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Urged on by the White House and a reduction in regulatory oversight, crypto companies and automakers are among those that have applied for banking charters. Source link

The agreement all but guarantees hefty bonuses for employees in the top-performing chip unit. Other workers say they feel left out. Source link

Oil/Stocks/Gas hed Source link

China’s tobacco monopoly has become so financially vital to the government that even its powerful leader has failed to curb the country’s smoking habit. Source link

He ran the newspaper division of Advance Publications, while his older brother, Si, ran the Condé Nast magazine operation. Source link

The contracts, announced on Tuesday, are part of the space agency’s efforts to establish a moon base. Source link

An investment arm of Alphabet is backing OpenRouter, which helps companies choose among hundreds of models for different software tasks. Source link

The drugmaker said it would spend up to $4 billion to acquire small companies exploring vaccines for shingles, Epstein-Barr virus and other pathogens. Source link

The ways it set up its board and Mr. Musk’s pay appear to benefit him at the expense of other shareholders, corporate governance experts said. Source link

The United Nations has a new plan for weighing economic gains alongside health and environmental progress. But consensus is elusive. Source link