Amber Choudhury
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Amber Choudhury
@amberchou.bsky.social
Senior finance reporter at Bloomberg in Singapore via London & Sydney. Opinions are my own. Signal: AmberC.01 for any story leads or achoudhury@bloomberg.net 😎🙏
Our latest on McKinsey 👇https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-10/mckinsey-promotes-56-to-senior-partner-only-6-are-women?embedded-checkout=true
McKinsey Promotes 56 to Senior Partner — Only 6 Are Women
McKinsey & Co.’s latest crop of 56 senior partners includes only six women, creating angst inside the consulting firm after it pledged to prioritize diversity while other blue-chip employers backt...
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April 11, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Thefts of bonsai are on the rise across Japan, as the miniature trees — some of which take decades to cultivate — have grown in popularity around the world.
Bonsai Thefts Sweep Japan as Miniature Trees Grow More Popular
The plants are prime targets because they’re pricey and portable.
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March 13, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Lynn Dekleva, a lobbyist, once led an aggressive effort by an industry group to block regulations on formaldehyde, a cancer-causing chemical. Now she’s in a senior role at the Environmental Protection Agency.
She Lobbied for Formaldehyde. Now She’s at E.P.A. Approving New Chemicals.
Lynn Dekleva, who recently took a senior role at the agency, once led an aggressive effort by industry to block regulations on formaldehyde.
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February 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM
This story is based on interviews with more than 20 former /current Foxtons employees, as well as legal and employment records, emails, screenshots and other docs. Thttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-02-25/foxtons-staff-allege-sex-harassment-racism-drunk-driving-at-london-firm-foxt
Foxtons Staff Faced Groping and Slurs at London Property Broker
Foxtons is often seen as an entry point for aspiring real estate agents. Junior employees described unwanted touching, drunk-driving — and senior staff who either ignored inappropriate behavior or wer...
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February 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
This story is based on intvws with more than 20 former and current Foxtons employees, as well as legal and employment records, emails, screenshots and other documentation. Thttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-02-25/foxtons-staff-allege-sex-harassment-racism-drunk-driving-at-london-firm-foxt
Foxtons Staff Faced Groping and Slurs at London Property Broker
Foxtons is often seen as an entry point for aspiring real estate agents. Junior employees described unwanted touching, drunk-driving — and senior staff who either ignored inappropriate behavior or wer...
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February 26, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Delta Air Lines said it was offering $30,000 to each passenger aboard the flight from Minneapolis that crashed and flipped upside down this week while trying to land in Toronto.
Delta Offers $30,000 to Passengers on Plane That Crashed in Toronto
The airline said it told the 76 passengers who had been on the plane, which crashed and flipped over on Monday, that the offer came with “no strings attached.”
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February 20, 2025 at 6:17 AM
🔥 JUSTIN: Read our latest on the UBS financier Iqbal Khan who is one of a handful of candidates to replace top boss Sergio Ermotti in around two years time 👇🏼👇🏼
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UBS’ Khan Tackles High-Stakes Asia Assignment in Race to CEO
In his first five months running UBS Group AG’s business in Asia, Iqbal Khan dialed into hundreds of client meetings, made time for face-to-face sessions from Shanghai to Sydney, checked out a Grand P...
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February 20, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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The world's first year above 1.5C is a sign it's "virtually certain" we're entering a 20-year period where the planet breaches that threshold
It’s ‘Virtually Certain’ the World Has Already Breached 1.5C
Two new studies reveal that last year’s record heat is a sign that burning fossil fuels has already pushed the climate past a key threshold.
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February 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The retention bonus helps stave off questions around the retirement of Moelis, 66, from the investment bank he founded in 2007. The CEO has grown the firm, which went public in 2014, to reach a market capitalization of nearly $6 billion.
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Ken Moelis Gets $25 Million Bonus to Stay at Investment Bank
Ken Moelis, chief executive officer and founder of Moelis & Co., was offered a $25 million retention bonus to stay at the investment bank for the next four years, the latest effort by a Wall Stree...
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February 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Government agencies’ moves to comply with Donald Trump’s executive orders have sparked feverish efforts to archive US government data in online repositories like the Internet Archive.
Data Hoarders Are Rushing to Save Vanishing US Health Records
Computer science professor Niema Moshiri was watching TV last Thursday evening when his phone lit up with frantic messages from a virologist in Canada. The warning was urgent: back up the US Centers f...
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February 6, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Our latest on McKinsey and questions raised by some of its partners on whether it's worth keeping a sizeable presence in China amid an unpredictable relationship with the US...
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McKinsey Partners Question China Presence as US Tensions Mount
McKinsey & Co. partners have been questioning the consulting giant’s presence in China, worried that doing business there may not be worth the risks given the Asian superpower’s increasingly volat...
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February 6, 2025 at 2:54 AM
February 3, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Trump’s announcement of an “External Revenue Service” signals his intent to follow through on trade threats towards China.

We're answering questions about the foreign policy implications of Trump’s second term.
🎧 Tune in on January 17 at 3 p.m. HKT: bloom.bg/politicsLiveQA
January 16, 2025 at 3:45 AM
UK PM Keir Starmer met a senior figure of Bangladesh's toppled ruling party in December as pressure grows on his UK City Minister to resign.
Keir Starmer met ousted Awami League figure last month
UK Labour party has long ties with ‘Kennedys of Bangladesh’ despite former regime’s alleged corruption and violence
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January 13, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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🎙️Trump’s obsession with Canada’s border and the Panama Canal could risk US ties with its closest neighbors.

In this Live Q&A series, we're answering questions about Trump’s return to power and its foreign policy implications.
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January 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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LATEST: Singapore and Malaysia establish a special economic zone spanning 3,500 square kilometers. Here's what it means for the region
Singapore, Malaysia to Finalize Deal Creating Vast Economic Zone
The leaders of Malaysia and Singapore formalized an agreement establishing a special economic zone linking their two nations’ border region, with the aim of attracting 50 projects in the first five ye...
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January 7, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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Siddiq is also the niece of ex-Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina, who fled the country last year. The allegations are also uncomfortable for the British government because her role as city minister includes responsibility for tackling financial corruption.
UK Minister Under Scrutiny Over Ties to Former Bangladeshi PM
UK City Minister Tulip Siddiq is coming under growing scrutiny after reports she was given a central London property by a developer associated with Bangladesh’s former government.
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January 6, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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The police took a man into custody on Sunday in connection with the death of a woman who was set on fire on a subway earlier in the day in Brooklyn, the police said.
Woman Dies After Being Set on Fire in Subway Car, Police Say
The police said a man was taken into custody. The victim had been seated in a subway car at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station on Sunday morning when a man approached and set her on fire.
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December 22, 2024 at 10:58 PM
The #SoftBank news immediately prompted the question of where it will get the capital for the pledge. During Trump’s last term, Son was raising his $100 billion Vision Fund with money from outside investors and poured the cash into #WeWork#Uber and #DoorDash
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SoftBank Pledges $100 Billion US Investment at Trump Event
President-elect Donald Trump announced that SoftBank Group Corp. planned to invest $100 billion in the US over the next four years during an event alongside Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son on Mo...
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December 17, 2024 at 4:08 AM