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Vietnam plans a high-speed rail line to cut the 35-hour journey from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City to just six hours. A ride on the aging Reunification Express reveals the scale of the challenge bloomberg.com/features/2026-…

What a 35-Hour Train Ride Reveals About Vietnam’s Future

Vietnam plans a high-speed rail line to cut the 35-hour journey from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City to just six hours. A ride on the aging Reunification Express reveals the scale of the challenge

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"Dividend Nomads" are betting high-yield ETFs can be a shortcut to a life abroad bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The ‘Dividend Nomads’ Investing Their Way Out of the 9-to-5

Jae Hyouk Jang travels for months at a time, making his way across Thailand, Vietnam and Laos in the past year. The 43-year-old recently quit his job as a security specialist and didn't walk away...

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Swapping thirsty fairways for less-thirsty server farms makes sense, say backers of a proposed Los Angeles data center bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Developers Eye Golf Courses for Data Center Projects

Swapping thirsty fairways for server farms would save water and create jobs, backers of the proposed Los Angeles Recreation and Technology Park say.

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High utility bills and data centers are making public service commission races more competitive in some states bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

US Voters Are Paying Attention to Utility Board Races as Energy Bills Rise

High utility bills and data centers are making public service commission races more competitive in some states.

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Technology heavyweights like Anthropic are supporting a ballot measure that would raise sales taxes to cover the San Francisco Bay Area’s transit budgets shortfalls — pushing rates above 10% in some areas bloomberg.com/news/features/…

AI, Taxes and Real Estate Collide in San Francisco’s BART Crisis

Technology heavyweights are supporting a ballot measure that would raise sales taxes to cover the San Francisco Bay Area’s transit shortfalls — pushing rates above 10% in some areas.

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National polls show that most Americans are deeply dissatisfied with the direction of the country. Here’s a look at some of the top issues on the minds of voters: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

From Affordability to AI, The Issues Driving the US Midterms

Ahead of the US midterm elections on Nov. 3, national polls show that most Americans are deeply dissatisfied with the direction of the country.

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Lamborghinis and $35 million homes. Welcome to the new Nashville, the epicenter of America’s southern wealth migration bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-…

The Ultrawealthy Are Reshaping Nashville With Lamborghinis and $35 Million Estates

A city long known for country music is at the center of a massive shift of wealth to the US South.

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Networks of New York serves as a spotter’s guide to the city’s internet infrastructure, updated for a new era of data centers, surveillance tech, and AI fears, writes Sarah Holder. Read more: bloom.bg/4inSei4 📷: Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
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Voters in dozens of US counties and cities will soon have the chance to help enact policies that would slow down the development of data centers bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Data Center Restrictions Make the Ballot in Dozens of US Cities

Voters in dozens of US counties and cities will soon have the chance to help enact policies that would slow down the development of data centers.

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Technology heavyweights like Anthropic are supporting a ballot measure that would raise sales taxes to cover the San Francisco Bay Area’s transit budgets shortfalls — pushing rates above 10% in some areas. bloomberg.com/news/features/…

AI, Taxes and Real Estate Collide in San Francisco’s BART Crisis

Technology heavyweights are supporting a ballot measure that would raise sales taxes to cover the San Francisco Bay Area’s transit shortfalls — pushing rates above 10% in some areas.

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Voters in dozens of US counties and cities will soon have the chance to help enact policies that would slow down the development of data centers bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Data Center Restrictions Make the Ballot in Dozens of US Cities

Voters in dozens of US counties and cities will soon have the chance to help enact policies that would slow down the development of data centers.

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Technology heavyweights like Anthropic are supporting a ballot measure that would raise sales taxes to cover the San Francisco Bay Area’s transit budgets shortfalls — pushing rates above 10% in some areas. bloomberg.com/news/features/…

AI, Taxes and Real Estate Collide in San Francisco’s BART Crisis

Technology heavyweights are supporting a ballot measure that would raise sales taxes to cover the San Francisco Bay Area’s transit shortfalls — pushing rates above 10% in some areas.

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Polish cities rebuilding their historic centers after the devastation of World War II embraced the spirit of Postmodernism with colorful, anachronistic buildings. Read the latest Design Edition newsletter here: bloom.bg/3UAHKCK 📷: Friedemann Kohler/Picture Alliance/Getty Images
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TSMC’s $265 billion buildout in Arizona – the biggest foreign investment in US history – has sparked a real estate boom in the Phoenix suburbs bloomberg.com/news/features/…

TSMC’s $265 Billion Campus Is Driving a Real Estate Boom in the Phoenix Suburbs

The world’s biggest chipmaker is pulling in suppliers, home builders and Taiwanese investors who have seen firsthand how the company can change a local economy.

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Voters in dozens of US counties and cities will soon have the chance to help enact policies that would slow down the development of data centers bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Data Center Restrictions Make the Ballot in Dozens of US Cities

Voters in dozens of US counties and cities will soon have the chance to help enact policies that would slow down the development of data centers.

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Vietnam plans a high-speed rail line to cut the 35-hour journey from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City to just six hours. A ride on the aging Reunification Express reveals the scale of the challenge bloomberg.com/features/2026-…

What a 35-Hour Train Ride Reveals About Vietnam’s Future

Vietnam plans a high-speed rail line to cut the 35-hour journey from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City to just six hours. A ride on the aging Reunification Express reveals the scale of the challenge

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Africans are moving to cities in growing numbers, but authorities risk missing out on the benefits through a lack of urban planning bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

Burgeoning African Cities Have a Planning Problem

The continent risks missing out on a demographic opportunity if urban planning fails to keep pace with rapid population growth.

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