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  1. PhotoLouise M. Taylor, center, was the business manager to Britney Spears’s estate. Ms. Spears’s lawyers are questioning how Ms. Taylor and James P. Spears, right, handled the star’s finances.
    CreditIllustration by Mel Haasch; Photographs by Getty Images, Associated Press

    Britney Spears Felt Trapped. Her Business Manager Benefited.

    Louise Taylor faces questions about whether she improperly enriched herself as the pop star’s business manager.

    By Liz Day, Emily Steel, Rachel Abrams and Samantha Stark

    1. Photo“This whole Talladega race win was supposed to be a celebration,” Brandon Brown said.
      CreditMelissa Lyttle for The New York Times

      The Media Equation

      Brandon Just Wants to Drive His Racecar

      “I have zero desire to be involved in politics,” says Brandon Brown, the NASCAR driver at the center of the “Let’s Go, Brandon!” meme.

      By Ben Smith

  3. DealBook Newsletter

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    CreditIllustration by The New York Times; Photo by Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press.

    The Deals of the Year, 2021 Edition

    It’s been a record-breaking and eye-opening year for all kinds of transactions in the corporate world.

    By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Jason Karaian, Sarah Kessler, Stephen Gandel, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch and Ephrat Livni

  4. with interest

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    CreditGiacomo Bagnara

    The Week in Business: Taking On Inflation

    Central banks in the United States, Britain and the European Union took measures to address rapidly rising prices.

    By Sarah Kessler

  5. dealbook newsletter

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    CreditIllustration by The New York Times; Photo by Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press.

    The Deals of the Year

    DealBook recaps the most memorable moments of a record-breaking year in deal making.

Good Reads From the Business Desk

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  4. PhotoThe Clairemont neighborhood in 2021.
    CreditRoger Kisby for The New York Times

    Where the Suburbs End

    A single-family home from the 1950s is now a rental complex and a vision of California’s future.

    By Conor Dougherty

Currents

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    CreditJames Yang

    Want Your Nails Done? Let a Robot Do It.

    Start-ups are using technology to take a robotic approach to manicures, offering a simple way to provide foolproof nail polish.

    By Ellen Rosen

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    CreditJames Yang

    Going to the Moon via the Cloud

    High-performance cloud computing has allowed start-ups to develop prototypes and run simulations — including one to the moon — that were previously done on supercomputers.

    By Craig S. Smith

  4. PhotoNoah Kuttler, a DC villain known as the Calculator, is a classic example of the comic book trope known as “the guy in the chair.”
    CreditDC

    Behind Every Hero or Villain, There Is Tech Support

    Cutting-edge technology is often used in comics by the able assistants who fall under the trope “the guy in the chair.” But they are not always men and are not always helping the hero.

    By George Gene Gustines

  1. ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Ensnares Audiences and Refills Studio Coffers

    After nearly two years of lackluster box office sales for theatrical releases, Spidey breaks through to do what superheroes are supposed to do.

    By Brooks Barnes

  2. with interest

    The Week in Business: Taking On Inflation

    Central banks in the United States, Britain and the European Union took measures to address rapidly rising prices.

    By Sarah Kessler

  3. Global Health

    Most of the World’s Vaccines Likely Won’t Prevent Infection From Omicron

    They do seem to offer significant protection against severe illness, but the consequences of rapidly spreading infection worry many public health experts.

    By Stephanie Nolen

  4. 1 Dead in Fire at Sprawling QVC Distribution Center

    The blaze, which began on Saturday morning, damaged up to 75 percent of a 1.2 million-square-foot building in Rocky Mount, N.C.

    By Maria Cramer

  5. DealBook Newsletter

    The Deals of the Year, 2021 Edition

    It’s been a record-breaking and eye-opening year for all kinds of transactions in the corporate world.

    By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Jason Karaian, Sarah Kessler, Stephen Gandel, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch and Ephrat Livni

  6. Those we’ve lost

    Henry Orenstein, 98, Dies; Force Behind Transformers and Poker on TV

    A Holocaust survivor, he started a successful toy company in the 1950s and later invented a method of showing poker players’ hole cards on televised tournaments.

  7. The U.S. Labor Department extends its deadline for large companies to mandate vaccines.

    The move came a day after a federal appeals panel reinstated the Biden administration’s rule that companies with at least 100 workers require that they be vaccinated against the coronavirus or face weekly testing.

    By Lauren Hirsch and Emma Goldberg

  8. dealbook newsletter

    The Deals of the Year

    DealBook recaps the most memorable moments of a record-breaking year in deal making.

  9. Appeals Court Reinstates OSHA’s Vaccine Mandate for Workers at Larger Businesses

    The decision, by a split three-judge panel, overturned a ruling that had blocked a Biden administration rule requiring companies with 100 or more employees to mandate vaccinations or testing for workers.

    By Lauren Hirsch, Emma Goldberg and Charlie Savage

  10. Boeing joins other federal contractors in dropping its vaccine mandate.

    A court has blocked enforcement of President Biden’s executive order that had instructed federal contractors to require coronavirus vaccines for employees.

    By Niraj Chokshi and Emma Goldberg