Exposure

As we kick off 2023, Wall Street appears to be shifting its focus from inflation to growth. Investors apparently believe the Federal Reserve has inflation under control after dramatically raising interest rates throughout last year. Now, those higher rates are fueling fears of a recession in the U.S. But the deepening U.S. economic slowdown comes just as China has moved to abandon its zero-Covid policy and reopen its economy after 3 years. While the U.S. has been forced to rein in its economy due to multi-decade-high…

Research indicates that getting insufficient light during the day leads to problems at night, when it’s time for bed.A study measuring the sleep patterns of students at the <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>University of Washington</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>Founded in 1861, the University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, with…

The study found that a high-fat diet can provoke pain sensitivity even in the absence of obesity and diabetes.A recent study of mice conducted by researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas found that short-term consumption of a high-fat diet may be linked to pain sensations, even without a preexisting injury or condition such as obesity or diabetes.The study, published in <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>Scientific…

Going outdoors more during the day might lead to slipping into sleep more easily during the night, according to a new study that found a relationship between the seasons and shifts in sleeping patterns.While the study found the number of hours of slumber banked across summer, fall, winter, and spring were similar, in the winter months, research participants went to sleep later in the evening and woke up later in the morning.In line with earlier research, the team behind the new study thinks that less light exposure…

The Securities and Exchange Commission says companies may have disclosure obligations over how recent crypto bankruptcies may have affected their business. Photo: Eric Lee for The Wall Street Journal…

Apple Inc's wide exposure to Chinese manufacturing, notable both for its low costs and rising risks, has receded. Apple Inc's wide exposure to Chinese manufacturing, notable both for its low costs and rising risks, has receded since the COVID-19 pandemic began, company supply chain data shows. With the world's biggest iPhone factory, operated in central China by Foxconn, battling production shortfalls and labour unrest spurred largely by Beijing's harsh virus containment policies, analysts expect the risks - and…

Exposure to elite misinformation is associated with the use of toxic language and moral outrage. Shown is the relationship between users’ misinformation-exposure scores and (a) the toxicity of the language used in their tweets, measured using the Google Jigsaw Perspective API, and (b) the extent to which their tweets involved expressions of moral outrage, measured using the algorithm from ref. 28. Extreme values are winsorized by 95% quantile for…

Cryptocurrency lender BlockFi has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, it said, the latest industry casualty after the firm was hurt by exposure to the spectacular collapse of the FTX exchange earlier this month. The filing in a New Jersey court comes as crypto prices have plummeted. The price of bitcoin, the most popular digital currency by far, is down more than 70% from a 2021 peak. "BlockFi's Chapter 11 restructuring underscores significant asset contagion risks associated with the crypto ecosystem," said…

Adidas AG’s ADDYY -0.51% chief executive and senior leaders in Germany discussed as far back as four years ago the risk of continuing a relationship with Kanye West that they feared could blow up at any moment, according to people familiar with the matter and documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.A 2018 presentation to members of the Adidas executive board, a group that included CEO Kasper Rorsted and the head of human resources,…

Germany is considering new rules that could require companies with large exposure to China to disclose their reliance to reduce the potential economic fallout from a deterioration in the relationship between the West and the Asian giant.Berlin nationalized part of the German energy sector after Russia first throttled and then stopped natural-gas deliveries to the country. Moscow’s move threatened to bankrupt some of Germany’s largest utilities that were reliant on imported Russian fuel. Companies with large stakes in…