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Cold Front Sweeps Through Central U.S. Toppling Daily Records
(Bloomberg) — Record-setting cold is gliding through the central U.S. and will seep to the East Coast Thursday before temperatures…
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Floyd Killing Forces U.S. Business to Examine its Record on Race
(Bloomberg) — Derek Chauvin’s trial ended in a conviction. The business reckoning inspired by George Floyd’s killing is far from…
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Intel’s Latest Hail Mary Is a $20 Billion Bet on American Manufacturing
(Bloomberg Businessweek) — The statement, conveyed as the third bullet point of a quarterly earnings release, was both mind-numbingly technical…
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Facial Recognition, Other ‘Risky’ AI Set for Constraints in EU
(Bloomberg) — Facial recognition and other high-risk artificial intelligence applications will face strict constraints under new rules unveiled by the…
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Brazil Politics: Government Reaches Deal to End Budget Impasse
(Bloomberg) — The Brazilian government’s economic team and lawmakers struck a deal to veto parts of the contentious budget bill…
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India Driving Case Increase; Tokyo Emergency Seen: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — The World Health Organization said coronavirus cases are rising in all regions except Europe, with the largest increase…
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Tension Lifts, Crowd Fills George Floyd Square to Cheer Verdict
(Bloomberg) — An air of celebration filled George Floyd Square in Minneapolis on Tuesday after a jury found former police…
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Digital Yuan Gives China a New Tool to Strike Back at Critics
(Bloomberg) — Even as China grows in economic and military power, perhaps nothing reveals Beijing’s weaknesses more than the U.S.’s…
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Ex-Cop Guilty of Murder in George Floyd’s Death: Chauvin Update
(Bloomberg) — Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who knelt on George Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes…
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Weather’s New Normal Reveals ‘Fingerprints of Climate Change’
(Bloomberg) — The U.S. is about to officially establish a new normal for its weather, and it has the “fingerprints…
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China Suspicion, ‘Foreign Plot’ Fears Hamper Africa Vaccine Plan
(Bloomberg) — As if the struggle to secure its meager supplies of Covid-19 vaccines wasn’t bad enough, Africa is now having a hard…
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New Virus Wave Sparks Fresh Worker Exodus From India’s Cities
(Bloomberg) — India’s surging epidemic has forced both its financial and political capitals into lockdown, spurring a fresh exodus of…
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Shock Veto of Billion-Dollar Hungary Deal Sparks Dutch Complaint
(Bloomberg) — The Dutch government has raised concerns with Hungarian officials after a decision in Budapest to block the sale…
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Trudeau’s Pre-Election Bet Hinges on Fast Growth, Low Inflation
Justin Trudeau’s government released a budget that promises big spending on new social programs and a return to small deficits…
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Cadila to Boost Capacity; U.S. Travel Advisory: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — Indian drugmaker Cadila Healthcare Ltd. will potentially ramp up vaccine capacity to 240 million annual doses. The drugmaker…
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Trudeau Bets on Fast Growth and Low Inflation to Curb Deficits
Justin Trudeau’s government set the table for a possible election in Canada with a budget that promises big spending on…
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How Andrew Yang Would Run New York
(Bloomberg Opinion) — For more interviews in this series, click here. Howard Wolfson: I wanted to start by talking about your…
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Harassment Allegations and Fear Haunt European Investment Bank
(Bloomberg) — The news came as a shock — another suicide at the Luxembourg headquarters of the European Investment Bank,…
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There’s an Easter Egg in This Column. Can You Find It?
* * * Scrambled Eggs Thus far, more or less, it’s all been fun and games. But Easter eggs may…
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Emerging-Market Bulls Brace for Treasury Relapse After Rally
(Bloomberg) — Emerging-market bulls who’ve benefited from moderating U.S. Treasury yields are bracing for a relapse as political risks also…
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To Save the U.K. Give Scottish Nationalists the Canada Treatment
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Scottish nationalism was my gateway drug to politics. The year was 1979. I was 15 — an…
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Pfizer Boosts Japan Supply; India Cases Hit Record: Virus Update
Pfizer Inc. will increase supplies of its Covid-19 vaccine for Japan by the end of September, the country’s vaccine czar…
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South Africa Moves to Restart J&J; U.S. Cases Rise: Virus Update
Covid-19 deaths worldwide exceeded 3 million, according to Johns Hopkins University data. The burden is being increasingly borne by developing…
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Wembley Fans Return With U.K. Scientists Watching Every Move
(Bloomberg) — London’s Wembley Stadium welcomes back soccer fans for the first time in over a year on Sunday, part…
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Kim Stanley Robinson on Cities as a Climate Survival Mechanism
Getting through the 21st century without a mass-extinction event means making ourselves far more scarce. At least over large parts…
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Gas Is the New Coal With Risk of $100 Billion in Stranded Assets
(Bloomberg) — Natural gas is falling out of favor with emissions-wary investors and utilities at a quicker pace than coal…
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U.S. Hits 200 Million Doses; Moderna Sees Shortage: Virus Update
The U.S. has administered 200 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine as the rollout picks up pace. New York City Mayor…
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The British Want to Clean Up Outer Space
(Bloomberg Businessweek) — A defunct satellite spent early April hurtling through space toward the body of an old rocket, threatening…
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Ex-Temple Business School Dean Charged With Faking Data for Rank
(Bloomberg) — The former dean of Temple University’s business school was charged with providing false data to U.S. News &…
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GOP House Impeachers See Flood of Donations, Defying Trump’s Scorn
(Bloomberg) — Former President Donald Trump has vowed to drive the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach him out…
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India Has a Double Mutant Virus Variant. Should We Be Worried?
