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St. Louis to Require Masks; Republicans Back Shots: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — The St. Louis area joined Los Angeles in requiring residents to wear masks indoors, even if they are…
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Tropical Storm on Path to Crash Tokyo Olympics Next Week
(Bloomberg) — The Tokyo Olympics, already struggling with an outbreak of Covid-19 among athletes, may face another kind of disaster…
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Trump Probe Prosecutor Made His Name Defending Wall Street Banks
(Bloomberg) — Carey Dunne spent decades at the top of the New York legal profession, making millions defending Wall Street…
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‘Climate Chancellor’ Merkel Leaves Germans Flooded and Frustrated
(Bloomberg Markets) — Angela Merkel’s slow-motion departure from the German political stage took an ironic turn in April as the…
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CDC Sees ‘Pivotal Moment’; Cape Cod Cases Surge: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — The U.S. is “at another pivotal moment in this pandemic,” with Covid-19 cases once again climbing and beds…
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House Votes to Raise Cap for Afghans Who Helped U.S. Personnel
(Bloomberg) — The House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to raise the cap on visas for Afghan nationals who assisted U.S. troops…
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The Saudi Prince of Oil Prices Vows to Drill ‘Every Last Molecule’
(Bloomberg Markets) — The Boeing 767 banked over the Red Sea, turning east into Saudi Arabia. A commercial version of…
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‘Ridiculous’: Vaccine Myths Cripple U.S. Uptake as Delta Surges
The excuses range from the merely false to the absurd. The shots don’t work. They impair fertility. They’ll alter your…
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Covid May Have Claimed as Many as 5 Million Lives in India
(Bloomberg) — India’s actual death toll from Covid-19 could range between 1.3 million to a staggering 5 million, with even…
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Barrack Held Forth on Trump, Real Estate Just Days Before Arrest
(Bloomberg) — A week before he was charged with illegal lobbying for the United Arab Emirates, Tom Barrack traveled to…
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U.K. Government Borrowing Pressures Eases as Economy Rebounds
(Bloomberg) — The U.K. borrowed less than officials forecast in the first three months of the fiscal year as an…
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Democrats Outraised GOP, But Republicans Still Have Edge in Cash
(Bloomberg) — The Democratic National Committee raised $87.1 million over the first six months of the year, more than its…
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J&J Jab Efficacy; Delta Now 83% of New U.S. Cases: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — One dose of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine is much less effective against the delta and lambda variants…
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More Companies Pull Out of Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony
(Bloomberg) — More Japanese companies have decided against sending executives to Friday’s opening ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics as concerns…
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Boris Johnson’s Trucker Troubles Turn Into a Business Nightmare
(Bloomberg) — When Helen Wang’s Abakus Foods is ready to ship its seaweed crisps — stocked in the likes of…
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More Than a Third of Earth’s Population Faces Malnutrition Due to Covid
(Bloomberg) — The economic crisis and food system disruptions from the Covid-19 pandemic will worsen the lack of nutrition in…
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Bezos Blastoff Puts Tiny Texas Town on the Map — Sort Of
(Bloomberg) — Jeff Bezos is headed to space. But first he has to pass through Van Horn, Texas. A dot on…
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American Father-Son Duo Sentenced to Jail for Helping Carlos Ghosn Escape
(Bloomberg) — The father and son that smuggled Carlos Ghosn out of Japan in a large musical-equipment case were sentenced…
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Gauff Out of Olympics; Social Media Criticized: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — Tennis player Coco Gauff tested positive for Covid-19, ruling her out of representing the U.S. at the Olympics…
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Biden Says U.S. to Appeal Dreamers Ruling and Congress Must Act
(Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden said the U.S. will appeal a federal judge’s ruling that the DACA program protecting hundreds…
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Social Media Criticized; Tokyo Athletes Infected: Virus Update
U.S. senator Amy Klobuchar demanded that social media platforms be held liable for spreading misinformation about Covid-19 vaccines, a day…
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U.S. Cases Triple; Biden Says Misinformation Kills: Virus Update
The U.S. is headed for its worst day of new infections since mid-April, almost tripling from the day before. “The…
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San Francisco Area Recommends Masks Indoors Even if Vaccinated
Officials in the San Francisco area are recommending that residents wear masks again indoors in public places regardless of vaccination…
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Hotel Guests Find Damp Towels, Trash Piles in Worker Shortage
(Bloomberg) — Busted shower handles. Soiled sheets. Trash piling up in the hallways. James Androuais saw it all during the…
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Historic Drought in U.S. West Will Persist Through October
(Bloomberg) — The historic drought stretching across California and the U.S. West will likely last through October, with only minor…
