Bloomberg Businessweek - USA (2021-02-08)

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◼ CONTENTS Bloomberg Businessweek February 8, 2021

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◼INBRIEF 4 Antcrawlsoutoftheshadows● A biglossforBigOil

◼AGENDA 4 Impeachmenttrial2.0● Seetheworld(atanauction)

◼OPINION 5 HIV.Ebola.Zika.Covid.Wecanstopthenextone

◼REMARKS 6 What’sonyourmind,Mr.Bezos?

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BUSINESS 11 Vaccineboosterscouldboostvaccinemakers

13 Chinaopensitsduty-freedoorstodomestictourists

15 EVsgetthehype,butlighttrucksstillmakethesales

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TECHNOLOGY 17 AppleandFacebook’sverypublicspatoveryourdata

19 DeliverystartupPandionwantstocutina middleman

20 Wherecontacttracingis a boonfordoctors—andthepolice

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FINANCE 22 What’sthemoneylineonsportsbooksfutures?

24 Bitcointrustscan’tkeepupwiththecryptocraze

25 Greenactiviststargetfossilfuellenders

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ECONOMICS 28 ▼ TheshatteredpipelinedreamsofanAlbertatown

30 Biden’smiddle-classforeignpolicy

31 Will$15reallykilljobs?

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POLITICS 34 Themailcarrierfinallyhasa friendin Washington

36 Brusselsmakesa messoftheEU’svaccinerollout

◼PURSUITS 55 The$92millionBotticelli:Anoldmasteris a latebloomer

58 Cruisesarevirallabs—withlotsofeagerlabrats

60 A zestychilebringsGuatemalatoyourkitchen

61 Theumbrellaofkings(well,futurekings)

62 AstonMartinenterstheSUVrace

◼LASTTHING 64 It’snoteasysuingElonMusk

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◼ COVER TRAIL

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“This week we’re

talking about the next

pandemic.”

“Oh, God. Is Charmin

a publicly traded

company?”

“Hoarding toilet paper

isn’t going to help

humanity. But studying

bats might!”

“Sometimes you make

my job too easy.”

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“Terrifying.”

“Terrifying? Vampy

looks pretty sweet.”

“Bats are the big

carriers of zoonotic

viruses—Ebola,

Marburg, rabies. The

earliest detections of

SARS-CoV-2 were in

bat guano.”

“Umm ... so, I should

basically never leave my

apartment again?”

“That’s what’s so scary:

Bats can still get inside!

I watched my dad catch

one with a broom and

pillowcase once.”

“You’re really not

helping.”

“To be fair, they had

nothing to do with

smallpox.”