(Bloomberg) — As India’s daily tally of Covid-19 infections surged by a record 200,000-plus cases on two consecutive days, public…
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Nigella Lawson’s Trick to Making Banana Bread Feel Fresh Again
(Bloomberg) — Editor’s Note: As more people are working from home, Bloomberg Pursuits is running a weekly Lunch Break column that highlights…
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U.S. Firms Quadruple Latino Board Hires in Slow Diversity Push
(Bloomberg) — U.S. publicly-listed companies more than quadrupled the appointment of Latino executives to their boards in the first quarter,…
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Pakistan Blocks Social Media Services to Counter Protests
(Bloomberg) — Pakistan’s communications regulator blocked social media sites for at least four hours on Friday without prior warning, in…
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How Much of China’s GDP Was Made in America?
(Bloomberg Opinion) — China kicked off the year with a record expansion that even surpassed the glory days of the…
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Thailand to Tighten Curbs as Virus Flareup Imperils Tourism Plan
(Bloomberg) — Thailand is set to ban sale of alcoholic beverages in restaurants, close schools and amusement parks for two…
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Canada’s main opposition party switches climate change policy, backs carbon pricing
Canada’s opposition Conservative Party on Thursday dropped its resistance to carbon pricing and adopted the fee on emissions and fuels…
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Peru Candidate Seeks Bigger Cut From Mining, Not State Control
(Bloomberg) — The first-round winner of Peru’s presidential election wants to renegotiate contracts with mining companies rather than seize assets,…
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Biden Energizes Global Effort to Keep Multinationals From Dodging Taxes
(Bloomberg Businessweek) — When I interviewed Kimberly Clausing in 2017, she was an economics professor at Reed College in Portland,…
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U.S. seeks to polish tarnished reputation with new climate change pledges
The United States hopes to restore its shattered credibility when it hosts a climate change summit next week by pledging…
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Rebound in U.S. Economy Gathers Steam With Surge in Retail Sales
U.S. retail sales accelerated in March by the most in 10 months as business reopenings, increased hiring and a fresh…
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Branson Offloads $150 Million in Virgin Galactic Shares
(Bloomberg) — Richard Branson sold about $150 million in Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. stock, tapping his biggest listed asset again…
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Biden Follows Trump With Tight Curbs on U.S. Tech Sales to China
(Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden has ditched many of his predecessor’s policies, but he agrees with Donald Trump on the…
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Iran Nuclear Crisis Escalates Ahead of Big Power Talks in Vienna
An attack targeting Iran’s primary nuclear-fuel facility and Tehran’s retaliatory vow to begin enriching uranium close to weapons grade will…
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Nuclear Escalation Leaves Iran Talks at a ‘Critical Juncture’
(Bloomberg) — An attack targeting Iran’s primary nuclear-fuel facility and Tehran’s retaliatory vow to begin enriching uranium close to weapons…
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CDC Panel Talk Ends Without Vote; U.K. Smoking: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel ended discussion of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine without taking…
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For Madoff Victims, ‘Tragedy Goes On’ After Scammer’s Death
(Bloomberg) — Bernard Madoff’s death in prison Wednesday doesn’t change much for his victims, many of whom are still waiting…
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NFT Frenzy Shows Staying Power With $16.8 Million Sotheby’s Sale
(Bloomberg) — In an NFT auction that was devoid of drama until its final hour, two artworks by the anonymous…
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Drug Regulators Turn to Zoom-Style Plant Inspections During the Pandemic
(Bloomberg Businessweek) — For the past year the pandemic has brought a halt to in-person inspections of many pharmaceutical manufacturing…
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Bernard Madoff, Mastermind of Giant Ponzi Scheme, Dies at 82
(Bloomberg) — Bernard Madoff, the Manhattan investment adviser who promised stellar returns to his A-list clients and instead defrauded them…
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