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Saturday, May 4, 2024
TopicBloomberg Opinion

Topic: Bloomberg Opinion

Why Singapore’s cruise fiasco should be a red flag to Davos

The recent Covid scare on board a Royal Caribbean Cruise vessel shows that almost a year into the pandemic, it’s still unwise to take any arrangement, in any place, as set in stone.

Why we may be exactly wrong about technology and inequality

It’s easy for this kind of apprehension to lead to a sort of neo-Luddism in which technology is viewed as the enemy. The new technology could actually help reduce inequality.

Iraq troop withdrawal was Austin’s failure — and Biden’s

What’s puzzling is why Biden would select General Lloyd Austin to be his secretary of defense because of – not in spite of – his role in the US retreat from Iraq in 2011.

Putin has weathered Russia’s Covid toll by shifting blame

The Kremlin & Russian PM's govt have played a cynical game, shoving off responsibility for handling Covid crisis onto regional governors but holding on tightly to the financial reins.

Why Netanyahu and Saudi’s MBS have good reason to meet

Reports about a meeting between Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel & Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman come amid talks of a historic treaty taking shape in West Asia.

Vaccines can fight Covid but we still don’t know if they can stop transmission of virus

If a vaccine does not meaningfully reduce viral transmission, it leaves the unimmunized relatively vulnerable and has a better chance to keep mutating and evade our defenses.

Vaccines prove US is still capable of big accomplishments

Researchers at Moderna Inc. and Pfizer Inc. both announced preliminary results showing that their Covid-19 vaccines are more than 90% effective against the virus.

Biden needs to keep an eye on jobs — in China

While a fraying relationship and a Trumpian stance on China will persist, there’s now more to consider. China’s labor market could become a key lever.

Joe Biden needs a smooth transition for a strong start

President-elect Joe Biden now has work to do in dealing with a likely divided Congress and bringing together the American people as a whole.

Why Donald Trump’s election lawsuits are legally vacuous

It could be that the lawsuits to fight Biden’s apparently impending Electoral College victory are intended as preliminary efforts in what will be a strategy to delegitimise the outcome.

On Camera

Prajwal Revanna case shows why and how sexual crimes by men in politics can go unchecked for years

It would be a disservice to the women of Hassan to look at Prajwal Revanna’s alleged abuse of power as a ‘sex scandal’. Allegations against him show what ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’ actually means.

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

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.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

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.

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

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.