Sorry, rich New Yorkers — there's no more legal black market for restaurant reservations

Tech Insider : Business
Ardesia, a wine bar in NYC, photographed in 2022.
A new crackdown on third-party reservation vendors is an effort to democratize New York's restaurant scene.

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There's a thriving Russian black market for Elon Musk's Starlink terminals, with the tech being sent far beyond Ukraine

Tech Insider : Politics
The Starlink logo is seen on a mobile device with a Ukrainian flag in the background.
The Starlink logo on a mobile device with the colors of the Ukrainian flag in the background.

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Greenhouse gas smuggling was as lucrative as cocaine in the '90s. It's back — and the US government is cracking down with 2 new arrests.

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stair stacked shipping containers with green bars covering them

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The 'blue dollar' is booming: Argentina's lust for the buck pushed its black-market rate up 60,000% since peso parity ended in 2002

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Argentina peso/dollar
US dollar and Argentine peso notes.

Nora Mazzini

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