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SpaceX wants to connect its Starlink satellite internet network to moving vehicles
A Starlink user terminal being set up. SpaceX SpaceX wants to begin connecting moving vehicles – from cars and trucks…
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Draghi Pledges to Jump-Start Italy’s Slow Vaccination Campaign
(Bloomberg) — Prime Minister Mario Draghi pledged strong action to turn around Italy’s slow vaccination campaign, saying an exit path…
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Hacked Companies Caught in Maze of Notification Requirements
(Bloomberg) — Last summer, Katherine “Kitty” Green received some disturbing news about the computer network at Florida Gulf Coast University,…
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Deloitte UK deputy chief Dimple Agarwal steps down after bullying claims
The deputy chief executive of Deloitte UK, Dimple Agarwal, has stepped down from her leadership roles following claims she bullied…
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‘Hey, Hey, Money Maker’: Inside the $156 Billion SPAC Bubble
(Bloomberg) — Whenever greed meets reality and giddy markets collapse, Wall Street pros usually admit that they sensed the end…
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Freshfields boss Georgia Dawson sets race and gender diversity targets for Magic Circle firm
The new senior partner of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Georgia Dawson, has announced a series of diversity targets for the law…
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Israel Builders Eye Rebound as Palestinian Laborers Get Vaccines
(Bloomberg) — Israel started to vaccinate Palestinian laborers who work inside its borders and in West Bank settlements on Monday,…
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How Kathryn Garcia Would Run New York
(Bloomberg Opinion) — For more interviews in this series, click here. Howard Wolfson: I wanted to start by giving voters an…
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Baring Asia to Explore U.S. Listing for CitiusTech via SPAC
(Bloomberg) — Baring Private Equity Asia is considering listing Citiustech Healthcare Technology Pvt. in the U.S. through a merger with…
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Orcel vs Botin: Santander CEO Job Feud Heads for Madrid Showdown
(Bloomberg) — Andrea Orcel’s legal feud with Ana Botin shifts this week to a Madrid courtroom where he’ll seek redress…
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Myanmar Protesters Begin Nationwide Strike, Vow to Defeat Army
(Bloomberg) — Myanmar protesters marched Monday in some of the country’s biggest cities, part of another nationwide strike to pressure…
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Is It Legal to Criticize the Communist Party in Hong Kong?
(Bloomberg) — Chinese lawmakers are set to approve an overhaul of Hong Kong’s election system during the annual session of…
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A Hack Like This Could Start the Next World War
(Bloomberg Opinion) — It may be years before we get the Franz Ferdinand hack, but one cyber attack has the potential…
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Citi Sees the Days of Traders Slamming Phones Coming to an End
(Bloomberg) — The days of traders slamming phones and breaking computers are becoming a thing of the past. Such behavior…
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NFTs Are Hot. So Is Their Effect on the Earth’s Climate
The experiment attracted the attention of a friend and fellow technology artist named Memo Akten, who was concerned to see…
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Fauci Says U.S. Cases High; Cuomo Rejects Quitting: Virus Update
The U.S. recorded a full week with fewer than 70,000 daily Covid-19 cases for the first time since mid-October, though…
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Key to Resolving Covid’s Global Debt Crunch: Transparency
(Bloomberg Opinion) — The Covid-19 pandemic and the accompanying economic lockdowns have deepened inequality both within national borders and across…
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Singapore Warms to Electric Cars Two Years After Tesla’s Rebuke
(Bloomberg) — After years of not doing much to foster the uptake of electric cars, Singapore has started to embrace…
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Biden to sign voting-rights executive order in nod to ‘Bloody Sunday’ in Alabama 5½ decades ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new executive order from President Joe Biden directs federal agencies to take a series of steps…
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Senate Democrat Joe Manchin to dominate the Sunday shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — Below are highlights of the scheduled guest lineups for the Sunday morning news shows, with Senate Democrat…
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The Fed Doesn’t Fear Inflation. Its Critics Have Longer Memories
(Bloomberg Opinion) — “Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon in the sense that it is and can be…
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The Big Question: Can a Guaranteed Income Help End Poverty?
