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The Blockchain Is Starting to Live Up to Its Potential
(Bloomberg Opinion) — The divide is wide between people who say cryptocurrency will transform society and those who find no…
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More Democrats Equal More Power for Republicans in Texas Math
(Bloomberg) — Texas has won two new congressional seats thanks to a surge in the population of people of color,…
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How Trump Hijacked His Party’s Best Resources
How is Donald Trump, six months out of office, able to wield so much influence within the Republican Party? A…
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Oil Giants Hunt for That One Last Big Hit Along Coast of Brazil
(Bloomberg) — If an energy transition is underway around the world, it hasn’t reached the streets of Ilha da Conceicao,…
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St. Louis to Require Masks; Republicans Back Shots: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — The St. Louis area joined Los Angeles in requiring residents to wear masks indoors, even if they are…
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South Africa Says Third Coronavirus Wave Has Passed Its Peak
South Africa’s government said a third wave of coronavirus infections has passed its peak, a development that could give it…
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Trump Probe Prosecutor Made His Name Defending Wall Street Banks
(Bloomberg) — Carey Dunne spent decades at the top of the New York legal profession, making millions defending Wall Street…
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‘Climate Chancellor’ Merkel Leaves Germans Flooded and Frustrated
(Bloomberg Markets) — Angela Merkel’s slow-motion departure from the German political stage took an ironic turn in April as the…
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Mexico Tycoon’s Tax Case in Top Court, With $2 Billion at Stake
(Bloomberg) — Billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego’s long-running tax dispute with the Mexican government is headed for review by one of…
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The Saudi Prince of Oil Prices Vows to Drill ‘Every Last Molecule’
(Bloomberg Markets) — The Boeing 767 banked over the Red Sea, turning east into Saudi Arabia. A commercial version of…
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‘Ridiculous’: Vaccine Myths Cripple U.S. Uptake as Delta Surges
The excuses range from the merely false to the absurd. The shots don’t work. They impair fertility. They’ll alter your…
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Covid May Have Claimed as Many as 5 Million Lives in India
(Bloomberg) — India’s actual death toll from Covid-19 could range between 1.3 million to a staggering 5 million, with even…
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Democrats Reject GOP Demand to Set Conditions on Debt Limit Hike
(Bloomberg) — Democratic senators rejected any attempt by Republicans to set conditions for increasing the federal debt limit, showcasing an…
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Barrack Held Forth on Trump, Real Estate Just Days Before Arrest
(Bloomberg) — A week before he was charged with illegal lobbying for the United Arab Emirates, Tom Barrack traveled to…
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Greening Energy to Fight Climate Threat May Cost $92 Trillion
(Bloomberg) — Governments and companies will need to invest at least $92 trillion by 2050 in order to cut emissions…
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House Republican Opposition to Biden Win Still Hurting Donations
(Bloomberg) — The 147 Republicans who voted against certifying President Joe Biden’s victory are still feeling the sting of decreased…
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Democrats Outraised GOP, But Republicans Still Have Edge in Cash
(Bloomberg) — The Democratic National Committee raised $87.1 million over the first six months of the year, more than its…
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Democrats Can’t Make Facebook Help Win the Covid Information War
(Bloomberg) — Defeating Covid-19 in the U.S. is now mired in a partisan information war, a fight that President Joe…
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Trucks Stuck as Saudi-UAE Competition Spreads to Trade
Trucks are lined up for hours at the border between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as some international…
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American Father-Son Duo Sentenced to Jail for Helping Carlos Ghosn Escape
(Bloomberg) — The father and son that smuggled Carlos Ghosn out of Japan in a large musical-equipment case were sentenced…
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The Bond Market Loves New Jersey. Yes, New Jersey.
