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published Nov 5, 2017, 7:00:10 PM, by Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway (Bloomberg) — Subscribe to the Bloomberg Odd Lots podcast (Pocket Casts) Subscribe to the Bloomberg Odd Lots podcast (iTunes) Every week, hosts Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway take you on a not-so-random walk through hot topics in markets,

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published Nov 2, 2017, 3:59:14 PM, by Lynnley Browning, Laura Davison and Matt Townsend (Bloomberg) — Several of the biggest U.S. companies — including Apple and Procter & Gamble — would no longer be able to escape taxes on the trillions in overseas profits they’ve accumulated, under a tax bill

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published Nov 2, 2017, 7:33:46 PM, by David Tweed, Justin Sink and Isabel Reynolds (Bloomberg) —Donald Trump will spend 10 days touring Asia on his first visit as U.S. president, traveling to five countries and attending several summits. One man he won’t see could loom largest over his trip. North

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Bloomberg View) —For decades, there were private whispers. But not very private. Given how many women have now come forward, virtually all of Hollywood must have known at least that Harvey Weinstein used business pretexts to secure sexual gratification. So much for the usual recriminations over who knew what and

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published Nov 1, 2017, 2:53:03 PM, by Nacha Cattan (Bloomberg) — Mexico’s a dangerous place for journalists, who are often targeted by drug cartels. There’s another, more insidious threat to press freedom — one that may influence who wins power in next year’s elections. It comes from politicians, and their

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published Nov 1, 2017, 1:37:56 PM, by Henry Goldman (Bloomberg) — Sayfullo Saipov, the man arrested for running over and killing eight people on a bike path in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday, planned the attack for weeks and consulted instructions published by Islamic State on the Internet, police said. “He

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published Oct 31, 2017, 7:01:00 PM, by Rakteem Katakey (Bloomberg) —Oil supermajors are getting back to their normal way of life after surviving a price slump that shook the foundations of their business. BP Plc gave the boldest signal yet that the worst of the downturn was over, announcing on

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published Oct 31, 2017, 3:28:25 PM, by Laura Davison and Sahil Kapur (Bloomberg) — Senate tax writers are discussing a plan to keep the estate tax, but double the thresholds at which it applies, Senator Orrin Hatch said. “We have been thinking about that,” said Hatch, the chairman of the

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published Oct 31, 2017, 6:01:00 PM, by Jonas Cho Walsgard (Bloomberg) — Human beings tend to have biases. Knowing how to read those can make you very rich. During a recent interview in Oslo, Stacey Nutt, the chief executive officer of asset management firm ClariVest Asset Management LLC talked about

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published Oct 30, 2017, 7:53:37 PM, by Robert Burnson (Bloomberg) —A lawsuit accusing Microsoft Corp. of discriminating against women in technical and engineering roles is poised to grow a lot bigger if it wins class-action status. With the technology sector awash in challenges to white male dominance, the three women

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