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Sam Bankman-Fried's political donations under US scanner: Report

The disgraced cryptocurrency entrepreneur, whose empire made him a billionaire before it collapsed and he was arrested, was a major political donor

A book of cheeky obituaries

The obit goes on to say that his friends loved Mountgarret, because he was an entertaining character

On a wing and a prayer

Among the many virtues of John Lancaster's delightful The Great Air Race is how vividly it conveys the entirely different world of aviation at the dawn of the industry a century ago

Hoover: Bravery and black bag jobs

As the Yale historian Beverly Gage makes abundantly clear in G-Man, her revelatory new biography of Hoover, all of this is true

Beijing is tackling its air pollution problem; Why can't New Delhi?

The return of smog season in India's capital has again left residents asking why nothing has changed; the answer may be largely political

To catch a crypto-criminal

Greenberg deftly assembles a rogues' gallery of characters who fell prey to this false sense of invulnerability: drug marketers, thick-necked federal agents, globe-trotting libertarians

Measuring civilisation

The story of humans measuring things is no less than the story of civilisation - a claim that sounds like irritating hyperbole but in this case turns out to be true

Genuflecting to the free market

Famed economist Jacob Soll's book guides readers through 2,000 years of Western free-market thought, but at times, the account is perplexing

Switzerland is paying poorer nations to cut emissions on its behalf

The agreements raise concerns that other countries will follow suit, delaying more difficult cuts of greenhouse gas emissions in wealthier nations

Apple built its empire with China. Now its foundation is showing cracks

Lawmakers' objections to an obscure Chinese semiconductor company and tough Covid-19 restrictions are hurting Apple's ability to make new iPhones in China

HBO: A story of misogyny and violence

HBO gradually shed its reputation as a fratty boys' club, but the network's origins as a vehicle for male licentiousness haunt the pages of It's Not TV

Despite drop in cost, companies continue to raise prices on consumers

Some companies and restaurants have continued to raise prices on consumers even after their own inflation-related costs have been covered

The lives and times of ransomware hunters

A recurring theme across the book is the indifference and incompetence of government, particularly in America

The dynasty of Empire

In The Sassoons, Joseph Sassoon charts his family's triumphs and tragedies across continents and centuries and uncovers a tribe of fascinating figures

Anthony Bourdain: An unvarnished life

Leerhsen is a former executive editor at Sports Illustrated whose previous books include biographies of Ty Cobb and Butch Cassidy

Indian jute making its way - from US markets to Italy wine producers

The Indian jute industry has faced a worker shortage as educational levels rise in Bihar, UP, and Odisha, poor states where jute factories have drawn most of their labour

Former US Fed chair Bernanke, two others win Nobel Prize in Economics

The trio was awarded for research into banking and financial crises

The global might of the tiny chip

Chip War makes clear, the clash of resounding arms between autocracy and democracy is powered by silicon chips

Russian evolution

Western countries may have provided too little support for post-Soviet reform, but they hardly isolated Russia, as Figes claims

Inside Trump's 'cartoonishly chaotic' presidency

The backbiting led to constant personnel turnover, a dreary parade of firings, resignations and defenestrations