Tesla sends bitcoin to record high with $1.5bn investment
Endorsement seen as personal bet by CEO Elon Musk, a longtime fan of cryptocurrency
US antitrust charges are ‘all-or-nothing’ attempt to break up Facebook
Analysis: Wrestling match begins between Zuckerberg and Federal Trade Commission
John Kerry gets climate brief as Joe Biden names new team
Michigan board of canvassers votes to certify the state’s election results
America’s new first family: Joe, Jill and the Bidens
First lady expected to keep job as professor as president-elect leans on trusted inner circle
Sycamore Partners backs out of $535m deal for Victoria’s Secret
Victoria’s Secret owner to challenge move in first high-profileUS legal Covid-19 fight
OECD confident on digital tax deal as France takes swipe at Ireland
‘I don’t want to name that country, but everybody knows which country I’m thinking of’
Dublin ‘can learn from Vienna’, where public transport cost only €365 a year
Austrian city regularly ranked as the most liveable city in the world
Facebook rejects call for its breakup from co-founder Chris Hughes
Hughes argues the social media giant be subjected to extensive government oversight
Silicon Valley, Wall Street taking notes on Spotify debut
Music streaming company to debut on market with direct listing rather than typical IPO
Study shows children raised by same-sex parents do as well as those raised by heterosexual parents
Australian review finds main threat to same-sex parented children is discrimination
Climate change litigation cases have tripled since 2014
New report says governments may be forced to deliver on commitments by the courts
Trump turns on leakers as disclosures undermine White House
President vows to punish ‘low-life leakers’ who have added to turbulence of his office
Rudy Giuliani says he has ‘saved more black lives’ than Beyoncé
Former New York City mayor attacks singer over politically-charged VMAs performance
HSBC revelations shine light on secretive diamond world
As a compact, stable, and transferable store of value, diamonds offer enormous advantages to smugglers, money launderers, and tax evaders
Asia Briefing: Offspring of the elite finds Ivy League a tough transition
Leadership’s children in America’s most prestigious universities
Disgraced politician Bo Xilai dismisses ‘insane’ wife’s evidence
Gu Kailai testifies husband ‘must have known’ about gifts to her from tycoons
Rapid fall from grace for former Communist Party ‘Princeling’
Bo Xilai finds himself isolated and alone in China’s trial of the century
Hardly a ripple in China over JPMorgan
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