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Amazon Layoffs Should Be a Warning to India’s Workforce

Amazon Layoffs Should Be a Warning to India’s Workforce

This is the Weekend Edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of the most popular stories Bloomberg Opinion publishes each week based on web...

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Brooke Sample

The Supreme Court Failed the Logic Test on Transgender Passports

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Stephen L. Carter

US Politics Are a Mystery, Britain’s Are a Mess

US Politics Are a Mystery, Britain’s Are a Mess

This is Bloomberg Opinion Today, a hard-headed regime of Bloomberg Opinion’s opinions. On Sundays, we look at the major themes of the week past and...

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Tobin Harshaw

FDA Chaos Threatens Medical Innovation — and Patients’ Health

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Lisa Jarvis

Jennifer Lawrence Is Right About Politics in Hollywood

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Jason Bailey

How Women Could Be the Key to Unlocking Longer Life

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F.d. Flam

Gen Z’s Dangerous New Romance — With Cigarettes

Gen Z’s Dangerous New Romance — With Cigarettes

This is Bloomberg Opinion Today, a unique agricultural product of Bloomberg Opinion’s opinions. Sign up here. I have a list in my Notes app called...

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Jessica Karl

US-China Trade Truce Is an Opening for Progress

US-China Trade Truce Is an Opening for Progress

True to form, the president has judged his trade deal with China’s Xi Jinping to be a triumph: “a 12” out of 10. What it should be is a starting...

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Editorial Board

Elon Wants His Votes

Elon Wants His Votes

Tesla Inc. will hold its annual shareholder meeting this afternoon, with the main item on the agenda being shareholder approval of Elon Musk’s new...

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Matt Levine

Tesla’s SPAC-tacular Vote Is All-In on Musk

Tesla’s SPAC-tacular Vote Is All-In on Musk

Tesla Inc.’s shareholders have taken an important step toward resolving one of the great mysteries of our time: What is Tesla? It is touted as,...

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Liam Denning

The Real Culprits Behind the Disney-YouTube TV Sports Blackout

The Real Culprits Behind the Disney-YouTube TV Sports Blackout

The past week has been a letdown for millions of sports fans who planned to use Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube TV to watch games. Although subscribers...

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Adam Minter

A Flood of Family Feuds Is Coming to China

A Flood of Family Feuds Is Coming to China

This is Bloomberg Opinion Today, a Gaudi (not gaudy) gallery of Bloomberg Opinion’s opinions. Sign up here . One of the more melancholy observations...

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Howard Chua-Eoan

Pelosi’s Retirement Leaves Huge Stilettos to Fill

Pelosi’s Retirement Leaves Huge Stilettos to Fill

Nancy Pelosi will leave Washington after nearly four decades in Congress as one of the most powerful politicians in American history. She also will...

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Erika D. Smith

The Fed’s New Patience Recognizes Reality

The Fed’s New Patience Recognizes Reality

Investors’ certainty that the Federal Reserve would follow its recent interest-rate cut with another in December has evaporated. Treasuries dropped...

06.11.2025 3

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Everyone’s Libbing Out in Their Own Way

Everyone’s Libbing Out in Their Own Way

This is Bloomberg Opinion Today, a winning campaign of Bloomberg Opinion’s opinions. Sign up here. Back in April, I went to an MJ Lenderman concert...

06.11.2025 1

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Jessica Karl

AI Is Eating All the Earnings

AI Is Eating All the Earnings

For investors, a concentrated portfolio of equity-market winners tends to work just fine — until it doesn’t. At the moment, the S&P 500 is a case...

06.11.2025 1

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Jonathan Levin

UBS Boss Scores One for Banks Over Private Credit

UBS Boss Scores One for Banks Over Private Credit

The war of words between private credit and banks has stepped up a notch. Colm Kelleher, chairman of the Swiss lender UBS Group AG, warned this...

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Paul J. Davies

Is Gen Z Romanticizing Cigarettes Again?

06.11.2025 1

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Lisa Jarvis And Jessica Karl

You Know Who Believes in Climate Change? The Stock Market

There’s an old climate joke that goes, “You may not believe in climate change, but your insurance company does.” If you’re in the market for new...

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Mark Gongloff

Democrats, Curb Your Enthusiasm

Democrats, Curb Your Enthusiasm

By any metric, Tuesday’s elections were a blowout. Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani is the new mayor of New York City. The new Democratic...

06.11.2025 2

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Abby Mccloskey

Can AI Help Us Understand Skibidi Toilet?

Can AI Help Us Understand Skibidi Toilet?

In the breakout Netflix crime drama Adolescence , British police scramble for clues after a 13-year-old boy is accused of killing his classmate....

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Catherine Thorbecke

The NBA Has a Gambling Problem. So Does America.

The NBA Has a Gambling Problem. So Does America.

“There’s nothing more important to the league and its fans than the integrity of the competition.” So says Adam Silver, commissioner of the...

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Remember, Remember, the Fifth of November…

Remember, Remember, the Fifth of November…

To get John Authers’ newsletter delivered directly to your inbox, sign up here . It’s the Fifth of November, when the UK celebrates its own foiled...

