Fergal O’Brien
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Bloomberg editor. Speaking for myself. This seems like quite a nice place.
Donald Trump’s trade policies have abruptly set the world onto a path of slower growth and higher inflation that could worsen notably if tensions escalate, the OECD said
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Trump’s Trade Wars Tip World to Slower Growth, Faster Inflation
US President Donald Trump’s aggressive trade policies have abruptly set the world onto a path of slower growth and higher inflation that could worsen notably if tensions escalate, the OECD said.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-17/trump-s-trade-wars-tip-world-to-slower-growth-faster-inflation?srnd=homepage-uk
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Global Investors Make a Risky Bet on Russia’s Return to Markets
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Global Investors Make a Risky Bet on Russia’s Return to Markets
It's a massive geopolitical gamble that could yet backfire.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-03-12/war-in-ukraine-investors-bet-russia-is-coming-back-to-global-financial-markets?utm_source=website&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=copy
10 months ago
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A wonderful Gene Hackman story here.
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10 months ago
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Sparks are coming to save 2025
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Robert Jameson
12 months ago
2/ and great chart to go with above story: it's > 1.5 C
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Munster final day! Fingers crossed for
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about 1 year ago
A lot is happening in Syria. Want to follow along with additional context, local knowledge, and those who witnessed it in real-time? Here’s a starter pack: Syria from 2011 and beyond.
go.bsky.app/3ng3Ghq
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Been streaming The Cure / Songs of a Lost World for a few weeks. This had to be done
about 1 year ago
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Tony Tassell
about 1 year ago
How the chip war could turn under Trump - from Chris Miller, author of the hugely influential ‘Chip War’
www.ft.com/content/4408...
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How the chip war could turn under Trump
From tariffs to AI demand, US companies are pondering what comes next
https://www.ft.com/content/44084570-19a1-4049-8306-46a38648a0a4
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Even if transparency was desirable, like disclosing the size of the stockpiles controlled by Swiss commodity trading houses, it would be un-Swiss.
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Switzerland Flunks Its Study of Commodity Speculators
An industry that operates in the shadows stays in the shadows.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-12-05/switzerland-flunks-its-study-of-commodity-speculators
about 1 year ago
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Geoff Norcott
about 1 year ago
Massive away win for the little fella.
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The Guardian
about 1 year ago
Terry Griffiths, former world snooker champion, dies at age of 77
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Terry Griffiths, former world snooker champion, dies at age of 77
* Welshman won world title in 1979 as a qualifier * Griffiths lived with dementia for several years The former world snooker champion Terry Griffiths has died at the age of 77 after a “lengthy battle with dementia”, his family have confirmed.…
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/dec/01/terry-griffiths-former-world-snooker-champion-dies-at-77?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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French 10-year borrowing costs match Greece’s for first time
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about 1 year ago
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If you didn't keep up with bollard developments in the other place, make sure to do it here. (The car in the first post was inevitable.)
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about 1 year ago
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Adrian Hiel
about 1 year ago
Car parking, and the space wasted on it, is one of the biggest impediments to building climate resilient cities.
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Anders Nilsson
about 1 year ago
We accidentally ended up with a clinical trial in the music scene here.
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Donald Clarke
about 1 year ago
Shocking if true.
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A banana. Some duct tape. $6.2 million.
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Crypto Tycoon Pays $6.2 Million for Banana Duct-Taped to a Wall
Maurizio Cattelan’s artwork Comedian carried a presale estimate of $1 million to $1.5 million.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-21/cattelan-duct-taped-banana-sells-for-6-2-million-at-sotheby-s-auction
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Tom Flood
about 1 year ago
The fact that a massive yellow bus that transports CHILDREN with flashing red lights was still not enough that we needed to add an extended arm (with cameras) with a second flashing stop sign to physically block the road from drivers tells me all I need to know about our auto culture.
