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What Is Amazon Trying to Be?
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Jeff Bezos might as well join the crowd and call it Amazon+. No other company’s calculus is…
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India Says Twitter Tries to ‘Dictate Terms’ in Largest Democracy
(Bloomberg) — The Indian government accused Twitter Inc. of attempting to “dictate terms to the world’s largest democracy” and “defame…
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Ivory Trade Loopholes Close as Nations Race to Crush Poachers
(Bloomberg) — Since the 2000’s, an elephant poaching epidemic has raged across Africa, with populations in some areas decimated and…
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Bayer Request to Settle Future Roundup Claims Is Denied by Judge
(Bloomberg) — Bayer AG’s proposal to pay as much as $2 billion to resolve future claims that its Roundup weed…
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In One Minnesota Town, a Police Overhaul Is Working
“And before he was halfway through his proposal, I said yes,” Anderson said. ***** Although St. Cloud has never faced a…
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Fight Over Solar Subsidy Tests California’s Climate Commitment
“We’ve got to reform the program for the fairness of everyone,” said Kathy Fairbanks, a spokeswoman for Affordable Clean Energy…
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Trump Acolytes Craft Parallel GOP Universe So Trumpism Lives On
(Bloomberg) — Allies of Donald Trump have built an ecosystem of think tanks, fund-raising outfits and professional development organizations designed…
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WhatsApp Sues India Government Over New Internet Rules
(Bloomberg) — Facebook Inc.’s messaging platform WhatsApp has filed a lawsuit challenging Indian rules that would require the company to…
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U.S. States Take Aim as House Wholesalers Flood Poor Areas
States and cities in the U.S. are cracking down on a niche in house-flipping known as wholesaling conducted by a…
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Google Faces Sweeping German Antitrust Probes Into Data Terms
(Bloomberg) — Google’s market power and control over users’ data faces intense scrutiny in Germany as the nation’s antitrust watchdog…
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IBM Turnabout Adds Pressure to Keep Corporate Diversity Promises
(Bloomberg) — The year 2021 is shaping up to set records for diversity proposals at U.S. company annual meetings. Nine out…
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Transcript: Daniela Gabor on the Drawbacks of the ESG Boom
(Bloomberg) — It’s no secret that ESG investing has become a big business with tons of money flowing into businesses…
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Seed companies seek to stop sale of cattle lot connected to Mead ethanol plant
At that point, Tanner Shaw, Langley’s stepson, became president of the limited-liability company that owns both Mead Cattle and AltEn.…
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Summers Says Crypto Has Chance of Becoming ‘Digital Gold’
(Bloomberg) — Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said cryptocurrencies could stay a feature of global markets as something akin…
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Apple Trial Delivers an Epic Surprise
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Epic Games Inc., the maker of Fortnite, may pull out a surprising last-minute victory in its court…
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Byron Allen Goes to Court Again to Battle for Black-Owned Media
(Bloomberg) — Byron Allen, the onetime stand-up comic turned all-around media mogul, is a man on a mission. The TV…
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Vaccine Shortage Crushes Africa’s Hopes for an Economic Revival
(Bloomberg Markets) — This should have been a promising year for Africa. Instead, a lack of access to vaccines threatens to…
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Tribune’s Fate Is Now in Hands of LA Billionaire Soon-Shiong
(Bloomberg) — When billionaire biotech mogul Patrick Soon-Shiong bought the Los Angeles Times in 2018, he was seen as a…
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Apollo Doubles Its Money in $1 Billion Bet on Tarnished Colleges
(Bloomberg Businessweek) — Apollo Global Management Inc. is known for its no-holds-barred dealmaking. But not long ago, the private equity…
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Atlantic City Casinos Cling to Smokers Amid Tobacco-Free Push
(Bloomberg) — It took a pandemic to halt smoking inside more than 1,000 U.S. gambling venues. Now that the economy…
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Tencent Sustains Covid-Era Boom as Revenue Climbs 25%
(Bloomberg) — Tencent Holdings Ltd. reported a 25% gain in quarterly revenue as China’s largest company sustained a boom in…
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Amazon Sued by Five Women Alleging Bias, Retaliation
(Bloomberg) — Amazon.com Inc. was hit Wednesday with lawsuits from five women alleging harassment, discrimination and retaliation. The women, who…
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Bayer-Roundup Judge Questions Future Claims Settlement Plan
(Bloomberg) — Bayer AG faced probing questions from a judge over its plan to pay as much as $2 billion…
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Amazon Sued by Five Women Alleging Discrimination, Retaliation
(Bloomberg) — Amazon.com Inc. was hit Wednesday with lawsuits from five women alleging harassment, discrimination and retaliation. The women, who…
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Tencent Tries to Bounce Back From $200 Billion Antitrust Slide
(Bloomberg) — Tencent Holdings Ltd. is setting out to prove it’s best placed to weather a storm of antitrust scrutiny…
