Big Take

Insider trading is the quintessential financial transgression, allowing the well-connected to profit from privileged information. Technically it’s illegal—but only technically. Bloomberg's Mark Leydorf reads "‘Most Americans Today Believe the Stock Market Is Rigged, and They’re Right.’"

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Brazil’s crops have been scorched, frozen and then dried out by the worst drought in a century, upending global commodity markets. Bloomberg's Laura Carlson reads "The Country That Makes Breakfast for the World Plagued With Fire, Frost, Drought."

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For anyone hoping to see light at the end of the Covid-19 tunnel over the next three to six months, scientists have some bad news: Brace for more of what we’ve already been through. Bloomberg's Laura Carlson reads "Pandemic's Next Six Months Will Pit Vaccines Against Variants."

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The children of 9/11, some 3,000 in number, are grown up now and chasing their own dreams. A few dozen have sworn an oath, like the parents they lost once did, to serve New York as firefighters or police officers. And a few dozen have followed the ones they lost onto Wall Street — some into the very same investment firms. Bloomberg's Laura Carlson reads "Generation 9/11: Following Parents They Lost Onto Wall Street"

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Beijing’s retaliation against Australia’s repeated calls for an international probe into Covid-19's origins is a clear example of what can happen to even the wealthiest nations if they annoy China enough, according to people familiar with the situation. Bloomberg's Laura Carlson reads "Calls for a Covid Probe Plunged Australia Into a Hacking Nightmare."

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For years, America’s most upbeat retailer funded surveillance to make inner cities safe—for some. Now it’s trying to convince people of color that it’s changed.

Bloomberg Businessweek's Mark Leydorf reads "Target’s Cozy Police Legacy Leaves Black Americans Wary."

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As policy makers prepare for another Jackson Hole conference — the second straight one Powell will address virtually rather than traveling to Wyoming — the economic picture looks much different. The big fear? The Fed will be slow to rein in inflation, paving the way for a sustained take-off in prices, along with a housing bubble that policy makers will eventually have to deal with by jacking up interest rates and derailing the recovery. Bloomberg's Laura Carlson reads "Jerome Powell’s Policy Revolution Was Blindsided by Covid-19."

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Frackers in America’s largest oilfield are letting massive amounts of natural gas spill into the atmosphere. Scientists are trying to find the leaks and get them plugged before they cook the planet further. Bloomberg’s Mark Leydorf reads “Methane Hunters Race to Change the Course of Global Warming.”

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In the span of a few months, the sticker price for a freshly minted college graduate in top-level banking has quickly shot up, reaching and then surpassing $100,000—a guaranteed salary to be padded later with a chunky bonus. Bloomberg Businessweek's Mark Leydorf reads "Junior Bankers Have Seized the Upper Hand on Wall Street, for Now."

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In the complicated new math of climate solutions, villagers clearing brush in southern Africa can end up redefining networks of global commerce worth billions of dollars. Environmental projects stand as shadow partners to emission-heavy energy trades happening far away. Bloomberg's Laura Carlson reads "How to Sell ‘Carbon Neutral’ Fossil Fuel That Doesn’t Exist."

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