Biden cancels oil drilling

Plus, Bill Gates bets $100 million on BUD...

*past 24-hour performance

  • WeWork can’t fill offices: After warning last month that it might not be in business for much longer, WeWork (WE) CEO said on Wednesday that the company was going to try to renegotiate nearly all of its leases and would probably pull out of underperforming locations (NYT)

  • Red flag, anyone? Off Lease Only, a used car conglomerate out of Florida and one of the largest in the state, is rumored to be shutting down as car market conditions deteriorate (X)

  • It’s football betting season: More than 73 million Americans plan to wager on the NFL season, a nearly 60% increase from last season, according to a survey from the American Gaming Association (CNBC)

  • A major Roku layoff is coming: Video streaming company Roku (ROKU) shares spiked yesterday after it announced plans to lay off more than 300 people, or about 10% of its workforce, and pull certain content from its streaming platform to ease operating expenses (Yahoo)

  • Paying miners to power down: Riot (RIOT) said on Wednesday that it earned $31.7 million in energy credits last month from Texas power grid operator ERCOT. The company generated the credits by voluntarily curtailing its energy consumption during a record-breaking heatwave (CNBC)

  • Alaskan oil fields get blocked: The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it will reverse Trump-era decisions on oil drilling in Alaska in a move intended to protect millions of acres of public land and waters (Axios)

  • EU attacks Big Tech: The EU has labeled six firms “gatekeepers” which dominate the market and require tougher oversight. Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, and Microsoft will have to make apps interoperable with rivals and allow users to decide which apps to pre-install (Reuters)

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  • Bill Gates made a nearly $100 million bet on Bud Light (CNN)

  • The rise and fall of ESPN’s leverage (Stratechery)

  • Thieves target ‘liquid gold’ as olive oil prices soar (Bloomberg)

  • Scientists grow whole model of human embryo, without sperm or egg (BBC)

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