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  • A very old white man with a mostly bald head and dark-rimmed glasses, wearing an orange lanyard and suit without a tie, looks up from his phone and appears to listen to something likely very far away from where he is sitting.

    Rupert Murdoch goes to war with his children over his media empire

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  • Mike Lynch arrives at federal court in San Francisco, California, US, on 18 March 2024

    Cleared UK tech tycoon feared he would die in US jail if convicted

  • An employee stocks shelves with fresh peppers

    US economic growth ramps up, growing 2.8% in latest quarter

    Even as Joe Biden touts ‘strongest economy in the world’, nearly three in five Americans wrongly believe US is in recession
  • two people in plane cockpit overlooking cityscape

    Top pilots’ union sounds alarm as regulators consider smaller crew sizes

    Firms accused of putting profits over safety as EU group weighs cutting minimum number of pilots from two to one
    • OpenAI logo on phone screen sitting on laptop keyboard

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    • Older white man with mostly bald head and brack-framed glasses.

      Rupert Murdoch in secret legal battle with children over media empire – report

    • UberEats courier on a bike

      CrowdStrike faces backlash as ‘thank you’ gift cards are blocked

    • Back view of desperate businessman looking at the stock exchange monitors

      Stock markets tumble amid jitters over tech companies’ growth

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  • The Dallas Mavericks and Boston Celtics met in this year’s NBA finals

    Data, dollars and dunks: why NBC, Amazon and ESPN paid $76bn for NBA rights

    The world’s biggest basketball league had steady but unspectacular ratings last season but its blockbuster deal could predict the future of sports broadcasting
  • 24-carat gold bars at the US West Point Mint facility in West Point, New York

    Why have US shares, gold and the dollar been soaring?

    Jeffrey Frankel
    The emergence of artificial intelligence has pushed the tech sector to all-time highs, but other assets have risen, too

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