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  • $8.5 billion for 750 million sets of eyes
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    Disney recently announced a media merger with India’s Reliance Industries aimed at creating a major new streaming platform.

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  • Democracy in a desert near D.C.
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    Just an hour’s drive from the nation’s capital, a changing media landscape left a community with few options for credible news.

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  • Striking South Korean doctors threatened with arrest
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    From the BBC World Service: South Korea says it will ban doctors from ever practicing again if they don’t return to work.

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  • Extra day, extra pay?
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    Feb. 29, 2024 is a regular ol’ work day. So what does that additional day mean for your paycheck?

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  • From news desert to election do-over
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    Today, we’ll head to North Carolina to learn about a 2018 election fraud controversy in a place with little local news coverage.

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  • A Country Garden residential area in Nanjing, China.
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    A petition to liquidate has been filed against developer Country Garden in Hong Kong’s High Court.

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  • Thirty-five states now require students to take a personal finance course in order to graduate from high school.
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    A growing number of high schools are requiring students to take personal finance courses, and the long-term payoffs are significant. Plus, Macy’s is closing 30% of its stores, Expedia announces layoffs as the post-lockdown travel surge slows, and a $1 billion gift means free tuition at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx.

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  • The remnants of a gas station and market right across the street from the border fence by the Del Rio–Ciudad Acuña International Bridge. In 2021, the surrounding area was the center of intense media coverage as  thousands of people from Haiti gathered under the border bridge here seeking asylum.
    David Brancaccio/Marketplace

    With local elections looming — and no more daily newspaper in the area — how are residents of Del Rio, Texas getting their information?

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  • Photo by BENSON IBEABUCHI/AFP via Getty Images

    From the BBC World Service: Trade unions have led demonstrations in Nigeria, as the country grapples with an economic crisis. Also: There are concerns about the tactics used by companies offering loans via cell phone apps in Kenya.

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