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Iran War and America’s Gamble on an Global Oil Shock Economic and political consequences will help determine the US endgame.

Today's Businessweek Daily comes from the Bloomberg Economics team, which does a lot of work thinking through scenarios like "What happens when Trump decides to launch strikes against Iran?"

Iran War and America’s Gamble on an Global Oil Shock Economic and political consequences will help determine the US endgame.

"In this unprecedented moment for the Middle East, some consequences for the region and the world are predictable—and some are not. ... Three plausible paths now define the endgame."

Iran War and America’s Gamble on an Global Oil Shock Economic and political consequences will help determine the US endgame.

Today's Businessweek Daily comes from the Bloomberg Economics team, which does a lot of work thinking through scenarios like "What happens when Trump decides to launch strikes against Iran?"

Berkshire’s Operating Profit Falls on Insurance Underwriting Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Chief Executive Officer Greg Abel vowed to keep Warren Buffett’s guiding principles intact and sought to reassure investors that the company would outlast the legendary executi...

In Berkshire news, Chief Executive Officer Greg Abel vowed to keep Warren Buffett’s guiding principles intact and sought to reassure investors that the company would outlast the legendary executive.

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Trump’s Ambitions for Iran Are Now Clear: He Wants Everything US President Donald Trump never did explain to Congress or anyone else what his justifications and goals would be for attacking Iran. Now, with “Operation Epic Fury” underway, we know. The answer was ...

The US goal for an Iran strike proved to be "Everything." But one aim will rule them all and that's regime change, making this an existential and unpredictable fight. My column for Bloomberg @opinion
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NYC students to spend about 20 fewer days in school than national peers. Learning likely suffers. It adds up: On top of the snow day and several professional development days keeping kids home from school, NYC’s shorter school day means kids in the five boroughs are in class less than national cou...

But seriously, this is not a good thing for students: "NYC K-12 students with perfect attendance are on track this year to be in school for 1,102 hours. That’s about 20 fewer days than the national average, per the study, of about 1,231 hours in school each year."

NYC students to spend about 20 fewer days in school than national peers. Learning likely suffers. It adds up: On top of the snow day and several professional development days keeping kids home from school, NYC’s shorter school day means kids in the five boroughs are in class less than national cou...

*cries in NYC working parent*: "Out of 45 school weeks, he said, less than half — about 20 — have complete five-day weeks."
www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2026...

Deep Freeze and Drought Are Fueling a Massive Florida Wildfire An area larger than Manhattan is on fire near the Everglades, sending plumes of smoke swirling across southern Florida.

First ice, then fire: A big blaze at the edge of Florida's Everglades ecosystem has its roots in a recent deep-freeze event, compounded by extensive drought. Gift link 🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Warren Buffett enthusiasts are about to get a taste of what life at Berkshire Hathaway looks like without its legendary chief executive officer.

Warren Buffett’s Folksy Letter Is Now Greg Abel’s to Reinvent Berkshire Hathaway shareholders will be looking for clues about the new CEO’s plans.

For the first time in more than six decades, the Berkshire Hathaway annual letter won’t be written by Buffett himself. His successor, Greg Abel, will be the author instead. Today's Businessweek Daily (🎁)

Trump’s State of the Union Speech Waves Past Voters’ Concerns President Trump focused his annual address to Congress on Tuesday night on the economy, saying “inflation is plummeting” and “incomes are rising fast.” Bloomberg Businessweek national correspondent Jo...

Today's Businessweek Daily from @joshuagreen.bsky.social on the State of the Union address: As much as Republicans might like Trump to spend the next six months hammering a message on affordability, his remarks made it pretty clear that he doesn’t think he needs to.

Most teens believe their peers are using AI to cheat in school A Pew survey also found that more than 1 in 10 U.S. teens use AI for emotional support or advice, and that they are more hopeful about the technology than adults.

My high schooler has been subjected to AI grading, so, yeah, none of this surprises me.

