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AI companions programmed to forge emotional bonds are no longer confined to movie scripts. They are here, operating in a regulatory Wild West. One...
To get John Authers’ newsletter delivered directly to your inbox, sign up here . The great boxer Mike Tyson and once said that everyone has a plan...
Britain’s Labour government is rushing headlong to deepen the country’s economic relationship with China, undeterred by President Donald Trump’s...
Article 29 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that: “In the exercise of his [sic] rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject...
Financial officials have rarely seemed so bewildered. At this week’s meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, finance...
In 1854, Abraham Lincoln, who would not be elected president for another six years, mused about the purpose of the government he would one day...
Most tomatoes from Mexico will face a 21% tariff effective July 14, the US Department of Commerce said last week. Ironically, the “love apple” may...
To get John Authers’ newsletter delivered directly to your inbox, sign up here . Global markets have enjoyed something of a relief rally, as we now...
For Tomato.ai and other California-based startups trying to crack the code of real-time accent conversion, the old “you like tomayto, I like...
There are few places where inflation is felt as profoundly these days as tariff rates. A few months ago, President Donald Trump’s election campaign...
The treaty parceling out the waters of the Indus River and its five great tributaries between India and Pakistan was signed 65 years ago. Three...
This is Bloomberg Opinion Today, a mock draft of Bloomberg Opinion’s opinions. Sign up here. When President Donald Trump entered office, he called...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has cast the White House’s chaotic assault on world trade as a rational strategy — to negotiate fairer trade with...
The basic situation is that US public equity markets will pay about $2 for $1 worth of Bitcoin. I don’t know why this is, and I am not especially...
Tesla Inc.’s suspension of earnings guidance is a bit like me suspending my world-class sports career. Besides reporting abysmal results this week,...
The US says Ukraine should accept the settlement it has negotiated with Moscow, so everyone can get on with building “a better Ukraine.” That’s the...
Donald Trump anointed himself, in his second inaugural, as the world’s “peacemaker.” Just three months later, his presidency is consumed by...
It’s quite easy to do bad deals in asset management. Option one, overpay for a private capital business in the aggressive dash for growth. Option...
This is Bloomberg Opinion Today, a drastic policy shift of Bloomberg Opinion’s opinions. Sign up here. Tuesday afternoon, Lorde told fans to meet...
Donald Trump’s disregard for the rule of law is as clear as it could be. Consider that the three justices he appointed to the Supreme Court all...
The White House has recently been ratcheting up the pressure on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates, causing further rounds of...
Something weird is happening to the London property market. House prices have risen by just 1.7% over the past year, but rents have climbed by...
To get John Authers’ newsletter delivered directly to your inbox, sign up here . President Donald Trump’s statement last Thursday that Jerome...
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised that he would bring peace to Kashmir. Tuesday’s terror attack that killed at least 26 people at a...
I observe international affairs from Washington, capital of a superpower which used to be the world’s more-or-less benevolent hegemon, but which is...
One model of capital markets is that volatility is bad and stable policy is good. Investors are more likely to commit capital to socially...
Tesla Inc. reported abysmal numbers for the first quarter on Tuesday evening. Naturally, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk kicked off the call with...
Paul Volcker, the legendary former Federal Reserve chair, recognized there was more going on in New Zealand than his beloved trout fishing. When...
Donald Trump likes to speak of himself in superlatives, and this much is well-deserved: No US president in modern history has launched as many...
There’s a spring in the step of European Union officialdom these days — at least compared to the funereal mood a few months ago — as Donald Trump’s...
I sometimes talk to students at colleges or business schools, and a question that one often gets asked in that circumstance is “what should I do...
If you had been scanning the headlines about the fight between clean energy and fossil power, you’d think that the energy transition went through a...
This is Bloomberg Opinion Today, the incredibly diverse lethality of Bloomberg Opinion’s opinions. Sign up here. You can blame Mother Nature for a...
While the world has been caught up in a whirlwind of tariff news out of Washington, it has been easy to miss a separate barrage of artificial...
To get John Authers’ newsletter delivered directly to your inbox, sign up here . After another huge selloff, it’s best to say that what’s going...
Practically every financial meltdown or crisis can be traced back to a misunderstanding of which assets are “risk-free.” Investors think they have...
Across 12 eventful years, the reign of Pope Francis saw no shortage of resonant images. One thinks of him standing all alone in St. Peter’s Square,...
A global trade war can’t possibly be good news for a city-state whose exports and imports add up to more than 300% of its gross domestic product....
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