Bloomberg Businessweek - USA (2020-05-18)

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 CONTENTS Bloomberg Businessweek May 18, 2020

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INBRIEF 6 Dr.Fauci’swarning○ Elongetshiswayin AlamedaCounty

OPINION 7 ToreviveU.S.businesses,helpthemprotecttheirworkers

AGENDA 7 SoftBank’sfiscalyear○ SnapshotoftheGermaneconomy

REMARKS 8 Sweden’svirus-fightingplan,evenif it works,isn’ta model

BUSINESS 12 Chinesemallsthrivedonrestaurants—beforethepandemic

14 A developer’sbigbetona nonretailfutureforanL.A.mall

16 Covid-19gapyearscouldblowa holein collegebudgets

TECHNOLOGY 18 WhypaySiliconValleyrentif youcanworkfromanywhere?

19 UsingAItohelptherapistsbetterunderstandpatients

20 Theneedforsafetransportationputsa chargein e-bikes

FINANCE 22 Thework-from-hometraderblamedforhelpingcausethe

FlashCrash,whicherased$1trillionofvaluein minutes

ECONOMICS 26 Rentersarehurting,andsmalllandlordsfeeltheirpain

28  EmptyhotelsthreatenthedreamsofIndianimmigrants

POLITICS 30 Lowoilpricesmayplaya bigrolein November’selection

34 Whathappensif bothTrumpandPencegetsick?

PURSUITS 55 Whattogetthegraduatewhohas... hadtogothroughthis

58 TheSUVcoupeis the“it”vehicleofthecoronavirusera

60 Clubsgotoextremestomakegolfevenmoresolitary

62 Netflix’sTrialbyMediafailstoproveitscase

63 A lightweightleatherjacketyoucanwearyear-round

LASTTHING 64 Whychickenis stillplentifulandbeefandporkarenot

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 COVER TRAIL

How the cover

gets made

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[Early March 2020]

“We’ve got the go-

ahead to shoot inside

this pharmaceutical

company, Gilead.

They’ve got this drug

that might work against

the virus.”

“Meh. I doubt things will

get that bad.”

②

[One week later]

“Now that’s a cover!”

“So good, right?”

“That drug ready yet?

Things look pretty bad.”

[Three weeks later]

“Is that a beard?”

[Three weeks later]

“Covid bangs don’t really

suit you.”

[Four weeks later]

“So, remember Gilead?

Their drug just got

approved! And more

important, the only

reason we even have

a decent supply is that

their scientists ordered

massive quantities of

the raw materials back

in January.”

“You mean the first

hopeful news in a

pandemic filled with

stupid decisions

is a product of

competence?”

“Science for the win.”