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| For “Midnights,” Swift’s last studio album, a total of 35 physical products, including these six vinyl variants, were sold. Clockwise from top left, mahogany, moonstone blue, blood moon, lavender, jade green and love potion purple. |
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| “The Tortured Poets Department” comes out on Friday in a number of different versions and formats including CD, left, and cassette. |
Tesla Calls for New Vote on Elon Musk’s Pay Package - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
In 2018, Tesla came up with a package that would give Musk the right to buy up to 304 million shares at a preset price of $23.34 — if he met a series of increasingly difficult-to-achieve financial milestones. If he didn’t meet them, he would get nothing. At the time, the company was worth $59 billion.
If Mr. Musk were somehow to increase the value of Tesla to $650 billion — a figure many experts would contend is laughably impossible and would make Tesla one of the five largest companies in the United States, based on current valuations — his stock award could be worth as much as $55 billion.
About 73 percent of non-Musk shareholders approved the plan in a 2018 vote.
Musk managed to surpass those high hurdles. But in January, a Delaware judge struck down the plan, agreeing with shareholders who had sued to block the payouts because, they said, it was created with the help of overly compliant Tesla directors.
The Global Turn Away From Free-Market Policies Worries Economists - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
More countries are embracing measures meant to encourage their own security and independence, a trend that some say could slow global growth.
Biden to Call for Tripling Tariffs on Chinese Steel Products - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
In a speech to union steelworkers in Pittsburgh, the president will announce several new measures meant to raise new barriers against floods of Chinese imports.
The three European countries have joined the parade of others that are enthusiastically embracing industrial policies — the catchall term for a variety of measures like targeted subsidies, tax incentives, regulations and trade restrictions — meant to steer an economy.
More than 2,500 industrial policies were introduced last year, roughly three times the number in 2019, according to a new study. And most were imposed by the richest, most advanced economies — many of which could previously be counted on to criticize such tactics.
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| Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, has pushed back against the growing use of industrial policies.Credit...Mandel Ngan/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images |
Trump Election Inquiries Gain Ground in Swing States - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Georgia, Michigan and Nevada have already brought charges against people who posed as electors for Donald Trump, and Arizona and Wisconsin have active investigations.
The Republican speaker’s strategy for moving foreign aid measures for Israel and Ukraine through the House has outraged many in his own party, increasing calls for his ouster.
Speaker faces ouster from GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and GOP Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky.
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Israel had grown used to targeting Iranian officials without head-on retaliation from Iran, an assumption overturned by Iran’s attacks on Saturday.
A meeting of Israel’s war cabinet ended with no decision on how to proceed after Iran fired hundreds of missiles and drones overnight, nearly all of them intercepted. World leaders urged restraint and Iran signaled that it would not strike further unless attacked.
The girl, who lives in a Negev desert community that is home to Arab Bedouins, was clinging to life in a hospital after the attack.
Speaker Mike Johnson left unclear whether the vote on the security package, coming after Iranian attacks on Israel, would also include aid for Ukraine.
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He ran to football fame and made fortunes in movies. His trial for the murder of his former wife and her friend became an inflection point on race in America.
In the book, Navalny tells his story in his own words, chronicling his life, his rise as an opposition leader, and the attempts on his life.
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E.P.A. Says ‘Forever Chemicals’ Must Be Removed From Tap Water - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
The rule applies to a family of chemicals known as PFAS that are linked to serious health effects. Water utilities argue the cost is too great.
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The federal government is ordering the removal of PFAS, a class of chemicals that poses serious health risks, from drinking water systems across the country.
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| President Biden and the first lady, Dr. Jill Biden, before the state dinner for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan on Wednesday.Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times |
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The leadership of Iran has repeatedly vowed to avenge the deadly April 1 strike on an Iranian Embassy building in Damascus.
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Some in the battleground state said they would still vote for former President Donald J. Trump even if they were frustrated by the reversal of abortion rights.
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Tesla Settles Lawsuit Over a Fatal Crash Involving Autopilot - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
A Tesla driver’s family had sought damages for the 2018 crash, which happened while the carmaker’s driver-assistance software was in use.
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