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'Yesterday' and 'Foreverism' Review: Forward Into the Past

From ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ to ‘Happy Days,’ movies and TV shows love to resurrect prior eras. But what they create doesn’t turn back the clock. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/28Z3rkP via IFTTT

The Most Extravagant Details From Couture Week

From Chanel to Dior, here are the best looks from the Paris haute couture collections. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/gx8YV95 via IFTTT

French Court Strikes Much of Macron's Immigration Bill

The ruling strips away provisions that divided President Emmanuel Macron’s political ranks. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/kw5AO09 via IFTTT

India Named in Canadian Inquiry Into Election Interference

The inclusion alongside China and Russia in the inquiry threatens to worsen India’s already rocky relationship with Canada. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/mQpb8uR via IFTTT

Flash Floods Sweep Away Cars in San Diego Amid Historic Rainfall

San Diego suffered its wettest day of January on record, according to the National Weather Service, which warned of continued flash flooding in southern parts of the U.S. throughout the week. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/kt8z4Aw via IFTTT

Global Trade Flows Rose in November, According to WSJ Indicator

Global trade flows rose in November, a sign that the value of goods moving across international borders may steady this year after a decline in 2023. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/fYuvSpc via IFTTT

ECB Rate Cuts Starting in Summer Make Sense, Vanguard Says

Interest rate cuts starting in summer would be “consistent with the ECB’s historic reaction function,” says Shaan Raithatha, senior economist at Vanguard Europe. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/RO4SZst via IFTTT

FDJ Nears Roughly $2.5 Billion Deal for Kindred Group

The deal, if completed, would fit with FDJ’s ambitions to expand internationally. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/Bw6PaIt via IFTTT

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She talked like a millionaire, slept in a parking garage and fooled nearly everybody from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/XHuI4E7 via IFTTT

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What the IRS knows about your online income this year from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/Wg2uCyI via IFTTT

ICBC Fined $32 Million by New York's Financial Regulator and Fed for Compliance Failures

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China will pay about $32 million to resolve investigations into alleged compliance problems at the bank’s New York branch. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/fnx1gtT via IFTTT

Cheer Up, Republicans---at Least You're Not the Tories

Labour was so bad that the Conservatives didn’t have to govern well. But now the opposition is revived. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/5Z7jVCs via IFTTT

Future FinTech CEO Denies SEC's Manipulative-Trading Allegations

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Chevron Deference Is a Case of Too Much Judicial Restraint

The precedent strips judges and lawmakers of legitimate power and hands it to bureaucrats. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/NoK8Isw via IFTTT

Train Physicians, Not Activists, at Med School

I was unaware of the politicization until my son went through the application process. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/jxT6OAL via IFTTT

Iran Will Escalate Until It Pays a Price

Weakness in Washington only emboldens Tehran, writes Mark Dubowitz. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/EcBWHqh via IFTTT

The Destruction of Gaza Is Hamas's Strategy

By fighting out of civilian infrastructure, it gives Israel no way to respond without being vilified. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/1CDEI3B via IFTTT

Winter Storms and Dangerous Cold Hammer Much of the U.S.

More than 2,000 flights are canceled as brutally cold weather, snow and freezing rain hit swaths of the country. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/QH3raM2 via IFTTT

Nikkei May Fall in Likely Technical Correction

Japanese shares may fall in a likely technical correction after posting a fresh near 34-year high on Friday. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/erCR6Tn via IFTTT

Winter Storms and Dangerous Cold Bring Weather Warnings Across U.S.

Arctic freeze is expected to stretch from the Pacific Northwest to the Rust Belt and into the South, along with snow and sleet. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/QH3raM2 via IFTTT

Power Outages, Travel Warnings Mark Weekend of Intense Weather

Heavy snow and ice caused major disruptions on both coasts, ahead of a creeping front of Arctic cold that threatens to bring record-low temperatures to much of the U.S. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/lT7HZ89 via IFTTT

Vivek Ramaswamy Has a Strategy, But It Rests on Trump's Exit

Biotech entrepreneur says he will use his wealth to stay in the GOP presidential race beyond Iowa. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/xKPes6L via IFTTT

What Kind of Driver Will Your Kid Be? This Test Can Tell.

