Big Take

The largest ESG rating company doesn’t even try to measure the impact of a corporation on the world. It’s all about whether the world might mess with the bottom line.

Bloomberg Businessweek's Mark Leydorf reads "Sustainable Investing Is Really About Sustaining Corporations" by Cam Simpson, Akshat Rathi, and Saijel Kishan.

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While the science is still in its early stages, the hardest part about developing a super-vaccine for all coronaviruses could be finding a way to pay for it.

Bloomberg Businessweek's Mark Leydorf reads, "The Hunt for a Single Shot to Defeat Omicron and All Coronaviruses" by Robert Langreth.

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Nine recently opened or soon-to-launch funds demonstrate that change is coming—slowly—to the world of money management.

Bloomberg's Laura Carlson reads "The Hot New Trend For Hedge Funds Is—Finally—Female Founders."

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For a generation of investing pros, stable prices were a fact of life. What do you do when the old assumptions stop making sense?

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From predicting floods to battling illegal loggers, Google's little-known Earth Engine has become a key tool for helping nonprofits and researchers fight climate change

Bloomberg Businessweek's Mark Leydorf reads "Google Wants to Save the Planet With Satellite Images" by Leslie Kaufman.

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Under Xi Jinping, China has become an even harder target for America’s spying operation.

Bloomberg's Laura Carlson reads "China Is Evading U.S. Spies — and the White House Is Worried" by Peter Martin, Jennifer Jacobs and Nick Wadhams. 

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When GreenHat Energy collapsed after blowing millions of dollars speculating on power prices, it made something plain: Energy traders are gamblers, and ratepayers back every bet.

Bloomberg Businessweek's Mark Leydorf reads "The Power Grid Is Just Another Casino for Energy Traders" by David Kocieniewski and Naureen S. Malik.

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A case study showing how the estate tax is entirely avoidable.

Bloomberg Businessweek's Mark Leydorf reads "Hidden Ways the Ultrarich Pass Wealth to Their Heirs Tax-Free."

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Deep cuts by airlines left some 100,000 pilots globally working skeleton hours or on long-term leave. Many haven’t flown for more than 18 months. But as rising vaccination rates allow travel to resume, concerns are growing that a lack of proficiency, confidence, or simply one moment of forgetfulness could lead to tragedy.

Bloomberg's Laura Carlson reads "Out-of-Practice Airline Pilots Are Making Errors Back in the Air" by by Angus Whitley and Anurag Kotoky.

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Tether is what’s come to be known in financial circles as a stablecoin—stable because one Tether is supposed to be backed by one dollar. But exactly how Tether is backed, or if it’s truly backed at all, has always been a mystery.

Bloomberg Businessweek's Mark Leydorf reads "Anyone Seen Tether's Billions?"

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