Segments From This Episode

• The grand ripple effects of an Evergrande liquidation

  by Kristin Schwab

  Evergrande was once China’s biggest property developer. But China’s property market is a mess and the firm had been struggling to reach a new deal with its creditors to stave off collapse. Now on Monday, a Hong Kong judge has ordered the company to sell off its assets.

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• Buy now, pay later platforms now offer subscriptions

  by Savannah Peters

  

  Subscription offers are everywhere these days. But can they work when paying later is the whole point?

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• What’s Paris doing to combat its bedbug infestation?

  by Dougal Shaw

  

  An outbreak of bedbugs sparked anxiety around Paris Fashion Week in October and could pose a major — and expensive — problem ahead of the Summer Olympics.

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