🚨 LIVE NOW: From threats of military force to renaming the Gulf of Mexico, Trump’s latest remarks could risk US ties with its closest neighbors.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said an agreement to free hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip has been finalized. Read more: https://bloom.bg/42g0Qzq
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Is 2025 a make or break year for India's growth story?
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EXCLUSIVE: Hong Kong is exploring options to raise taxes on the city’s highest earners for a second straight year. More: https://bloom.bg/3PCEFvK
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🎙 A record number of people traveled to South Korea for medical procedures – from $6 Botox shots to cancer care – in 2023. Yet locals are being turned away from hospitals as the country struggles with a doctor shortage.
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South Korean investigators have arrested President Yoon Suk Yeol after launching a pre-dawn operation to bring the impeached leader in for questioning over his short-lived martial law declaration. Read more: https://bloom.bg/4fWZahC
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The frenzy over the Hong Kong initial public offering of Blocks Group, the popular Chinese maker of Ultraman and Transformer figurines, has created a new billionaire.
Founder and chairman Zhu Weisong was catapulted into the ultra-rich ranks after the company’s $215 million debut Friday drew overwhelming demand from individual investors. More: https://bloom.bg/3Ps5rXN
📷: Bloks Group Ltd.
China took the unprecedented step of easing visa requirements for scores of countries in 2024, now throwing open its doors to 1.9 billion would-be visitors. Only a fraction of the hoped-for tourists have come. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4fPKEbd
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Toyota plans to move in the first 100 residents of a futuristic city at the base of Mount Fuji in Japan by as soon as this fall. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4a3VitP
📷: Toyota
Chinese-state sponsored hackers penetrated the executive branch of the Philippines government and stole sensitive data, according to people familiar with the matter. More: https://bloom.bg/4gzLOsF
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"Emilia Pérez" and "The Brutalist" won the best picture in their respective comedy and drama categories at the Golden Globes film and television awards. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/3PplMwj
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Elon Musk's growing US political influence is causing global resistance to his Starlink satellite network to crumble. Read The Big Take here. https://bloom.bg/40cG9Tv
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Trump's tariff threats are setting off a global supply chain "freakout" that’s leaving companies prone to bottlenecks — and more vulnerable to economic shocks. Read the latest Big Take here: https://bloom.bg/4fCba7O
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🎙From video games to a reality TV spinoff, Netflix has been trying to turn its Squid Game series into a global franchise. Rebecca Choong Wilkins speaks with Sohee Kim and Lucas Shaw about its big bet and the new season on The Big Take Asia podcast. https://link.podtrac.com/jxfy2rhy
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SoftBank’s billionaire founder Masayoshi Son surprised the world with a $100 billion AI plan in the US. But can he beat Nvidia? Read The Big Take here: https://bloom.bg/3VRNxBi
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President-elect Donald Trump is planning to release an executive order elevating crypto as a policy priority and giving industry insiders a voice within his administration, according to people familiar with the plans. Read more: https://bloom.bg/40FgKSY
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JUST IN: China's economy grew 5% in 2024, turbocharged by a strong fourth quarter.
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President Joe Biden warned Americans of a “dangerous concentration of power” in the hands of a “very few ultra-wealthy people” and the impact he feared it would have on the country’s democracy in his farewell address: https://bloom.bg/3DVl9Im
📷: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Bloomberg
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai is joining Silicon Valley executives including Microsoft's Satya Nadella in bidding for a London-based cricket team, according to people familiar with the matter. Read more: https://bloom.bg/3Chu7Py
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Toyota has kept its focus on hybrids and gas-guzzlers, but how long can the world’s No. 1 automaker put off figuring out EVs?
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📷: Toyota
🚨 LIVE NOW: What's next for TikTok after Chinese officials evaluate a potential option that involves Elon Musk acquiring the platform's US operations if it fails to fend off a ban?
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🚨 LIVE NOW: Deflation in China is showing signs of spiraling and its impact on markets is worrying for both the country’s policymakers and investors.
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🎙 China’s pension system is in danger of running out of money in a decade.
Now it faces a new threat: Tens of millions of mostly young workers are refusing to pay into it.
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Dell is rebranding its PC line in a bid to make its computers cool again. If you're an iPhone user, the new names may sound familiar: https://bloom.bg/4092wIi
📷: Dell Technologies Inc.
A former hedge fund manager whose firm made billions during the global financial crisis is ready to pounce on volatility again, as he sees threats to market stability at a level not seen since 2008. Read more: https://bloom.bg/3W8won4
📷: Steve Diggle
Here's what we know so far about South Korea's plane crash that killed 179 people in the country's worst airline disaster. https://bloom.bg/3VZuYuO
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Jimmy Carter, the former Georgia peanut farmer who as US president brokered a historic and lasting peace accord between Israel and Egypt in a single term marred by soaring inflation, an oil shortage and Iran’s holding of American hostages, has died, the Washington Post reported. He was 100. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/3DzZJQV
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Babies exposed to Covid in utero may face a higher risk of autism, a study shows, adding to a list of long-term health consequences from the virus. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4iLITPf
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How natural disasters and price-fixing crashed the world's fourth-largest insurance market. Read The Big Take here: https://bloom.bg/4fuRQt7
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President Joe Biden signed funding legislation to keep the US government operating until mid-March, avoiding a year-end shutdown and kicking future spending decisions into Donald Trump’s presidency https://bloom.bg/4gNdOsp
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