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The World’s Anti-Recession Guardrails Are Weaker Than Ever — Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images

The World’s Anti-Recession Guardrails Are Weaker Than Ever

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Ferraris, Advil and AI Chips: 10 Companies to Watch Right Now — Oscar Bolton Green for Bloomberg Businessweek

Ferraris, Advil and AI Chips: 10 Companies to Watch Right Now

Analysts at Bloomberg Intelligence have sifted through thousands of publicly traded companies to highlight a select few worthy of investors’ attention.

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The Boom in ‘Better for You’ Kid Snacks Is Worse for Parents

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Taco Bell’s Not-So-Secret Sauce: An Endless Stream of New Stuff

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‘Not Our War’: NATO Learns to Tell Trump No

Allies showed some spine in resisting demands to jump into the Iran conflict.

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The Enormous Financial Cost of Three Weeks of War in Iran

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Trump’s Foreign Adventures Will Cost Taxpayers Billions

In the past, the US raised taxes to pay for military action. Now it’s piled onto the debt.

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Democrats From Schumer to Mamdani to AOC Face Big Year in 2026

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The weight loss revolution could be a good thing for the food service industry.

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‘Not Our War’: NATO Learns to Tell Trump No

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The Enormous Financial Cost of Three Weeks of War in Iran

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Trump’s Foreign Adventures Will Cost Taxpayers Billions

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