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How is your student loan impacting your day-to-day finances? Share your story with Bloomberg reporters.
How Is Student Debt Affecting Your Life — And Your Vote?
After President Donald Trump ended a yearslong pause on student loan collections, default rates are at historic highs. How is education debt squeezing your finances and influencing your vote?
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Australia’s federal government will press on with a nationwide push to ensure new data centers use renewable energy, pledging to pass laws despite opposition to the move from some regional administrations
Australia Doubles Down on Data Centers Using Renewable Power
Australia’s federal government will press on with a nationwide push to ensure new data centers use renewable energy, pledging to pass laws despite opposition to the move from some regional administrations.
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Two 50-year-old power plants in the East River are propping up New York's grid, which is ailing under strain from electrification and climate change
New York City’s Aging Power Barges Show the Blackout Risk Is Real
Meant as a backstop, the plants are in constant use as demand rises, with no relief in sight for the strained grid.
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Trump said a deal on the Strait of Hormuz is possible as early as Wednesday, as expectations build for an arrangement that allows for the reopening of the crucial waterway for energy markets
Trump Fuels Hopes of Hormuz Opening With Hints Deal Is Close
US President Donald Trump said a deal on the Strait of Hormuz is possible as early as Wednesday, as expectations build for an arrangement that allows for the reopening of the critical waterway.
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Hiut Denim set a 10,011-pair production limit to champion degrowth. Its sale has left that vision in question.
The Company That Wanted to Make Exactly 10,011 Pairs of Jeans
Hiut Denim’s production cap was meant to inspire a degrowth movement in business. But first it needed to grow.
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Isaac Langleben and Jacqueline Prehogan built Open Farm together. Now they're taking the company public at a roughly $1 billion valuation.
Howard Schultz-Backed Pet Food Maker Open Farm Eyes Toronto IPO
It’s one thing for life partners to start a business together. It’s another to turn it into a $1 billion company. That’s what Isaac Langleben and Jacqueline Prehogan might accomplish by going public with Open Farm Inc.
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Citadel's flagship fund surged 5.9% in July, after the firm bought a discounted portfolio of AI stocks from troubled hedge fund Situational Awareness. bloom.bg/4fRvTXz 📷: Aaron Schwartz / Bloomberg
New Zealand’s jobless rate rose to an 11-year high in the second quarter as the global energy shock squeezed company profits and limited new hiring
New Zealand Jobless Rate Rises as Energy Shock Drags on Hiring
New Zealand’s jobless rate rose to an 11-year high in the second quarter as the global energy shock squeezed company profits while more people sought work.
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Copper futures in New York traded just short of an all-time high, as investors awaited a decision on US tariffs, while also tracking a push to reopen the Strait of Hormuz that lifted demand for risk assets
US Copper Trades Near Record on Tariff Risks, Hormuz Speculation
Copper futures in New York traded just short of an all-time high, as investors awaited a decision on US tariffs, while also tracking a push to reopen the Strait of Hormuz that lifted demand for risk assets.
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A powerful typhoon churning in the western Pacific Ocean is tracking toward China’s eastern seaboard and is expected to bring heavy rainfall to coastal regions from Sunday into early next week.
China Set for More Heavy Rain as Typhoon Dolphin Approaches
A powerful typhoon churning in the western Pacific Ocean is tracking toward China’s eastern seaboard and is expected to bring heavy rainfall to coastal regions from Sunday into early next week.
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Nuclear plants in Romania and Hungary are under threat of being shut down because there’s not enough water from the Danube to cool them.
As the Danube Hits Record Lows, Every Centimeter of River Counts
Nuclear plants in Romania and Hungary are under threat of being shut down because there’s not enough water to cool them.
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Plunging equipment costs and higher electricity prices are making solar projects viable in places once considered too dark or cold
Solar’s Boom in Europe Is Reaching Places Once Deemed Too Dark
For decades, Europe’s renewable energy map looked straightforward: solar was mostly used in the sunny south, while the north relied on wind. But plunging equipment costs and higher electricity prices have made solar projects viable in places once considered too dark, cold or remote to pay off.
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President Donald Trump said he had not yet decided whether to keep Jeanine Pirro as the top federal prosecutor in Washington, after publicly criticizing her for dismissing charges against individuals accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
Trump Says He Hasn’t Decided Whether to Keep Pirro After Clash
President Donald Trump said he had not yet decided whether to keep Jeanine Pirro as the top federal prosecutor in Washington, after publicly criticizing her for dismissing charges against individuals accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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Companies planning to go public in Australia may gain greater freedom to market themselves before filing a prospectus under new proposals from the nation’s financial regulator.
Australian Watchdog Proposes More Flexibility for IPO Marketing
Companies planning to go public in Australia may gain greater freedom to market themselves before filing a prospectus under new proposals from the nation’s financial regulator.