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Dead Russian’s $122 Million Riviera Chateau Eludes Creditors
(Bloomberg) — A chateau once owned by the late Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky remains in the hands of the French…
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Add Federal Permits to the List of U.S. Crises
(Bloomberg Opinion) — The Biden administration’s American Jobs Plan talks about a climate crisis and an affordable housing crisis in…
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Abuse Victims Put in Harm’s Way By New Greek Bill, Opponents Say
(Bloomberg) — A Greek law aimed at addressing the challenges of 21st-century family life risks hurting victims of abuse, its…
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Trump DOJ Didn’t Push Back on Secret Search of Giuliani’s ICloud
(Bloomberg) — Trump Justice Department officials in Washington raised no concerns to Manhattan federal prosecutors when they said they wanted…
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Ares Gets $500 Million From Ontario Pension for Credit Deals
(Bloomberg) — Investment Management Corp. of Ontario, a money manager for pension funds in the Canadian province, has committed $500…
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Biden, Harris Incomes Dropped in 2020, Tax Returns Show
(Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden’s income fell dramatically to $607,336 in 2020 as he dropped lucrative speaking engagements to campaign…
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Amgen Avoids Supreme Court Review of Patents on Enbrel Drug
(Bloomberg) — The Supreme Court turned away a petition that sought to challenge two Amgen Inc. patents on the top-selling…
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Amazon Executive Backed Mailbox in Union Election, Hearing Told
(Bloomberg) — A top Amazon.com Inc. executive backed the effort to have a mailbox installed outside an Alabama warehouse during…
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New Jersey Residents Will Pay the Most in Taxes Over a Lifetime
(Bloomberg) — Residents of New Jersey, Massachusetts and Connecticut will face the highest tax burdens over a lifetime, according to…
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Amgen Ducks Supreme Court Review of Patents on Enbrel Drug
(Bloomberg) — The Supreme Court turned away a petition that sought to challenge two Amgen Inc. patents on the top-selling…
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What Happens When Vaccine Incentives Aren’t Enough?
(Bloomberg Opinion) — When much of the world is still desperate for Covid-19 vaccinations, a handful of wealthy places are beginning…
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Why Local Governments Don’t Pay for Expensive Disaster Insurance
What makes a disaster? When we think of calamity, most of us think of flood waters that submerge towns, or…
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Eviction Halt Remains in U.S. as Judge Cites Health Concerns
(Bloomberg) — The judge who threw out a national moratorium on evictions agreed to keep the protection in place to…
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Judge in Horse-Doping Case Stays On, Blasts Request for Recusal
(Bloomberg) — The federal judge overseeing the largest racehorse-doping prosecution in U.S. history refused a request by the defendants to…
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Biden’s IRS Blocks Developer Push to Expand a Trump Tax Break
(Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden’s administration is shutting down attempts by developers to use new Census Bureau maps to claim…
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Baby, Brunch, Book Blurb Oiled WE Charity’s Ties to Ex-Minister
(Bloomberg) — When Canada’s finance ministry earmarked hundreds of millions for a pandemic aid program to be run by WE…
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Bayer Loses Second Roundup Appeal, A Blow to Curbing Suits
(Bloomberg) — Bayer AG lost its second appeal of the three jury verdicts finding that the company’s Roundup weed killer…
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The Bipartisan Breakdown of American Politics
(Bloomberg Opinion) — I have a simple and depressing model for understanding the corruption of today’s political discourse. Not only…
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`Life and Death’ for Patients: Startups Fill LGBTQ Wellness Gap
(Bloomberg) — When Jonas Quinn, a 35-year old trans woman, sought treatment for gender dysphoria two years ago, they said…
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U.S. Factory Floor Is Next Battle in Biden’s Vaccination Drive
(Bloomberg) — Nahshun Nevils, a maintenance specialist at a Detroit Jeep plant, heard the vaccine conspiracy theories from co-workers. From…
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Big Tech Enters Fray to Save Jobs for Spouses of Foreign Workers
(Bloomberg) — Big Tech is wading into a legal fight over visas in an attempt to preserve jobs of spouses…
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Manhattan DA Subpoenas School Attended by Trump CFO’s Grandkids
(Bloomberg) — New York prosecutors have subpoenaed an elite private school attended by the grandchildren of Allen Weisselberg — the…
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The ‘Cheney’ Trademark Just Got Its Own Shot In The Arm
Has the Liz Cheney affair done more to impact the “Cheney” brand, or the “Republican” brand? Right now, the “Republican”…
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Horse-Doping Defendants Say Judge Was Breeder, Seek Her Recusal
(Bloomberg) — Thoroughbred trainers, veterinarians and drug distributors charged in an expansive doping probe asked the federal judge on the…
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Backlash to Colombia Tax Reform Shows It’s Too Soon for Austerity
(Bloomberg Businessweek) — In the predawn hours of May 10, Colombian President Iván Duque flew to the city of Cali…
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