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Winning Innovations From the Global Mayors Challenge
The 15 winners were picked out of 631 applicant cities for their work creating ambitious urban innovations in the wake…
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Olympic Ticket Sales Halted; Hong Kong Arrests: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — China halted ticket sales to the general public for the 2022 Winter Olympics and instead will invite groups…
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What Will it Take to Vaccinate the World?
(Bloomberg Opinion) — This is one of a series of interviews by Bloomberg Opinion columnists on how to solve the…
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China’s Got Problems, But Inflation Ain’t One
China appears determined to quash — rather than live with — Covid-19. An overly muscular economic response, too, may do as much harm…
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‘Tough’ Weeks Ahead in U.S.; Tokyo Weighs Curbs: Virus Update
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy defended the Biden administration’s response to the omicron surge, conceding though that health officials need…
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U.S. Faces ‘Tough’ Weeks Ahead; Djokovic Departs: Virus Update
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy defended the Biden administration’s response to the omicron surge, conceding though that health officials need…
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Extreme air pollution from US wildfires now affects millions of people
The simultaneous occurence of extreme levels of ozone and particulate matter have increased significantly in the past decade due to…
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One Simple Way to Reduce Gun Violence Among Children
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Unlike the rise and fall and rise of violent crime, which follows a logic that researchers can…
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New York’s Next Great Restaurant Will Seat Only 16 People A Week
New York is currently awash in pricey fish swimming across the city’s sushi counters. From Shion 69 Leonard Street in Tribeca…
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U.S. Vaccinations Stall; Beijing Reports Omicron: Virus Update
The number of new people getting the Covid-19 vaccine is at one of the lowest points since the rollout began,…
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Parents and Retirees Teach Class as Omicron Sidelines Faculty
(Bloomberg) — Clark County, Nevada, was short nearly 2,000 teachers this week. The district had 400 substitutes to cover them. …
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On the Hot Seat for 2022: The CEO of Instacart, and More
(Bloomberg Businessweek) — While Covid remains topic No. 1 for most of the world, here’s a look at people with…
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Singapore Workers Risk Jobs; Tokyo Cases Surge: Virus Update
Workers in Singapore who haven’t been inoculated risk losing their jobs, Covid-19 infections rose in Tokyo while Hong Kong will…
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Biden Forms Task Force, Faces Criticism Over Surge: Virus Update
The Biden administration has assembled a group that will prepare new countermeasures for the emergence of future Covid-19 variants and…
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What the Jan. 6 Committee Has Done, and What’s Next
(Bloomberg) — The U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating last year’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is often in the…
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How NYC Is Opening the Voting Booth to Non-U.S. Citizens
(Bloomberg) — Hundreds of thousands of people are newly eligible to vote in New York City elections thanks to a…
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Biden Forms New Group to Plan for Future Coronavirus Variants
(Bloomberg) — The Biden administration has assembled a group that will prepare new countermeasures for the emergence of future Covid-19…
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Starbucks Staff to Vote on Union at Three More N.Y. Stores
(Bloomberg) — Starbucks Corp. employees at three more restaurants in New York state will vote on unionization, a U.S. labor…
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Europe Sees ‘New Normal’ of Constant Russia Tensions on Doorstep
(Bloomberg) — European powers are increasingly worried that even if Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn’t invade Ukraine he’ll create a…
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Madison, Majorities and the Threat to the Republic
(Bloomberg Opinion) — John Harris, the founding editor of Politico, kicked up a flap last week by questioning the basis of…
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How Europe Has Become So Dependent on Putin for Gas
(Bloomberg) — Europe’s relations with Russia are close to their lowest point in decades. Yet now President Vladimir Putin’s willingness…
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Netflix Needs New Subscribers. Its Korean Playbook Is Its Secret Weapon.
