Whims & Plans,,,and Tasting 855 Beers in 2025

 

Nate Sturley for Bloomberg Businessweek

 

 

 

 

 

Netflix Has a Huge Opportunity With the DC Studios Superheroes

There’s a treasure trove of characters to monetize.

Related

Netflix to Buy Warner Bros. in Historic $72 Billion Deal

Warner CEO Zaslav Poised to Become Billionaire From Netflix Deal

Michael Nagle/Bloomberg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Volatility Vanishes Across Wall Street Just Before Fed Meeting

Related

Bitcoin Is Starting to Look Like a Digital Tulip

Quant Who Said Passive Era Is ‘Worse Than Marxism’ Doubles Down

2:45

Watch: Salman Rushdie Says US Book Bans Are 'Dangerous'

The Mishal Husain Show

Salman Rushdie: Free Speech Should Feel Uncomfortable

Dispatch

The Indian Doctor Who Took on Sugary Energy Drinks and Won

Dispatch

In a Quiet Fishing Town, Japan Steps Toward a New Nuclear Era

Dispatch

What a Country Gives Up When IKEA Finally Arrives

OpinionJohn Authers

The UK Needs a New Deal, Without Saying Brexit

Trump 2.0 is an opening for a free trade deal that both the UK and EU need. Just don't utter the B-word.

Weekend Essay

The World Is Losing Trust in Women Leaders

Women are reaching the top of politics and business in record numbers. So why is confidence in them stagnating?

CityLab | Dispatch

Chicago’s Comedy Scene Steps Up as ICE Clamps Down

ICE raids in Chicago have triggered a “NATO situation,” with the city’s comedians delicately fashioning comedy into a tool of resistance.

Andrew Joseph Russell/MPI/Getty Images)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bloomberg Opinion

AI’s Future May Be Written in Railroads’ Past

There's much to be learned from the good and bad similarities between the railway and digital revolutions.

By Adrian Wooldridge, Columnist

Justin Fantl

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Markets Magazine

The Games Wall Street Plays Have Taught Them How to Win

Finance experts talk about what they learned from poker, chess, puzzles and more.

9:20

How Warren Buffett Changed Investing Forever

3:38

YouTube Creators Serving 'AI Slop' to Babies

20:31

The Rise of America’s ICE Towns

1:33

Can JPMorgan's New London HQ Revive Canary Wharf?

1:57

Opinion

Trump Doesn’t Know What Americans Want Anymore

8:05

How Motorola Went From Flip Phones to Public-Safety Tech

Bloomberg Opinion

What Chanel’s Subway Show Means for Luxury

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The US Quietly Made a New National Security Plan Out of Whims

By Andreas Kluth, Columnist 

 

 

 

Musk’s $140 Million Fine Shows the EU Is Losing Its Nerve

By Parmy Olson, Columnist

Meta Is Failing Kids. Lawmakers Are Failing Them, Too.

By Abby McCloskey, Columnist

MAGA Billionaires Can't Get Enough Testosterone

By Chris Bryant, Columnist

 

 

 

Andrew Kravchenko/Bloomberg

 

 

 

 

 

 

Europe Faces Most Difficult Moment in Bid to Avoid Split With US

Related

Ukraine-US Talks Yield ‘Framework’ But Negotiations Continue

Merz Lobbies Belgium to Back EU’s Jumbo Loan Plan for Ukraine

Mark Felix/Bloomberg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SpaceX to Offer Insider Shares at Record-Setting Valuation

If confirmed, the new transaction would make SpaceX once again the world’s most valuable startup, surpassing a previous record of $500 billion set by OpenAI.

Polymarket Is Struggling With a $59 Million Bet About Itself

Ruhani Kaur for Bloomberg Businessweek

The Big Take

A $9.99 Scam Put a Billion People At Risk in India’s Hyper-Digital Economy

‘India’s Digital Dream, Hacked’: How We Reported the Story

Arrested by Phone: A Graphic Novel

Latest

19 min

Indian Finance Minister Sees Continued Economic Growth Momentum

20 min

Hong Kong Election Chief Urges Public to Vote on Sunday

50 min

Will UK Politics Pay a Price For Farage’s £9 Million Crypto Donor?

