Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Nov 20, 2017

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(1) Alfred Liu, Angus Whitney and Jun Luo, Don't Lie to the Bank of Taizhou.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/f ... oughen-up-its-staff

Note:
(a) summary underneath the title in print: A Chinese lender finds a way to make loans to businesses the giant banks ignore
(b) The online version is somewhat different from the print version. Here is the latter, most of which is locked behind paywall:
https://www.scribd.com/article/3 ... The-Bank-Of-Taizhou
("Bank of Taizhou 台州银行 is being called China's most profitable lender. The little-known bank specializes in lending to entrepreneurial businesses * * * 'It works because they're a local bank, they know what's going on' ")")

(2) Shannon Sims, Unnatural Disaster; What happened when the US government flooded one of Houston's wealthiest neighborhood to save everybody else. (one of the three feature stories).
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/f ... -save-everyone-else

My comment:
(a) Cover: Heartache and anger in the neighborhood sacrificed to Harvey
(b) The online and print version is one and the same.
(c) Just read the first six paragraphs -- and view the map. Contrary to the subtitle and cover, the federal government released water from two reservoirs because it had no choice. It happens in Taiwan, too, during typhoons.

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(3) Matt Gross, Taking It Slow in Taiwan; Crossing 150 miles in four days on two wheels -- and almost zero Mandarin. (in the section Pursuits).
www.bloomberg.com/news/features/ ... -taitung-to-hualien

Note:
(a) The online and print version is identical.
(b) "Taiwan is no one’s first thought when it comes to a cycling trip—more popular are weeklong excursions with stops at five-star resorts in France's Burgundy wine country or, for real Tour de France fans, ascending Mont Ventoux guided by ex-pro cyclists. And with good reason: Taiwan, about the size of Scotland, is cut off geographically and diplomatically from much of the world"
(i) Mont Ventoux
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Ventoux
(venteux [spelling is correct] means windy in French; Elevation        1,912 m (6,273 ft) )
(ii) area from respective tables of en.wikipedia.org
(A) Taiwan (Total 36,197 km2 (13,976 sq mi) )
(B) Scotland (Land: 77,933 km2 (30,090 sq mi) )

(c) "Other cycling-related companies abound, ranging from artisans such as Quoc Pham [founder's name became company's name; surname Pham; headquarters San Jose, Calif; makes unisex cycling shoes], whose handmade leather shoes are stylish and comfortable enough to wear anywhere, to Wohobike [2008- ; based in Taiwan; no Chinese name], which lets travelers borrow pioneering bags that fit right into a bike's frame."

(d) "at the end of 2015 the country opened Cycling Route 1 單車環島 1 號線, a 500-plus-mile network of bike paths that runs along the perimeter of the island. * * * For my endpoint, I drop a Google Maps pin on the Chihsing Tan Katsuo Museum, a colorful fishing museum. * * * Wohobike has lent me a 9-speed with wide gravel tires"

博物館源起. 七星柴魚博物館, undated
http://www.katsuo.com.tw/aboutus_story.htm

* "本博物館於2017年7月18日凌晨燒毀。"  zh.wikipedia.org
(i) 鰹魚  skipjack tuna
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skipjack_tuna
(Katsuwonus pelamis)

Japanese pronunciation for 鰹 is "ka-tsu-o."
(ii) 七星潭風景區. 中華民國交通部觀光局, undated
https://www.taiwan.net.tw/m1.aspx?sno=0001124&id=9488
("位在花蓮市區東北方，位於花蓮市新城鄉的北埔村 * * * 七星潭富有詩意的名稱，據說是位於花蓮師範學院和花蓮機場一帶，早年有零星湖泊散佈，後來因建設需要而填實。 * * * 七星潭風景區以自行車道為動脈")
(iii) 柴魚 = 鰹魚乾
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/鰹魚乾
(日語：鰹節 [pronounciation: katsuo- bushi] )

Japanese-English dictionary:
* fushi 節 【ふし】 (n): "joint; knuckle"
(iv) based in 花蓮縣新城鄉
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/新城鄉_(台灣)