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Markets are cool on geopolitical risk out of fear of missing out, says Bloomberg anchor
7 insights: why shoppers panic at an empty shelf while oil traders do not, what Europe wants out of Trump this week, and the six unknowns she says are…
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Europe's one objective in New York is air defenses for Ukraine — Bloomberg Podcasts
11 arguments: Why the Saudi crown prince has been turned down twice on strikes, what the EU has stopped being able to do, and the energy alert Europe is…
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"We're not passing that cost to our customers": Qatar Airways CEO on fuel
9 takeaways: Why 75% of bookings now land inside 60 days, the 138 aircraft arriving over five years, and what cargo is doing while the Strait is shut
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Qatar's central bank governor: 17% of the country's revenue has been wiped out
6 numbers: What the attack on the LNG facility costs in repair time, why GDP fell 7% while the rest of the economy grew, and why the government has not…
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Generative AI is still unproven at making money — Marsh McLennan's CEO
5 insights: The systemic risk he says is discussed but not understood, what chief executives actually ask a risk adviser about, and what insurance is…
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Qatar's foreign ministry spokesman: weaponizing Hormuz gets copied at other straits
9 takeaways: What Iran has asked for through Qatar's mediators, the industrial gases already missing from world supply chains, and why he says a toll…
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State Street Investment Management CEO: the era of the optimized portfolio is over
6 calls: what she wants investors holding instead, the 10% private-markets sleeve now sitting inside her target date funds, and why SPY is the default…
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"We certainly have exuberance. The question is whether it's irrational": Howard Marks
8 arguments: Why he will not call AI a bubble, what he wants a government task force to study, and the one thing he says Oaktree has not handed to a…
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"The quality of the entrepreneurs has never been better": General Atlantic CEO on AI
6 arguments: why he reads the Gulf setback as temporary, what AI is now doing to legal work and health care, and why an IPO is only one of several ways…
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A Fed rise before an election would be inappropriate, says the former Treasury chief
8 arguments: Why he wants maximum sanctions on Iran even if Chinese banks lose the dollar, what Scott Bessent should change about issuance, and where he…
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