(Bloomberg Opinion) — High taxes and living costs along with underfunded borrowing once seemed to explain why New Jersey has…
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Singapore Still Can’t Live With the Virus
(Bloomberg Opinion) — It was just a matter of time before Singapore’s commitment to live with Covid-19 would be tested.…
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Siberian city residents advised to stay home to avoid smoke from wildfires
A plane makes a water drop to fight a forest fire in the region of Yakutia in eastern Siberia, Russia,…
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Biden Says U.S. to Appeal Dreamers Ruling and Congress Must Act
(Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden said the U.S. will appeal a federal judge’s ruling that the DACA program protecting hundreds…
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Bezos, Child Space Nerd, Gets His Chance to Join the Astronaut Club
(Bloomberg) — Jeff Bezos’s trip past the edge of space will look very different than that of his putative rival,…
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China Is Carrying Out the World’s Largest Climate Migration Program
It’s the Dragon Boat Festival in early summer and Xiang Yang and his wife are sitting outside their house in…
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Facebook’s Frustrated Critics Take Their Fight to Washington
(Bloomberg) — After years of directly pressuring Facebook Inc. and other social media companies to rid their platforms of hate…
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Winning a Policy Debate Is All About Timing
How do policy options move to the top of a party’s agenda? The short answer: when groups fight for them,…
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How Mexico Forgot Its Covid Crisis
(Bloomberg Businessweek) — Every weekday morning, Mexico’s president holds a rambling televised celebration of his supposed successes: a news conference…
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Welcome to Europe in 2035: Electric Taxis and Hydrogen Boilers
(Bloomberg) — It’s just after 5 p.m. on Friday in late July 2035. You’re driving home from work in your electric car.…
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Biden Faces Hard Sell in Asia for Anti-China Digital Trade Pact
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Democrats Tout Child Tax Credits With Ad Blitz in Key States
(Bloomberg Government) — Democratic leaders want voters in key states to know which party is responsible for the checks Americans…
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Chinese State Media Blasts U.S. Plan for Digital Trade Deal
(Bloomberg) — Chinese state media outlets have criticized the U.S. over discussions for a digital trade agreement among Indo-Pacific economies,…
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Maryland Tried to End Federal Pandemic Aid. A Judge Continued It
(Bloomberg) — Maryland’s Republican governor was blocked by a state court Tuesday from ending federal pandemic-related aid two months earlier…
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Texas Democrats Are Embracing a Strategy From 1787
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Critics are having a lot of fun with this week’s walkout of Democratic legislators in Texas, a…
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Mexico Presidential Succession Heats Up Early With Ebrard’s Bid
(Bloomberg) — Mexico’s Foreign Affairs Minister Marcelo Ebrard said he plans to make his own presidential bid amid early succession…
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EU carbon border levy limbers up for a soft launch
European Commission Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal, Frans Timmermans speaks during a news conference on pollution in Brussels,…
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Facial-Recognition Tech Gets Bipartisan Call for More Regulation
(Bloomberg) — The use of facial-recognition software by law enforcement should be regulated, a bipartisan group of lawmakers said, amid…
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Why Investors Fail to Do What Works
(Bloomberg Opinion) — The financial markets operate in a series of regimes when a certain set of economic conditions exist for…
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Powell Faces Biden Policy Quiz With Renomination in Background
(Bloomberg) — U.S. Democratic lawmakers this week will invite Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to support another big round of…
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Biogen Alzheimer’s Drug Spurs Lawmakers’ Demand for Documents
(Bloomberg) — U.S. lawmakers probing the approval of Biogen Inc.’s controversial new Alzheimer’s treatment Aduhelm asked the company to turn…
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EU to Press Ahead on Carbon Tax That IMF Criticizes: G-20 Update
(Bloomberg) — Finance ministers from the Group of 20 nations aimed to deliver momentum to the global effort on climate…
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England’s Soccer Team Is a Vision of Modern-Day Patriotism
(Bloomberg Opinion) — England has progressed to its first major soccer tournament final in 55 years. Having shrugged off a…
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Key GOP Senator Calls for Emergency Funding for Capitol Police
(Bloomberg) — The Senate is turning its focus to a funding crisis caused by the Jan. 6 riot, with the…
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Indonesia Extends Virus Curbs, Plans Booster Shots for Doctors
(Bloomberg) — Indonesia will extend tighter movement limits to islands beyond Java and Bali, as infections driven by the delta…
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Early Mandates Boost Worker Vaccine Rates, Prompt Few to Quit
(Bloomberg) — Covid vaccines soon will be required for all the roughly 6,000 staff members of New England’s biggest assisted…
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Malaysia Is Staggering Down the Road to Failed Statehood
Malaysians in distress have taken to waving the white flag from windows and driveways. At the most basic level, it’s…
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Goldman Sachs Keeps Its Wallet Closed to Politicians, Parties
(Bloomberg) — Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has yet to make a federal political contribution to candidates of any party in…
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GOP Likely to Keep Winning Election Cases, Georgia Official Says
(Bloomberg) — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said a federal court ruling this week denying an injunction against the…
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Gunmen Shot in Haiti Manhunt While Politicians Jockey for Power
(Bloomberg) — Haitian police say they gunned down and arrested some of the alleged assassins of the president, while rival…
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