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WHO Says Covid Will Rebound; EU Seeking Normalcy: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — Global cases rose for the first time in almost two months in the past week, mainly in the…
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U.S. Economy’s Revival Pivots on People Returning to Yoga, Bars
(Bloomberg) — Wall Street’s most bullish economic forecasts hang on a simple prediction: everybody will flood back soon to their…
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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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Private Equity Has $300 Billion for Pandemic-Hit Real Estate
(Bloomberg) — Real-estate bosses at Blackstone Group Inc. quietly smiled when Britain’s biggest-selling tabloid unwittingly endorsed their largest European real…
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Escape Artists Accused of Freeing Carlos Ghosn Can’t Evade Reckoning in Japan
(Bloomberg) — Fifteen months after security contractor Michael Taylor smuggled the former Nissan Motor Co. chairman Carlos Ghosn out of…
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Biden Putting Tech, Not Troops, at Core of U.S.-China Policy
(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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J&J Covid Vaccine Could Protect Millions—If They Take It
(Bloomberg) — Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine could protect millions more Americans from contracting the coronavirus. The key will be…
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Fed’s Brainard Sets Out Reform Plan for Covid-Stressed Markets
(Bloomberg) — Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard described a broad regulatory reform agenda for the coming months aimed at fixing…
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Big Oil’s Net-Zero Plans Show the Hard Limits of Carbon Offsets
If you can’t pay the interest on your debts, an IOU isn’t going to be enough to save you from…
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Wall Street Is Set to Learn How Tough Biden’s Watchdogs Will Be
(Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden’s plans for a new era of tough Wall Street oversight will take center stage this…
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J&J Shot Clear for Distribution; Cuomo Under Fire: Virus Update
Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot Covid-19 vaccine was cleared for distribution after U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle…
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Bed Bugs Shied Away With Less Pandemic Travel. They’re Not Gone
They latch onto clothes and luggage in search of human blood. But less travel during the Covid-19 pandemic has helped…
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London’s West End Turns Dead End as Shoppers Leave Oxford Street
(Bloomberg) — Kate Moss brought London’s Oxford Street to a standstill in 2007 when the supermodel posed at Topshop’s flagship…
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J&J Gets FDA Panel’s Nod; CDC Issues Warning: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot coronavirus vaccine won the backing of a panel of U.S. government advisers, paving the…
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From Chicago to Geneva, Bonds Blowing Up Captivated Everyone
(Bloomberg) — Thomas Costerg doesn’t usually go to bed with a computer, but he couldn’t help himself Thursday night after…
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Power Retailers Contest Exorbitant Energy Charges: Texas Update
(Bloomberg) — Texas lawmakers are grilling power executives, regulators and others for a second day about why the state’s energy…
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Israeli-Owned Cargo Ship Struck by Explosion in Persian Gulf
(Bloomberg) — An unexplained blast struck an Israeli-owned cargo ship in the Persian Gulf, at a time of rising frictions…
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Is News of U.S. Virus Variants Too Much, Too Soon?
(Bloomberg) — While the U.S. has focused on SARS-CoV-2 variants arriving from across the globe, homegrown strains reported to be…
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Bond Rout Shows Risk of Uneven Recovery in World’s Top Economies
(Bloomberg) — The U.S. economy appears primed to recover from the Covid-19 slump much faster than others, causing havoc on…
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British Airways Parent Sees Signs of Hope After $9 Billion Loss
(Bloomberg) — British Airways parent IAG SA said there’s grounds for optimism about air travel this summer, after posting its…
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California Deaths Hit 50,000; NYC School Cases Low: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden said the federal government will distribute Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine as fast as the company…
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Buffett’s Letter to Break Months of Silence Amid Tumult in U.S.
(Bloomberg) — While 2020 raged, Warren Buffett mostly held his tongue. He stayed quiet through a heated presidential election, a…
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Deal for Key Metal in EV Revolution Brought Bonanza for Newcomer
A transfer of lucrative cobalt and copper assets by the Democratic Republic of Congo’s state mining company enabled a little-known…
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U.K. Sanctuary Offer for Hong Kong Activists Is Great If You Can Afford It
(Bloomberg) — In August 2019, Sophia’s hip was broken in clashes with Hong Kong police during a protest against China’s…
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Shot Hailed as Super Effective; J&J Gets Big Win: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — The shot made by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE was overwhelmingly effective against the virus in a study,…
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AstraZeneca Hopes New Data Gets Its Covid Vaccine Back on Track
(Bloomberg Businessweek) — Tens of millions of people around the world are desperately trying to get their hands on a…
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How Measuring and Reducing Emissions Has Become Its Own Business
(Bloomberg) — A new startup run by former employees of the payment processor Stripe Inc. will help companies analyze the…
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Former Mining Exec Details Suitcase Full of Cash He Used to Seal Deals
(Bloomberg) — A former Glencore director said he used to fly the world carrying a bag full of cash to…
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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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A New Link Tracing Beef From Amazon Rainforest to Grocery Stores
(Bloomberg) — Meatpacking powerhouses like JBS SA and Marfrig Global Foods SA have borne the brunt of watchdog efforts to root out…
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Luxury Ride-Hailing App Pivots to Middle East as Lockdowns Bite
(Bloomberg) — A luxury ride-hailing app operating in Moscow, London and Paris is expanding into the Middle East as a…
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Women on Average Have Just 76% of Men’s Legal Rights Worldwide
(Bloomberg) — The World Bank warned that the pandemic is reinforcing gender inequality in many countries, with women on average…
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Bitcoin Tumbles Below $50,000 as Fear Sweeps Through Crypto
(Bloomberg) — Bitcoin’s losses accelerated, with prices tumbling below $50,000, as investors started to bail on the market’s frothiest assets.…
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‘Portfolio Warming’ Is the New Climate Anxiety for Fund Managers
(Bloomberg) — All good money managers expect to outperform their benchmark, and by one such metric the French insurer and…
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Debt Markets Brace for Higher Yields to Stay as Stimulus Sets In
(Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief plan, plus the prospect of more stimulus later this year, is setting…
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U.K. Unemployment Rate Rises to Highest in Almost Five Years
(Bloomberg) — U.K. unemployment climbed to its highest rate in almost five years in the fourth quarter as the economic…
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U.S. Tops 500,000 Deaths; Mumbai Lockdown Threat: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — A half-million Americans are dead as a result of the novel coronavirus that first hit U.S. shores just…
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U.S. Exceeds 500,000 Deaths; U.K. Has Opening Plan: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — A half-million Americans are now dead as a result of the novel coronavirus that first hit U.S. shores…
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Trump Rejected as Supreme Court Lets Prosecutor Get Taxes
(Bloomberg) — The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a bid by Donald Trump to keep eight years of his tax returns…
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