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Hi friends,
Welcome to the latest edition of Newley’s Notes, a newsletter containing my recent Bloomberg News stories, must-read links on tech and life, and funny dog videos.
Image above: New York City’s new subway map. (Read on…)
Here are 10 items worth your time this week:
1) 
My Bloomberg latest: a scoop out Tues. with my colleagues Mark Bergen and Yazhou Sun. The hed: Microsoft-Backed Startup Builder.ai Hires Auditors to Investigate Inflated Sales <– 
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Following President Trump’s tariff announcements, the S&P 500 Index has fallen to its lowest level in 11 months.
3) 
My colleague Oliva Carville, who has done remarkable investigative work on how young people have been harmed by social media, has a weekend essay out. And there’s a new documentary based on her work, “Can’t Look Away.”
4) 
The New York Times’s Adam Entous on “America’s hidden role in Ukrainian military operations against Russia’s invading armies.”
5) 
Also in the NYT, my former WSJ colleague Justin Scheck has an important new story out with Abdi Latif Dahir: “Why Maids Keep Dying in Saudi Arabia.”
6) 
RIP, Val Kilmer.
7) 
A look at Emily Dickinson’s “envelope poems.”
8) 
For the first time since 1979, New York City’s subway map has a new design.
9) 
What I’ve been listening to: Jason Isbell has a new solo album out, “Foxes in the Snow.” (Thanks for the tip, Wendy!)
10) 
Dog-related video of the week: “The most beautiful dog in the mirror at the moment
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Fist bump from Hong Kong,
Newley