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Ken Griffin on Trump, Harvard and Why Novice Investors Won’t Beat the Pros — Scott McIntyre/Bloomberg

Ken Griffin on Trump, Harvard and Why Novice Investors Won’t Beat the Pros

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Big Business Is Abandoning Its Climate Goals

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As Companies Abandon Climate Pledges, Is There a Silver Lining?

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US Tariffs Threaten to Derail Vietnam’s Historic Industrial Boom — Maika Elan for Bloomberg Businessweek

US Tariffs Threaten to Derail Vietnam’s Historic Industrial Boom

An economic boom lifted the country of 100 million out of poverty. Then came the Trump rug-pull.

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A Report From Tel Aviv’s Safe Rooms, Supermarkets and Beaches — Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg

A Report From Tel Aviv’s Safe Rooms, Supermarkets and Beaches

Israelis have grown accustomed to conflict, but missiles from Iran have shattered the calm. Plus: The potential to intercept internet security codes.

How Indian Americans Came to Dominate Hotel Ownership

The NBA Finals’ Small-Market Problem Is Overblown

The Spying Scandal Rocking the World of HR Software — Andrea Chronopoulos for Bloomberg Businessweek

The Spying Scandal Rocking the World of HR Software

HR software maker Rippling accused Deel, a key rival, of hiring a staff member to serve as a mole. Things escalated from there.

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AI Advances Are Accelerating, and We’re Not Ready DeepSeek’s ‘Tech Madman’ Founder Is Threatening US Dominance in AI Race Microsoft’s CEO on How AI Will Remake Every Company, Including His

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GM’s Mary Barra Has to Make a $35 Billion EV Bet Work in Trump’s America It’s Legal to Pay US Workers With Disabilities as Little as 25¢ an Hour The Rise and Fall of the Stock Market’s Music King

April 1, 2025

Google Is Searching for an Answer to ChatGPT How TD Became America’s Most Convenient Bank for Money Launderers A US Drone Maker Tries to Take Back the Country’s Skies

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Walmart Wants to Be Something for Everyone in a Divided America Your Stolen Car Is in a Shipping Container, Bound for Africa Believing in Aliens Derailed This Internet Pioneer’s Career. Now He’s Facing Prison

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AI Advances Are Accelerating, and We’re Not Ready DeepSeek’s ‘Tech Madman’ Founder Is Threatening US Dominance in AI Race Microsoft’s CEO on How AI Will Remake Every Company, Including His

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The AI Issue

DeepSeek’s ‘Tech Madman’ Founder Is Threatening US Dominance in AI Race

DeepSeek’s ‘Tech Madman’ Founder Is Threatening US Dominance in AI Race

Microsoft’s CEO on How AI Will Remake Every Company, Including His

Microsoft’s CEO on How AI Will Remake Every Company, Including His

Inside the First Stargate AI Data Center

Inside the First Stargate AI Data Center

How AI Has Already Changed My Job

How AI Has Already Changed My Job

What’s Elon’s Next Move?

Elon and Trump Are Breaking Up in Public

Is Elon’s Political Capital Spent?

Is Elon Quitting Politics... for Banking?

American Mid: Hampton Inn’s Good-Enough Formula for World Domination — Ramsay de Give for Bloomberg Businessweek

American Mid: Hampton Inn’s Good-Enough Formula for World Domination

Hampton has become the largest US chain, and a global export, by being rigorously OK. The waffle makers are standing by.

Going Viral

The story behind the hit

Millions of Americans Are Obsessed With This Japanese Barbecue Sauce — Ryan Haskins for Bloomberg Businessweek; Photos: Getty Images; Bachan’s

Millions of Americans Are Obsessed With This Japanese Barbecue Sauce

The pandemic helped turn Bachan’s—an internet-only savory-sweet condiment—into a grocery store juggernaut.

How Coach Handbags Became a Gen Z Status Symbol

How the Lizard King Built a Reptile Empire Selling $50,000 Geckos

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Bloomberg Screentime: The 12 Entertainers and Executives Shaping the Arts and Culture

Bloomberg Screentime: The 12 Entertainers and Executives Shaping the Arts and Culture

Get to know the musicians, dealmakers, podcasters and directors who are shaping the future of the industry.

The People in Climate to Watch in 2024

The People in Climate to Watch in 2024

Get to know the investors, policymakers, scientists and activists who are shaping the future of the environment.

A Walk With

Getting to know the most interesting people in business

Cavs Owner Dan Gilbert Wants to Donate His Billions—and Walk Again — Nic Antaya for Bloomberg Businessweek

Cavs Owner Dan Gilbert Wants to Donate His Billions—and Walk Again

The Rocket Mortgage owner, fresh off back-to-back acquisitions, is having a blast spending his fortune.

Two Million Meat Sticks a Day Isn’t Enough for Chomps’ CEO

Inside the Dizzying Chaos of Running a Freight Business Under Trump

Buying Power

Amanda Mull on consumer culture

Trump Has Already Ruined Christmas — Kyoko Hamada for Bloomberg Businessweek

Trump Has Already Ruined Christmas

Even if the president were to call off the tariffs tomorrow, he’s unleashed a series of supply chain shocks that will cause consumers pain beyond store shelves.

Extra Salt

Deena Shanker on the food business

What America’s Pizza Economy Is Telling Us About the Real One — Sahara Jajarmikhayat for Bloomberg Businessweek

What America’s Pizza Economy Is Telling Us About the Real One

Higher-end pies are still selling, but for lower-income consumers even frozen pizza is becoming a luxury.

Healthy Sodas Like Poppi, Olipop Are Drawing PepsiCo’s and Coca-Cola’s Attention

Snack Makers Are Removing Fake Colors From Processed Foods

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African Students Are Flocking to US MBA Programs — Adetona Omokanye

African Students Are Flocking to US MBA Programs

But the Trump administration’s anti-international-student stance could soon put a stop to this.

Global Deans Condemn Move Denying International Students to Harvard

Gutting DEI? Not So Fast, Say B-School Applicants

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Not Every Team Deserves a Netflix Sports Documentary — Alex Gamsu Jenkins for Bloomberg Businessweek

Not Every Team Deserves a Netflix Sports Documentary

Customers love them, but streamers are getting choosier in what they say yes to.

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Bloomberg Screentime: The 12 Entertainers and Executives Shaping the Arts and Culture

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The People in Climate to Watch in 2024

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Trump Has Already Ruined Christmas — Kyoko Hamada for Bloomberg Businessweek

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Not Every Team Deserves a Netflix Sports Documentary — Alex Gamsu Jenkins for Bloomberg Businessweek

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