Good morning! Today is Thursday, December 15th.France beat the tournament's surprise semi-finalist Morocco in a <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/world-cup/france-into-final-with-2-0-win-morocco-go-down-fighting-2022-12-14/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">2-0 game</a>, securing a spot in the World Cup Final for the second consecutive time and ending the Moroccan team's 'anti-colonial tour of Europe' after they eliminated Belgium, Spain and Portugal. On Sunday, France will face off against Argentina led by Lionel Messi, who said the final would be the <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/63967318" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">last World Cup game of his career</a>.<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">In the mood for some more football? The best I can do is this playlist of <a fr-original-style="" href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWTMWIpgAlsRJ" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">the 100 greatest FIFA soundtracks of all time</a>. Enjoy.</li></ul>—Can and Tanem

• <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/12/14/business/fed-interest-rates-inflation?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">The US Federal Reserve</a> raised its key interest rate by 50 basis points on Wednesday, slowing the pace from the previous four meetings when rates increased in three-quarter-point increments, as signs emerge that inflation is beginning to cool. The Fed’s decision —which was widely expected by economists— set their policy rate at a range of 4.25% to 4.5%, the highest it has been since 2007.<img lazy="loading" src="https://images.aposto.com/1200xauto/2022/11/3/1671050715939.png" style="display: block; float: none; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" ratio="1.11" width="550" alt="Fed rates" fr-original-style="display: block; float: none; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">via NYT<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Projections: The central bank forecast at least an additional 75 basis points of increases in borrowing costs by the end of 2023 as well as a rise in unemployment and a near stalling of economic growth.</li></ul>

• <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.sharecast.com/news/international-economic/industrial-production-falls-across-eurozone--11700052.html?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Eurozone industrial production</a> fell by 2% from the previous month in October, exceeding an expected slump of 1.5%, following a downwardly revised 0.8% growth in September and adding to signs the bloc is heading for a recession this winter. In annual terms, industrial production growth in the single-currency region slowed to 3.4% in October from an upwardly revised 5.1% in September.<img lazy="loading" src="https://images.aposto.com/1200xauto/2022/11/3/1671046751780.png" style="display: block; float: none; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" ratio="1.99" width="550" alt="Eurozone industrial output" fr-original-style="display: block; float: none; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">Eurostat<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Why it matters: The decline in factory output —which follows a drop in eurozone retail sales in October— <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.ft.com/content/44011a48-db21-4084-91b3-612917ba8412?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">increases</a> the likelihood that the ECB will opt for a smaller rise in interest rates on Thursday.</li></ul>

• <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/14/uk-inflation-falls-food-and-energy-prices?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Inflation in the UK</a> fell to 10.7% in November, the biggest drop in 16 months and down from an annual 11.1% in October, amid growing fears of a long recession. However, the cost of living still remains close to a 40-year high, which will add to the pressure on the government to raise wages across the public sector to close the gap between earnings and surging prices.<img lazy="loading" src="https://images.aposto.com/1200xauto/2022/11/3/1671046842840.png" style="display: block; float: none; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" ratio="1.38" width="550" alt="UK CPI" fr-original-style="display: block; float: none; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">via The Guardian

• <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.ine.es/dyngs/INEbase/en/operacion.htm?c=Estadistica_C&cid=1254736176802&menu=ultiDatos&idp=1254735976607&utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Spain’s annual inflation rate</a> stood at 6.8% in November, final data released by the National Statistics Institute showed on Wednesday, confirming preliminary figures and reflecting a drop from the previous month’s 7.3%. The Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices stood at 6.7%, up 0.1% compared to the INE's previous estimate.

• <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/german-recession-will-be-milder-than-expected-ifo-2022-12-14/?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Germany's recession will be milder than expected</a>, with the economy expected to contract by 0.1% in 2023 compared to a previous forecast of a 0.3% contraction, the Ifo institute said on Wednesday. The economy is expected to grow by 1.8% in 2022 compared to an earlier forecast of 1.6%. Inflation is seen at 7.8% this year, 6.4% next year, and 2.8% in 2024, Ifo said in a statement.

