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The Container Store, buffeted by rough housing market and competition, seeks bankruptcy protection

The Container Store has filed for bankruptcy protection as the storage and organizational goods retailer with roots dating back to the 1970s grapples with mounting losses and cash flow shortages. Under Chapter 11 protection, The Container Store will continue to operate while it restructures. The company said Sunday that it had filed for bankruptcy protection in Texas.

MicroStrategy’s Long-Shot S&P 500 Bid Stokes Wall Street Agita

(Bloomberg) -- To Michael Saylor’s online fanbase, it’s the next step in the great normalization of crypto: Bitcoin proxy MicroStrategy Inc. enters the S&P 500 next year, forcing the likes of index-tracking funds to buy his controversial company en masse. Whether they like it or not.Most Read from BloombergHo Chi Minh City Opens First Metro Line After Years of DelayReviving a Little-Known Modernist Landmark in BuffaloThe Architects Who Built MiamiNew York’s Congestion Pricing Plan Still Faces Le

Brazil Analysts See Key Rate at 15% in June, More Inflation

(Bloomberg) -- Brazil economists raised their forecasts for inflation and borrowing costs in 2025 after central bankers reinforced their commitment to extend large interest rate hikes into early next year. Most Read from BloombergHo Chi Minh City Opens First Metro Line After Years of DelayThe Architects Who Built MiamiReviving a Little-Known Modernist Landmark in BuffaloNew York’s Congestion Pricing Plan Still Faces Legal HurdlesNew York City’s Historic Preservation Movement Is Having a Midlife

Hot Obesity Drug Market Will Keep Investors Gripped Next Year

(Bloomberg) -- Disappointing trial results for Novo Nordisk A/S’s experimental obesity shot capped a volatile year for investors in drug developers vying for a piece of pharma’s hottest market.Most Read from BloombergHo Chi Minh City Opens First Metro Line After Years of DelayReviving a Little-Known Modernist Landmark in BuffaloThe Architects Who Built MiamiNew York’s Congestion Pricing Plan Still Faces Legal HurdlesNew York City’s Historic Preservation Movement Is Having a Midlife CrisisNovo sh

US crypto industry eyes possible day-one Trump executive orders

The cryptocurrency industry is pushing President-elect Donald Trump's team to kick start his promised crypto policy overhaul when he takes office next month with executive orders that would help push tokens mainstream, according to industry officials. Trump plans to issue a flurry of executive orders and directives on everything from immigration to energy on his first day in office on Jan. 20, Reuters reported this month. On the campaign trail, Trump courted crypto cash with promises to be a "crypto president," and the industry wants him to make good on that pledge with executive orders creating a bitcoin stockpile, ensuring the industry can access banking services, and creating a crypto council, the people said.