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Amol Sharma

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Financial Editor at The Wall Street Journal (former media & entertainment editor). amol.sharma@wsj.com

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Amol Sharma @amolsharma.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Elite hedge funds are in a pitched battle for the world’s top traders. The price tag for a young stock picker can now top $100 million. www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
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The Frenzied Pursuit of Wall Street’s Low-Profile All-Stars
The world’s most elite hedge funds are in a pitched battle for talent. The price tag for a young stock picker can now top $100 million.
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dan favale @danfavale.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
the pacers when the other team has a 99% or better win probability in the final three minutes
"oh, yeah, it's all coming together" meme
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Amol Sharma @amolsharma.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Despite wins under Trump, the crypto world is wary of becoming too politicized. Bitcoin’s biggest gathering is becoming “a right-wing rally,” said one attendee. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
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Bitcoin Goes All In on MAGA, Shedding Its Antigovernment Slant
Despite wins under President Trump, some crypto factions are wary of politicizing the industry.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
WSJ: “.. Nearly $1 in every $7 the U.S. spends goes toward paying interest, more than the country spends on defense.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Amol Sharma @amolsharma.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
The parallel banking world known as “private credit” is booming. Giants like Apollo and Blackstone have harnessed huge pools of insurance money to fuel their lending and now they want to tap into your 401(k) savings. www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
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Wall Street’s New ‘Shadow Banks’ Are on a Tear. They Want Your Money.
A booming ‘private credit’ industry aims to include 401(k) investors; tariff-driven economic stress poses risks.
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Amol Sharma @amolsharma.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Goldman Sachs tells countries that tariff negotiations aren’t all about trade. The bank advised South Africa’s president to scale back a law meant to address racial disparities because Trump had described it as a human rights violation. www.wsj.com/finance/gold...
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Exclusive | Goldman Sachs Offers Advice on Tariffs to Countries Scrambling to Please Trump
South Africa, Japan and Saudi Arabia are among the nations that have sought counsel from the Wall Street giant.
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Amol Sharma @amolsharma.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
During this month’s market turmoil, professional investors headed for the exits while individuals held steady. It’s upending Wall Street’s conventional wisdom. www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
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As Markets Swooned, Pros Sold—and Individuals Pounced
Hedge funds have sold a net $1 trillion of shares this year, while 97% of Vanguard 401(k) investors didn’t make trades in early April.
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Amol Sharma @amolsharma.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
“He isn’t slick…he’s charming in a dorky way.” The Morgan Stanley star who is now the White House’s “America First” dealmaker. www.wsj.com/finance/mich...
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Exclusive | The Morgan Stanley Star Now Leading Trump’s Invest-in-America Push
Michael Grimes will helm a new initiative brokering investments for ‘America First’ agenda
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Amol Sharma @amolsharma.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
“According to people who consult with Chinese officials, Beijing’s recent statement that it is done with tit-for-tat tariff responses signals that it might be moving to other, noneconomic methods.” www.wsj.com/world/china/...
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Breakdown in U.S.-China Relations Raises Specter of New Cold War
What is at stake as economic ties careen off the rails is overall global security and economic stability for years to come.
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Amol Sharma @amolsharma.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
How Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, a Wall Street veteran, embraced MAGA’s pro-tariff populism and made one of the highest-stakes gambles in modern political and economic history. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Wall Street’s Best Hope to End Trump’s Global Trade War Is One of Its Own
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, a former hedge-fund manager, is trying to execute one of highest-stakes gambles in modern political and economic history.
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Amol Sharma @amolsharma.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
As tariffs roil markets, Wall Street’s elite bank CEOs aren’t in contact with the White House to the extent they have been during past disruptions — and when they are, they sense their opinions don’t carry weight. www.wsj.com/finance/bank...
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Big Bank CEOs Reckon With Their Lack of Influence on Trump
Bankers are uncertain about Trump’s endgame on tariffs and uneasy about the impact on the global economy and their own businesses.
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Amol Sharma @amolsharma.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink was a Republican punching bag derided as a woke capitalist. Then he delivered Trump a big geopolitical win. WSJ goes deep on a finance titan who always stays close to power. www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
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How BlackRock’s Larry Fink Won Over Donald Trump
CEOs the world over are trying to get in good with President Trump. This Wall Street titan found a way.
