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: What Harry Potter gets right — and wrong — about economics
Top wizard Harry Potter inhabited a fascinating world that ran on galleons and Gringotts. Given the series’ influence on readers across the world, ...
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Dow Jones Newswires: Bank of Japan keeps rates pat, sees inflation hitting 2.3% this fiscal year
TOKYO — The Bank of Japan said Thursday that inflation would likely rise above the bank’s 2% target this fiscal year, but it ...
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Dow Jones Newswires: Japan’s exports jump 19.4% in June; 16th straight month of gains
Japan’s exports rose for the 16th consecutive month in June, driven by robust overseas demand for steel and mineral fuels, Ministry of Finance ...
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: Minecraft bans NFTs and blockchain, saying they don’t align with game’s values
From GameStop to Meta to the NFL, NFTs seem to be all the rage. But there’s one place you won’t be seeing any ...
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MarketWatch First Take: Tesla’s margins shrink despite ’embarrassing’ price increases, putting Elon Musk in a tough spot
Even as Telsa Inc. “Technoking” Elon Musk said the electric-vehicle maker’s current prices are at “embarrassing levels,” the company on Wednesday still reported ...
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What’s Worth Streaming: Here’s everything coming to Netflix in August 2022 — and what’s leaving
“Stranger Things” kicked off the summer with a bang, and Netflix is looking to end the season with another blockbuster fan-favorite. “The Sandman” ...
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: After Tesla sold most of its bitcoin, Elon Musk says he is open to buying more, though ‘cryptocurrency is a side show’
Tesla Inc. sold most of its bitcoin, seemingly at a loss, but Chief Executive Elon Musk suggested Wednesday that executives would be willing ...
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: Next time you swipe your credit card, thank this legend
Dee Hock, the visionary founder of Visa Inc. who built a system for modern electronic payments infrastructure that transformed how money changes hands, ...
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The Margin: ‘Stray’ — the videogame where you play as a cat — is breaking the internet
The cat is out of the bag — and probably all over your Twitter and TikTok feeds. “Stray,” a new videogame for Sony’s ...
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Personal Finance Daily: These are the airlines with the most delays and cancellations and why hotel guests are never satisfied these days
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