INTERNATIONAL MARKETS

• <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/german-budget-committee-approves-f-35-fighter-jet-deal-with-us-sources-2022-12-14/?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">The German Bundestag</a> approved the purchase of F-35 fighter jets from US defense giant Lockheed Martin as part of military procurement projects worth €13 billion, Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said on Wednesday. The projects are among the first to tap money from a €100 billion special fund that Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced in a major policy shift days after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.<img lazy="loading" src="https://images.aposto.com/1200xauto/2022/11/3/1671047150289.png" style="display: block; float: none; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" ratio="1.50" width="550" alt="F-35 fighter jets" fr-original-style="display: block; float: none; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">via Reuters<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">What it means: The US jet will replace the aging Tornado, which will be phased out by Berlin between 2025 and 2030. The deal upset France over fears it could undercut the development of a joint Franco-German fighter jet that is supposed to be ready by the 2040s.</li></ul>

• <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/inditex-9-month-profit-jumps-increases-fashion-prices-2022-12-14/?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Zara owner Inditex</a> reported a 24% increase in net profit to €3.1 billion for the first nine months of its fiscal year, as price rises helped offset weakening global demand for clothing. Sales for the world’s biggest fashion retailer rose 19% from a year ago, exceeding expectations. Shares in Inditex were up 3.07% at the market close.<img lazy="loading" src="https://images.aposto.com/1200xauto/2022/11/3/1671047205131.png" style="display: block; float: none; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" ratio="1.52" width="550" alt="Zara" fr-original-style="display: block; float: none; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">via Reuters<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Zoom out: The company has outperformed some rivals since Marta Ortega, the daughter of founder-owner Amancio Ortega, took the helm as non-executive chair in April. H&amp;M, which has struggled to compete with its bigger rival Zara, will report results on Thursday.</li></ul>

• <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.ft.com/content/5ba4b75f-bbd8-4b3d-b962-60126754e2fa?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">HSBC</a> announced on Wednesday that it will stop funding new oil and gas fields and expect more information from energy clients over their plans to cut carbon emissions, as part of a wider update of its sector policy, which covers everything from biomass projects to hydrogen, nuclear and thermal coal.<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Zoom out: HSBC is among the biggest banks to confirm it would not support oil and gas projects that received final approval after the end of 2021, along with Britain's biggest domestic bank Lloyds.</li></ul><ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Furthermore: Also on Wednesday, <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/hsbc-cut-funding-new-oil-gas-fields-2022-12-14/?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Barclays said</a> it had increased its sustainable and transition finance target to $1 trillion by 2030 and would pump more of its own money into energy startups.</li></ul>

• <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-sec-vote-proposal-overhaul-stock-market-rules-2022-12-14/?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">The US Securities and Exchange Commission</a> on Wednesday will vote on whether to propose some of the biggest changes to the structure of the American equity markets in nearly two decades, aimed at boosting competition, transparency and fairness.<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Zoom in: The potential changes include new rules that would require marketable retail stock orders to be sent to auctions before they are executed, a new standard for brokers to show they get the best possible executions for client orders, and lower trading increments and access fees on exchanges, the SEC said.</li></ul>

BUSINESS

• <a fr-original-style="" href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-vitali-klitschko-government-and-politics-013eb1240cd4c6217a160c454a57648b?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Ukrainian forces</a> shot down 13 drones, according to officials, with Russia launching its first major drone attack on the capital Kyiv in weeks. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Russia to withdraw by Christmas, but the Kremlin replied saying a "Christmas ceasefire" was not on their agenda.<img lazy="loading" src="https://images.aposto.com/1200xauto/2022/11/3/1671047549426.png" style="display: block; float: none; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" ratio="1.70" width="550" alt="Kyiv" fr-original-style="display: block; float: none; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">via Bloomberg<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">In other news: As the US was considering sending advanced Patriot air defense systems to help Ukraine, Kremlin spokesperson <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-14/ukraine-latest-explosions-heard-in-kyiv-for-first-time-in-weeks?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Dmitry Peskov said</a> any Patriot air-defense missile batteries on Ukrainian soil would be priority targets for Russia's military.</li></ul>

• <a fr-original-style="" href="https://apnews.com/article/health-netherlands-b177f515c11c9310e7219111df51887f?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">The Hague District Court</a> upheld the Netherlands' prohibition on assisted suicide, rejecting arguments that the ban infringes on their right to determine when their lives end and that it violates the European Convention on Human Rights. The court argued that the convention protects the right to decide when one wants to end their life, but that this right does not go so far as to obtain assisted suicide.

• <a fr-original-style="" href="https://apnews.com/article/politics-denmark-copenhagen-government-and-cf94d2dcf1cfcf5f54d359966c6b8f05?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Denmark's Social Democratic PM Mette Frederiksen</a> agreed to form a coalition government with the main opposition Liberal Party and the Moderates led by former PM Lars Lokke Rasmussen. Frederiksen is to start her second term as PM after the new government is formally announced on Thursday.