Driving is one of the most important healthcare issues for teenagers, and this assessment can identify hidden dangers. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/jecuODI via IFTTT

Mike Johnson Sticks With Budget Deal, Rebuffing GOP Hard-Liners

House speaker has faced criticism from colleagues about $1.66 trillion top-line agreement with Democrats. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/e7khPxu via IFTTT

Angry German Farmers Win a Street Fight Over Climate

Radical environmentalists pioneered aggressive protest techniques, but they didn’t have tractors. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/vN2iThK via IFTTT

Consumer Sentiment Supports Global Soft Landing

Consumer and business sentiment is improving around the world, and that bodes well for a global soft landing, Oxford Economics senior economist Tamara Basic Vasiljev writes in a report. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/uofJdGB via IFTTT

America Has Plenty of Natural Gas. So Why Is New England Left Out in the Cold?

Threatened closure of a Massachusetts import facility sparks worry about the Northeast’s energy supplies. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/xMrZYuA via IFTTT

A New American Tries to Buck Up His Countrymen

I humbly suggest that the self-loathing left and the pessimistic right have both managed to get it wrong. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/LUreVwz via IFTTT

Notable & Quotable: St. Louis Mask Mandate

‘We are experiencing a seasonal increase in respiratory illness, which is typical for this time of year.’ from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/r0HgJ7E via IFTTT

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's Hospitalization Deepens Mystery of His Absence

His No. 2 at the Pentagon didn’t learn of his hospital stay until days after he was admitted. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/2UdFKC7 via IFTTT

Boeing Is Back in the Spotlight---This Time Over a MAX-9

Boeing executives race to reassure airlines after latest incident, as FAA grounds 171 MAX-9 jets. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/PJa0KrG via IFTTT

Wanted: New College Presidents. Mission: Impossible.

Harvard, Yale, Stanford and other elite schools are looking to fill top positions that are more challenging than ever. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/NtFzGBk via IFTTT

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The FAA has ordered inspections of dozens of Boeing 737 MAX-9 jets after Alaska Airlines' midair incident. Here's what to know about the grounding. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/nGLjA4Y via IFTTT

Hospitalized Pentagon Chief Was in Intensive Care Unit

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin remains hospitalized, but has resumed his full duties, officials say. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/YVUt9ZE via IFTTT

Bill Ackman's Wife, Neri Oxman, Apologizes for Plagiarism in Her 2010 Dissertation

The billionaire pushed for the ouster of Claudine Gay from Harvard University over plagiarism allegations and campus antisemitism policies. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/RipCrGt via IFTTT

Can Trump Be Barred From the 2024 Ballot? What to Know About the Law

Section 3 of the 14th Amendment disqualifies anyone who “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” from office. Does that apply to Trump and Jan. 6? from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/ASuELPo via IFTTT

Fed's Tom Barkin Says a Soft Landing Is 'in No Way Inevitable'

The Richmond Fed president also says now is no time to change the central bank’s inflation target to 3%. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/XaWAubC via IFTTT

If You Really Want to Save Time, Free the Doctors

Imagine how many hours could be saved by getting rid of electronic health records. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/GceVpkK via IFTTT

Beyoncé and Jay-Z's $190 Million Malibu Buy Topped the Real-Estate Charts in 2023

Deep-pocketed buyers kept the luxury sector chugging along last year, as the overall market struggled under the weight of inflation and high mortgage rates. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/zI9OyDs via IFTTT

Harvard President Claudine Gay Resigns From Post

The university’s president faced calls to step down in the midst of allegations of plagiarism and criticism of her handling of campus antisemitism. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/yY28Qk5 via IFTTT

Israel Remains Despite Show of Wartime Unity, Court Ruling Underscores

Israel’s Supreme Court ruling invalidating a law that was at the center of a judicial overhaul was a reminder of underlying divisions in Israeli society. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/bTWSU4f via IFTTT

Add Flour and Salt and Assimilate

Tharshan Selvarajah was born in Sri Lanka. He’s so French, he bakes bread for Macron. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/iSOPvTm via IFTTT

Xenophobia Drives Foes of Nippon Steel's Deal

The acquisition of U.S. Steel poses no threat to America’s economic or national security. from WSJ.com: World News https://ift.tt/egahUwK via IFTTT