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Presidential campaigns are dramatically crowding out TV ad space

Jan 31, 2020
More than 100,000 political ads have aired in Iowa so far, up 65% on 2016.
Six of the remaining Democratic presidential hopefuls at the seventh Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 14, 2020.
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Bloomberg will create a live, breaking news video stream just for Twitter

May 1, 2017
A live news service from Bloomberg is one of many new video partnerships that Twitter unveiled today, part of a bid to attract new users and ad revenue.  Click the audio player above to hear the full story.

The 'nerd prom' had critics long before Trump

Apr 26, 2017
'I don't think we represent ourselves very well,' says journalist Patrick Gavin.
Former U.S. President George W. Bush and his inner monologue, played by Steve Bridges, entertain guests at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, DC.
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Meet the workplace sensors that are watching you

Feb 22, 2017
Bloomberg Reporter Rebecca Greenfield talks about the new ways companies can track employees.
Employers "can monitor workers all the way up until the bathroom," says workplace reporter Rebecca Greenfield.
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Americans weigh in on Trumps’ business dealings

Dec 7, 2016
A post-election poll gives Trump benefit of the doubt.
US real-estate magnate Donald Trump is seen playing golf on a billboard at the Trump International Golf Club Dubai in the United Arab Emirates on August 12, 2015. 

 
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We finally know how much U.S. debt is owned by Saudi Arabia

May 18, 2016
The answer to a question you didn't even know you had.

For public good, not for profit.

Why markets freaked when Bloomberg crashed

Apr 17, 2015
An outage at the financial-data giant shows how much some traders rely on it.

The Weather Channel branches into 'weather adjacent' content

Oct 9, 2014
On the air since 1982, the company has to strategize for an app-driven world.

The bad code that hacked its way into the Nasdaq

Jul 17, 2014
In 2011, the FBI discovered dangerous software that was likely Russian in origin.