Honored that WONDER BOY is named by New York Times Books as a must-read paperback this week.

'This biography traces the life of Tony Hsieh… ‘with the gathering tension of a slow-motion disaster.'

cc Angel Au-Yeung

nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Thanks so much New York Times Books for naming WONDER BOY as one of 6 new paperbacks to read.

'This biography traces the life of Tony Hsieh… ‘with the gathering tension of a slow-motion disaster,’ according to our reviewer.'

nytimes.com/interactive/20… cc David Jeans

Here is an early look at the front page of a special section wrapping today's Wall Street Journal on.wsj.com/3vyw07m

Free Evan, our Russia-jailed friend and WSJ journalist who can smile to some guy in a balaclava en route to a court that keeps him in prison

365 days in prison

Journalists and others swam in ten different Brighton Beaches in seven countries to continue to raise attention to the wrongful detention of Evan Gershkovich. Evan was a big fan of Brighton Beach Brooklyn and England. This is us in England #istandwithevan #iswimwithevan

We swam at (or near) Brighton beaches all around the world yesterday for Evan Gershkovich, my colleague who has been imprisoned in Russia for a year just for doing his job

#JournalismIsNotACrime
#IStandWithEvan

Photo by Kevin Buckholtz

Here is the crew in California:

Sources: Stripe and some investors agreed to buy $1B+ of current and ex-employees' shares, valuing it at $65B, up from $50B in 2023, but down from $95B in 2021 (@angelauyeung / Wall Street Journal)

wsj.com/finance/stripe…
techmeme.com/240228/p15#a24…

Scoop: Stripe Valuation Jumps to $65 Billion in Employee Share-Sale Deal wsj.com/finance/stripe…

Navalny's team say he was about to be freed from prison on the eve of his death and accuse Vladimir Putin of having him killed to torpedo the exchange.

Roman Abramovich allegedly passed on the proposal to swap Navalny and two US citizens for jailed hitman Vadim Krasikov.

That venture capitalist who abandoned San Francisco in 2020 because it was 'miserable on every dimension'? He's returned. San Francisco is experiencing a tech revival as entrepreneurs and investors flock back. ⁦Berber Jin⁩ ⁦Angel Au-Yeung⁩ wsj.com/tech/san-franc…

Story from the weekend and on A1 today: Tech Leaders Flock Back to San Francisco, with Berber Jin.

Here’s a link to the piece ICYMI: wsj.com/tech/san-franc…

Larry Summers is stepping down from Block's board of directors, per new SEC filing.

The former Treasury secretary joined OpenAI's board in November and has been vocal in recent months about Harvard's handling of antisemitism. d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/CIK-0001512673…

I miss my friend Evan Gershkovich. I often think about what it will be like to hug him when he's free -- when he leaves the country that took him hostage

Detained by Russia for 315 days

#ISTANDWITHEVAN

freegershkovich.com

In an act of masochism years ago, I turned on screentime reports so my iPhone tracks how addicted I am to it. In 2023, I spent the equivalent of 3 months(!) looking at it.

Needing a radical change, I switched to a flip phone in December. It was glorious: nytimes.com/2024/01/06/tec…

Using Buy Now, Pay Later Services Requires Self-Control: WSJ Podcast wsj.com/livecoverage/s… via @wsj Alex Ossola

Listen 🎧: Buy now, pay later services like Afterpay, Affirm and Klarna grew in popularity during the pandemic. Angel Au-Yeung joins Alex Ossola to discuss how they work and why consumers are shifting more of their spending to buy now, pay later lenders. link.chtbl.com/WSJTechNewsBri…

$4300 for laser eye surgery. $465 for groceries. Just a few of the purchases that shoppers used 'buy now, pay later' loans to finance in our latest story about this burgeoning industry: wsj.com/personal-finan…

Here's how Klarna, Afterpay and other “buy now, pay later” services keep holiday shoppers spending this year on.wsj.com/3NvwWiG on.wsj.com/3NvwWiG