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Amol Sharma @amolsharma.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Exclusive: The Trump family has struck a deal to get into bitcoin mining, part of its all-out push into every corner of crypto. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
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Exclusive | The Trump Family Advances Its All-Out Crypto Blitz, This Time With Bitcoin Mining
A business led by two of the president’s sons will invest in American Bitcoin, a new mining company controlled by Hut 8.
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Amol Sharma @amolsharma.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
The aftermath of Arnold Haro’s death illustrates, in the extreme, the lack of boundaries in the meme coin world: It is a place where anything can be turned into a coin—even a horrific tragedy. @KevinTDugan on crypto’s darkest corner. www.wsj.com/finance/arno...
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In Crypto’s Darkest Corner, a Suicide Becomes Just Another Meme Coin
A 23-year-old man’s dark descent into crypto scams ended with shooting himself on a livestream.
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Amol Sharma @amolsharma.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
“To the surprise of staff, after Trump’s order, a big bouquet of flowers arrived at the firm’s headquarters in Seattle. The anonymous gift had a note signed by the “American people” that read: “Thank you for everything you do.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Inside the Law Firm That Decided to Fight Back Against Trump’s Attack
The firm’s biggest clients—including Amazon and Boeing—are staying despite an executive order that targeted the firm, which has Democratic ties.
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Amol Sharma @amolsharma.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Selling a home right now is a vastly different experience for people depending on where you live in the U.S. ⁦‪@VeronicaDagher‬⁩ on how and why regional disparities are so pronounced in the housing market. www.wsj.com/economy/hous...
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This 4-Bedroom Ranch in N.J. Tells You Everything About the Lopsided Housing Market
For the past few years, nearly every market was hot and there were few deals to be found. Now, many of the markets that rose the fastest are the ones cooling the most. If that weakness spreads more br...
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Amol Sharma @amolsharma.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Um, this sounds like the plot of a Seth Rogen movie: The Atlantic's editor was copied into a Signal group chat in which top Trump officials were discussing an impending military attack. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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Amol Sharma @amolsharma.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
“It was very likely that our firm would not be able to survive a protracted dispute with the Administration.” www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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Law Firms Scramble to Avoid Being Trump’s Next Target
The president’s latest salvo calls for a harder line with firms litigating against the government in ways he thinks are unfair.
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Amol Sharma @amolsharma.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Why don’t board games with cards include rubber bands to store the cards neatly? Discuss.
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Craig Silverman @craigsilverman.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Here's the full email. Feinman's term ended and he was not reappointed. The Commerce Dept. is still weighing how it will change BEAD, but its stated preference for a low-cost, "tech neutral" use of funds could mean billions more for satellite operators like Starlink.
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Amol Sharma @amolsharma.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
The Trump administration’s chaotic mix of tariffs and government budget cuts has jolted everyday investors, leading them to question the assumption that they should buy and hold stocks on autopilot. www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...
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The Days of Set-and-Forget Investing Just Ended for Many Americans
The Trump administration’s chaotic mix of tariffs and government budget cuts has jolted legions of everyday investors, leading them to question the assumption that they should buy and hold stocks on a...
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Amol Sharma @amolsharma.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
One potential victim of Trump’s upending of the geopolitical order in a matter of weeks: the U.S. dollar. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
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Trump’s New World Order Tests the Dollar
Investors are more optimistic about Europe while tariffs cloud the U.S. outlook.
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Amol Sharma @amolsharma.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Hedge funds usually like to take advantage of stock-market unrest. Lately, they have helped spread it instead. A great read on the hit some of Wall Street’s most sophisticated investors took in last week’s rout. www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
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The Week the Smart Money Got Whipsawed by the Market
Hedge funds usually like to take advantage of stock-market unrest. Lately, they have helped spread it instead.
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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
I wrote about how we've improbably entered a new golden age of TV shows about characters in their golden years, including A Man on the Inside, Hacks, Only Murders in the Building, and Matlock:
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Stand Down, Youngs. Old People Are Taking Over TV
'A Man on the Inside,' 'Hacks,' and 'Matlock' are putting older stars like Ted Danson, Kathy Bates, Jean Smart, and more, back in the spotlight
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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...
Behind the scenes, the company was also quietly dismantling a system to prevent the spread of misinformation. When the company announced on Jan. 7 that it would end its fact-checking partnerships, the company also instructed teams responsible for ranking content in the company’s apps to stop penalizing misinformation, according to sources and an internal document obtained by Platformer.

