Suzannah Benjamin

Unexpected forms of generosity: -Being early can be a form of generosity. You wait, so they don't have to. -Leaving something unsaid can be a form of generosity. You don't always need the last word. -Delivering your work on time can be a form of generosity. You make life easier for everyone downstream. -Not taking things personally can be a form of generosity. You give people the space to say things imperfectly.

MacKenzie Scott’s more than $26 billion in charitable gifts have arrived without warning and have led to bolstered finances, scholarships and jobs wsj.com/finance/crypti… via @WSJ

Hong Kong in February 💕

@AjayKamalakaran love Delhi so much!

New Delhi can be so glorious...

Sad to see Thomson Reuters Foundation news disappear at a time of global need via @baroninfo thebaron.info

It is with great sadness that we share that David M. Webb MBE passed away peacefully in Hong Kong on Tuesday January 13th, 2026 from metastatic prostate cancer. David will be missed by family, many friends, and supporters. The family request privacy at this difficult time.

A job that helps make your skills redundant. Mercor employs tens of thousands of white-collar contractors. The catch? They have to be willing to train AI to one day do their jobs as well as they can. wsj.com/tech/ai/traini… via @WSJ

Most prospectuses contain a line so familiar that eyes slide past it: we intend to use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes. When it comes to Strategy, which describes itself as the “largest bitcoin treasury company,” it means more. lseg.group/4s0wmfa

@waitbutwhy a pilot told me lights off is more to save power/fuel/costs than anything else. Not sure how much power lights on a plane actually consume, but 5-7pm lights off screams cost saving to me.

On an airplane currently and would like to register two complaints: 1) It's a two-hour domestic flight between the hours of 5-7pm, and the lights are OFF. It's like fully dark in here. I get that some people want to nap, but it's daytime, and we're adults. People are free to bring a sleep mask. 2) There is no row 13, because apparently we still believe in voodoo number curses. We are such a silly species.

@AjayKamalakaran congratulations, Ajay!

I am thrilled to announce that my latest book, Colombo- Port of Call is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Please look for it in your favourite bookstores in a couple of weeks.

Ozempic exposed something about the moment we are living in: how much of life is performed, how fragile our supposed consensuses are, and how quickly they dissolve once people feel free to say what they actually feel. wsj.com/opinion/ozempi… via @WSJopinion

The US economy just posted 4.3% GDP growth—the fastest in two years. Yet unemployment rose to 4.6%, with virtually no net job creation since April. How can both be true? In today's @IndianExpress, I explore competing explanations and what this American puzzle means for India—particularly on jobless growth and why credible, independent statistical institutions matter more than ever. [This builds on @jasonfurman's excellent recent essay in the @nytimes: nytimes.com/2025/12/23/opi…] PDF here: static1.squarespace.com/static/6558424…

The UN updated its list of the biggest cities after changing its methodology for assessing huge conurbations. Jakarta, Dhaka, Tokyo, Delhi and Shanghai top the list, but connectivity in these sprawling metropolises varies vastly. ft.com/content/4ee586… via @ft

China PE is getting active; bankers talked to IFR about why this is: ifre.com/people-and-mar… HSG buys Italian footwear brand Golden Goose for €2.5bn ft.com/content/909acc… via @ft

A good solution to the birthday problem. nytimes.com/2025/12/16/mag…

@madmanweb Happy Birthday Madhu!🥂

It's all downhill from here...

:That was hard. But did you die?

@moorehn Do you think globally? Aussie pension funds are heavily invested in private credit

for context, private credit is on the very precipice of an enormous crash. If you add life insurance into that mix, it very quickly becomes a systemic problem

Nothing like the onset of winter. A little late, and very very welcome. 🍂