Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Jan 30, 2017 (I)

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(1) Rick Clough, NATO Makes It Rain.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/a ... nd-arms-trade-happy

Note:
(a) summary underneath the title in print: Defense contractors exult as Trump tells NATO members not to rely on the US
(b) Jessica P Ogilvie, NYTimes Reports on New Phrase, 'Make It Rain.' The Gloss, Feb 4, 2011.
www.thegloss.com/culture/the-nyt ... hrase-make-it-rain/
(c) The print has this sentence that does not show up in print: "Donald Trump is right when he says America's allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization aren't paying their fair share. Just 5 of the 28 member states have devoted 2 percent of gross domestic product to defense as stipulated in NATO’s guidelines: the US, the UK, Greece, Poland, and Estonia."

On the other hand, the online version shows a map that pinpoints what nation within NATO spends on defense in the budget as a percentage of GDP.

(2) Henry Meyer, Ilya Arkhipov and Irina Reznik, Putin Isn't So Sure Trump's a Pal.
https://www.bloomberg.com/politi ... reat-deal-after-all

the first two paragraphs:

"Russia is giving Donald Trump the kind of fawning television coverage usually reserved for Vladimir Putin, with its most popular propagandist hailing the president-elect this week as 'a man of his word.'

"But inside the Kremlin, the initial euphoria over having a Putin admirer in the White House is giving way to skepticism that any meaningful detente with the US can be achieved, according to four senior officials in Moscow.

Note:
(a) summary underneath the title in print: The Russians now see the president as unpredictable
(b) Read the first two paragraphs, and that is enough to get the picture.

(3) David Wethe, Drilling Is Back. What About the Workers?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/a ... s-become-expendable

Note: summary underneath the title in print: As it recovers, the oil industry replaces many with machines

(4) Bruce Einhorn  and Daniela Wei with Christoph Rauwald, The Chinese Rediscover Luxury.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/a ... e-rediscover-luxury

Note: summary underneath the title in print: The dampening effect of the bribery crackdown is lifting