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The Volkswagen board meets, with the C.E.O.’s future in the balance.
Herbert Diess has angered workers by mentioning the possibility of job cuts as the automaker prepares for an all-electric future and taking on Tesla.

Congress gets a crash course on cryptocurrency.
The chief executives of six cryptocurrency companies will face questions from the House Financial Services Committee about risk and regulation.

Instagram says parental controls will arrive in March.
Adam Mosseri, the head of the company, is expected to face questions from lawmakers this week about whether social media harms children.

Bitcoin plunges in weekend trading, with markets facing renewed volatility.
Investors have pulled back broadly from risky assets as financial markets have been struck by the arrival of the Omicron variant and surprisingly high inflation.

The November jobs report is expected to show another healthy gain.
Economists are looking for an increase of more than 500,000 for the second straight month.

Twitter and Facebook hit back at Chinese propaganda campaigns.
The social media giants removed a large number of accounts that promoted Covid-19 conspiracy theories and undermined reports of human rights abuses.

Eurozone inflation hits a record high of 4.9 percent.
Driven by soaring energy costs, the annual rate for November was the highest since 1997.

Breaking Barriers: The Life of Lee Elder
Elder was the author of “a signature moment” in professional golf.

Global markets steady as investors reconsider the unknowns of Omicron.
After tumbling on Friday, European markets were higher and oil prices gained.