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The Peace Diamond's Moment To Shine
Bloomberg Businessweek

The Peace Diamond's Moment To Shine

The 709-carat Peace Diamond, and the miner who found it, are at the center of a new scheme to clean up African diamond mining.

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10+ mins  |
December 24, 2018
Lyft Puts Drivers On A Pedestal
Bloomberg Businessweek

Lyft Puts Drivers On A Pedestal

The No. 2 U.S. ride-hailing app bets on providing better service to those behind the wheel.

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4 mins  |
December 24, 2018
Katzenberg Bets Big On Small Screens
Bloomberg Businessweek

Katzenberg Bets Big On Small Screens

The Hollywood veteran’s investment company takes aim at the streaming giants with startup Quibi.

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4 mins  |
December 24, 2018
Breitling Plays For Time
Bloomberg Businessweek

Breitling Plays For Time

The maker of aviator watches and its private equity owners are modernizing the brand.

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4 mins  |
December 24, 2018
4 Reasons Why Exchanging Business Cards Is Still Important
Black Enterprise

4 Reasons Why Exchanging Business Cards Is Still Important

Although I speak at many different industry events, I am finding they have one thing in common: Attendees without business cards.

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1 min  |
November/December 2018
Where There Are Black Men, There's Excellence
Black Enterprise

Where There Are Black Men, There's Excellence

JAY-Z ONCE DROPPED THE LINE, “BLACK EXCELLENCE, OPULENCE, DECADENCE,” and that is the best way to describe the second annual Black Men XCEL Summit presented by FedEx. Men and women showed up to the PGA National Resort & Spa ready to celebrate the best of who black men are.

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3 mins  |
November/December 2018
What's The Big Deal?
Black Enterprise

What's The Big Deal?

ONE HR EXEC’S APPROACH TO DEALING WITH MICRAGGRESSIONS

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3 mins  |
November/December 2018
Mind The Gap
Black Enterprise

Mind The Gap

50 YEARS AFTER THE FAIR HOUSING ACT AND BLACKS STILL AREN’T EQUAL HOMEOWNERS

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2 mins  |
November/December 2018
Becoming The Netflix Of Cars
Bloomberg Businessweek

Becoming The Netflix Of Cars

Volvo says selling vehicles via “subscriptions” will help it build stronger ties to customers.

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3 mins  |
December 17, 2018
The Novo Abides
Bloomberg Businessweek

The Novo Abides

Mike Novogratz, former Goldman Sachs partner and the loudest crypto bull on Wall Street, has made and lost a fortune on Bitcoin. He’s still all-in.

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5 mins  |
December 17, 2018
The Immigration Hackers
Bloomberg Businessweek

The Immigration Hackers

An Obama-era department of techies is working to streamline paperwork from inside the Trump administration. Results are mixed.

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4 mins  |
December 17, 2018
Lotto Beer Bitcoin
Bloomberg Businessweek

Lotto Beer Bitcoin

The crypto ATM in your corner store may be used for laundering money.

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10+ mins  |
December 17, 2018
How's That ICO Working Out?
Bloomberg Businessweek

How's That ICO Working Out?

Initial coin offerings raised billions in 2017 and 2018. Most of the money is gone.

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2 mins  |
December 17, 2018
Exit Britain. Enter Wall Street
Bloomberg Businessweek

Exit Britain. Enter Wall Street

Brexit is about to cleave Europe’s financial industry, and U.S. banks are set to conquer.

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6 mins  |
December 17, 2018
What JPMorgan's Marko Kolanovic Is Looking At Now
Bloomberg Markets

What JPMorgan's Marko Kolanovic Is Looking At Now

People pay attention to Marko Kolanovic.

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5 mins  |
December 2018 / January 2019
GE's Path To Recovery
Bloomberg Businessweek

GE's Path To Recovery

Once America’s most valuable company, it’s struggling under a heavy debt load

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8 mins  |
December 10, 2018
The New Hard Money
Inc.