• <a fr-original-style="" href="https://apnews.com/article/europe-kosovo-european-union-308669f8d15bc217ec047e5d9805b278?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Kosovo formally applied to join the EU</a>, which caused Serbia —Kosovo's long-lasting contentious neighbor— to react with anger and call on the bloc to cancel the process. Serbia said they will ask five EU states that do not recognize Kosovo to block the initiative.<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">On a related note: Chancellor Olaf <a fr-original-style="" href="https://apnews.com/article/politics-europe-germany-brussels-european-union-30595fb0ce22e402450dd9a06c560f70?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Scholz said</a> it is in Germany's interest for the remaining Balkan countries to join the EU. Scholz welcomed the decisions to grant Bosnia candidate status and to accept Croatia to the Schengen zone, adding that Bulgaria and Romania should "follow soon."</li></ul>

• <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221111-turkey-prosecutors-seek-15-month-jail-term-for-istanbul-mayor?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">A court in Turkey</a> sentenced the mayor of Istanbul —a member of the main opposition Republican People's Party— to two years and seven months in prison for "insulting" members of Turkey's Supreme Electoral Council, ahead of the country's upcoming general elections. The court also imposed a political ban that prevents Ekrem Imamoglu from running in elections over the same period.

⚡ Lightning Round<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a fr-original-style="" href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-politics-marriage-united-states-government-virginia-state-4968ff59107e511609fc3e301890942e?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">US President Joe Biden</a> signed gay marriage legislation into law, with thousands gathered to watch the ceremony where he called the law "a blow against hate in all its forms."</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a fr-original-style="" href="https://apnews.com/article/iran-united-nations-de6a87913363105d1fb15b8dbedb24a8?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">The UN Economic and Social Council</a> ousted Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women for the remainder of its 2022-2026, their leading global body fighting for gender equality, due to Tehran's systematic violation of the rights of women and girls.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a fr-original-style="" href="https://apnews.com/article/health-business-china-beijing-covid-9e0fc4ddc2537cb04535b334223dd442?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">China</a> said it will not report asymptomatic Covid-19 cases anymore, as they have become impossible to track without the mass testing mandate, the latest step in Beijing's departure from its zero-Covid policy.</li></ul>

POLITICS | WORLD

• <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-13/will-apple-allow-users-to-install-third-party-app-stores-sideload-in-europe?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Apple</a> is preparing to allow alternative app stores on its iPhones and iPads to comply with strict EU requirements coming in 2024. The changes will enable users to download third-party software to their iPhones and iPads without using the company’s App Store, sidestepping Apple’s restrictions and the up-to-30% commission it imposes on payments.<img lazy="loading" src="https://images.aposto.com/1200xauto/2022/11/3/1671048966540.png" style="display: block; float: none; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" ratio="1.43" width="550" alt="Apple sales" fr-original-style="display: block; float: none; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">via Bloomberg<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Why it matters: The EU laws are aimed at leveling the playing field for third-party developers against Apple and Google, which run the two biggest mobile app stores and wield too much power as gatekeepers according to regulators.</li></ul>

• <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/binance-ceo-says-deposits-returning-exchange-2022-12-14/?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao</a> said on Wednesday that deposits were returning, a day after it saw heavy outflows of cryptocurrencies and halted some stablecoin withdrawals. On Tuesday, blockchain data firm Nansen said Binance saw withdrawals of $1.9 billion in 24 hours, the largest such outflow since June, after the bankruptcy of former rival FTX raised concern among investors.

• <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.engadget.com/tiktok-testing-full-screen-horizontal-videos-112019255.html?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">TikTok</a> is trying out a new feature that offers a horizontal full-screen mode for videos on phones, experimenting with select users worldwide. This new feature not only changes TikTok’s famous short vertical videos but also stands in direct competition with YouTube.

TECHNOLOGY

🇬🇧 <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.ft.com/content/94db3856-3877-4ead-b2ea-3f2786d6446e?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Opinion:</a> Tories are selling their future for short-term salvation💰 <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-13/who-is-bernard-arnault-the-man-who-overtook-elon-musk-as-world-s-richest-person?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Profile:</a> Who is Bernard Arnault, the world’s richest person?📱 <a fr-original-style="" href="https://aeon.co/videos/social-contagions-can-cause-genuine-illness-and-tiktok-may-be-a-superspreader?utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Believing is seeing:</a> Social contagions and TikTok

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