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John Authers

This Trader Joe's Tote Is Officially a Status Symbol

On an October afternoon, a delivery of new bags arriving at a store in midtown Manhattan was driving fashionistas wild. But it wasn’t fresh...

05.11.2025 3

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Andrea Felsted

Vanke Is Reigniting the Debate China Wants to Bury

Vanke Is Reigniting the Debate China Wants to Bury

China seems to find solutions to the world’s thorniest economic problems. Its exports juggernaut is marching on despite President Donald Trump’s...

05.11.2025 1

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Shuli Ren

The AI Bubble Has Sucked in France and Germany, Too

The AI Bubble Has Sucked in France and Germany, Too

If artificial intelligence is indeed a bubble, it’s been inflating a lot of companies in places well beyond the tech-bro heartlands of the US....

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Lionel Laurent

Bitcoin and Gold Part Ways — Which Is Bad for Big Tech

Bitcoin and Gold Part Ways — Which Is Bad for Big Tech
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John Authers And Richard Abbey

What Does Mamdani’s Win Mean? Even Democrats Won’t Agree

What Does Mamdani’s Win Mean? Even Democrats Won’t Agree

On Election Day, I awoke to no fewer than seven press releases from the National Republican Senatorial Committee tying Democratic Senate candidates...

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David M. Drucker

China’s Railway Diplomacy Is Losing Steam in Asia

China’s Railway Diplomacy Is Losing Steam in Asia

China’s grand plan to connect Asia with high-speed rail was meant to highlight the superiority of its state-led modernization. But as delays mount...

05.11.2025 2

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Karishma Vaswani

Europe Is Heading Toward Budgetary Ruin

Europe Is Heading Toward Budgetary Ruin

As the British people approach the Christmas season, many of us anticipate less the pleasure of eating turkey than the nigh-certain pain of having...

05.11.2025 2

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Max Hastings

Hedge Fund Charged Clients for Art

Hedge Fund Charged Clients for Art

I write from time to time about the economic structure of modern multi-strategy “pod shop” hedge funds. Stereotypically a hedge fund invests its...

05.11.2025 1

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Matt Levine

Election Day Sent an Unmistakable Warning to Republicans

Election Day Sent an Unmistakable Warning to Republicans

With resounding wins in Tuesday’s Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial races, Democrats substantially repaired the most important cracks that...

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Ronald Brownstein

I Saw a Vision of Chocolate’s Future in an Amsterdam Brownie

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Lara Williams

Military Leaders Shouldn't Be Forced to Play Politics

04.11.2025 2

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Editorial Board

New World Is Playing the Markets Like a Fiddle

New World Is Playing the Markets Like a Fiddle

Hong Kong is famed for its business savvy for a reason. Billionaire families like the Chengs, who are behind troubled New World Development Co.,...

04.11.2025 2

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Shuli Ren

Alt-Chocolate Is All the Rage

Alt-Chocolate Is All the Rage

This is Bloomberg Opinion Today, a chocolate-flavored treat filled with Bloomberg Opinion’s opinions. Sign up here. Election Day is always...

04.11.2025 1

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Jessica Karl

Australia’s Economy Is Suddenly in Too Good a Place

Australia’s Economy Is Suddenly in Too Good a Place

After a difficult few years, the Australian economy has clawed its way back to what the central bank chief calls “a pretty good spot.” Not the...

04.11.2025 2

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Daniel Moss

The Toyota Buyout Is a Major Test for Japan’s Reforms

The Toyota Buyout Is a Major Test for Japan’s Reforms

Japan Inc. has made great strides in corporate governance over the past decade that buoyed the stock market and ignited interest in dealmaking. It...

04.11.2025 2

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Juliana Liu

First Brands Found Some Fake Invoices

First Brands Found Some Fake Invoices

If you are a company that makes brake parts, you will have some website or other system where car dealers and auto-parts stores and other customers...

04.11.2025 1

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Matt Levine

Minnesota Is Becoming the Land of 10,000 Frauds

Minnesota Is Becoming the Land of 10,000 Frauds
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Patricia Lopez

Amazon Has Its AI Cake and Eats It Too

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Jessica Karl

The US May Conquer the Americas But Lose the World

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Hal Brands

Interesting Trade-offs on Trade Await the Supremes

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John Authers

An AI-ncredible All-Clear Signal to Rally Markets

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John Authers

Coinbase Said Web3

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Matt Levine

The US Had the Spotlight, China Stole the Show

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Karishma Vaswani

When the Cyber Scammer Comes Calling for You

When the Cyber Scammer Comes Calling for You

I’ve taken both personal delight and dismay at the fall of Chen Zhi, the accused mastermind of a worldwide scammer network who is now an...

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Howard Chua-Eoan

Everywhere All at Once Makes India a Safe AI Bet

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Mihir Sharma

That $40 Billion Tylenol Deal Is Both Cheap and Risky

That $40 Billion Tylenol Deal Is Both Cheap and Risky

Litigation is supposed to be a deterrent to dealmaking. For Kimberly-Clark Corp., it’s a spur. The diaper maker on Monday agreed to buy Tylenol...

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Chris Hughes