FINALLY: Some Really Positive Signs That Americans Are Getting Back To Work
May 27 (Bloomberg) -- Job growth probably picked up in May after the weakest gain in six months, and the U.S. unemployment rate held at a three-year low, signs of gradual improvement in the labor...
View ArticleYou Can't See It, But Here's What Bloomberg TV's Scarlet Fu Is Wearing When...
We've been told that no one can read a balance sheet like Bloomberg TV's Scarlet Fu. So naturally, we were intrigued. We sent the chief markets correspondent our patented survey, and as usual we got...
View ArticleFacebook's Disaster Just Cost Kayak Its IPO (FB)
Kayak Software Corp. is delaying its initial public offering following Facebook Inc.’s post-IPO tumble, according to a person close to the situation. The Norwalk, Connecticut-based online-travel...
View ArticleSoft Drink Industry Made This Attack Ad Of Bloomberg In A Dress—Here's...
Salesforce.com has acquired Buddy Media, as expected. Read the full release here. The acquisition price was $689 million, slightly less than previously reported. No, this is not a poster for Mrs....
View ArticleBloomberg LP, Home Of Hardcore Clickbait
Here's an amusing tid bit from Gabriel Sherman's story on Mayor Bloomberg and his media empire: Reporters earn points for the number of clicks their articles receive on the Bloomberg terminal. “It was...
View ArticleCHART: How Bloomberg's Soda Ban Changed New Yorkers' Perception Of Sugary Drinks
After Mayor Bloomberg proposed a ban on the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks, New Yorkers' perceptions of soda brands have changed for the worse, reports YouGov BrandIndex. Even though the...
View ArticleBloomberg TV Markets Reporter Sheila Dharmarajan Is Nicknamed After A...
The summer slump has not hit markets yet. With everything that's going on in Europe, we're constantly staring at the TV waiting for the next shoe to drop. That means we've been seeing a lot of...
View ArticleBloomberg Businessweek Would Like To Teach You Something About Selling Opiates
Bloomberg Businessweek's cover looks more like a Business Insider headline than a traditional financial publication, and we have no problem with that. The cover, designed by respected Businessweek...
View ArticlePeople Desperate To Get Their Money Out Of Greece And Spain Are Flooding...
As Europe’s sovereign debt crisis escalates, Germany is becoming a magnet for depositors keen to stow their savings in the euro area’s safest market. Deposits in Germany rose 4.4 percent to 2.17...
View Article5 Tips On Getting Investors To Hand Over Money For Your Startup
Investor Bob Rice has helped a lot of startups get off the ground. He says entrepreneurs have a limited time window to impress VCs and should present their idea "almost like a headline in a...
View ArticleHeaven Help Us If The Rest Of China Crashes As Hard As Wenzhou
Jiang Xiangsong has 18 days to pay a 2 million yuan ($314,000) bank debt or his suitcase company in eastern China will go bankrupt. He’s close to tears as he realizes his last hope, a...
View ArticleRITHOLTZ: Here's The Stock You Want To Own If We Head Back Into Recession...
Barry Ritholtz, CEO of Fusion IQ and author of The Big Picture blog, was on Bloomberg Surveillance with Tom Keene and Ken Prewitt this morning. The hosts asked Ritholtz what he thought about rates,...
View ArticleCheck Out Bloomberg TV's New Daily Programming Line-Up Starting Monday
Bloomberg TV announced that it would be shaking up its daily shows lineup back in April, and although they didn't give an exact date as to when the changes would come. Now, we know—it's next Monday!...
View Article25 Years Of America Getting Fatter [MAPS]
The Centers for Disease Control has a bunch of maps that illustrate the dramatic rise in obesity in United States over the last 25 years. What's shocking is that in 1990 no state had obesity levels...
View ArticleThe 10 Biggest Changes Mayor Bloomberg Has Made To New York
Since taking office in 2002, New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg may have done more to change the city than any elected official in history. He's led many crusades from education and gun control to...
View ArticleIt Begins: Greek Coalition Seeks Two-Year Extension To Bailout Targets
(Updates with minimum-wage proposal in seventh paragraph, tax system in eighth.) June 23 (Bloomberg) -- Greece will push its creditors to extend fiscal deadlines under the country’s bailout program by...
View ArticleNew Yorkers Really Are Healthier Than Most Americans
With all the recent commotion surrounding Mayor Bloomberg's plan to ban oversized soft drinks and the latest news that life expectancy in New York City is rising faster than anywhere else in the...
View ArticleHere's How You Can Tell A Story Was Reviewed By Bloomberg's Notoriously...
An anonymous Bloomberg News employee sent a letter to Jim Romenesko on how to tell if their bow-tie wearing editor-in-chief Matt Winkler has reviewed a story. Winkler is known for his hatred of the...
View ArticleMeet Deborah Estrin, The First Teacher Cornell Has Hired For Its NYC Tech Campus
Cornell has hired its first faculty member for the NYC-sponsored engineering school it's building on Roosevelt Island. Deborah Estrin will join as a Professor of Computer Science. Estrin has received...
View ArticleCHINA BLOCKS BLOOMBERG.COM For Reporting How Much Next President Xi Jinping...
China has blocked access to Bloomberg's website after the site reported on the assets of Xi Jinping and his relatives. Bloomberg reported that Xi's extended family is worth $376 million, but no...
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