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The Week in Business: FTX’s Collapse

The turmoil at Twitter continues. The holiday shopping season officially begins, although retailers have already been running sales. And the Fed releases the minutes from its last meeting.  » mehr lesen

New York Times Sports Betting Investigation: Key Takeaways

The New York Times examined thousands of pages of documents and interviewed lobbyists, executives, lawmakers, regulators and others to understand how the sports-betting industry grew so big so fast.  » mehr lesen

How a Lobbying Blitz Made Sports Betting Ubiquitous

The gambling industry and its allies got their way with lawmakers after showering them with donations, gifts and dubious arguments.  » mehr lesen

Why States Were Unprepared for the Sports-Betting Onslaught

Government oversight of sports betting offers scant consumer protections and looks to the industry to police itself, The Times found.  » mehr lesen

Why an Aging Casino Company Embraced Barstool’s David Portnoy

David Portnoy, who has a history of misogynistic and racist behavior, is now a public spokesman for the sports-betting industry.  » mehr lesen

How Colleges and Sports-Betting Companies ‘Caesarized’ Campuses

In order to reap millions of dollars in fees, universities are partnering with betting companies to introduce their students and sports fans to online gambling.  » mehr lesen

It’s Official: The Leap Second Will Be Retired (a Decade from Now)

On Friday, an international vote was taken to ditch the leap second, a technical fudge that has caused headaches since its inception 50 years ago.  » mehr lesen

Leg Booty? Panoramic? Seggs? How TikTok Is Changing Language

A new vocabulary — a little fun, a little dystopian — has emerged on the social video platform, as creators try to get around algorithms and strict content moderation. They call it...

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