(Bloomberg) — It took “Squid Game” just four weeks this past fall to become the most-watched Netflix Inc. show ever released…
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Omicron Hastens U.S. Restaurants’ Sales Drop, Bankruptcy Threat
(Bloomberg) — U.S. restaurants stayed afloat during the pandemic thanks to outdoor heaters, elaborate patio spaces, and to-go drinks. But…
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German Cases Soar; Stranded Hong Kong Bankers: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — Germany reported record new coronavirus cases for the third straight day as the highly transmissible omicron variant swept…
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Key Theranos Witness Tied by Holmes to Another Troubled Startup
(Bloomberg) — A former Theranos Inc. lab director who was the primary source for a media expose that took down…
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Afghanistan’s Economy Is Collapsing as Cash Disappears
(Bloomberg Businessweek) — Just weeks after the last U.S. troops left Afghanistan, a cash crisis has crippled its already feeble…
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Ex-Google Engineer Builds Unicorn at Tiger Global-Backed Firm
(Bloomberg) — Ikkjin Ahn dropped out of his doctorate program in 2008 when Google came calling and headed for Silicon…
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New York Public Library Is Eliminating Late Fees in Equity Push
(Bloomberg) — New York City’s three largest public libraries are no longer collecting late fees and clearing all existing balances in…
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Wall Street’s Shift South Runs Into Texas, Florida Culture Wars
(Bloomberg) — Wall Street’s trip down south to Texas and Florida — where taxes are lower, regulators friendlier, real estate…
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Elliott Co-CEO Says Rising Rates Threaten Equities Bull Run
(Bloomberg) — The co-head of activist investor Elliott Investment Management said rising interest rates and inflation threaten to put an…
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Why Biden’s Methane Fee Isn’t a Gas Tax
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Charif Souki, who founded the biggest U.S. natural gas-export firm and now chairs another called Tellurian Inc., isn’t…
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J&J, Astra Seek FDA Approval; Singapore Travel: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — Johnson & Johnson is seeking U.S. backing for a booster dose of its one-shot vaccine after data showed…
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U.K. Services Prices Jump at Record Pace on Supply-Chain Woes
(Bloomberg) — The prices paid by customers in the U.K. services sector rose at the fastest pace on record last…
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How Putin’s Advisers Convinced Him to Take Climate Risks Seriously
(Bloomberg) — After years of publicly dismissing climate change, President Vladimir Putin is finally prodding officials to take the threat…
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Hong Kong Falls On Light Volumes With Mainland Closed Until Thursday
Drone view of Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong getty Key News Asian equities were largely higher except for Japan, Taiwan, and…
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Half-Million Excess U.S. Deaths in 2020 Hit Minorities Worse
(Bloomberg) — Racial and ethnic minorities accounted for a disproportionate number of the half million excess deaths last year, according…
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REUTERS IMPACT-Al Gore: China could surprise the world at Glasgow climate talks
By Axel Threlfall, Timothy Gardner (Reuters) – Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore is hopeful China and the United States…
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China PCR Purchases Spiked in Months Before First Known Covid Cases, Firm Says
(Bloomberg) — The Chinese province that was the initial epicenter of the Covid-19 outbreak made significant purchases of equipment used…
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The Left-for-Dead Hospital That Got a Second Chance for $1
(Bloomberg Businessweek) — Word of Mercy Hospital’s demise began to circulate just after 9 a.m. on July 29, 2020. The…
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Is America’s Biggest Video Game Maker Losing Its Magic?
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Activision Blizzard Inc. is under siege. The largest U.S.-based video-game publisher is facing multiple regulatory probes over…
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Walmart, CVS Face Billions in Claims They Fueled Opioid Epidemic
(Bloomberg) — Walmart Inc., CVS Health Corp. and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. face billions of dollars in damages as they…
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Soaring Heat Is Killing America’s Farm Workers
(Bloomberg Opinion) — On June 26, the temperatures south of Portland, Oregon, approached 105 degrees Fahrenheit (40.6 degrees Celsius). That…
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Teva Recalls U.S.-Made Drugs Following Contamination Fears
(Bloomberg) — Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., one of the largest generic-drugmakers in the world, has recalled more than 2.5 million…
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The Real Cost of U.S. Debt Is Nearer the Floor Than the Ceiling
(Bloomberg) — U.S. politicians are locked in a huge fight over something that more and more people in the financial…
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The Federal Reserve Confronts an Almost Impossible Task
(Bloomberg Opinion) — The Federal Reserve is planning to tighten credit even as forecasts call for U.S. economic growth to…
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Jamie Dimon Defends His Pay in Axios Sitdown After New Award
(Bloomberg) — JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon, granting an interview to Axios’s HBO program to discuss…
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BioNTech Sees New Vaccine Need; Japan in Talks: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — BioNTech SE Chief Executive Officer Ugur Sahin, whose company developed the first Covid-19 vaccine along with Pfizer Inc.,…
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Ivermectin Advocates Push for Unproven Covid Drug
(Bloomberg) — When Catherine Moring, president of Mississippi’s Public Health Association, tested positive for Covid-19, she turned to ivermectin to…
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Give Amazon and Facebook a Seat at the United Nations
(Bloomberg Opinion) — It’s getting harder to distinguish brands from nation-states. The resemblance is not simply semiotics: logos (flags), anthems…
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Biden Mourns 700,000 Deaths; Alaska Crisis Deepens: Virus Update
President Joe Biden marked the “painful milestone” of 700,000 U.S. deaths from Covid-19, saying it’s a reminder for Americans to…
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