The US Pledged to Contain China’s Tech Ambitions. It’s Not Working

China is making steady progress in its quest to dominate key industries of the future, despite years of US tariffs, export controls and sanctions.  On today's Big Take Asia Podcast, host K. Oanh Ha talks to Bloomberg’s Rebecca Choong Wilkins about how the US is struggling to curb Beijing’s technol…

Wall Street Is Betting Big on a Trump Win

With the US presidential election just over a week away, most major polls, including the latest Bloomberg/Morning Consult poll, show Vice President Harris and former President Trump in a dead heat. But Wall Street seems increasingly convinced Trump is going to win. And that is manifesting in what's…

So Your Business Went Viral. Now What?

For a small business, going viral might sound like a good thing. But when a TikTok video turns a shop into an overnight success, that attention can come with major challenges.  On today’s Big Take podcast, host Sarah Holder visits small business owners riding the wave of overnight success, and exp…

To Save the Amazon, Brazil Is Betting You Can’t Just Save the Trees

Decades-long efforts to save Brazil’s Amazon have hit a brutal reality. Impoverished local communities often turn to agribusiness and other industries that drive deforestation.  On today’s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg’s Brazil bureau chief Vanessa Dezem joins host Sarah Holder to talk through the l…

It’s Close. Very Close.

Bloomberg News and Morning Consult have spent the past year polling voters in the seven key swing states that could decide the election: Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, and Wisconsin. The results are in for the last poll before Election Day — and the race between …

How China’s BYD Became King of the Affordable EV

Started as a battery company in the 1990s in Shenzhen, BYD is now one of the best-selling EV brands in the world. Once mocked by Elon Musk, the company’s startling growth made it a global player and has sparked tariffs in the US and EU. On today’s Big Take Asia Podcast, host K. Oanh Ha talks to Bl…

The Big (Climate) Short

In recent years, investors of all kinds bet big on the future of the so-called Green Economy. But now, some hedge funds are shorting green stocks — a sign that investor enthusiasm may be waning. A new Bloomberg analysis examines the positions that more than 500 hedge funds have taken on the green …

What Happens When Your School Thinks AI Helped You Cheat

The education system has an AI problem. As students have started using tools like ChatGPT to do their homework, educators have deployed their own AI tools to determine if students are using AI to cheat. But the detection tools, which are largely effective, do flag false positives roughly 2% of the…

How Courts Are Already Shaping the 2024 US Election

Since 2023, more than 165 lawsuits have been filed challenging nearly every dimension of this year's presidential election. Across 37 states, including all seven swing states, these court cases could determine who can vote, how they vote, and how those votes will be counted. Bloomberg’s Zoe Tillma…

Bloomberg’s Trump Interview: Inside His Economic Vision for a Second Term

With the US presidential election less than a month away, and the economy top of mind for many voters, former President Donald Trump sat down for an interview with Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait at the Economic Club of Chicago on Tuesday. On today’s Big Take podcast, host David Gura h…