I can’t decide whether it’s “copy-editing” or “copy editing,” and I admit this one inconsistency is very weird.

How did it end up like this?

Iran’s Leaders Brace for Attack—and Bet They Can Survive Tehran just needs to hold on long enough for Trump to lose interest, the country’s top brass seems to think.

Today's Businessweek Daily takes a look at the diplomatic dance between Iran and the US (🎁 link)

A view of a baseball field with five members of the Tampa Bay Rays walking from left to right toward home plate. There are palm trees in the background.

Hi, I went to a baseball game today. (But only because my flight was canceled, and it’s likely I won’t get home until maybe Wednesday or Thursday 😩😩😩)

I went over to the other place for customer service help, and whew spammy spam spam.

I didn’t really know Joey when we worked at the Trib, but that was clearly my loss. May his memory be a blessing.

A handy Bloomberg chart on Trump's options on replacing the tariffs just struck down: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

*TRUMP: WE'LL TAKE IN MORE MONEY WITH NEW ALTERNATIVES

Why Trump Is Unlikely to Abandon Tariffs The president will have to decide whether to accept the Supreme Court’s decision or barrel ahead in a different way.

Today's Businessweek Daily (🎁) from @joshuagreen.bsky.social on why we haven't heard the last about tariffs

Amazon Takes Crown From Walmart While Investors Are Distracted Thanks to cloud computing, the internet retailer has surpassed the supercenter behemoth in revenue.

Today's Businessweek Daily is from Spencer Soper about Amazon becoming the world's biggest company by revenue (really!)

White House Ballroom Design Approved by Trump Commission After One Hearing The US Commission of Fine Arts, whose members were appointed by Trump, also suggested making changes to the White House mansion to make it closer to the design of the new ballroom.

After a presentation on the design concept for the White House ballroom, the Trump-appointed commission decided to vote to approve it in full as a final plan, which means no more hearings will take place. No debate, no public input, a rubber stamp.

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The Parkland Teens Beat the Gun Lobby — and Fear They Couldn’t Today As the US struggles with how to respond to the violent actions of federal immigration enforcement agents, it’s a good time to remember how one small Florida community turned its tragedy into a nationa...

Eight years ago, Parkland teens accomplished what decades of activism couldn’t: They changed Florida’s gun laws and sparked a global movement. Their fearlessness and moral urgency are lessons we should learn from today. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

America’s Most Powerful CEOs Are Awfully Quiet Lately Trump has exposed an ugly truth about corporations: They’re no longer even pretending to be good citizens.

I wrote about the cowardly lions of corporate America under Trump and their decades-long push to shape the country’s political life and democracy, no matter their protestations to the contrary now. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

“Sometimes the smallest fish make the biggest impact.” 🥹🥹

Headline: San Antonio Express-News NEWS // LOCAL U.S. Supreme Court Justice Scalia found dead at West Texas ranch Jurist was visiting luxury ranch By Gary Martin, Vianna Davila and Richard A. Marini Staff Writers, Staff Writers Updated Feb 13, 2016 9:44 p.m.

Happy 10-year anniversary to this headline from the San Antonio Express-News, which disrupted the 2016 presidential election, got Donald Trump elected, and disrupted many legal and political journalists’ lives and existence.

I know because we still have the scars to prove it.

Support local news.

Got me out of dinner with my in-laws that night. 🤓

Working in Finance Today: Four Stories of Upheaval Bankers are navigating Trump’s policies, new AI tools, wartime sanctions and cannabis cash.

ICYMI: Yesterday's Businessweek Daily was a roundup of four stories about new realities in finance today, including having to teach us olds how to us AI tools and how to deal with all that cannabis cash.

This AP NewsAlert is Mad Libs but not.
ANTERSELVA, Italy (AP) — Norwegian biathlete wins another Olympic bronze medal 4 days after making global headlines for confessing his infidelity.