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Paul J Davies
about 1 year ago
Late to the starter pack game, but here's a handy list of all the writers and wranglers of Bloomberg Opinion who are up on BlueSky
@opinion.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/87cfrJ3
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Joshua Green
about 1 year ago
Scoop w/Saleha Mohsin -- Elon's now deeply involved in Trump's Treasury battle. He spoke yesterday with Scott Bessent, who he'd dumped on days earlier:
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Bessent Spoke With Musk as Contest Endures for Treasury Position
Billionaire Elon Musk and Key Square Group LP founder Scott Bessent, whom President-elect Donald Trump is considering for Treasury secretary, spoke after Musk publicly endorsed Howard Lutnick as the b...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-17/bessent-spoke-with-musk-as-contest-endures-for-treasury-position?utm_source=website&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=twitter%3Fsref%3DVvJhl47t
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Bloomberg News
about 1 year ago
Almost a week has gone by and we don’t want to say it’s been chaos, but watching one country’s delegation head for the exit and another nation’s climate minister refuse to show up next week isn’t a great look. Get the latest from COP29 for free ➡️
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Ian Dunt
about 1 year ago
Twitter is dead. Long live BlueSky.
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Twitter is dead. Long live Blue Sky.
The exodus is real.
https://iandunt.substack.com/p/twitter-is-dead-long-live-blue-sky
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Will Wilkes
about 1 year ago
Germany faces a worsening problem: capital is fleeing the country. Our story shows how a €650 billion exodus contributed to the collapse of the ruling coalition and sparked tough questions about the future of Europe’s biggest economy:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
#Germany
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The €650 Billion Exodus at the Heart of Germany’s Political Turmoil
Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s fractious coalition struggled to stem a massive capital drain, which threatens to accelerate after Donald Trump’s re-election.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-07/germany-s-capital-exodus-is-at-the-heart-of-coalition-collapse?srnd=undefined&sref=ttOZ5TVM
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Ten films to get to know me: 1. The 39 Steps 2. A Matter of Life and Death 3. Rio Bravo 4. The Apartment 5. Once Upon a Time in the West 6. Stalker 7. Assault on Precinct 13 8. The American Friend 9. Flash Gordon 10. Alien/Aliens
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about 1 year ago
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Neil Renic
about 1 year ago
It has a name
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GHC Has Gorra Lorra Fings On (the radio)
about 1 year ago
Genuinely burst out laughing. I need £825,000 and i need it now
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Bloomberg News
about 1 year ago
More Bloomberg News reporters and editors have been added to our starter pack of Bloomberg News journalists. We hope you <GO> and follow them!
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Bloomberg News reporters
Join the conversation
https://go.bsky.app/HGA4wmR
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Katie Martin
about 1 year ago
Someone should set up an algo to post random racism/bigotry at 20-minute intervals so people who miss the mArKeTpLaCe oF iDeAs don't feel like we're iN a SiLo
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Dan McCrum
about 1 year ago
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Tom Flood
about 1 year ago
The Puzzle.
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The Swiss are a bit `meh' on the EU. (though they like the economic benefits)
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Swiss Like the EU’s Economic Benefits, Not So Much the EU Itself
Switzerland’s efforts to forge closer links with the European Union are going to prove a hard sell with voters, according to a new poll showing that about half are skeptical about the bloc.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-25/swiss-like-the-eu-s-economic-benefits-not-so-much-the-eu-itself
about 1 year ago
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Tom Flood
over 1 year ago
Our culture has normalized personal responsibility on our roads so much that almost all back to school PSA's are asking kids to be perfect.We need to focus on systems that force drivers to be safe by design rather than hoping kids are perfect.Hope is not a strategy Content done w/ The Biking Lawyer
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Charles Louis Richter
over 1 year ago
Mr. Kenobi has referred to Mos Eisley as a "wretched hive of scum and villainy." But we sat down with some patrons at a local cantina and they painted a very different picture of life in the the struggling spaceport town and explained why they continue to support Mr. Jabba's leadership.
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“No movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad”.
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Companies that drove a $1.3 trillion debt-fueled boom in M&A are in trouble as they struggle to deal with the end of cheap credit.
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about 2 years ago
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Several bank regulators are getting ready to push the ECB to relax its stance on shareholder payouts, arguing it’s partly to blame for the poor valuations of the region’s lenders
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about 2 years ago
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Emma Dabbadoo 🌸🏳️⚧️
about 2 years ago
It’s finally happened 🐄 🌙
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KE Salisbury
about 2 years ago
I WANT THIS CHAIR
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Country walk
about 2 years ago
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Brace for Elections: 40 Countries Are Voting in 2024
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about 2 years ago
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For new arrivals (like me), this is super useful on setting up your feed from
@alexvont.bsky.social
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about 2 years ago
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