What happens when new weight-loss drugs like Ozempic transform a community? Bloomberg healthcare reporter Madison Muller went to Bowling Green, Kentucky to find out. That area has one of the highest concentrations of weight-loss drug prescriptions in the US.

On today’s Big Take podcast, we explore what that means for people who live there, how these drugs are reshaping the local economy, and what it could look like in other places when Ozempic comes to town.

Read more: What Happens When Ozempic Takes Over Your Town

Listen more: Are Cheaper Ozempic Knockoffs Safe?

What happens when new weight-loss drugs like Ozempic transform a community? Bloomberg healthcare reporter Madison Muller went to Bowling Green, Kentucky to find out. That area has one of the highest concentrations of weight-loss drug prescriptions in the US.
On today’s Big Take podcast, we explore what that means for people who live there, how these drugs are reshaping the local economy, and what it could look like in other places when Ozempic comes to town.
Read more: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-08-07/ozempic-boom-inside-usa-s-weight-loss-drug-capital?srnd=undefined">What Happens When Ozempic Takes Over Your Town</a>
Listen more: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/big-take/id1578096201?i=1000663127229">Are Cheaper Ozempic Knockoffs Safe?</a>

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Welcome to Ozempictown, USA (No, It’s Not Hollywood)

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Gautam Adani, the controversial Indian billionaire, gathered his two sons and two nephews for a family lunch one day and asked them a bombshell question: Did they want to carve up the Adani Group’s sprawling businesses between themselves or stick together? He gave them three months to decide.

Today on The Big Take, host K. Oanh Ha talks to Bloomberg editor Anto Antony about the Adanis’ ambitious succession plan, in the wake of regulatory probes and a daring short-seller attack. We also hear from the Adanis themselves on their vision of an Adani Group without Gautam at the helm, how they’ll make decisions to manage an empire – which spans everything from airports to solar farms – and what's at stake for India’s $3.5 trillion economy.

Read more: Adani Unveils $213 Billion Succession Plan as Scrutiny Persists

Further listening: The Rise of Modi: Why India’s Leader Is So Popular – and Polarizing

Gautam Adani, the controversial Indian billionaire, gathered his two sons and two nephews for a family lunch one day and asked them a bombshell question: Did they want to carve up the Adani Group’s sprawling businesses between themselves or stick together? He gave them three months to decide.
Today on The Big Take, host K. Oanh Ha talks to Bloomberg editor Anto Antony about the Adanis’ ambitious succession plan, in the wake of regulatory probes and a daring short-seller attack. We also hear from the Adanis themselves on their vision of an Adani Group without Gautam at the helm, how they’ll make decisions to manage an empire – which spans everything from airports to solar farms – and what's at stake for India’s $3.5 trillion economy.
Read more: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2024-adani-succession/?srnd=homepage-asia" data-web-url="https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2024-adani-succession/?srnd=homepage-asia" data-cke-saved-href="bbg://news/stories/SHPVO1DWX2PS">Adani Unveils $213 Billion Succession Plan as Scrutiny Persists</a> Further listening: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-rise-of-modi-part-1-why-indias-leader-is-so/id1578096201?i=1000655592844">The Rise of Modi: Why India’s Leader Is So Popular – and Polarizing</a>

$200 Billion, Four Heirs And One Mighty Empire

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On Wall Street, the S&P 500 had its worst day in nearly two years and the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed over 1,000 points. Shares on Japan’s Nikkei Index fell by over 12% — their worst showing since Black Monday in 1987. Cryptocurrencies dropped, bond yields rose and the VIX, known as the fear index, saw its biggest one-day spike in more than 30 years. Is the Fed to blame? AI over-exuberance? Warren Buffett?

On today’s episode, Bloomberg columnist John Authers walks host David Gura through the global market meltdown: what triggered it, how long it could last, and when to panic.

Read more:  $6.4 Trillion Stock Wipeout Has Traders Fearing ‘Great Unwind’ Is Just Starting

Further listening: Why the Market’s Big Tailwinds Are Coming to an End

On Wall Street, the S&amp;P 500 had its worst day in nearly two years and the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed over 1,000 points. Shares on Japan’s Nikkei Index fell by over 12% — their worst showing since Black Monday in 1987. Cryptocurrencies dropped, bond yields rose and the VIX, known as the fear index, saw its biggest one-day spike in more than 30 years. Is the Fed to blame? AI over-exuberance? Warren Buffett?
On today’s episode, Bloomberg columnist John Authers walks host David Gura through the global market meltdown: what triggered it, how long it could last, and when to panic.
Read more:  <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-05/-6-4-trillion-wipeout-sows-fear-great-unwind-is-just-starting">$6.4 Trillion Stock Wipeout Has Traders Fearing ‘Great Unwind’ Is Just Starting</a> Further listening: <a href="https://bloom.bg/4d9VXKZ">Why the Market’s Big Tailwinds Are Coming to an End</a>

What’s Behind the Global Market Meltdown

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In April of 2023, a man carrying a small, black box walked into one of the nation’s most secure buildings, right next to the White House. In the box were ingredients that could be used to create a bioweapon. What the man revealed about how he got his hands on these ingredients was even scarier: an AI chatbot had given him the recipe.

On today’s Big Take, host David Gura speaks to Bloomberg healthcare reporter Riley Griffin about why that stunt alarmed White House officials and woke them up to the potential dangers of AI-made bioweapons. 

Read more: AI-Made Bioweapons Are Washington’s Latest Security Obsession

Further listening: 
We Can’t Opt Out of AI (But We Can Try)
AI Wreaks Havoc on Global Power Systems

In April of 2023, a man carrying a small, black box walked into one of the nation’s most secure buildings, right next to the White House. In the box were ingredients that could be used to create a bioweapon. What the man revealed about how he got his hands on these ingredients was even scarier: an AI chatbot had given him the recipe.
On today’s Big Take, host David Gura speaks to Bloomberg healthcare reporter Riley Griffin about why that stunt alarmed White House officials and woke them up to the potential dangers of AI-made bioweapons. 
Read more: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-08-02/national-security-threat-from-ai-made-bioweapons-grips-us-government?srnd=homepage-americas">AI-Made Bioweapons Are Washington’s Latest Security Obsession</a>
Further listening: 
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<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-29/openai-scarlett-johansson-google-s-ai-overview-and-news">We Can’t Opt Out of AI (But We Can Try)</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-24/microsoft-apple-amazon-ai-energy-needs-straining-ireland-us-malaysia-power-g">AI Wreaks Havoc on Global Power Systems</a></li>
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The Threat of AI-Made Bioweapons

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