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American Company Launches Eco-Friendly Organic Soils Across The U.S.
Peat-free soil, a new addition to Back to the Roots’ collection. Back To The Roots Forests are the focus these…
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Johnson Denies Making ‘Bodies Pile’ Remark: U.K. Politics Update
(Bloomberg) — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson hit back at claims that he said he would rather see “bodies pile…
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Global Travel Braces for Vaccine-Powered Revival
(Bloomberg) — Even as the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage in many corners of the world, places that have successfully…
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The Property Block Proves That Startups Can Succeed With A Social Conscience
Startups can tackle tough societal issues. getty Not long ago, businesses would reframe from commenting on important social issues. If…
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Biden Will Travel to U.K. and Belgium For First Foreign Trip
(Bloomberg) — Joe Biden will attend the G7 summit in Cornwall, U.K., and a NATO meeting in Brussels this June…
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Wall Street’s Trillion-Dollar ESG Club Comes With Huge Tax Perks
(Bloomberg) — Bank of America Corp. sparked a stir in January — and a little envy — with just a few lines of…
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Pandemic Stress Smoking Is Helping Out Big Tobacco
(Bloomberg Opinion) — So much for lockdowns making us more health-conscious. Last week we saw Brits endure arctic conditions for a…
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How to Repay a Community For Discrimination, Lessons from the U.K.
The U.K. is attempting something the U.S. has been talking about for decades: compensating parts of its Black population for…
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Top JPMorgan Traders Talk Robots, Brexit Impact and Remote Work
(Bloomberg) — The next generation of traders will need quant, data and coding expertise to keep up with the needs…
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Why is the UK warning Facebook not to encrypt its messaging services?
By Matthew Sparkes Priti Patel, the UK’s home secretary Matt Dunham / WPA Pool / Getty Images The UK home…
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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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Central Banks to Pour Money Into Economy Despite Sharp Rebound
The aggressive rebound in global economic growth still isn’t enough for most of the world’s central banks to pull back…
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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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U.K. Economy Picks Up Steam as Hiring Restarts With Lockdown End
The U.K. economy is building momentum, with real-time indicators suggesting consumers have started to splurge some of the cash they’ve…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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London Penthouse Offered for Sale for $241 Million by Entrepreneur Nick Candy
(Bloomberg) — A penthouse at the One Hyde Park project in London’s upscale Knightsbridge district is being offered for sale…
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J&J Shots Paused Over Clots; Pfizer Boosts Output: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine distribution was paused in much of the U.S. pending a review of the development…
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Galen Weston, Who Built Transatlantic Retail Empire, Dies at 80
(Bloomberg) — W.G. Galen Weston, the entrepreneur who built an Atlantic-spanning business network that made him one of the richest…
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One Big Lesson From Brexit’s First 100 Days
(Bloomberg Opinion) — What lessons can be drawn from the first 100 days of Brexit? Fewer than one might wish.…
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Deliveroo to Dimon Stoke Fears About London’s Post-Brexit Future
If Deliveroo Holdings Plc’s listing was meant to hang an ‘Open For Business’ sign over the City of London, the…
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India Has 2nd-Most Cases; U.K. Hits Vaccine Target: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — India overtook Brazil as the country with the second-most cases in the world. A study in Brazil showed…
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Asia’s Richest Man Rebuilds a 261-Year-Old British Icon
(Bloomberg) — A struggling 261-year-old U.K. toy-store chain is seeking a new lease of life in the hands of billionaire Mukesh Ambani,…
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Shell Energy Transition Plans Fail to Assure Climate Groups
(Bloomberg) — Six environmental and shareholder organizations have asked a $54 trillion investor group to vote against Royal Dutch Shell…
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MTN Group Values Mobile-Money Arm at $5 Billion, Considers IPO
(Bloomberg) — MTN Group Ltd. is valuing its mobile-money arm at about $5 billion, joining African wireless carriers planning to…
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Michigan Urges Vaccine Surge; U.S. Cases Steady: Virus Update
The federal government needs to urgently surge vaccine doses into the state of Michigan in order to combat a spike…
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U.S. Cases Hit Two-Week High; India in Crisis: Virus Update
Surging cases in the Midwest helped push the number of daily U.S. infections to their highest in more than two…
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Prince Philip Was No Saint, But He Was the Queen’s Rock
(Bloomberg Opinion) — “I doubt whether I’ve achieved anything likely to be remembered,” the Duke of Edinburgh once observed to a BBC…
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Michigan Seeks Aid Amid Surge; EU Reviews J&J Shot: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — Governor Gretchen Whitmer called for Michiganders to voluntarily suspend social activities for two weeks, and asked the federal…
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Jab Shortage in China, Curbs to Return in Japan: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — China’s target to vaccinate 560 million people — 40% of its population — by the end of June…
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Brazil Hits Record Deaths; NYC Shifts School Rules: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — New York City said four or more Covid-19 cases in a school in a week will result in…
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EU Fails to Unify on Astra; Variant Common in U.S.: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — The European Union failed to unify in responding to links between AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine and a rare…
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Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine Being Rolled Out in U.K. for First Time
(Bloomberg) — The U.K. will begin rolling out the Moderna Inc. vaccine on Wednesday, bolstering Britain’s Covid-19 immunization program amid…
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Yellen’s Global Tax Plan Is a China Trade War-Level Fight
(Bloomberg Opinion) — If you expected the administration of President Joe Biden to be a return to normalcy on trade…
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NYC Tops Weekly Dose Goal; U.K. Set for Reopening: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — New York’s vaccination program picked up speed last week, with the most populous U.S. city reporting a record…
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Canberra’s Sleaze Would Make Washington Blush
(Bloomberg Opinion) — When a protege of Frank Lloyd Wright won a global contest to design Australia’s national capital, a…
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U.K. Cites 7 Clot Deaths; U.S. Cases Trend Upward: Virus Update
The U.K. confirmed seven people had died from blood clots after receiving AstraZeneca Plc’s vaccine. More than 18 million doses…
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Irish Plant-Based Start-Up Is ‘Committed To Fix The Freezer Aisle’
Irish plant-based food company Strong Roots has been one of the fastest growing food brands in the … [+] UK…
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Compass CEO Who Pivoted From Goldman to Tech Reaps IPO Gain
(Bloomberg) — Compass Inc. Chief Executive Officer Robert Reffkin started his career working in the inner sanctums of American power,…
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The EU’s Carbon Market Is About to Enter Its Turbulent 20s
Europe has had a carbon market—the world’s first—for more than 15 years. In its first decade, prices did what prices…
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Big Pharma’s Vaccine Halo Is Slipping
(Bloomberg Opinion) — The discovery of multiple safe and effective Covid-19 vaccines has been the reputational boost the pharmaceutical industry needed. As…
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Johnson Is ‘Hopeful’ U.K. Can Avoid Another Pandemic Lockdown
Date Measure March 29 Two households or six people from more than two households allowed to meet outdoors Outdoor sports…
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N.Y. Cases Jump; Merkel Declares Covid ‘Watershed’: Virus Update
The U.S. added the fewest deaths since Monday, even as infections have been rising nationally. New York state reported the…
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Foreign Policy Is a Sordid Business. Sorry.
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Would you sit down to dinner with a mobster? We know Frank Sinatra did, but that was…
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U.S. Cases Tick Up; Birx Laments Covid Deaths: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — The U.S. added almost 79,000 Covid-19 cases in a day amid evidence in some states that infections are…
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Birx Says Too Many Died in U.S. as Cases Tick Up: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — The U.S. added almost 79,000 Covid-19 cases in a day amid evidence in some states that infections are…
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