Posts by Amelia Frost
Asheville’s Restaurants Hit Reset After Hurricane Helene
Earlier this month, Drew Wallace started paying the cooks, bussers and the rest of the 20 or so employees of his restaurant the Bull and Beggar, in Asheville, N.C., for the first time since two feet of river water flooded its dining room in September. “It’s a really victorious feeling,” Mr. Wallace said, his feet…
Read MoreE.V. Owners Don’t Pay Gas Taxes. So, Many States Are Charging Them Fees.
Owners of electric cars in Vermont recently got a letter from the Department of Motor Vehicles with some bad news. Starting Jan. 1 they would have to pay $178 a year to register their cars, twice as much as owners of vehicles with internal combustion engines. In imposing the higher fee, Vermont became the latest…
Read MoreTaiwan Identifies 52 ‘Suspicious’ Chinese Ships For Close Monitoring
Taiwan has identified 52 “suspicious” Chinese-owned ships flying flags of convenience that require close monitoring if detected near the island, the coast guard said Monday, as Taipei seeks to protect its subsea telecoms cables. The stricter regime comes after a Cameroon-flagged vessel was briefly detained by Taiwan’s coast guard earlier this month on suspicion of…
Read MoreChinese Lion Dance Troupe Shrugs Off Patriarchal Past
Flinging her male teammate into the air, performer Lin Xinmeng practises China’s world-famous lion dance with a troupe that is shrugging off centuries of patriarchal norms. Mixing acrobatics, martial arts and theatre, lion dancing is believed to bring prosperity and protection from evil spirits. Performed across China and around the world, at weddings or during…
Read MoreCoinShares Files For $XRP ETF Amid Bitcoiner Bombardment Of Ripple
KEY POINTS $XRP prices plummeted over the weekend, with the token trading below $3 as of early Monday Bitcoiners have been hot on the heels of Ripple over its alleged lobbying against a strategic Bitcoin reserve $XRP Army members believe the negativity stems from Bitcoin maximalists seeing $XRP as a potential threat to $BTC Leading…
Read MoreIn China, Rare Dissent Over a Program to Save on Drug Costs
A rare display of public anger is unfolding in China over the quality of domestically produced drugs. A prominent Shanghai surgeon pointed to anesthetics that do not put patients to sleep. A respected Beijing cardiologist questioned blood pressure medication that failed to regulate. A former editor at a leading online health platform went as far…
Read MoreWest Indies Win Test In Pakistan For First Time In 35 Years
Spinner Jomel Warrican took five wickets as the West Indies won a Test match in Pakistan Monday for the first time in nearly 35 years. The West Indies won the second Test in Multan by 120 runs on day three to draw the series 1-1. Pakistan triumphed in the first Test by 127 runs, also…
Read MoreLedger Co-Founder’s Kidnapping, Torture Raises Concerns On Crypto Executives’ Wealth Visibility
KEY POINTS The kidnappers sent a video of Balland’s mutilated finger to another Ledger co-founder and demanded crypto in exchange for the Balland couple’s release Seven people were being held in custody by French authorities Sunday in relation to the kidnapping and could face long prison terms Crypto users are concerned that the public visibility…
Read MoreElon Musk, Video Game King? Well, Maybe Not.
On its face, the claim feels improbable: In addition to being the world’s richest man, the chief executive of multiple companies and a key adviser to President Trump, Elon Musk says he is also a world-class video game player. It is a claim that Mr. Musk has repeated through the years. He has an account…
Read MoreThe Cheat Sheet on Trump’s First Week
During his first week in office, President Trump issued a barrage of executive orders, signing sweeping directives on immigration, D.E.I., energy policy, trade, TikTok and more. The blizzard of activity — some of which is bound to be challenged in court — was overwhelming. Here’s our cheat sheet. Tariffs and the economy President Trump had…
Read MoreWhen Is Neurodiversity an Excuse for Rudeness?
Pay Parity, at Last? During my annual evaluation last week, my boss admitted that two senior managers, including myself, have been paid less for years than our peers with similar experience and backgrounds. I’ve been with the company for 12 years, starting as a junior manager and working my way up to a senior role…
Read MoreCharles Phan, Whose Slanted Door Elevated Vietnamese Food, Dies at 62
Charles Phan, a self-taught chef whose family fled Vietnam when he was a teenager and whose sleek restaurant helped change America’s perception of Asian food by replacing menus of inexpensive noodle dishes and spring rolls with ones that married the best local ingredients with the food he grew up on, died on Monday in San…
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