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        <title><![CDATA[Thomas Lu - Former Financial]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Election Night Ends With Trump Victory, Surging Markets]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Today on the Big Take: Donald Trump has been elected the 47th president of the United States. The so-called Trump Trade is surging. What’s next?]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-06/trump-wins-white-house-trump-trade-surges-across-markets</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[David Fox]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2024 13:16:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Silicon Valley Elites Are Funding Controversial Experiments to Block the Sun]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[It’s not science fiction. Today on the Big Take: Billionaires are pouring money into a technology that could curb climate change, but isn’t without risks.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-30/silicon-valley-elites-funding-experiments-to-block-sun-fight-climate-change</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Holder]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2024 19:27:56 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Using high-altitude flights to deliver sulfates into the stratosphere is being studied as a means of cooling the planet.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[What Happens When AI Falsely Flags Students for Cheating]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Educators are using AI detectors to weed out AI-generated work. On today’s Big Take podcast: What happens to students when these tools get it wrong?]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-18/teachers-fight-chatgpt-with-ai-detection-tools-do-they-work</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Holder]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2024 16:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How a Summer of ‘Lockouts’ Hurt NYC Rideshare Drivers]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Uber and Lyft promised to give drivers flexibility. But this summer, app “lockouts” limited drivers to save the companies millions.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-11/uber-and-lyft-nyc-lockouts-denied-pay-to-drivers</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Holder]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2024 20:03:20 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Demonstrators protest outside Uber offices in New York, on June 26.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Inside the Deal That Held Off the Dock Workers Strike]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Dockworkers and shipping companies made a surprise deal following a massive strike, deferring potentially devastating impacts on the economy.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-05/ports-reopen-as-dock-workers-strike-deal-defer-ai-talk-until-after-election</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Holder]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 05 Oct 2024 00:27:56 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Workers arrive at the Bayport Container Terminal at the port of Houston in Seabrook, Texas, on Oct. 4. Photographer: Mark Felix/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Escalating Conflict in the Middle East]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Iran’s attack on Israel following a ground incursion into Lebanon signals a broad escalation of the conflict in the Middle East. ]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-01/israel-hezbollah-conflict-escalates-in-middle-east-lebanon-iran</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Lu]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 23:49:23 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Demonstrators celebrate during a rally in Tehran on October 1, 2024, after Iran fired a barrage of missiles into Israel in response to the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and other Iranian-backed militias. Reports indicate that Iran fired between 150 and 200 missiles at Tehran. This is the country&apos;s second attack on Israel after a missile and drone attack in April in response to a deadly Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tim Walz’s Deep China Ties Could Spell Trouble for Democrats]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[On today’s Big Take Asia podcast, Vice Presidential Candidate Tim Walz’s long history with China, and its impact on his stance on foreign policy.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-01/how-tim-walz-s-long-history-with-china-could-influence-kamala-harris-us-policy</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[K Oanh Ha]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 21:56:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The World’s Biggest University Endowment Is Bringing Lackluster Returns]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Harvard was an early pioneer in managing a university endowment fund to maximize returns. But leadership and strategy changes have come at a cost.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-30/harvard-s-endowment-investment-strategy-is-bringing-lackluster-returns</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[David Gura]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2024 16:10:25 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Harvard banners hang outside Memorial Church on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., on Friday, Sept. 4, 2009. Community activists in Allston, a section of Boston across the Charles River from Harvard&apos;s main campus in Cambridge, say university delays have left a &quot;blighted&quot; neighborhood of vacant businesses and stalled construction sites.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Fed (Finally) Lowered Interest Rates]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Fed cut interest rates Wednesday by half a percentage point. On today’s Big Take podcast, what that means for the economy — and everyday consumers.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-19/the-us-federal-reserve-cut-interest-rates-by-half-a-point-today</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Holder]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 00:15:12 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, speaks during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. The Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate by a half percentage point Wednesday, in an aggressive start to a policy shift aimed at bolstering the US labor market.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Fed Finally Seems Ready to Pivot]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Fed is cutting interest rates. On Today’s Big Take podcast, how big that cut could be and what it signals for the economy and the future.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-16/fed-prepares-to-cut-interest-rates-for-first-time-since-2020</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[David Gura]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2024 22:00:36 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. The yen rose further against the dollar, while falling Treasury yields broadened an emerging-market currency rally to Asia after fresh data sustained expectations for the Federal Reserve to begin policy easing.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Janet Yellen’s Predictions for the US Economy]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Treasury Secretary is paying close attention to layoffs, asset valuations and tax cheats — and won’t rule out another meeting with China.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-09/treasury-secretary-janet-yellen-on-inflation-jobs-housing-and-china</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[David Gura]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2024 21:22:14 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Janet Yellen speaks following a tour of the Internal Revenue Service campus in Austin, Texas, on Sept. 6.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The New Layoff Trend: Posting Through It]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Forget shame. Why laid-off workers are now posting publicly about their job loss — and what employers think about it.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-06/the-hottest-job-market-trend-is-posting-about-your-layoff</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Holder]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2024 18:26:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[For First Time in More Than a Decade Burning Man Hasn’t Sold Out]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[On today’s Big Take podcast: Since 2011, Burning Man tickets have sold out fast. But not this year. Is inflation, mud, or Silicon Valley culture to blame?]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-21/you-can-still-get-tickets-to-burning-man</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Holder]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2024 20:23:18 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Attendees dance during the annual Burning Man Festival on Sept. 5.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[It Was Supposed to Be an Economic Hub. It Became a Criminal’s Paradise]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[How the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone in Laos became a notorious hub for drugs, scammers and human traffickers.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-20/inside-southeast-asia-s-hub-for-crypto-scams-human-trafficking-podcast</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[K Oanh Ha]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2024 00:09:52 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>View of the Kapok Star Hotel and Kings Romans Casino, located inside the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone (SEZ).</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Threat of AI-Made Bioweapons Is Gripping Washington]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Listen to the Big Take podcast to find out why a black box containing ingredients that could cause the next pandemic alarmed government officials.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-02/ai-made-bioweapons-threat-grips-us-government-officials</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[David Gura]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2024 18:43:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Leo Fibonacci, Colonel Kernel Stacker, Taproot Wizards: Meet the Crypto Enthusiasts Trump Is Courting]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Listen to the Big Take podcast for a report from the world’s biggest Bitcoin conference, where former President Donald Trump pledged support for crypto.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-29/donald-trump-s-bitcoin-conversion-was-solidified-in-nashville</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[David Gura]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2024 22:03:58 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Former US President Donald Trump speaks at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, Tennessee, US, on Saturday, July 27, 2024. Trump said he would ask the government to create a massive reserve of Bitcoin if he returns to the White House in a bid to court cryptocurrency enthusiasts and harness the industry’s growing influence in the political arena.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The For-Profit System Churning Out Nurse Practitioners]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The nurse practitioner profession is one of the fastest-growing in the US. On today’s Big Take podcast: a Bloomberg report raises questions about their training.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-24/spotty-training-hurts-nurse-practitioners-and-patients</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[David Fox]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2024 21:55:11 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>John Canion, a veteran nurse practitioner, has agitated for improvements in the training program for his future peers.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[K-Pop’s Plan for Global Dominance? Remove the K]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[On today’s Big Take podcast: why K-Pop’s new playbook for international dominance might threaten its very identity.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-19/bts-blackpink-exo-are-big-k-pop-wants-to-be-even-bigger</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Holder]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2024 20:05:35 GMT</pubDate>
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