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Good morning, Quartz readers! What to watch for this week A signal from North Korea. A New Year's Day address by Kim Jong Un, who has given one every year since 2013, could hold a message for the US . In his Jan. 1, 2017 address, Kim said North Korea had "entered the final stages of preparation" to test an intercontinental ballistic missile. The country launched its first ICBM in July. US auto sales end their streak . Car companies will report December and full-year sales this week, with forecasters expecting a decline of almost 7% over December 2016, and 2% year over year. That would make 2017 the first year since 2009 that new car sales failed to beat the previous year's. California gets high . Marijuana is now recreationally legal in the state, one of many new laws making California the US equi...

Happy New Year, Quartz Africa readers! The year that was We're all still catching up with analyzing and assessing what kind of year 2017 was for us as individuals and as a collective. For Africa it was another fascinating year of stories of major progress, some setbacks, hope and new beginnings. A few of our year-end reviews have caught up with the books we read , the photos that captured the year's stories and the impact of digital platforms (and access to such platforms ) on everything from elections to policy-making. For Quartz Africa , it's been another great year with highlights including our World Economic Forum panel of Africa Innovators in Durban in May and our African startup session on the fringes of UN General Assembly at our New York offices in September. Our stories of the year are below. As...

Good morning, Quartz readers! You've read the year-in-review pieces that proliferate around the internet in late December. You know this year was filled with unprecedented shifts and shocks around the world—from Trump to Macron, from events in Pyongyang to the tragedy of the Rohingya, from the solar eclipse to #MeToo, from NFL protests to the Charlottesville riots, and the Puerto Rico tragedy. Meanwhile, the crises of 2016—war in Syria, millions of all but forgotten refugees in Yemen and South Sudan, random small-scale terror attacks from ISIL-infected young men—have hardly receded from view. Take a deep breath. And let go. The world has seen a lot of terrible years, as Slate explained , back when everyone thought 2016 was the worst year in history. (Remember that?) The start of two world wars, economic crashes, hunger p...

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Good morning, Quartz readers! What to watch for today China raises gas prices. Retail prices on gas and diesel will undergo their 11th increase of 2017, this time in response to rising international oil prices. Global prices hit their highest level in two and a half years this week following news of an explosion on a Libyan crude pipeline. The US stock market closes out a banner 2017. Donald Trump has repeatedly pointed to the market as an indicator of his success (paywall), but while the Dow has hit record highs this year, it will need to gain 580 points by Friday's close for Trump to have matched the gains made during Barack Obama's first year in office. A controversial film about Narendra Modi debuts. Modi Kaka Ka Gaon , loosely inspired by the Indian prime minister's development agenda , is finally hitti...

A Christmas carol Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . Computerworld Daily Shark Dec 28, 2017 It's all about getting into the holiday spirit(s) This outsourcer's mainframes have to run 24/7, and one computer operator pilot fish finds out just what that means when he's scheduled to work on Christm...