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2/19/2024
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After Navalny’s death
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Alexey Navalny, the Russian lawyer and anti-corruption activist who became the most potent voice in opposition to Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, has
2/19/2024
1 : 44
The battle isn’t over
Bloomberg Weekend Reading View in browser Bloomberg Who ever said the war on inflation would be a straight line ending in a soft landing (or downturn)? While the US Federal Reserve has made a lot of
2/13/2024
23 : 24
Inflation reality check
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Wall Street got a reality check Tuesday as hotter-than-estimated inflation data pushed the prospect of rate cuts further into the future, triggering
2/12/2024
23 : 34
Haley on the attack
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Donald Trump created a global furor by claiming to have told a national leader he wouldn't stand in the way of Russia—America's chief
2/10/2024
12 : 44
It’s all about November
Bloomberg Weekend Reading View in browser Bloomberg US politics—and the government itself—are now officially about little else than the potential rematch between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump (
2/9/2024
23 : 24
S&P 500 hits 5,000
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg The S&P 500 Index finished above 5000 for the first time ever Friday as investors continue to bet on a resilient US economy, with unemployment
2/8/2024
23 : 24
Supreme skepticism
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg The US Supreme Court seemed poised to keep Donald Trump on this year's presidential election ballot, as the justices weighed a historic clash
2/7/2024
23 : 24
Fear of contagion
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg The troubles plaguing the US commercial property market moved to Europe this week, elevating fears of broader contagion. The latest victim was
2/6/2024
23 : 14
Wielding the cudgel
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg US President Joe Biden blamed Donald Trump for sinking a bipartisan immigration and Ukraine aid bill, saying the frontrunner for the Republican
2/5/2024
23 : 34
Fired by the thousands
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Unemployment in the US may be low, but the new year has nevertheless been marked by big technology companies slashing employees by the thousands—
2/3/2024
12 : 44
America’s sizzling job market
Bloomberg Weekend Reading View in browser Bloomberg The sizzling US labor market is good news for American workers and President Joe Biden, whose message on the nation's booming economy may be
2/2/2024
23 : 24
Biden retaliates
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg The US launched airstrikes against Iran-backed militias in Syria and Iraq in retaliation for a drone attack that killed three US soldiers last week,
2/1/2024
23 : 34
The 2024 threat
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg It was almost a year ago when the US regional banking sector fell into turmoil. This year, there may be more rough sledding thanks to a commercial
1/31/2024
22 : 54
Ukraine’s stark warning
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Ukraine issued a stark warning to allies that it faces a “critical” shortage of artillery shells as Russia deploys three times as much firepower on
1/30/2024
23 : 44
The white swan
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Nassim Nicholas Taleb is famous for writing The Black Swan, but these days he's warning of a white swan, a risk that rather than being rare is
1/29/2024
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Blackstone’s huge bet
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Off a highway in Phoenix, cranes tower over a stretch of land larger than 60 football fields. The first of five hulking bunkers are under
1/27/2024
13 : 24
The Teflon economy
Bloomberg Weekend Reading View in browser Bloomberg This week provided more proof that the US economy is steaming ahead in the face of more than a year of gloomily incorrect predictions. Economic
1/26/2024
23 : 14
Please take our money
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg Almost a century after the US Federal Reserve first tried to discourage regular bank borrowing from its traditional backstop program—known as the
1/25/2024
23 : 4
America pulls away
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg The US economy continued its seemingly unstoppable ascent out of the pandemic recession and its inflationary aftermath, further burying wrong calls
1/24/2024
23 : 4
Savage corrections
Bloomberg Evening Briefing View in browser Bloomberg China made another decisive move to address its ongoing economic woes, this time by saying it will cut the reserve requirement ratio for banks