US, China near TikTok deal to finally resolve the question of app’s ‘secret sauce’ algorithm: sources

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The US and China are closing in on a deal to avoid a US ban of TikTok – and it will include China allowing US techies to replicate and replace the wildly popular app’s secret-sauce recommendation algorithm, On The Money has learned. Top White House officials confirmed on Monday they’ve settled on a “framework” for […]


Waldorf-Astoria’s long-delayed opening stalls again — here’s when iconic hotel may finally open

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It’s with no glee that we report yet another apparent delay in reopening the iconic Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The doors won’t swing wide again until September, according to our on-the-ground sources. Property owner Daija Insurance Group and hotel management company Hilton for the past few months touted a “spring” reopening, which our sources said would have been […]


Biden finally breaks silence on congressional stock trading

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President Biden has declared his support for banning sitting members of Congress from trading stock — an eleventh-hour pivot after four years of silence over the controversy. “Nobody in the Congress should be able to make money in the stock market while they’re in the Congress,” Biden told the “More Perfect Union” podcast. “I don’t […]