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Big Take

The Big Take from Bloomberg News brings you inside what’s shaping the world's economies with the smartest and most informed business reporters around the world. The context you need on the stories that can move markets. Every afternoon.

The Big Take from Bloomberg News brings you inside what’s shaping the world's economies with the smartest and most informed business reporters around the world. The context you need on the stories that can move markets. Every afternoon.

 

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Weekend Listen: The Man Driving Microsoft’s New AI Strategy

Mustafa Suleyman co-founded AI lab DeepMind when he was just 26 years old. Four years late... more

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45 MINS

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1 hr Ago


#784

How to Invest in AI Right Now

Depending on who you talk to, AI is the key to remaking industries and jobs – or a b... more

12 Dec 2025

16 MINS

16:12

12 Dec 2025


#783

A Fifth-Generation Farmer on Trump’s $12B Bailout

From rising costs to shifting markets, American farmers are struggling to make ends meet. ... more

11 Dec 2025

19 MINS

19:20

11 Dec 2025


#782

The Fed Just Cut Rates Again. Here’s What’s Ahead for 2026

On Wednesday, the Federal Open Market Committee cut rates by 25-basis points. It was the s... more

10 Dec 2025

21 MINS

21:12

10 Dec 2025


#781

India Wanted to Become The World’s Toymaker. Then Tariffs Happened

The US tariff war with China sent American companies scrambling to find alternative manufa... more

09 Dec 2025

22 MINS

22:05

09 Dec 2025


#780

What to Expect in the DOJ Epstein Files Release

After last month’s passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the US Department ... more

08 Dec 2025

20 MINS

20:09

08 Dec 2025


#779

Weekend Listen: Salman Rushdie Isn’t Afraid of Free Speech

Salman Rushdie was nearly killed when he was stabbed 15 times on stage in upstate New York... more

07 Dec 2025

42 MINS

42:59

07 Dec 2025


#778

Netflix’s $82 Billion Power Play for Warner Bros.

News broke overnight that Netflix is acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery in a cash-and-stock ... more

05 Dec 2025

16 MINS

16:04

05 Dec 2025


#777

Why We Can’t Quit Microsoft Excel

Excel. If you work in corporate America, that word either inspires laser-focused productiv... more

04 Dec 2025

18 MINS

18:19

04 Dec 2025


#776

Are We Headed For Another ‘Crypto Winter’?

Back in October, Bitcoin reached a record high. Just a few weeks later, its price had plun... more

03 Dec 2025

18 MINS

18:16

03 Dec 2025


#775

Hong Kong's Catastrophic Fire Provokes Questions and Fury

Hong Kong’s worst fire disaster in decades has stirred up public anger over negligen... more

02 Dec 2025

19 MINS

19:43

02 Dec 2025


#774

Where US-Russia Talks Leave Ukraine

On Monday, Trump envoy Steve Witkoff flew to Moscow, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Z... more

01 Dec 2025

16 MINS

16:21

01 Dec 2025


#773

Weekend Listen: Ken Burns Says Gratitude Is the Missing Ingredient in Our Politics

Ken Burns has been telling stories about America for almost 50 years. The lauded documenta... more

30 Nov 2025

35 MINS

35:43

30 Nov 2025


#772

The Big Business of the Doodle Boom

Goldendoodles, bernedoodles, labradoodles, cockapoos, everywhere you look, it seems like d... more

28 Nov 2025

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28 Nov 2025


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Wanted: Fed Chair. Must Run World’s Largest Economy, Manage Up

Weeks before the Trump administration is expected to name its pick for the next US Federal... more

26 Nov 2025

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18:54

26 Nov 2025


#770

All Eyes on Japan and China Tensions After Taiwan Remark

After a rare public comment on Taiwan from Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaich... more

25 Nov 2025

17 MINS

17:50

25 Nov 2025


#769

Inside Trump’s Retribution Campaign

On Monday, a federal judge threw out the criminal cases filed by the Department of Justice... more

25 Nov 2025

19 MINS

19:37

25 Nov 2025


#768

Checking the Math on Trump’s $2,000 Checks

Under new pressures over inflation and affordability, President Donald Trump has been talk... more

24 Nov 2025

18 MINS

18:09

24 Nov 2025


#767

Weekend Listen: The Godmother of AI, Fei-Fei Li

Stanford University Professor Fei-Fei Li has been at the forefront of artificial intellige... more

23 Nov 2025

44 MINS

44:23

23 Nov 2025


#766

Harassment Concerns at Oxford Went Unaddressed for Years

Oxford University has repeatedly been slow to act when confronted with allegations of hara... more

21 Nov 2025

20 MINS

20:49

21 Nov 2025


#765

Nvidia Silences AI Skeptics (For Now)

Nvidia released its third quarter earnings Wednesday, crushing estimates and easing Wall S... more

20 Nov 2025

18 MINS

18:17

20 Nov 2025


#764

The Hot Market for Jobs No One Wants

After a period characterized as “low-hire, low-fire,” the American labor marke... more

19 Nov 2025

14 MINS

14:50

19 Nov 2025


#763

China Tests the Limits in the Race for Biotech Power

China is investing heavily in cutting-edge genetic experiments. It’s part of their q... more

18 Nov 2025

19 MINS

19:52

18 Nov 2025


#762

How Private Equity Got Its Hands on Billions in Americans’ Retirement Money

Apollo Global Management reinvented how pensions could be managed and paid out — by ... more

17 Nov 2025

19 MINS

19:24

17 Nov 2025


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Weekend Listen: Former UK Spy Chief Was Paid to Steal Secrets, Not Solve Mysteries

For almost 40 years, Richard Moore was a career spy in Britain’s Secret Intelligence... more

16 Nov 2025

42 MINS

42:46

16 Nov 2025