So Your Business Went Viral. Now What?
For a small business, going viral might sound like a good thing. But when a TikTok video turns a shop into an overnight success, that attention can come with major challenges. On today’s Big Take pod...
25 Okt 202417min
To Save the Amazon, Brazil Is Betting You Can’t Just Save the Trees
Decades-long efforts to save Brazil’s Amazon have hit a brutal reality. Impoverished local communities often turn to agribusiness and other industries that drive deforestation. On today’s Big Take po...
24 Okt 202413min
How China’s BYD Became King of the Affordable EV
Started as a battery company in the 1990s in Shenzhen, BYD is now one of the best-selling EV brands in the world. Once mocked by Elon Musk, the company’s startling growth made it a global player and h...
22 Okt 202416min
The Big (Climate) Short
In recent years, investors of all kinds bet big on the future of the so-called Green Economy. But now, some hedge funds are shorting green stocks — a sign that investor enthusiasm may be waning. A new...
21 Okt 202411min
What Happens When Your School Thinks AI Helped You Cheat
The education system has an AI problem. As students have started using tools like ChatGPT to do their homework, educators have deployed their own AI tools to determine if students are using AI to chea...
18 Okt 202414min
Bloomberg’s Trump Interview: Inside His Economic Vision for a Second Term
With the US presidential election less than a month away, and the economy top of mind for many voters, former President Donald Trump sat down for an interview with Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Mickl...
16 Okt 202426min
How an Infamous Vietnamese Businesswoman Engineered a $12 Billion Fraud
Vietnamese real estate tycoon Truong My Lan was convicted in April of orchestrating a $12.3 billion fraud. She was sentenced to death by lethal injection, which she is appealing. And this week, the co...
15 Okt 202414min
Insurers Are Struggling to Keep Up With Disasters Like Helene and Milton
In recent weeks, two monster storms have pummeled the US. Hurricanes Helene and Milton left more than 200 dead — and early estimates suggest the recovery could cost more than $100 billion. It’s a huge...
14 Okt 202413min
