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Tuesday, December 23, 2025
TopicBloomberg Opinion

Topic: Bloomberg Opinion

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

China is forcing devout Muslims to drink liquor, but the world is looking away

Beijing needs to realise that repression in Xinjiang, through which several ancient trade routes passed, can take a heavy toll on Xi’s pet Belt & Road Initiative.

Sports fans, here’s how not to let your team’s wins and losses destroy you

Appreciating great athletes is one of the ways to get good vibes from sports and beat defeat blues.

Disagree with your neighbour’s political beliefs? Invite him to tea

It surely feels good to be right, but we owe it to democracy to admit when we are not.

On Camera

Epstein files and what they mean for the American anger against elites

Of all academic institutions, it is at Harvard, the richest and perhaps the most powerful academic institution in the world, that Epstein’s ties appear to have flourished most.

To meet fund crunch, Karnataka to auction plots in Bengaluru, raise Rs 4,000 crore

Siddaramaiah govt’s five schemes strain finances as GST changes hit revenues; debt to jump nearly Rs 80,000 crore. State also plans to auction liquor licences & extend bar timings.

Not just BSF, MHA working on rules to reserve 50% of all CAPF constable posts for Agniveers

The MHA is deliberating on new recruitment rules for all CAPFs, including the CRPF, ITBP, and SSB. It wants to incorporate a 50% quota for Agniveers across the CAPFs.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.