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Saturday, May 4, 2024
TopicBloomberg Opinion

Topic: Bloomberg Opinion

Why the Internet doesn’t need to know your real name

Elaine Ou -
Digital identity should be approached as a standalone entity with limited impact on the rest of our lives.

Why booking an Uber may get twice or thrice as expensive

Shira Ovide -
Uber's free cash flow was negative $1.3 billion in the last 12 months, raising questions about the viability of its business model in the long run.

Bangladesh and Tanzania have a lesson or two for India on open defecation

Bloomberg View -
Like Bangladesh and Tanzania, India can adopt strategies that generate shame and disgust to trigger collective action.

Indian cricket may be the answer to Facebook’s Asia revenue problems

Alex Webb -
To boost its revenue, Facebook is experimenting with buying the broadcast rights of major sports like cricket and football.

As spacecraft finds lake on Mars, Earthlings may discover alien cousins

Faye Flam -
Enough meteorites have flown between here and Mars to open the possibility that we’ll find our own relatives up there.

Iran oil sanctions will hurt more than you think

Julian Lee -
Under Obama, Iran's crude and condensate exports fell by around 1.2 million barrels a day. Under Trump, it seems the decline will be bigger and faster.

This is why China could collapse like the Soviet Union

David Fickling -
China's dying labour-force boom, like the Soviet Union's in the 1970s, may not revive even with Silk Road project’s heavy investments.

Personality traits can determine how fat a person’s pay cheque is: Study

Tyler Cowen -
People assume the act of being more agreeable at one’s job might fetch a good pay cheque, but it doesn’t turn out to be so for men.

Facebook, Twitter woes could be an indication of profound change in internet habits

Shira Ovide -
The increasing disappointing user gains of Facebook, Twitter & Snapchat could be an alarming warning bell for social media companies.

Snapchat has succumbed to Internet conventions it was once contemptuous of

Shira Ovide -
By dumping its own heritage of boasting glossy video ads, Snapchat like Facebook and Google has given in to quick marketing gains. Snapchat has defined...
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Opinion

Stop targeting Galgotias University students. Focus on politicians instead

Akanksha Mishra -
Going through their Instagrams and dissecting their ‘statements’ is not the astute political commentary you think it is—it is time for us to back off from targeting 20-year-olds.

How a North Indian Muslim woman saw Wayanad—inclusive mosques, mangalsutras for non-Hindus

BJP needs to be Bengalified. Go beyond rosogolla, eat pantabhaat, know what’s hodol kutkut

Economy

High capacity usage, fresh borrowings & new orders — why FY25 could be a big year for pvt investment

TCA Sharad Raghavan -
Companies are borrowing more from banks and public. Economists say high capacity utilisation & growing new orders could set stage for renewed investment push by India Inc.

Defence

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

Snehesh Alex Philip -
New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

National Interest

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

Shekhar Gupta -
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.

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