Bloomberg Businessweek - USA (2020-07-27)

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“We’redoinga story

abouthowBen&

Jerry’smanagestopull

offthecorporatesocial

justicePRsowell.”

“Theyalsodoa decent

mintchocolatechip...

whichI’llbeconsuming

togettheideas

flowing.”

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“LadyLibertyis into

cookiedough?”

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“Better,butcouldit be

more,I don’tknow,real?”

“I haveanidea.... It

involvesa photoshoot.”

“You’resugar-crashing,

aren’tyou?”

“Ifit takesa pintper

idea,thenthat’swhat

it takes.”

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◼ CONTENTS Bloomberg Businessweek July 27, 2020

Cover:

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SarahAnneWard

forBloomberg

Businessweek.Prop

Stylist:LizMydlowski MAPUTO BAY BRIDGE, MOZAMBIQUE: ZHANG YU/XINHUA/ALAMY. CROWD AND LIBERTY: GETTY IMAGES (2). ICE CREAM: COURTESY BEN & JERRY’S

◼INBRIEF 4 Vaccinerace● EUstimulus● NewfacesattheFed

◼OPINION 5 FederalofficersarejustwhatPortlanddoesn’tneed

◼AGENDA 5 Interestrates● GermanGDP● Perelman’spaintings

◼REMARKS 6 WallStreethada greatquarter;it won’tplaywell

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BUSINESS 8 Thenot-so-wildonein thedriver’sseatatHarley

10 Airbus,Boeing,and... CommercialAircraftCorp.ofChina?

11 ChinaandtheU.S.vietostreamin SoutheastAsia

12 DirkVandePutonrunninga snackempirein a pandemic

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TECHNOLOGY 15 Employeesdescribea boysclubatmosphereatUbisoft,

makerofAssassin’sCreedandothervideogamehits

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FINANCE 20 What’sfishyaboutthoserosyprivateequitynumbers

22 Howa stockpickingguruendeduponUnsolvedMysteries

23 Themarketmayberallyingitselfrightintoa bubble

25 WallStreetis slowlyreopening.Sometradersneverleft

ECONOMICS 26 Morestimulus,expertssay,ortheeconomyfallsoffa cliff

28 ▼QuestioningChina’sAfricaninfrastructurefunding

POLITICS 30 Home-schoolingfanswanta sliceofthenextstimulus

32 Nov.3 nears,andthesocialmediatrickerysoars

◼PURSUITS 55 YourRollsisn’tspecialenough.Youneeda limitededition

58 What’snewfordinner:Made-to-ordercrockery

60 Etiquetterulesforstrangetimes

62 The 2016 Barolosareout,andit wasquitea year

63 Schwinn’ssmooth-ridingbrand-newoldbike

◼LASTTHING 64 ThequestionsCongressoughttoaskBigTech’sCEOs

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