Swab Story - March 22, 2021 Issue

March 22, 2021 Issue

America’s Covid Swab Supply Depends on Two Cousins Who Hate Each Other

America’s Covid Swab Supply Depends on Two Cousins Who Hate Each Other

By Olivia Carville

Bloomberg Opinion

Bloomberg Opinion

Biden Should Return to Engagement With Cuba

By The Editors

TOPSHOT-CUBA-US-DIPLOMACY-TERRORISM

Remarks

Remarks

Biden Goes Bipartisan by Courting GOP Voters, Not Just Lawmakers

By Peter Coy

Biden Goes Bipartisan by Courting GOP Voters, Not Just Lawmakers

Europe’s Latest Vaccine Controversy Risks Being a Crisis Too Far

By Ian Wishart, Ania Nussbaum and Milda Seputyte

SPAIN-HEALTH-VIRUS-VACCINE

Business

Business

GE Is Finally Trading Its Bankers’ Stripes for a Hard Hat

By Ryan Beene

GE Is Finally Trading Its Bankers’ Stripes for a Hard Hat

Combat Drones Made in China Are Coming to a Conflict Near You

By Bruce Einhorn

Combat Drones Made in China Are Coming to a Conflict Near You

Technology

Technology

The Dutch Food Delivery King Is Coming to America

By Natalia Drozdiak

The Dutch Food Delivery King Is Coming to America

Why Amazon, Google, and Microsoft Are Designing Their Own Chips

By Ian King and Dina Bass

Why Amazon, Google, and Microsoft Are Designing Their Own Chips

Huawei Pivots to Fish Farms, Mining After U.S. Blocks Its Phones

By Bloomberg News

PORTUGAL-ECONOMY-TECHNOLOGY-WEB SUMMIT

Finance

Finance

Behind the Back-Office Blunder That Cost Citigroup $500 Million

By Davide Scigliuzzo and Katherine Doherty

Behind the Back-Office Blunder That Cost Citigroup $500 Million

Don’t Count on Bitcoin to Be a Sure-Thing Inflation Hedge

By Vildana Hajric

Don’t Count on Bitcoin to Be a Sure-Thing Inflation Hedge

Japan’s Pot Laws Are Harsh, But Its Pensioners Invest in Growers

By Jason Clenfield

Japan’s Pot Laws Are Harsh, But Its Pensioners Invest in Growers

Economics

Economics

Apple and Amazon Buy Into Push to Make India More Self-Reliant

By Vrishti Beniwal and Anirban Nag

Apple and Amazon Buy Into Push to Make India More Self-Reliant

Empathetic Robots Are Killing Off the World’s Call-Center Industry

By Bruce Einhorn, Siegfrid Alegado and Ditas B Lopez

Empathetic Robots Are Killing Off the World’s Call-Center Industry

The Housing Boom That Never Ends Already Wiped Out All the Short-Sellers

By Ari Altstedter and Kevin Orland

Aerial Views Of Canada's Most Densely Populated City As Investors Lift Canadian Commercial Real Estate To Record Quarter

Politics

Politics

Lula’s Comeback Roils Brazilian Politics and Chills Investors

By Andrew Rosati and Simone Preissler Iglesias

Lula’s Comeback Roils Brazilian Politics and Chills Investors

Protests Signal a Reckoning in Australia’s Struggle With Sexism

By Rebecca Jones

Thousands of Aussie Women Protest as Rape Scandals Hit Morrison

British Courts Buckle From the Strain of Covid and Funding Cuts

By Joshua Jacobs

British Courts Buckle From the Strain of Covid and Funding Cuts

Solutions/B-Schools

Solutions/B-Schools

MBAs Wander Minecraft-Like Campus for Covid-Era Networking

By Chris Stokel-Walker

MBAs Wander Minecraft-Like Campus for Covid-Era Networking

U.S. B-Schools Tell Foreign Students It’s Time to Come Back

By Chris Stokel-Walker

U.S. B-Schools Tell Foreign Students It’s Time to Come Back

Stanford B-School Dean Jonathan Levin on Diversity, Jobs, and Covid

By Janet Lorin

Stanford B-School Dean Jonathan Levin on Diversity, Jobs, and Covid

Features

Features

America’s Covid Swab Supply Depends on Two Cousins Who Hate Each Other

By Olivia Carville

America’s Covid Swab Supply Depends on Two Cousins Who Hate Each Other

The Horse-Meat Vigilante Fighting Criminal Butchers in a Florida Backwater

By David Herbert

The Horse-Meat Vigilante Fighting Criminal Butchers in a Florida Backwater

Bobby Bonilla and the True Story Behind Baseball’s Most Notorious Contract

By Devin Gordon

Bobby Bonilla and the True Story Behind Baseball’s Most Notorious Contract

Pursuits

Pursuits

A New Documentary Recasts Ernest Hemingway as Millennial Avatar

By Brin-Jonathan Butler

Ernest Hemingway

The 14 Books to Put on Your Reading List This Spring

By James Tarmy

The 14 Books to Put on Your Reading List This Spring

The Market for Musical Gear Is Amping Up Like Never Before

By Jonathan Roeder

The Market for Musical Gear Is Amping Up Like Never Before

A New Four-Hour Justice League Is Easier to Watch Than the Original

By James Tarmy

A New Four-Hour Justice League Is Easier to Watch Than the Original

Ancient Stargazing Marvel Seeks $1.1 Million at Auction

By James Tarmy

Ancient Stargazing Marvel Seeks $1.1 Million at Auction

Last Thing

Last Thing

Educated Men Are Finding More Degrees Don’t Always Bring More Jobs

By Justin Fox

Educated Men Are Finding More Degrees Don’t Always Bring More Jobs