Juan Soto has decided to sign a record-breaking $765 million contract with the New York Mets, ESPN reports. This surpasses the total valuation of Shohei Ohtani’s $700 million, 10-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers last December. Read more: https://bloom.bg/3OLJAKo

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Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, known for its caution, is taking more private markets risk.

GIC's CEO reveals he's looking to invest more in the US and private equity. https://bloom.bg/3Zv9FCj

BREAKING: UnitedHealthcare CEO murder suspect Luigi Mangione is charged with murder in New York https://bloom.bg/4g3g0wb

Japan’s megabanks are flush with cash and eager to invest.

Here's what they are doing with it: https://bloom.bg/49Cepek

One of China’s best known makeup artists, Mao Geping, became a billionaire after his beauty company's hot debut in Hong Kong, defying the nation’s consumer slowdown. https://bloom.bg/3ZMRjhu

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EXCLUSIVE: The US is weighing harsher oil sanctions against Russia just weeks before Trump returns to office https://bloom.bg/3OOY4JG

🎙 South Korea’s family-run conglomerates – or chaebols – have until now been seen as largely untouchable.

On the latest Big Take Asia Podcast, listen to how a takeover bid for one of these chaebols is rattling the richest families in Korea, at a time of wider political turmoil: https://link.podtrac.com/jxfy2rhy

🚨 LIVE NOW: South Korea's powerful conglomerates are facing a revolt of their own as the country reels from the political fallout over a brief martial law.

Join our reporters for a Live Q&A. Ask questions here:
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A single cell. A global business worth billions. A trade that can bring rewards—or human costs that cannot be measured.

The human egg is a precious resource, exchanged in markets open, gray or black. To tell its story, we follow a teenage girl in India, lured into selling her eggs; a model in Argentina whose genetic makeup is prized; a mother in Greece, told by police that her eggs were stolen; and two “egg girls” from Taiwan who have put themselves at risk to earn money in the US.

Click here to learn how, to supply a fertility industry worth billions, women around the world get paid for their eggs—and sometimes pay dearly: https://bloom.bg/3BsZRkA

📷: Illustrations by Magali Cazo

The viral success of South Korea's super-spicy Buldak ramen has helped make the company's CEO — a former stay-at-home mom — a billionaire. More here: https://bloom.bg/4iAhzmL

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Once hailed as the planet’s greatest retailer, Greg Foran could now make a reasonable claim to be the hardest working man in aviation.

Here's why: https://bloom.bg/3BqIiS5

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Elon Musk’s charitable foundation ballooned to $9.5 billion in assets last year while handing out $237 million in gifts, most of which went to other entities controlled by the Tesla CEO. The figures are part of the Musk Foundation’s latest tax filing, obtained Thursday by Bloomberg News. Read more: https://bloom.bg/3DeoguJ

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Singapore has embraced cryptocurrency more than any other country - but it's been a bumpy ride. Find out why in this week's free Singapore Edition newsletter: https://bloom.bg/41zZ8J4

South Korea's parliament is voting for a second time to impeach President Yoon over his short-lived attempt to impose martial law. Follow live updates: https://bloom.bg/41z9VD3

BREAKING: South Korean lawmakers have voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol, less than two weeks after he shocked the nation by briefly imposing martial law: https://bloom.bg/4gf6IwT

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NEW: Wealth managers are ramping up hiring in Hong Kong to cater to an inflow of mainland Chinese money. More here: https://bloom.bg/3OUVzFA

NEW: Indian tycoons Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani have tumbled out of the elite centibillionaires club.

Here's the outlook for their fortunes: https://bloom.bg/3OXVDED

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President Yoon Suk Yeol’s demise may have been swift and shocking, but he is just the latest in a growing list of South Korean leaders who’ve seen their fortunes turn after rising to power.

Here’s a look back at the former heads of state and what happened to them: https://bloom.bg/3DeH3pv

NEW: A once-exiled son of Thailand's king says royals must allow criticism https://bloom.bg/4fgnY3G

Weeks before Donald Trump returns to the White House, China’s factories are expanding production abroad and growing their customer base outside the US as they gird for new levies from the self-proclaimed “tariff man” https://bloom.bg/41BaCvG