We've got a Friday bank failure and no it's not deja vu: Republic First is being seized.
Scoop from Gina Heeb Lauren Thomas Justin Baer

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This NFL draft weekend, make sure you are counting on the shoulder chips.
cc: Andrew Beaton

Sometimes, courage and resilience is so strong it can take your breath away. Free Evan Gershkovich now.

I think this is the first time I've heard Jamie Dimon say flat out he would not take the job of Fed Chair or Treasury Secretary.

So stop speculating on him for every election.
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56 weeks ago today, Russia wrongly detained my friend and The Wall Street Journal colleague Evan Gershkovich for being nothing more than a journalist (and great one at that).

Hope lives on. The fight to free Evan lives on. And it will continue until he is back with us. #FreeEvan #IStandWithEvan

PUBLICATION DAY! Today my book 'The Everything War: Amazon’s Ruthless Quest to Own the World and Remake Corporate Power' is being sold everywhere books are sold! bookshop.org/a/96695/978031…

It is both so heartening and so heart breaking to see him laugh like this. In a cage. For no reason.
#IStandwithEvan

Evan gave a thumbs-up when asked by the press how he was. And later shared this moment with his lawyers after the judge announced the decision. The legal team said they held out hope the next hearing would be the last.

great time at #SABEW24 celebrating award-winning journalism that came together after a lot of hard work, stress and of course teamwork. enjoying the moment with The Wall Street Journal colleagues Telis Demos Emily Glazer Sabela Ojea John Keilman

The beating heart of American finance is a ghost town.
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Online seller Crimson Knot: “Based in a small wood workshop in Bangalore, our dedicated team of 8 skilled craftsmen work consistently to handcraft each piece from scratch, transforming them into stunning showstoppers.”
Actually, it’s just Amazon spies. wsj.com/business/retai…

China has no personal bankruptcy. If you fall into big debts, it will bar you from high-speed trains, planes, nice hotels and vacations. Under penalty of being arrested. By ⁦Brian Spegele⁩ wsj.com/world/china/ch…

Assets in Nelson Peltz’s hedge fund firm are the lowest they’ve been in a decade, an expected successor is gone and he just took a bruising loss at Disney. Can the 81-year-old activist get back on top?
⁦Cara Lombardo⁩ ⁦Lauren Thomas⁩ wsj.com/finance/invest…

How many on Wall Street are reading this saying: I could do that! Just a wee bit of practice!! ⁦
Andrew Beaton⁩ on the guy who managed to get better at golf when he went into banking and parlayed that into playing at the Masters this week. wsj.com/sports/golf/ma…

Also, can someone make this jacket a real thing. 🔥🔥

The latest attempt to make banks cool: pay the star athlete. ⁦Kailyn Rhone⁩ on banking NIL. wsj.com/finance/bankin…

The sports world adoption of FTX still stings: “A New York Yankees fan, he had noticed the FTX patches on Major League Baseball umpires’ uniforms, and he decided to use the exchange.”
⁦alexander saeedy⁩ ⁦Alexander Osipovich⁩ on the victims trying to get $$ wsj.com/finance/sbf-is…

‘It’s falling, with style’: Nelson Peltz lost the proxy fight but he’s up about $300 million on his Disney bet.
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