LATEST: Chances for early action on Donald Trumpβs tax cut plans improved as House Republicans passed a budget blueprint calling for deep cuts in safety-net programs such as Medicaid. More here: https://bloom.bg/43jMu1k
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House Passes Budget Targeting Medicaid, Food Aid to Pave Way for Tax Cuts
President Donald Trump called on Congress to make his expiring 2017 tax cuts permanent just hours after House Republicans squeaked through a tax-and-spending plan paving the way for a temporary extension through deep cuts in safety-net programs such as Medicaid.
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The Trump administration is planning to require undocumented immigrants to join a federal registry, with potential fines, prison time and deportation for non-participation. More here: https://bloom.bg/3XjEfie
Bloomberg.com
Trump to Force Migrants to Join Registry or Face Fines, Prison
The Trump administration is planning to require undocumented immigrants to join a federal registry, threatening potential fines, prison time and deportation for anyone caught failing to comply.
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Hooters and some of its creditors are considering a potential bankruptcy plan that would see control of the brand returned to former executives and the one-time parent of the chain, according to people with knowledge of the matter. More here: https://bloom.bg/4bjudmV
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π Four years after Beijingβs crackdown on tech, Xi Jinping is embracing some of Chinaβs top tech bosses again.
Find out what this means for the countryβs tech titans and their US rivals on the Big Take Asia Podcast β€΅οΈ https://link.podtrac.com/jxfy2rhy
Find out what this means for the countryβs tech titans and their US rivals on the Big Take Asia Podcast β€΅οΈ https://link.podtrac.com/jxfy2rhy
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Big Take Asia
Weβre taking The Big Take to Asia. Each week, Bloombergβs Oanh Ha tells a story from the home of the world's most dynamic economies - and the markets, tycoons and businesses that drive the ever-shifting region.
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Exclusive: YouTube star MrBeast is looking to raise a couple hundred million dollars to expand his business in a funding round that would value his company at about $5 billion, according to people familiar with the matter: https://bloom.bg/3EYdlGn
π·: Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for Prime Video
π·: Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for Prime Video
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An alleged boardroom coup attempt, a lawsuit between a family patriarch and his son, and accusations of corporate governance lapses β even by the standards of Asian succession drama, the family feud raging at Singaporeβs Kwek dynasty stands out.
City Developments, the financial hubβs biggest listed developer, plunged into crisis Wednesday when its billionaire Chairman Kwek Leng Beng, 84, accused his son, the firmβs chief executive officer, of orchestrating a boardroom coup. More here: https://bloom.bg/3CVPOFu
π·: Nicky Loh/Bloomberg
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City Developments, the financial hubβs biggest listed developer, plunged into crisis Wednesday when its billionaire Chairman Kwek Leng Beng, 84, accused his son, the firmβs chief executive officer, of orchestrating a boardroom coup. More here: https://bloom.bg/3CVPOFu
π·: Nicky Loh/Bloomberg
π·: Ore Huiying/Bloomberg
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Bitcoin tumbles 25% from the all-time high set weeks ago as traders reverse bets that followed the election of US President Donald Trump. More here: https://bloom.bg/3EVQdIF
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Bitcoin Down 25% From All-Time High as Crypto Selloff Deepens
A week-long rout in Bitcoin deepened amid the recent broader retreat from risky assets in the wake of US President Donald Trumpβs tariff threats and crypto sector turmoil, marking a dramatic reality check for one of the most popular Trump trades.
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Hong Kong's new $4 billion Kai Tak sports park is a chance for redemption after the government lost face last year when football legend Lionel Messi failed to play in a much-hyped game, and stars such as Taylor Swift bypassed the city in their Asian tours. See what's inside: https://bloom.bg/3QDgQ7K
π·: Lam Yik/Bloomberg
π·: Lam Yik/Bloomberg
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Some 26 years ago, it was Renault and an aggressive, cost-cutting executive named Carlos Ghosn who pulled the Japanese carmaker back from the brink.