The New Hard Money

Hard money isn’t what is used to be. Case in point: Washington Capital Partners, a private hard money lender that couples real-life investing experience with cutting-edge technology and superior customer service.

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3 mins  |
December 2018
Fighting Amazon, Robot To Robot
Bloomberg Businessweek

Fighting Amazon, Robot To Robot

Startup Berkshire Grey has an alternative to Bezos’ warehouse drones

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3 mins  |
December 10, 2018
The Bloomberg 50
Bloomberg Businessweek

The Bloomberg 50

What does Black Panther director Ryan Coogler have in common with Ben van Beurden, chief executive officer of Royal Dutch Shell? Or Representative elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with Michael Gelband, co-founder and CEO of ExodusPoint Capital Management? A place on the second annual Bloomberg 50, our look at the people in business, entertainment, finance, politics, and technology and science whose 2018 accomplishments were particularly noteworthy. Some who made the list are familiar faces up to new tricks, such as actor- producer Reese Witherspoon; others, like Sarah Friar, CEO of Nextdoor, the social network for neighbors, are just starting to make their mark. Once you’re done with 2018, turn to page 88 to find out which 20 people you might be reading about in 2019.

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December 10, 2018
Macron Gives In To The Yellow Vests
Bloomberg Businessweek

Macron Gives In To The Yellow Vests

The French president’s reform plans are in peril after violent protests

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4 mins  |
December 10, 2018
In Search Of The Elusive Neutral Rate
Bloomberg Businessweek

In Search Of The Elusive Neutral Rate

Federal Reserve officials aren’t sure how high rates need to rise to end stimulus

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4 mins  |
December 10, 2018
Hugo Chavez's Long Goodbye
Bloomberg Businessweek

Hugo Chavez's Long Goodbye

Twenty years since he came to power—and five years after he died— Venezuela’s stuck with his revolution

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8 mins  |
December 10, 2018
China Parents' Big Thirst For A New Milk
Bloomberg Businessweek

China Parents' Big Thirst For A New Milk

A2’s formula, from cows that produce a certain protein, is a hit among mainland moms

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4 mins  |
December 10, 2018
A Narrowing Gulf For Arabs And Jews
Bloomberg Businessweek

A Narrowing Gulf For Arabs And Jews

A synagogue grows in Dubai as regional hostility toward Israel eases

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4 mins  |
December 10, 2018
New Strategies For Smart Borrowing
Kiplinger's Personal Finance

New Strategies For Smart Borrowing

Rising interest rates and new tax rules mean taking a different approach to how you shop for loans and manage your debt.

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10+ mins  |
January 2019
Adweek 2018 U.S. Agency Of The Year Wieden+Kennedy
ADWEEK

Adweek 2018 U.S. Agency Of The Year Wieden+Kennedy

From ‘Dilly Dilly’ to Kaepernick, the indie shop dominated the conversation.

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7 mins  |
December 3, 2018
Slipping Under The Net
Business Traveler

Slipping Under The Net

Whether to enhance the security of online transactions or to enable access to certain websites wherever you are in the world, VPNs are a need to know for travelers.

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4 mins  |
December 2018/January 2019
Superlative Sao Paulo
Business Traveler

Superlative Sao Paulo

Brazil’s largest city is a blend of cultures unlike anyplace else on earth.

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8 mins  |
December 2018/January 2019
Can We Fill All The Empty Storefronts?
Entrepreneur

Can We Fill All The Empty Storefronts?

Whether or not you have a retail shop, you've seen the problem: Storefronts are shuttered on streets nationwide, even on America's toniest avenues. And when one store closes, others will follow. What's wrong? And how do we fix it?

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10+ mins  |
December 2018
Disney, Not Netflix, Will Dominate
ADWEEK

Disney, Not Netflix, Will Dominate

From the Fox merger to its OTT launch, next year is all about the mouse.

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3 mins  |
December 3, 2018