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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Russia’s Hot IPO Is an $8 Billion Bet On Frugality
(Bloomberg Opinion) — There are few more eloquent expressions of faltering Russian living standards than the rise and rise of…
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What You Don’t Remember About the Taper Tantrum
(Bloomberg Opinion) — The jump in global bond yields this past month has drawn many analogies to the so-called taper tantrum of 2013,…
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Biden Stimulus Faces Lengthy Final Gauntlet of Senate Votes
(Bloomberg) — Senate Democrats face a gauntlet of Republican attempts to rein in President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package…
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Luokung Sues To Get Off Trump Blacklist of Chinese Companies
(Bloomberg) — Luokung Technology Corp. asked a U.S. court to reverse its last-minute inclusion by the Trump administration on a…
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I Wrote a Book on Chinese History. It Was Stolen By Pirates on Alibaba
(Bloomberg Opinion) — I’m a victim of Chinese pirates. Not the seafaring cutthroats with parrots on their shoulders. The treasure…
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The Future of Money Is Digital, But Is It Bitcoin?
(Bloomberg Opinion) — The idea that much of today’s cash use will shift to digital tokens is neither faddish nor outlandish, as…
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Saudis Bet ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ Is Over in Push for Pricier Oil
(Bloomberg) — Saudi Arabia just made a high-stakes wager that the glory days of U.S. shale, which transformed the global…
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UN Security Council Warned of Dire Crisis in Ethiopia’s Tigray
(Bloomberg) — The humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia’s Tigray region continues to deteriorate with the risk of famine and escalating violence…
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Broadcom Falls After Chip Sales Miss IPhone-Fueled Expectations
(Bloomberg) — Broadcom Inc. shares fell after the company’s main chip division reported revenue that just missed Wall Street estimates.…
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Tokyo to Extend Emergency; NYC Gets J&J Shots: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — New York City has received its first delivery of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine, Mayor Bill de…
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House Panel Probes Opioid Companies on Tax Breaks for Legal Fees
(Bloomberg) — The House Oversight and Reform Committee is probing whether executives at four drug industry companies plan to use…
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Here’s What’s in the Senate’s $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Legislation
(Bloomberg) — Senate Democrats on Thursday released an updated version of the $1.9 trillion stimulus plan that Majority Leader Chuck…
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U.S. Senate Votes to Take Up $1.9 Trillion Pandemic Relief Bill
(Bloomberg) — The U.S. Senate voted to take up a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill backed by President Joe Biden,…
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Texas Watchdog Says Power Grid Operator Made $16 Billion Error
(Bloomberg) — A firm hired to monitor Texas’ power markets says the region’s grid manager overpriced electricity for almost two…
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In Lockdown Brazil, Everyone Is Watching Big Brother
(Bloomberg Opinion) — After a year battling worsening Covid-19, and with new variants on the loose, Brazilians still face bouts…
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NYC Investor Spent $1.5 Million on June Democratic Voter Push
(Bloomberg) — More than 22,500 New Yorkers switched to the Democratic Party amid a $1.5 million campaign led by venture…
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Baidu Said to Win Hong Kong Bourse Approval for Second Listing
(Bloomberg) — Chinese search engine giant Baidu Inc. has secured approval from the Hong Kong stock exchange for a second…
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Back to Work: What Recovery Felt Like for Millions of Americans
(Bloomberg) — It’s been a year since Covid-19 triggered the steepest economic collapse in modern U.S. history, with more than…
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Fallen King of Cable TV Bets That Live Sports Can Stem Decline
(Bloomberg) — Once an icon of cable TV’s money-minting powers, USA Network today symbolizes the industry’s long slide in the…
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Square to Buy Jay-Z’s Music Service Tidal, Appoint Him to Board
(Bloomberg) — Square Inc. has agreed to buy a majority stake in Tidal, the streaming music service led by rapper…
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TWo Airline Titans Weigh In on the Future of Flight
(Bloomberg Opinion) — One year into the Covid-19 pandemic and a few months into the vaccine rollout, demand for air…
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Biden’s Relief Debate, Fed Policy, U.S.-U.K. Tariffs: Eco Day
The Senate enters the final stages of debating President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill on Thursday, with passage…
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U.K.’s Go-Big Budget Masks Spending Cuts Seen as Austerity 2.0
(Bloomberg) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government is being accused of dropping its pledge to end austerity after cutting a…
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South Korea and Taiwan’s Chip Power Rattles the U.S. and China
(Bloomberg Businessweek) — There’s nothing like a supply shock to illuminate the tectonic shifts in an industry, laying bare the…
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Australia’s Inward Turn Earns a Faster Rebound Than Expected
(Bloomberg Businessweek) — A year of border closures is making Australia rethink its embrace of globalization. Before Covid, the country’s…
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Senate Final Vote on Stimulus Likely Pushed Into Weekend
(Bloomberg) — The Senate enters the final stages of debating President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill on Thursday,…
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CLSA Loses More Than Half of Its Hong Kong Bond Sales Team
(Bloomberg) — CLSA Ltd. has lost more than half of its fixed income team that focuses on bond sales in…
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Billionaire Lemann Is Stepping Down From Kraft Heinz’s Board
(Bloomberg) — Jorge Paulo Lemann is leaving the board of Kraft Heinz Co., the giant consumer company he helped put…
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Indian Vaccine Effective; Record Deaths in Brazil: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — An experimental vaccine developed by India’s Bharat Biotech International Ltd. showed 81% efficacy in an interim clinical trial.…
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Snowflake Falls on Slower Product Sales Growth Forecast
(Bloomberg) — Snowflake Inc. dropped in extended trading after projecting its product revenue growth will slow in the current quarter…
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With Michaels Buyout, Apollo Picked a Weird Time to Get Crafty
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Michaels Cos.’ management has crafted a lucrative exit for shareholders. The arts and hobby supplies chain announced on Wednesday that it had…
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Junk Bonds Prove to Be a Shelter From the Rates Storm
(Bloomberg Opinion) — The junk-bond market has never offered such low yields. And yet, it might just be the best…
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House Set to Pass Elections Overhaul, But Senate Action Unlikely
(Bloomberg) — House lawmakers are slated to pass a landmark bill Wednesday that would overhaul nearly every aspect of U.S.…
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