(Bloomberg Opinion) — This is one of a series of interviews by Bloomberg Opinion columnists on how to solve today’s…
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World’s Largest E-Scooter Factory Aims to Make EV Each 2 Seconds
(Bloomberg) — Bhavish Aggarwal surveys the empty 500-acre expanse encircled by neon-painted homes, tiny shrines and mango groves. The high-profile…
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A North Carolina Pipeline Caused the Biggest Gas Spill in Decades
Pipelines used to carry crude oil.Photo: Jim Mone (AP) Unless you’re living in Huntersville, North Carolina, you may be blissfully…
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Airlines See Robust Demand for Once-Marginal Routes, FT Reports
Airlines have seen boosted demand for once relatively unimportant destinations, allowing them to mitigate some of the damage done by…
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Biden Nears Big Win as $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Goes to Final Vote
(Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden is on the cusp of his first legislative win with the House ready to give…
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U.K. Steps Up Vaccinations; Japan Eyes Approvals: Virus Update
The U.K. is expanding its vaccination program in a signal that it’s on track to meet its targets in fighting…
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Hackers Breach Thousands of Microsoft Customers Around the World
(Bloomberg) — A sophisticated attack on Microsoft Corp.’s widely used business email software is morphing into a global cybersecurity crisis,…
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U.S. Cases Ease Further With Stimulus on the Way: Virus Update
U.S. Covid-19 cases increased by about 65,000 Friday, in a week in which new infections declined by 12%. Many states…
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What’s in the $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Bill Passed by the Senate
(Bloomberg) — Senate Democrats passed the latest version of the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill after a more than 24-hour voting…
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Italy Hires McKinsey for EU Recovery Funds, Upsetting Lawmakers
(Bloomberg) — A decision by the government of Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi to recruit consulting firm McKinsey & Co.…
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One U.S. State’s Laser Focus on Data Helps Shrink Racial Vaccine Gap
North Carolina is among the best-performing U.S. states when it comes to distributing vaccines evenly among Black and White residents. That’s partly…
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Biden’s Quiet Style Belies Ambitions Beyond Undoing Trump Legacy
(Bloomberg) — The new U.S. president starts his days with an early morning workout in the gym of the White…
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CEO of Top Irish Securities Firm Davy Resigns After Scandal
(Bloomberg) — Brian McKiernan, chief executive of Ireland’s biggest securities firm Davy, resigned after regulators accused the company of a…
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Jeff Bezos visited the new headquarters of Relativity Space, the 3D-printing rocket builder
The row of two-story tall 3D printer bays at the company’s headquarters. Relativity Space The founders of two private rocket-building…
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Chinese Investors Turn to Bank Stocks as Market Darlings Plunge
(Bloomberg) — China’s most-shunned sector is getting a rare moment in the sun as investors seek shelter from a rout…
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Curbs Ease Across U.S.; NYC Movie Theaters Reopen: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — Theaters in New York City, the nation’s second-largest movie market, reopened after a yearlong hiatus. The city’s mayor…
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‘It is simply not possible.’ Calls for tax deadline extension mount as accountants say they can’t do everything by April 15
As the April 15 deadline to file and pay taxes closes in, some of the accountants preparing those returns are…
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U.S. Vaccinated Half Its Seniors. The Next Half Will Be Harder
(Bloomberg) — More than half of Americans 65 years old and over have gotten a Covid-19 vaccination, but lingering hesitancy…
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Muni Bonds Prove a Refuge for Investors Hiding From Rising Rates
(Bloomberg) — For now at least, America’s state and local government bonds are a refuge from the losses piling up…
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Forget GameStop. If You Want Real Risk, Invest in Supercars
(Bloomberg Businessweek) — Everyone notices the doors, but few pay much attention to the sills. In 1954, Mercedes-Benz unveiled its…
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Timely GameStop Sale Lifts Senvest Hedge Fund to 60% Return
(Bloomberg) — A hedge fund that was one of GameStop Corp.’s top shareholders gained about 60% in the first two…
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Covid-Decimated Jobs Rebound Faster Than Expected
(Bloomberg Opinion) — During a webinar on Thursday with The Wall Street Journal, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made a…
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Trading Places: Pimco nabs ex-White House adviser, Goldman exits, Simpson Thacher hires Blackstone GC
Pimco, the US bond giant, has appointed a former White House staffer to its advisory board — the second high…
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Chamath Palihapitiya sells remaining $213 million personal stake in Virgin Galactic, stock falls 10%
Virgin Galactic leaders in front of the New York Stock Exchange, from left: CEO George Whitesides, founder Richard Branson and…
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I Got Vaccinated, Then I Got Covid. What Happened?
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Mary Duenwald, a Bloomberg Opinion editor, tested positive for Covid-19 even after receiving both doses of the Pfizer…
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World’s Worst Covid Crisis Is Unfolding in Brazil, Where No Fix Seems to Work
(Bloomberg) — More than a year after a spiked virus launched a murderous campaign across the globe, most countries have…
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Jalapeño Popper Chicken Is More Interesting Than Any Old Sandwich
(Bloomberg) — Editor’s Note: As more people are working from home, Bloomberg Pursuits is running a weekly Lunch Break column…
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Google Puts Lid on Cookie Jar and Ends an Internet Era
(Bloomberg Opinion) — The cookie is dead. Long live the cookie. Google, the internet search giant, said this week that…
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ETFs Show Balance Is Shifting in Favor of Emerging-Market Stocks
(Bloomberg) — If capital flows into U.S. exchange-traded funds are any indication, investors have begun to favor emerging-market stocks over…
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