2 hr

Europe Faces Most Difficult Moment in Bid to Avoid Split With US

2 hr

Germany Speeds Up Anti-Drone Measures as Airport Incursions Mount

3 hr

Indonesia Halts Agincourt, PTPN III Operations After Floods

See all latest

In Focus

NetflixTrump’s Second TermMetaWar in UkraineCryptoThe AI Race

Listen, Watch and Catch Up

Markets

Live Q&A: Ask Joe and Tracy Anything About Odd Lots

Newsletter: Evening Briefing: Americas

Stocks Are Leaving Bitcoin Behind

Listen (16:04)

Big Take: Inside Netflix’s Bid to Buy Warner Bros.

Newsletter: Washington Edition

Trump Takes to Campaigning for His Economic Agenda as Polls Sag

Listen (28:54)

Money Stuff Podcast: Flying High in Bird Heaven: MSTR, PSUS, ETF

Listen (41:46)

Zero: 'No Way' Canada Can Meet Climate Goals Now

Bloomberg News Now

Listen to the latest: SpaceX Record Valuation, US & Ukraine Security Framework, More

4:54

Updated 3 hr ago

In this issue

• How an $11 Billion Beauty Company Built a Suburban Empire
• The Fight to Save the $2.7 Billion Botox Empire
• The Chatbot Delusions: Is AI Contributing to a Novel Mental Health Crisis?

In this issue

• Inside Gavin Newsom's Plan for Taking On Trump
• What Really Happened in the Storm Clouds Over Dubai?
• Some Smart People Are Saying AI Is in a Bubble

In this issue

• MrBeast's Quest for an Entertainment Empire
• Paramount’s New Boss Faces a Media Industry Under Assault
• AI's Impact on the Future of Media

Disclosure: Inside the Fight to Reveal Government Secrets

What’s in the Epstein Files? Clues Emerge in FBI Emails, 2017 Lawsuit

40:19

Germany Speeds Up Anti-Drone Measures as Airport Incursions Mount

After Tasting 855 Beers in 2025, These Are the Best

Citi Is Worth the Sum of Its Parts for First Time in Seven Years

CDC Panel Ends Call for All Newborns to Get Hepatitis B Vaccine

Your News.

Follow Topics

Choose up to 12 topics to see the latest stories on your homepage.

Recommended

Regions

Sectors

• Deals

  • Netflix’s $5.8 Billion Breakup Fee for Warner Among Largest Ever

    
  • Netflix Has a Huge Opportunity With the DC Studios Superheroes

    
  • How the Netflix-Warner Bros. Deal Changes Hollywood

    
  • Warner CEO Zaslav Poised to Become Billionaire From Netflix Deal

    
  • How Netflix Beat Out Paramount and Comcast to Buy Warner Bros.

    
• AI

  • Private Market FOMO Over AI Will Lead to Mistakes, Bravo Says

    
  • Waymo Plans Software Recall to Address Bus Incidents

    
  • Google Must Limit Default Contracts to One Year, Judge Rules

    
  • AI Startup Parloa Said to Seek $200 Million in New Funding Round

    
  • SoftBank in Talks to Buy Data-Center Investor DigitalBridge

    
• Crypto

  • Will UK Politics Pay a Price For Farage’s £9 Million Crypto Donor?

    
  • Bitcoin Options Show Traders Hunkering Down for Crypto Winter

    
  • Polymarket Is Struggling With a $59 Million Bet About Itself

    
  • The Man Who Got Eric Trump Into American Bitcoin Before 70% Rout

    
  • Do Kwon Should Get 12 Years for ‘Colossal’ Crypto Fraud, U.S. Says

        

Photo illustration by 731 Getty Images (11)

Will Chatbots Break Our Brains—And Our Hearts?

On this episode of Everybody’s Business, we discuss artificial intelligence and its increasingly complex grip on daily life. 

By Stacey Vanek Smith and Max Chafkin 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More from this issue:

How an $11 Billion Beauty Company Built a Suburban EmpireThe Fight to Save the $2.7 Billion Botox EmpireThe Chatbot Delusions: Is AI Contributing to a Novel Mental Health Crisis?

The Ultimate Legal Fight Over Who Decides the Rules in America

Ninety years after the Supreme Court ruled on regulatory independence, the issue is again at stake.

The Big Take

Microsoft Is the House That Excel Built

The ubiquitous spreadsheet software is expensive, derivative and depressing. It’s also the software the world can’t quit, even in the era of AI tools.

The Stories We Most Admired in 2025: Businessweek’s Jealousy List

The stories we admired most this year.