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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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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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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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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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Microsoft’s $10 Billion Pentagon Deal at Risk Amid Amazon Fight
(Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp. is in danger of losing a contract to provide $10 billion of cloud computing services to…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Japan’s Genesia Leads $700,000 Vietnam Digital Media Investment
(Bloomberg) — Japan’s Genesia Ventures Inc. led a $700,000 investment in Vietnam startup Vietcetera Media targeting the nation’s growing middle…
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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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Security Guards Face the Hazardous Job of Enforcing Covid Rules
(Bloomberg Businessweek) — One Sunday last May, Karmen Kolda arrived early for his 11 a.m. shift as a security guard…
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Regional Bank M&A Won’t Easily Fix the Tech Gap
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Regional U.S. banks are having something of a moment. After M&T Bank Corp. agreed last week to buy…
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Amazon, Google Vie for Piece of India’s Digital Payments Market
(Bloomberg) — Technology giants Facebook Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and Google and credit-card providers Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. are among…
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China Investors Await Policy Signals to Boost Faltering Stocks
(Bloomberg) — China’s renewable energy, defense and technology sectors are poised for a boost from the nation’s top political meeting…
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Microsoft Steps Up Push to Bring Virtual Reality to the Masses
(Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp. unveiled software tools designed to make it easier and less expensive for people to access virtual…
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Zoom Projects Annual Sales Signaling Growth After Pandemic
(Bloomberg) — Zoom Video Communications Inc. projected annual revenue that would top analysts’ estimates, signaling the video meeting service expects…
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South Korea’s Coupang Seeks Up to $3.6 Billion in New York IPO
(Bloomberg) — South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. is seeking to raise as much as $3.6 billion from an initial…
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IBM Expands Hybrid Cloud Service, Targeting Banks, Health Care
(Bloomberg) — International Business Machines Corp. has publicly released its hybrid cloud service, furthering its plan to pivot the business…
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Biden Putting Tech, Not Troops, at Center of U.S.-China Strategy
(Bloomberg) — The Biden administration is moving to put semiconductors, artificial intelligence and next-generation networks at the heart of U.S.…
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The Complete List of Golden Globe Winners
(Bloomberg) — Following is the complete list of winners from Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California: Best motion…
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How Past Vaccine Races Can Help Win This One
(Bloomberg Opinion) — “The vaccine works. It is safe, effective, and potent.” In 1955, those were the words that told…
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Will the 2021 Earnings Bonanza Really Happen?
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Fourth-quarter earnings are just about over, which means investors can officially turn their attention to 2021, a…
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Why Texas Broke: The Crisis That Sank the State Has No Easy Fix
(Bloomberg Businessweek) — The Houston skyline was lit pink for Valentine’s Day. It was cold—really cold, at least by the…
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Judge in Google Case Disturbed That Even ‘Incognito’ Users Are Tracked
(Bloomberg) — When Google users browse in “Incognito” mode, just how hidden is their activity? The Alphabet Inc. unit says…
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AT&T Cuts the Cord Before More Customers Do
(Bloomberg Opinion) — If AT&T Inc. starts to look like it’s standing a bit taller, that’s the result of it…
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Dell, HP Say PC Surge to Continue Even in Return to School, Work
(Bloomberg) — Dell Technologies Inc. and HP Inc. reported earnings buoyed by a resurgent personal computer demand they projected will…
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Crypto Firm Kraken Said to Seek Roughly $10 Billion Valuation
(Bloomberg) — Kraken is in talks to raise new funding in a move that would more than double the cryptocurrency…
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Biden Team Pressing Taiwan, Allies on Auto Chip Shortfall
(Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden’s top economic adviser, Brian Deese, has sought the Taiwanese government’s help resolving a global semiconductor…
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Two Telecom Lines Fail to Save World’s Top Derivative Bourse
(Bloomberg) — Less than an hour into trading in India’s $2.7 trillion stock market on Wednesday, dealers saw index levels…
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Nvidia Gives Bullish Forecast on Gaming, Data Center Demand
(Bloomberg) — Nvidia Corp. gave a bullish forecast on robust demand for chips used by video gamers and data center…
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Two Telecom Lines Fail to Protect World’s Top Derivative Bourse
(Bloomberg) — Less than an hour into trading in India’s $2.7 trillion stock market on Wednesday, dealers saw index levels…
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India’s Top Stock Exchange Halts Trading After Telecom Disruption
(Bloomberg) — The National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. shut trading in its cash and derivative segments, citing “issues” with…
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For the Posh, Bentley’s New Flying Spur Is Practically Pious
(Bloomberg) — Bentley isn’t the first brand that springs to mind when it comes to green driving. Tesla and Toyota…
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When the Fantasy of Better Battery Science Doesn’t Match Reality
They may be waiting a while: The technical challenges of making better batteries (and therefore, electric vehicles) are enormous and…
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Renting All Your Furniture Means Never Discarding Another Sofa
(Bloomberg) — Plastic-wrapped foam mattresses, dilapidated plastic shelving units, three-legged Ikea chairs—Jay Reno calls this “end-of-life” furniture. And it’s accumulating…
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Cars, Crime, and Startup Culture in HBO’s The Lady and the Dale
(Bloomberg) — Elizabeth Carmichael is a difficult character to love. She conned thousands of people out of their hard-earned money. She…
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Don’t Punish Walmart for Opening Its Wallet
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Time and again during the past year, we’ve seen how the pandemic has accelerated shifts in consumer behavior. So…
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Tencent-Backed Esports Company VSPN Weighing U.S. IPO
(Bloomberg) — Chinese esports firm VSPN is considering an initial public offering in the U.S. as soon as this year…
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Meghan Markle Strikes a Victory for U.S. Celebrity
(Bloomberg Opinion) — The British monarchy chalked up an unexpected triumph against the U.K.’s tabloid press this month. Ironically, it…
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