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1 week ago | 
bloomberg.com | David Gura |David Fox |Rachael Lewis-Krisky
Commuters on a red line train in Washington. (Bloomberg) -- At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, the US government stepped in with aid to keep mass transit agencies afloat.
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2 weeks ago | 
bloomberg.com | David Gura |David Fox |Julia Press
President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on March 6. (Bloomberg) -- President Trump will celebrate 100 days back in office this week. The milestone comes amid a US-China trade war, ongoing conflict overseas and high-stakes battles over the future of higher education.
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2 weeks ago | 
fa-mag.com | David Gura |David Fox |Rachael Lewis-Krisky
Tuition at US colleges and universities is higher than ever. But an exclusive new Bloomberg analysis reveals that the cost of a four-year degree is particularly burdensome for middle class students and their families. On the Big Take podcast, Bloomberg’s Francesca Maglione and Paulina Cachero join David Gura to break down the real cost of attending the most selective colleges and universities in the US — and how that cost changes depending on how much a family makes.
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2 weeks ago | 
bloomberg.com | David Gura |David Fox |Rachael Lewis-Krisky
The University of Southern California in Los Angeles. (Bloomberg) -- Tuition at US colleges and universities is higher than ever.
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3 weeks ago | 
bloomberg.com | David Gura |Sarah Holder |Julia Press |David Fox
President Donald Trump has rattled Wall Street by repeatedly criticizing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. (Bloomberg) -- President Trump’s attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell just keep comingToday on the Big Take, Bloomberg’s Michael McKee and Saleha Mohsin join Sarah Holder and David Gura to ask: Can the president actually fire Powell? And what impact could his ongoing threats have on the US dollar and global financial markets?
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4 weeks ago | 
farmlandgrab.org | Sarah Holder |David Fox
Bloomberg | 16 April 2025The abuse allegations at rubber plantations supplying top tiremakersBy Sarah Holder and David FoxFor years, a rubber and palm oil company that supplies some of the world’s top tiremakers has been dogged by allegations of sexual coercion at its plantations. Socfin — short for Société Financière des Caoutchoucs — says it has taken steps to improve matters, but an exclusive Bloomberg report shows those claims remain widespread.
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4 weeks ago | 
bloomberg.com | Sarah Holder |David Fox
Latex drips into buckets attached to rubber trees at the Salala Rubber Corp. plantation in Liberia, in November 2024. (Bloomberg) -- Sarah Holder: Last year, Bloomberg's Sheridan Prasso went to visit one of the biggest rubber plantations in Liberia. Sheridan Prasso: It is a very large plantation. The total area is double the size of Chicago. It's just rows and rows, hundreds of rows, of green. Rubber trees after rubber trees, all in rows, all very symmetrical.
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1 month ago | 
bloomberg.com | Sarah Holder |David Fox
Traders work on the floor of the American Stock Exchange at the New York Stock Exchange on April 10. (Bloomberg) -- It’s been a bewildering time for retail investors trying to make sense of global markets. In the week since President Trump unveiled sweeping tariffs, markets have plunged, rebounded — and now, they’re sliding again. Meanwhile, the trade war between the US and China continues. Both announced severe new tariffs this week.
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2 months ago | 
flipboard.com | David Gura |David Fox
9 hours agoAn Australian couple said they were forced to sit next to the woman’s body after she died about 10 hours into their 14-hour flight from Melbourne to Doha. Qatar Airways said Friday that an internal review found its cabin crew had “acted quickly, appropriately and professionally” in its handling of a …
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Feb 6, 2025 | 
financialpost.com | Saleha Mohsin |David Fox
Saleha Mohsin: 17 days into the Trump presidency and just nine days after his swearing in, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sat down with me inside the historic Cash Room at the US Treasury Department. Kailey Leinz: I’ll turn it over to my colleague, Saleha Mohsin, who is live at the Treasury Department with the new secretary, Scott Bessent, Saleha. Mohsin: Thank you, Kailey. I’m here with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Washington.
