Shruti Singh

Chicago

Reporter and Editor at Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News Muni Finance Reporter and Editor. Lifelong Foodie. Opinions my own. Re-tweets, endorsements are not. Re-tweets don't imply endorsement.

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Articles

Online Therapy-Speak Derails Clinical Route

1 week ago | deccanchronicle.com | Shruti Singh

Therapy-speak is no longer confined to the psychologist’s office. Online, it’s part of the everyday lexicon. Words like “gaslighting,” “trauma,” “boundaries,” and “toxic” now punctuate tweets, memes, and reels, used by millions, are often divorced from their clinical roots. Gen Z is turning to social media for both self-understanding and self-expression. While this newfound fluency is often celebrated as progress, psychologists, researchers, and content creators are raising alarm bells.
Chicago’s dire finances hold it back in competition among cities

2 weeks ago | dailyherald.com | Shruti Singh

Retail and office spaces for lease in downtown Chicago. Bloomberg Chicago native Warren Baker started buying and converting apartment buildings into student housing in the city’s Hyde Park neighborhood in 1985. His once-scrappy company went on to forge multi-million-dollar deals for shopping centers, car showrooms and high-rises across the third-largest U.S. city.
Chicago's Dire Finances Hold It Back In Competition Among Cities

3 weeks ago | fa-mag.com | Shruti Singh

Chicago native Warren Baker started buying and converting apartment buildings into student housing in the city’s Hyde Park neighborhood in 1985. His once-scrappy company went on to forge multi-million-dollar deals for shopping centers, car showrooms and high-rises across the third-largest US city.
Chicago’s Dire Finances Hold It Back in Competition Among Cities

3 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Shruti Singh

Chicago’s economic and job growth has fallen behind other major cities, even though it is home to iconic businesses including exchanges. (Bloomberg) -- Chicago native Warren Baker started buying and converting apartment buildings into student housing in the city’s Hyde Park neighborhood in 1985. His once-scrappy company went on to forge multi-million-dollar deals for shopping centers, car showrooms and high-rises across the third-largest US city.
A Quest To Save Everyday Sounds

3 weeks ago | deccanchronicle.com | Shruti Singh

In cities across India today, a new kind of silence is settling in. It’s not the absence of noise, far from it, but the absence of familiarity. The metallic chime of temple bells is drowned out by car horns, the rhythmic cries of street vendors replaced by WhatsApp pings, and cassette-era lullabies muffled by algorithm-curated playlists. As India urbanises and digitises at breakneck speed, the textures of its everyday soundscape are being erased; sometimes gradually, sometimes all at once.
Chicago’s O’Hare Airport Seeks Up to $4.3 Billion of Muni Debt

1 month ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Shruti Singh

Share Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson will seek approval from aldermen to sell as much as $4.3 billion of debt for O’Hare International Airport, according to a filing posted on the city clerk’s website.If authorized, proceeds of the bonds will fund infrastructure projects at the facility, as well as refinance outstanding obligations, the ordinance that the mayor is scheduled to propose Wednesday said.O’Hare is in the midst of a massive modernization plan that seeks to transform the aging hub...
Gen Z, The Driving Force Behind Nostalgia Economy

1 month ago | deccanchronicle.com | Shruti Singh

From film cameras and vinyl records to vintage Levi’s and the grainy flash of a digicam, India’s Gen Z is mining the past to shape the future. In an age of ultra-fast-forward digital world, a growing number of young Indians are pressing “Rewind.” The “Nostalgia Economy” isn’t just alive—it’s thriving!Brands are reviving everything from cassette players to '90s soda brands, tapping into a generation hungry for the tactile, the flawed, and the familiar.
Green Aquatic Warriors Clean Up Choked Rivers

1 month ago | deccanchronicle.com | Shruti Singh

In the battle to cleanse India’s increasingly toxic rivers and water bodies, a quiet green revolution is taking root literally. Across ponds, lakes, wetlands, and even urban lakes, aquatic plants are being deployed to mop up pollution through a process called phytoremediation.
Gen-Z Is Raving Mad Over Coffee Raves

1 month ago | deccanchronicle.com | Shruti Singh

A new kind of party storm is brewing across the country. And, believe it or not, it’s brewing in a coffee cup! Everybody, especially Gen-Z is making a beeline to get their caffeine fix with a choice of roasted beans, hot beats and dates. Welcome to the sober world of coffee raves at a café near you.
Illinois Institute of Technology Seeks Global Expansion as Trump Visa Risks Grow

1 month ago | bloomberg.com | Shruti Singh

A private university in Chicago with junk-rated debt is expanding overseas as US higher education braces for potential enrollment declines tied to shifting US immigration policy. The Illinois Institute of Technology, which depends on international students for about half of its enrollment, is extending coursework into Asia, the Middle East, Africa and South America — targeting students who may not immediately, or ever, come to the US.