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Moderna’s Next Act Is Using mRNA vs. Flu, Zika, HIV, and Cancer
(Bloomberg Businessweek) — A year ago, Moderna Inc. was an unprofitable company with no marketed products and a promising but…
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Jeff Bezos Gives $200 Million to Smithsonian Days Before Space Flight
(Bloomberg) — Jeff Bezos will give $200 million to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum — one of his…
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NYC Region Rail Boosters Urge Faster Trains, Plead for Funds
(Bloomberg Government) — Quicker travel times and more frequent service would be among the benefits in a $117 billion, 15-year…
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HBO and Netflix Lead Emmy Nods as Streaming Dominates Field
(Bloomberg) — WarnerMedia’s HBO led the field for Emmy nominations, with Netflix Inc. coming in a close second, setting up…
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Chinese State Media Blasts U.S. Plan for Digital Trade Deal
(Bloomberg) — Chinese state media outlets have criticized the U.S. over discussions for a digital trade agreement among Indo-Pacific economies,…
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India Hunger Crisis; Surge in Greek, Dutch Cases: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — India is facing a hunger crisis after Covid lockdowns forced job losses, more than 15 million alone in…
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U.S. Workers Try to Lose Weight Before Returning to the Office
(Bloomberg) — Jesse Weigel’s jeans barely buttoned and his dress pants were off limits. But he didn’t view his pandemic…
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Biden Team Weighs Digital Trade Deal to Counter China in Asia
(Bloomberg) — White House officials are discussing proposals for a digital trade agreement covering Indo-Pacific economies as the administration seeks…
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J&J Shot Warning on Rare Disorder; U.S. Cases Soar: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — U.S. regulators added a warning to Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine after a rare immune-system disorder was reported in…
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Anti-Regime Protests Roil Cuba as Pandemic Increases Hunger
(Bloomberg) — Cuban state media acknowledged the outbreak of anti-government demonstrations on Sunday and blamed the protests on its “neo-liberal”…
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U.S. Cases Swell; New York State Reports One Death: Virus Update
The U.S. reported the most cases since mid-May, as the delta variant takes hold in less vaccinated areas of the…
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G-20 Warns on Variants as Global Outbreak Worsens: Virus Update
New variants of the coronavirus and an uneven pace of vaccination could undermine a brightening outlook for the world economy,…
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Golf Carts Now Run on the Same Batteries as Your EV
Golf carts are no exception. “The pandemic exploded our business,” said John Evans, who has been running Mission Golf Cars…
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CDC Eases School Guidance; Florida Cases Surge: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is giving schools more flexibility to decide how to safely…
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Key GOP Senator Calls for Emergency Funding for Capitol Police
(Bloomberg) — The Senate is turning its focus to a funding crisis caused by the Jan. 6 riot, with the…
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Early Mandates Boost Worker Vaccine Rates, Prompt Few to Quit
(Bloomberg) — Covid vaccines soon will be required for all the roughly 6,000 staff members of New England’s biggest assisted…
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Seoul Social Distances, Australia Gets More Shots: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — South Korea is tightening curbs on social distancing rules in the greater Seoul area for two weeks starting…
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China’s Didi Crackdown Is All About Controlling Big Data
(Bloomberg) — Shortly after Beijing’s shock cybersecurity probe into Didi Global Inc., Chinese social media users furiously passed around a…
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Gunmen Shot in Haiti Manhunt While Politicians Jockey for Power
(Bloomberg) — Haitian police say they gunned down and arrested some of the alleged assassins of the president, while rival…
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How the Pandemic Is Keeping Malaysia’s Politics Messy
(Bloomberg) — Malaysia’s first transfer of power in six decades was hailed as a milestone for transparency, free speech and…
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Wharton Grad Set to Take on Big Tech as New India Minister
(Bloomberg) — India has named a former bureaucrat who graduated from the country’s top engineering school its new Information Technology…
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Deaths Near 4 Million; Tokyo State of Emergency: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — The pandemic’s global death toll is approaching 4 million as the delta variant spreads and vaccination drives show…
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Delta Dominant in U.S.; Pandemic Linked to Animals: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — The delta variant is set to become the dominant Covid strain in the U.S., boosting concerns it could…
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Tropical Storm Elsa Nears Florida With Heavy Rain, Strong Winds
(Bloomberg) — Tropical Storm Elsa is raking Florida’s Gulf coast with wind gusts and heavy rain as nears landfall later…
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The Best Pizza City in America Is Portland, Oregon
(Bloomberg) — It’s not news that New Yorkers will want to hear. The best pizza city in America is—drumroll—Portland, Ore.…
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