• [[Los Angeles Times]]
  • The rise, fall of a green L.A.-area bank firm
    • Aspiration Partners quickly drew celebrity investors with a focus on the climate crisis and carbon offsets. How it all blew up and prompted an NBA investigation involving the Clippers.
    • ANDREI Cherny, clockwise from top, is a co-founder of Aspiration Partners. Its investors include actor Leonardo DiCaprio. LA Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard is among those named in an inquiry into the online bank.
  • City planners support $2-billion project in Skid Row

• [[USA Today]]
  • GM holds line on EVs despite lack of buyers
    • Automaker’s leaders insist investment was not a mistake
    • Duncan Aldred may be the one automotive executive not sweating over the anticipated slowdown of the U.S. electric vehicle market. ● Aldred, GM’s senior vice president and president of North America, is in a critical position: leading GM’s most profitable but challenging markets. ● Electric vehicle sales in the U.S. trail other major car markets where the global company does business, which was not expected to be the case when GM first planned its broad EV portfolio. Last month, GM CEO Mary Barra said onstage at an industry event that “up until a year ago, we were on a journey to a regulatory environment where we had to drive EVs.”
    • The 2027 Chevrolet Bolt EV should reach dealers in early 2026. Prices start under $30,000.
  • Startup offers a fix for motion sickness
    • MI researchers develop tools to deal with issue
  • Four car brands are most likely to hit 250,000 miles
    • Your chance of hitting 250,000 miles in a Toyota is almost 18%.

• [[The New York Times]]
  • A.I. Video Generators Are Now So Good You Can No Longer Trust Your Eyes
    • Welcome to the era of fakery. The widespread use of instant video generators like Sora will bring an end to visuals as proof.
  • Political Turmoil in France Weighs on Businesses and Investors
    • As a new prime minister seeks stability, three government shake-ups since last summer have already taken their toll on the French economy.
  • Trump’s Trade War With China Catches the World in Its Crossfire
    • Tariffs and other restrictions between the United States and China are reverberating in unpredictable ways.
  • Trump Ramps Up Trade War as New Tariffs on Lumber and Furniture Take Effect
    • The president is threatening to widen his trade war against China as tariffs on timber, lumber, kitchen cabinets and other products took effect on Tuesday.

• [[Wall Street Journal]]
  • Ford Cuts Truck, SUV Production
    • Moneymakers hit after fire knocks key aluminum supplier offline until next year
    • https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/ford-plants-kentucky-suvs-trucks-aluminum-supply-ebf31908?st=iirHPd&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
  • Well-Timed Crypto Bets Reap $160 Million
    • https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/a-historic-crypto-selloff-erased-over-19-billion-but-two-accounts-made-160-million-3144cccd?st=tAxT3S&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
  • Two of Biggest U.S. Timberland Owners Strike Deal to Combine
    • The combination of Rayonier and PotlatchDeltic will create a more than $7 billion giant.
    • https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/two-of-the-biggest-u-s-timberland-owners-near-deal-to-combine-93cbfbc8?st=JXbXrr&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
  • J&J Plans to Split Off Its Orthopedics Unit
    • https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/johnson-johnson-to-split-off-orthopedics-business-2b9f3d62?st=9XuVj9&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
  • Oracle And AMD Set Key Deal for AI Chips
    • https://www.wsj.com/tech/oracle-amd-partner-on-new-ai-chip-deal-56f4f96c?st=KD7yD7&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

• [[Financial Times]] Perusahaan yang berbasis di Inggris dan dimiliki oleh Nikkei.
  • Swift’s new album smashes through US records with first-week sales of 4mn units
    • Taylor Swift has broken the firstweek US sales record with her album The Life of a Show­girl, selling more than 4mn units — the biggest debut since data track­ing began in 1991.
    • Fans pur­chas­ing Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Show­girl’, of which 38 ver­sions were released
  • Lime needs a tech fix for its fleet of elec­tric bikes in Lon­don
    • Progress has been made, such as using AI scanning to ensure that riders park safely, but Lime could do more to limit abuses
  • Wall Street banks wary of bubble after earn­ings soar
    • ▸ Deals boost Gold­man, Citi and JPM ▸ Warn­ing over ‘pock­ets of frothi­ness’
  • Brus­sels fines Gucci, Chloé and Loewe for price fix­ing
    • The EU has fined lux­ury fash­ion houses Gucci, Chloé and Loewe a com­bined €157mn for breach­ing the bloc’s com­pet­i­tion rules by fix­ing resale prices at retail­ers stock­ing the brands’ products.

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📰 [[Los Angeles Times]]

Pasang surut sebuah bank ‘hijau’ di kawasan L.A.

Aspiration Partners dengan cepat menarik perhatian lewat isu krisis iklim dan penyeimbangan karbon,
serta menggaet investor selebritas seperti Leonardo DiCaprio.
Namun semuanya runtuh dan berujung pada penyelidikan NBA yang turut menyeret LA Clippers.