The result is that the sort of viral hoaxes that ran roughshod over the platform during the 2016 US presidential election — “Pope Francis endorses Trump,” Pizzagate, and all the rest — are now just as eligible for free amplification on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads as true stories.
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Amol Sharma @amolsharma.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Girls Are Losing Ground to Boys Now at School, Test Scores Show www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
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Long the Star Pupils, Girls Are Losing Ground to Boys
Girls have suffered greater test-score declines than boys.
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Amol Sharma @amolsharma.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Inside the massive ‘Typhoon’ cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure and telecom networks, which have underscored America’s shocking vulnerabilities to digital intrusions by Chinese hackers. Incredible reporting from a star-studded WSJ team. www.wsj.com/tech/cyberse...
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How Chinese Hackers Graduated From Clumsy Corporate Thieves to Military Weapons
Massive “Typhoon” cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure and telecoms sought to lay the groundwork for potential conflict with Beijing, as intruders gathered data and got in position to impede response a...
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Amol Sharma @amolsharma.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Shaken and stirred: James Bond is stuck in a tug-of-war between the family that controls 007 and his new overlords at Amazon. www.wsj.com/business/med...
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James Bond Outdueled Goldfinger and Dr. No. Can He Win a Battle With Amazon?
A clash between the Broccoli family, which has creative control over 007, and the e-commerce giant, which owns the franchise, has put Bond’s future on pause.
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Amol Sharma @amolsharma.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
The $30 billion mega merger between two advertising giants marks a turning point for Madison Avenue: the creative side of the business, long the power center, is giving way to a future dominated by quants and AI. Behold the rise of the Math Men. www.wsj.com/business/med...
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Sorry, Mad Men. The Ad Revolution Is Here.
Two advertisers are combining into a $30 billion behemoth to harness the data, tech and AI expertise now dominating Madison Avenue—and all the marketing you see.
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Dustin Volz @dustinvolz.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
EVAN GERSHKOVICH IS BACK WHERE HE BELONGS — on the byline of a WSJ article. So great to see Evan publishing stories again. www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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Tracking Putin’s Most Feared Secret Agency—From Inside a Russian Prison and Beyond
The spy unit that arrested a Wall Street Journal reporter is leading the biggest campaign of internal repression since Stalin. era.
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Amol Sharma @amolsharma.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Warner hasn’t said it plans to pursue a breakup. But if it ever did, this structure would make it easier: cable networks unit could go to PE or maybe Comcast’s SpinCo and the streaming/studio wing to a big strategic entertainment/tech player. www.wsj.com/business/med...
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Warner Discovery to Restructure, Setting Up Potential ‘Strategic Opportunities’
The entertainment company is restructuring into two operating divisions, one focused on the legacy cable TV business and one on streaming and studios.
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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
From October until December 2, daily users on X dropped 8.4 percent and rose on Bluesky by *1,064 percent* www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
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From X to Bluesky: why are people fleeing Elon Musk’s ‘digital town square’?
Musk’s platform has lost 2.7 million active US users in two months, while its rival has gained 2.5 million
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Amol Sharma @amolsharma.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
“You’re not taking a year are you?” Netflix has quietly pulled back its much-lauded parental-leave policy, one of several cultural changes as it reins in employee freedom. A deep dive from WSJ’s Jessica Toonkel. www.wsj.com/business/med...
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Netflix’s Extraordinary Parental Leave Was Part of Its Culture. That’s Over.
Employees worry the pullback and other new restrictions mean the entertainment giant is losing the identity that fueled its success.
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Amol Sharma @amolsharma.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Theo Von, the podcaster who joked about drug addiction with Donald Trump, has built a big following with an edgy, freewheeling style. Great profile by WSJ’s Katherine Sayre. www.wsj.com/business/med...
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The Rise of Theo Von, the Resident Quipster of Podcasting’s ‘Manosphere’
The comedian, who joked about drug addiction with Donald Trump, has built a following with an edgy and freewheeling style.
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Amol Sharma @amolsharma.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
When Juan Soto walks to the fridge to get a Gatorade (10 seconds) he will earn roughly $16.