Now, with CEO Makoto Uchida facing a possible boardroom coup and the company in financial free fall, Nissan is looking for a new CEO and a savior company to swoop in. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4ijUUdC
π·: Takaaki Iwabu/Bloomberg
Now, with CEO Makoto Uchida facing a possible boardroom coup and the company in financial free fall, Nissan is looking for a new CEO and a savior company to swoop in. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4ijUUdC
π·: Takaaki Iwabu/Bloomberg
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π¨ LIVE NOW: Europe is looking to decouple from China, Russia and deepen its ties with India as global foreign policy shifts. Bloomberg reporters Sudhi Ranjan Sen, Dan Strumpf, Jorge Valero, Shruti Srivastava answer your questions in a Live Q&A. https://bloom.bg/4id1sLz
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Singapore, which has an extremely high home ownership rate of over 90%, is among the world's most expensive for real estate and also has one of the most affordable housing markets. How this is possible, and why it is getting harder to sustain: https://bloom.bg/3DbY7Nr
π·: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg
π·: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg
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President Donald Trump delivered on his threat to hit Canada and Mexico with sweeping import levies, imposing one of the largest increases in US tariffs since the 1930s in a dramatic escalation of a trade war that stands to upend ties with major economic partners.
Trumpβs move prompted swift retaliation from Canada and China and may spur similar reprisals from Mexico β as well as potential legal challenges. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/41CqqxU
π·: Al Drago/Bloomberg
Trumpβs move prompted swift retaliation from Canada and China and may spur similar reprisals from Mexico β as well as potential legal challenges. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/41CqqxU
π·: Al Drago/Bloomberg
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Geekvape, Lost Mary, Elf Bar and other top vape brands that have washed across store shelves from New York to London to Berlin all trace back to one man in China. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/3F4pEkx
π·: Janelle Jones for Bloomberg Businessweek
π·: Janelle Jones for Bloomberg Businessweek
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BREAKING: China sets GDP target at about 5% for 2025 despite Trump's tariffs.
Follow our live blog for the latest news and analysis: https://bloom.bg/3F6rMbm
Follow our live blog for the latest news and analysis: https://bloom.bg/3F6rMbm
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BREAKING: New Zealand's central bank chief Adrian Orr has resigned in a shock move. More here: https://bloom.bg/3QL36I3
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EXCLUSIVE: Asiaβs richest man Mukesh Ambani is overhauling Reliance's retail empire to reassure investors eager for an exit option in the form of an IPO. More here: https://bloom.bg/43mUJtD
Bloomberg.com
Ambanis Overhaul Retail Unit in Quest of $125 Billion Valuation
Asiaβs richest man Mukesh Ambani is overhauling a retail empire that sells everything from $0.20 soda to $5,900 Versace dresses, as he seeks to reassure investors antsy for an exit option in the form of a public listing.
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President Donald Trumpβs latest punitive tariffs on China are giving President Xi Jinping a fresh push to tackle one of the nationβs most politically difficult and much-delayed challenges. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4kuBF2C
π·: Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images
π·: Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images
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π LIVE NOW: China is setting its economic growth goal at about 5% for the third year in a row. But how can it reach that target while confronting a trade war with the US?
Bloomberg journalists are answering your questions in a Live Q&A β¬
https://bloom.bg/41TmDMZ
Bloomberg journalists are answering your questions in a Live Q&A β¬
https://bloom.bg/41TmDMZ
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Bitcoin fell after crypto czar David Sacks said the US didnβt plan to spend additional taxpayer dollars on digital assets. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4ipbnx0
π·: Justin Chin/Bloomberg
π·: Justin Chin/Bloomberg
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π China has set ambitious growth goals for its economy despite a crippling property crisis, mounting debt, weak consumer spending β and a trade war with the US.
What's behind Beijing's plan? Find out on the Big Take Asia podcast: https://link.podtrac.com/jxfy2rhy
What's behind Beijing's plan? Find out on the Big Take Asia podcast: https://link.podtrac.com/jxfy2rhy
Podtrac
Big Take Asia
Weβre taking The Big Take to Asia. Each week, Bloombergβs Oanh Ha tells a story from the home of the world's most dynamic economies - and the markets, tycoons and businesses that drive the ever-shifting region.
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President Trumpβs trade war and efforts to bring manufacturing back to the US have put one of his predecessorβs signature achievements on the firing line: the Chips and Science Act.
Here's what to know: https://bloom.bg/4kwYa7a
Here's what to know: https://bloom.bg/4kwYa7a
Bloomberg.com
Whatβs at Stake as Trump Looks to Scrap the Chips Act
President Donald Trumpβs trade war and efforts to bring manufacturing back to US shores have put one of his predecessorβs signature achievements on the firing line: the Chips and Science Act.
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