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Prices of lab monkeys in China have surged, complicating new drug development trials and increasing the need for primate imports from neighboring countries
Lab Monkeys for $26,000 Show China’s Biotech Quest to Rival US
Prices of lab monkeys in China have surged, complicating new drug development trials and increasing the need for primate imports from neighboring countries.
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India plans tax breaks for foreign firms supplying machinery to local electronics manufacturers, boosting companies like Apple and Google as they expand production.
India Eyes More Tax Breaks for Electronics in Win For Apple
India is seeking to extend tax breaks to foreign firms that provide machinery to local electronics manufacturers in a move that will boost companies such as Apple Inc. and Google as they ramp up domestic production.
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Companies planning to go public in Australia may gain greater freedom to market themselves before filing a prospectus under new proposals from the nation’s financial regulator.
Australian Watchdog Proposes More Flexibility for IPO Marketing
Companies planning to go public in Australia may gain greater freedom to market themselves before filing a prospectus under new proposals from the nation’s financial regulator.
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India increased levies on exports of oil products to bolster domestic fuel stockpiles while global supplies remained tight despite a pause in fighting between the US and Iran.
India Raises Fuel Export Tax to Build Stocks on War Concerns
India increased levies on exports of oil products to bolster domestic fuel stockpiles while global supplies remained tight despite a pause in fighting between the US and Iran.
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Prices of lab monkeys in China have surged, complicating new drug development trials and increasing the need for primate imports from neighboring countries. bloom.bg/4w9xmyv 📷️: Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty Images
SpaceX outlined plans to compete directly with the biggest US carriers by building out a terrestrial mobile network alongside its plans for a satellite-based service
SpaceX Flags Big Ambitions to Take On AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile
SpaceX fleshed out its plans to compete directly with the largest mobile phone carriers in the US by complementing its satellite-based internet service with land-based infrastructure.
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Sycamore is in advanced talks to sell teen retailer Hot Topic to the parent of Spencer’s and Spirit Halloween, ending 13 years of ownership, according to sources
Hot Topic Is Said to Near $350 Million Sale to Spencer’s Parent
Sycamore Partners is in advanced talks to sell teen retailer Hot Topic to the parent of Spencer’s and Spirit Halloween, ending 13 years of ownership, according to people familiar with the matter.
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The Do Hiemon Box, which keeps the temperature at a brisk 15C and blows jets of 5C air once someone sits inside, is designed to offer quick relief from potential heat exhaustion or heatstroke, rather than serve as a lounge to sit back and relax
‘Refrigerator for Humans’ in Japan Offers Summer Scorcher Relief
The glass door closes, and a curtain of cool air spills over your head, neck and shoulders, delivering instant relief from the punishing summer heat.
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AI models developed by OpenAI and Anthropic carried out “unsanctioned” actions — including hacking a website — reinforcing fears that neither the creators nor seasoned researchers of these systems can predict their actions in testing
OpenAI, Anthropic AI Models Involved in More Security Incidents
Artificial intelligence models developed by OpenAI and Anthropic PBC carried out “unsanctioned” actions — including hacking a website and attempting to inject harmful code into software during safety testing — reinforcing fears that neither the creators nor seasoned researchers of these systems can predict their actions in testing.
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India increased levies on exports of oil products to bolster domestic fuel stockpiles while global supplies remained tight despite a pause in fighting between the US and Iran.
India Raises Fuel Export Tax to Build Stocks on War Concerns
India increased levies on exports of oil products to bolster domestic fuel stockpiles while global supplies remained tight despite a pause in fighting between the US and Iran.
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A rapidly strengthening El Niño is raising the risk of costly weather shocks across global markets, threatening crops and supply chains. Explore where and what could be hit the hardest: bloom.bg/4pSKNRO 📷: Camilo Freedman/Bloomberg
SpaceX’s revenue exceeded Wall Street’s expectations in the company’s first quarterly financial report following its blockbuster initial public offering in June.
SpaceX Beats Wall Street Expectations
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Investigating the impact of platforms on child safety with Olivia Carville.
Social Media Platforms Are Harming a Generation of Kids
Investigating the impact of platforms on child safety with Olivia Carville.
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Malaysia is working with state governments to protect farmland from industrial and real estate expansion as the explosive growth in data centers and chip manufacturing intensifies competition for land
Malaysia Seeks to Shield Farmland From AI and Chipmaking Booms
Malaysia is working with state governments to protect farmland from industrial and real estate expansion as the explosive growth in data centers and chip manufacturing intensifies competition for land.
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Alfonso Fanjul Jr., who helped build one of the world’s largest sugar empires after fleeing Fidel Castro’s communist takeover of Cuba, has died. He was 89.
Alfonso Fanjul Jr., Who Fled Castro’s Cuba to Help Build Family Sugar Empire, Dies at 89
Alfonso Fanjul Jr., who helped build one of the world’s largest sugar empires after fleeing Fidel Castro’s communist takeover of Cuba, has died. He was 89.
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