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Amol Sharma @amolsharma.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
This Vranica scoop also courtesy of Lauren Thomas, with assist from Jessica Toonkel
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Amol Sharma @amolsharma.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
🚨 Big business scoop from WSJ's Suzanne Vranica: Ad giant Omnicom Group is in advanced talks to acquire rival Interpublic, a deal that would create the world’s largest advertising company. This is about preparing for an AI and data-driven future in advertising. www.wsj.com/business/med...
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Exclusive | Advertising Firms Omnicom and Interpublic Nearing Merger That Would Reshape Industry
A deal would create the world’s largest advertising company, with net revenue of more than $20 billion, topping WPP’s $15.1 billion.
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Just announced by NBC: "Donald Trump agreed to sit down with NBC News’ Kristen Welker in an exclusive interview airing on Meet the Press on Sunday, Dec. 8. The interview will take place on Friday and marks his first network interview since winning the election."
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Scoop: After the LA Times published a piece about Elon Musk that carried a headline owner Patrick Soon-Shiong didn't like, a new rule was implemented: Prior to publishing opinion stories, headlines must be emailed to Soon-Shiong, where he can then choose to weigh in. www.status.news/p/los-angele...
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The Times They Are A-Changin’
Staffers at the Los Angeles Times described to Status a demoralized publication depleted of its spirit in which employees are "confused," "offended," and "frustrated."
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Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
NEW on CNN: We uncovered that Trump's incoming-White House press secretary purged tweets from her timeline praising Pence for certifying the election on January 6 and praising Capitol police . Just a year later she ran for Congress denying the 2020 election results. www.cnn.com/2024/12/02/p...
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Trump press secretary pick removed post praising Pence on January 6, then ran for Congress as an election denier | CNN Politics
Karoline Leavitt, President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming White House press secretary, deleted two social media posts she shared after the January 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol — including a retweet...
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Grant Marek @grantmarek.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
HEY! @sfgate.com is hiring. 🗳️ Senior Calif. Politics Reporter 📝 Breaking News Editor ✍️ News Reporter We've had 0 layoffs since I took over in 2019 and almost tripled in size. - Apply here: eevd.fa.us6.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... - Read why we're expanding here: www.sfgate.com/news/article...
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Why SFGATE is expanding way beyond San Francisco
SFGATE now has 54 journalists who live in 20 different cities up and down the state, covering California top to bottom, coast to Sierra.
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Oil producers warn Trump tariffs on Canada will push up US petrol prices www.ft.com/content/920f...
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Oil producers warn Trump tariffs on Canada will push up US petrol prices
President-elect’s threat could add 25% to the cost of crude from US’s biggest foreign supplier
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Amol Sharma @amolsharma.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Apparently, Lin-Manuel Miranda has haters, and they now are reconsidering the value of his songwriting. That’s what I’m learning from the “Moana 2” discourse (he didn’t come back to do the music for the sequel).
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Sapna Maheshwari @sapna.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
I’ve met some of my own heroes but this story was the first time I met one of my 2.5-year old’s heroes… Ms. Rachel! she’s a YouTube toddler sensation who’s now also behind a line of hit toys (and a book!) this holiday season and she has big Fred Rogers vibes: www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/b...
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Ms. Rachel’s Improbable Journey From Toddler Whisperer to Holiday Toy Story
Rachel Accurso might be this era’s Mister Rogers, if he had been on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram. Toy companies and publishers all want a piece of the action.
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Amol Sharma @amolsharma.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
A graphic novel version of the Bible? Leather-bound, large print? Pocket size? Full-color study option with maps? These days, there are endless options. Bible sales are booming. www.wsj.com/business/med...
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Sales of Bibles Are Booming, Fueled by First-Time Buyers and New Versions
Publishers attribute a 22% jump in Bible sales this year to rising anxiety, a search for hope, or highly focused marketing and designs.
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Amol Sharma @amolsharma.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
ACT NOW! Many retailers are urging customers to buy now before President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs potentially raise costs—and prices. www.wsj.com/business/ret...
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Buy Now Before Tariffs Hit, Retailers Are Telling Shoppers
Many businesses are urging customers to buy before President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs potentially raise costs—and prices.
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Amol Sharma @amolsharma.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Bandit would take care of this with some packing tape. And would make a game out of it. Hero. www.nbcnewyork.com/new-york-cit...
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Bluey balloon pops during inflation before Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
The balloon of Bluey, the beloved children’s cartoon character, popped during inflation the day before the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
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Tim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
OK Gen Z.
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