Andrei Cherny adalah salah satu pendiri Aspiration Partners.
Di antara para investornya terdapat aktor Leonardo DiCaprio,
sementara forward Clippers, Kawhi Leonard, juga disebut dalam penyelidikan terkait bank daring tersebut.

Komisi perencanaan kota mendukung proyek $2 miliar di kawasan Skid Row

Proyek pengembangan kawasan padat tunawisma di pusat Los Angeles memperoleh dukungan pada tahap perencanaan kota.

📰 [[USA Today]]

GM tetap mempertahankan investasi mobil listrik meski permintaan lesu

Manajemen menegaskan “investasi ini bukan kesalahan” — strategi dipertahankan meski pasar melambat

Duncan Aldred, wakil presiden senior GM untuk Amerika Utara,
adalah salah satu dari sedikit eksekutif otomotif yang tidak goyah oleh perlambatan pasar mobil listrik AS.
Ia memimpin pasar GM yang paling menguntungkan sekaligus paling ketat persaingannya.

Saat ini penjualan mobil listrik di AS tertinggal dibanding pasar utama lain tempat GM beroperasi,
sesuatu yang tak diperkirakan ketika GM pertama kali menyusun portofolio EV-nya.

Bulan lalu, CEO GM Mary Barra mengatakan dalam sebuah acara industri:

“Sampai setahun lalu, kami mengira sedang menuju lingkungan regulasi yang mengharuskan kami mendorong mobil listrik.”

Model baru Chevrolet Bolt EV 2027 dijadwalkan tiba di dealer pada awal 2026,
dengan harga mulai di bawah $30.000.

Startup menawarkan solusi untuk mabuk perjalanan

Tim peneliti Universitas Michigan mengembangkan perangkat untuk meredakan mabuk saat berkendara.

Empat merek yang paling mungkin menembus 250.000 mil (sekitar 400.000 km)

Peluang mobil Toyota menembus 250.000 mil mencapai sekitar 18%.

📰 [[The New York Times]]

Generator video AI kini begitu baik hingga mata pun tak bisa dipercaya

Era kepalsuan tiba — menyebarnya generator video instan seperti Sora membuat
materi visual tak lagi bisa dijadikan ‘bukti’.

Gejolak politik mengguncang perekonomian Prancis

Perdana menteri baru berupaya menciptakan stabilitas,
tetapi tiga kali perombakan kabinet sejak musim panas lalu telah memukul dunia usaha dan sentimen investor.

Perang dagang Trump dengan China menyeret dunia ke dalam baku tembaknya

Tarif dan berbagai pembatasan antara AS dan China
berimbas pada perekonomian global dengan cara yang sulit diprediksi.

Trump memperluas perang dagang — tarif baru atas kayu·furnitur mulai berlaku

Presiden menyinggung kemungkinan langkah tambahan setelah tarif atas kayu, furnitur, kabinet dapur,
dan berbagai produk lain mulai berlaku pada Selasa.

📰 [[Wall Street Journal]]

Ford memangkas produksi truk·SUV

Kebakaran di pabrik pemasok aluminium utama menghentikan pasokan hingga tahun depan — memukul lini paling menguntungkan
🔗 Baca artikel asli

Taruhan kripto berwaktu tepat meraup untung $160 juta

Di tengah kejatuhan pasar senilai $19 miliar, dua akun justru meraih keuntungan besar
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Dua pemilik lahan hutan terbesar di AS sepakat bergabung

Rayonier dan PotlatchDeltic akan bergabung membentuk raksasa kayu bernilai lebih dari $7 miliar
🔗 Baca artikel asli

Johnson & Johnson berencana memisahkan unit ortopedinya
🔗 Baca artikel asli

Oracle dan AMD menjalin kerja sama chip AI

Keduanya meneken kesepakatan pengembangan bersama chip AI generasi berikutnya
🔗 Baca artikel asli

📰 [[Financial Times]]

(Berkantor pusat di London, Inggris, dan dimiliki grup Nikkei asal Jepang)

Taylor Swift memecahkan rekor penjualan AS lewat album barunya

The Life of a Showgirl — menembus 4 juta kopi pada pekan pertama,
debut terbesar sejak pencatatan data dimulai pada 1991.
Para penggemar memborong album yang dirilis dalam 38 versi berbeda dan mendorong rekor tersebut.

Lime perlu pembenahan teknologi untuk armada sepeda listriknya di London

Penerapan pemindaian AI meningkatkan kepatuhan parkir,
tetapi masih dibutuhkan perbaikan teknis untuk menekan penyalahgunaan.

Wall Street mewaspadai gelembung meski laba melonjak

Goldman Sachs·Citi·JPMorgan mencatat lonjakan laba berkat perdagangan dan aksi merger
Namun mereka juga memperingatkan adanya “pockets of frothiness” (kantong-kantong kepanasan pasar).

Uni Eropa menjatuhkan denda kartel harga — Gucci·Chloé·Loewe didenda €157 juta

Ketiga merek dituduh menekan peritel agar menyeragamkan harga jual kembali.