for a seventh consecutive month.https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/global-stocks-markets-dow-news-11-27-2025-3eae00a5?mod=rss_markets_main
Sherrill, the governor-elect of New Jersey, argues that if Democrats don’t learn to work at Donald Trump’s pace, “we’re going to get played.”https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/mikie-sherrill-intends-to-move-fast
During the Trump era, political violence has become an increasingly urgent problem. Elected officials from both parties are struggling to respond.https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/08/in-the-line-of-fire
In the Swiss Alps, a plan to tidy up Romansh—spoken by less than one per cent of the country—set off a decades-long quarrel over identity, belonging, and the sound of authenticity.https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/08/a-very-big-fight-over-a-very-small-language
Is the race to create ever more lavish spectator offerings in America’s largest entertainment venues changing the fan experience?https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/08/how-the-sports-stadium-went-luxe
When Dragon Bravo ignited, in Grand Canyon National Park, officials decided to let it burn. Then the fire spread out of control.https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/what-america-can-learn-from-its-largest-wildfire-of-the-year
New reporting suggests that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated multiple rules of war.https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-dishonorable-strikes-on-venezuelan-boats
The Department of Health and Human Services maintains that it is hewing to “gold standard, evidence-based science”—doublespeak that might unsettle Orwell.https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/08/the-undermining-of-the-cdc
A former military judge on the Trump Administration’s contradictory—and likely unlawful—justifications for its Caribbean bombing campaign.https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/the-legal-consequences-of-pete-hegseths-kill-them-all-order
A new book, “The London Consensus,” offers a framework for rethinking economic policy in a fractured age of inequality, populism, and political crisis.https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-financial-page/what-can-economists-agree-on-these-days
Are the higher speed and intensity that have made the game so fun to watch the very forces that are sidelining its stars with injuries?https://www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/the-nbas-breakneck-momentum
Nvidia’s leading position in AI chips is secure, but its profit margins look vulnerable.https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/nvidias-fat-margins-are-google-and-amds-opportunity-69591c66?mod=rss_Technology