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Three years ago, chaos struck Wall Street. Companies saw their share prices tumble, seemingly out of nowhere. Major banks lost billions of dollars in the fallout. Eventually, that chaos was linked to a family office, Archegos Capital Management, and its founder Bill Hwang. 
This week, Hwang heads to trial in New York, where he faces charges including racketeering, and securities and wire fraud. The FT’s US legal correspondent Joe Miller examines the “novel” case prosecutors plan to pursue.
 
Clips from CNBC, Fox Business
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For further reading:
‘To what end?’: the murky question of Bill Hwang’s motive in Archegos trial
Archegos founder’s charity was financial ‘escape pod’, suit alleges
Hedge funds and brokers take aim at post-Archegos trading reforms
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For decades, countries in the Middle East have dominated the oil market, pumping large quantities of the world’s supply. Along with that has come a pattern: when there’s conflict in the region, oil prices rise. The pattern seems to be breaking though, mainly because of one thing: US shale. The FT’s Myles McCormick explains how production in the country shifted oil’s epicentre away from the Middle East, and how long that may last. 
Clips from Al Jazeera, CBS, CNN
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For further reading:
How US shale keeps sheltering America from the next oil price surge
On markets and geopolitics, it is a mistake to forget about shale
Why oil prices remain steady even as Middle East tensions escalate
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When a company is sold there tends to be a standard playbook: There’s some tough negotiations. Then, the buyer gets a business and the seller gets a check. Everyone’s happy. That’s not what happened when a private equity firm recently bought a California grocery store chain. The FT’s Wall Street editor Sujeet Indap explains how the deal went off the rails, and how the supermarket’s owners might end up paying millions of dollars to sell their company. 
Clip from KCRA 
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For further reading:
The inequity method of accounting
Opposition shadows Cerberus windfall from Albertsons supermarket deal 
The pool is closed, part 1
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A few years ago, four men went on a hunting trip to Wyoming. That trip would end up changing their lives — and possibly, the future of the public’s access to millions of acres of land in America's western states. The FT’s Oliver Roeder expands on the saga that’s played out since 2021 inside courtrooms and within thousands of pages of legal documents.  
Clips from KGWN, Ludlow Music and The Richmond Organisation
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For further reading:
Battle for the American West
Seven states, 3,000 miles: a trip across the US energy divide
Wyoming’s Carbon Valley aims to turn ‘coal into gold’
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Introducing Money Clinic’s Five Minute Investor, a miniseries hosted by Claer Barrett, the FT’s consumer editor. In each episode, Claer challenges top financial commentators to break down financial jargon in just five minutes, making you a smarter, and hopefully richer, investor. Tune in every Tuesday, and subscribe to Money Clinic wherever you get your podcasts. If you would like Claer to demystify an investment term, email the team at money@ft.com or send Claer a DM on social media — she’s @ClaerB on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok.
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WeightWatchers is struggling. Launched in the early 1960s, the brand grew by helping members shed pounds through behavioural change programmes. Then, GLP-1 anti-obesity drugs hit the market, long-time spokesperson and board member Oprah Winfrey announced her departure, and the company’s credit rating was downgraded. FT reporter Anna Mutoh examines whether WeightWatchers’ latest strategy can produce the turnaround investors are hoping for.  
Clip from Lionsgate Television
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For further reading:
WeightWatchers faces an era when weight loss comes in a syringe
Behold the Ozempic effect on business 
The race to develop the next generation of weight-loss drugs
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