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8 hours ago | bloomberg.com | Felipe Saturnino |Giovanna Azevedo

Hugo Motta, Brazil's speaker of the lower house. (Bloomberg) -- Scaling back corporate tax exemptions in Brazil will be top of the agenda for lawmakers when they meet with the government on Sunday night, House Speaker Hugo Motta said. The talks come as the government of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva tries to plug a hole in the budget with tax hikes, a strategy criticized by Motta, who was elected speaker with broad backing, and the country’s top bankers.

13 hours ago | bloomberg.com | David Westin

Welcome to the Wall Street Week newsletter, bringing you stories of capitalism about things you need to know, but even more things you need to think about. I'm David Westin, and this week we held a roundtable discussion with Larry Summers of Harvard and Niall Ferguson of the Hoover Institution about the future of China and explored the developing world of investing in law firms. If you're not yet a subscriber, sign up here for this newsletter.

15 hours ago | bloomberg.com | Pathom Sangwongwanich

Thai nationalist protesters outside the Cambodian Embassy protest the border dispute with Cambodia. (Bloomberg) -- Thailand’s top army official designated commanders of two task forces to oversee border crossings with Cambodia as tensions simmer following a skirmish in late May. Effective from Saturday, the Burapha and Suranaree task forces have been authorized to determine necessary measures at border checkpoints, according to a statement signed by Army Chief Pana Claewplodtook.

19 hours ago | bloomberg.com | Merryn Somerset Webb

If I told you there’s a country with more than 1,000 robots for every 10,000 workers—and another with barely more than 100 per, which would you guess is classified as an emerging market? You’d likely be wrong. In 2023 it was the UK that had only 119 robots per 10,000 workers. South Korea meanwhile had 1,012. But for some reason, MSCI classifies the latter as an emerging market, just as it does Poland, Chile, Brazil, Taiwan, the UAE and China.

1 day ago | bloomberg.com | Rob Golum

Signage outside Netflix Inc. headquarters on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, U.S. on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. ArcLight Cinemas and Pacific Theatres, two California movie-theater chains that are part of the same company, announced plans to close permanently, underscoring the still-tenuous state of the industry. Photographer: Bing Guan/Bloomberg(Bloomberg) -- Netflix Inc.