Miss the mall? Buy a piece of it. Fun story from the WSJ’s Suzanne Kapner: Dying Malls Stir Up Nostalgia—and Eager Bidders for the Decor www.wsj.com/articles/…

Another peek into Bill Gates’s world, from Khadijah Safdar & Emily Glazer: Security firm asked some women applying for jobs at his private office about affairs, porn preference, other explicit topics. Gates’s office called such questioning unacceptable www.wsj.com/articles/…

As always, James Mackintosh cuts through to the crux: Forget the Fed and focus on the economy www.wsj.com/articles/…

This is horrifying (& proves the value of strong reporting): Instagram’s algorithms helped a vast pedophile network thrive; the company says it is improving internal controls. www.wsj.com/articles/…

Another remarkable piece on Epstein by Khadeeja Safdar & Emily Glazer: Bill Gates had an affair with a Russian bridge player around 2010. Then Jeffrey Epstein found out. www.wsj.com/articles/… on @WSJ

Most S&P 500 CEOs finished the year with less pay than initially awarded; Elon Musk’s $10 billion hole. The WSJ CEO pay rankings are out, by Inti Pacheco: www.wsj.com/articles/…

Some entrepreneurs are scrutinizing their banking relationships and moving their funds. smart piece by WSJ’s Ruth Simon: www.wsj.com/articles/…

Just a PSA that at The Wall Street Journal we draw a clear line between news and opinion. The separation between these two independent departments helps ensure impartiality in our news reporting… For more, from the horse’s mouth, see: newsliteracy.wsj.com/news-opin…

The push for rural high-speed internet in the U.S. has run into a snag: utility poles. Smart piece by Ryan Tracy in the WSJ: www.wsj.com/articles/…

Here’s why that recession you keep hearing about is always six months away… Smart analysis by the WSJ’s Nick Timiraos: www.wsj.com/articles/…

Here’s a silver lining: The pandemic pushed poorer and less-educated workers into better jobs. Smart piece by @jdlahart@journa.host :: www.wsj.com/articles/…

Crypto exchange Binance tried to dodge U.S. scrutiny w/ a platform it called wholly separate. Messages reviewed by the WSJ show a different picture. By Caitlin Ostroff & Patricia Kowsmann: www.wsj.com/articles/…

What’s a CEO’s pay package really worth? Meet the SEC’s new “compensation actually paid.” For one CEO, it makes a $24 million difference. My latest in WSJ: www.wsj.com/articles/…

All those big layoffs you’re hearing about? They may not make companies much smaller. My latest in the WSJ: www.wsj.com/articles/…

It’s not a recession – it’s a richcession. Smart piece from my coworkers at The Wall Street Journal: www.wsj.com/articles/…

The game is once again afoot: In wake of Ukraine war, U.S. and allies are hunting down Russian spies. Good read from WaPo: www.washingtonpost.com/world/202…

Facebook reinvents the … cubicle? Fun piece from Chip Cutter and Meghan Bobrowsky: www.wsj.com/articles/…

A cautionary tale of yachts and taxes — and a great read — from Richard Rubin & Rachel Louise Ensign in WSJ: www.wsj.com/articles/… via @WSJ

The U.S. added 1.1 million jobs over the past three months despite rising interest rates and fears of a recession. Here’s what’s going on. www.wsj.com/articles/…

The buyback tax, only a month old, is back: President Biden plans to propose quadrupling it. From WSJ’s Richard Rubin, with an assist from me: www.wsj.com/articles/… via @WSJ

Bosses are back (if they do say so themselves). My latest with the indomitable Chip Cutter in the WSJ: www.wsj.com/articles/… @ChipCutter @WSJ

Shall we meet? Nope. Execs target “an absurd amount of meeting time”. Deleting 12,000 events to save 95,000 hours… Smart, funny piece by WSJ’s Lauren Weber: www.wsj.com/articles/…

China’s top nuclear-weapons lab has regularly bought sophisticated U.S. computer chips in defiance of decades-old US export restrictions. In the WSJ: www.wsj.com/articles/…

Great interview on AI, ChatGPT etc. by The Markup’s Julia Angwin, with Princeton’s Arvind Narayanan: themarkup.org/hello-wor…

Before being forced out, Bed Bath & Beyond’s co-founders turned thrift, savvy merchandising & good timing into a commercial & cultural force. From WSJ’s Suzanne Kapner: www.wsj.com/articles/…

Striking story on due-diligence gone wrong, from Ron Liber of the New York Times: How Charlie Javice Got JPMorgan to Pay $175 Million for … What Exactly? www.nytimes.com/2023/01/2…

Unemployed Americans are spending more time out of work as employers slow hiring from a red-hot pace earlier in the pandemic. Smart piece from Sarah Chaney Cambon: www.wsj.com/articles/…

Crypto is back — in Davos, at least, along with Anthony Scaramucci — as redemption tour rolls on. Fun piece from WaPo’s Abha Bhattarai: www.washingtonpost.com/business/…

What if Tesla is … just a car company? Smart look by WSJ’s Rebecca Elliott: www.wsj.com/articles/…

Beer isn’t as inflation-proof as it seemed. From @maloneyfiles@journa.host: www.wsj.com/articles/…

“It turns out that maybe the way we rec­om­mend po­lit­i­cal con­tent shouldn’t be the same way we rec­om­mend en­ter­tain­ment." Inside FB’s post-Jan. 6 efforts to tamp down divisive politics. www.wsj.com/articles/…

Big GOP donors haven’t swayed House rebels, many of whom rely on small, online contributions instead of deep pockets and PACs. Smart analysis from Julie Bykowicz: www.wsj.com/articles/…

Executives and directors haven’t been scooping up their own stocks, even as market declines have lowered share prices. That is telling. From Jack Pitcher: www.wsj.com/articles/…

Bed, Bath & Bankruptcy? Retailer prepares to file for bankruptcy within weeks, per WSJ: www.wsj.com/articles/…

Here’s the richcession? Wealthy Americans could get hurt more than usual in the next downturn (not that being poor is fun). From @jdlahart@journa.host wsj