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Anne Riley Moffat

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Bloomberg News editor, Bernese mama, recovering runner. Opinions are my own.

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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
As the Trump administration prioritizes immigration enforcement, representatives from farming districts say they need a creative solution to their labor problems, and fast. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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How to Solve the US Farmworker Shortage, According to Congress
As the Trump administration prioritizes immigration enforcement, representatives from farming districts say they need a creative solution to their labor problems, and fast.
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Inside a kind of bizarre boat ride with Floyd Mayweather: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Floyd Mayweather’s Latest Side Hustle? Supplement Salesman
The highest-paid boxer of all time says every new investment is about building generational wealth.
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Global investors are looking at the 54 nations that make up Africa with fresh eyes. In Bloomberg Businessweek’s Investor’s Guide to Africa, we lay out some of the continent’s top risks and opportunities: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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An Investor’s Guide to Africa
Africa is changing fast—and the competition to invest is heating up.
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Pulling off a successful meal-delivery app means overcoming a host of challenges, from leaky containers to tepid food. But that’s nothing compared to what Hasan Abasi’s startup Haat deals with: Many of his Israeli Arab customers don’t have home addresses. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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It’s Like Uber Eats But for Israeli Arabs Without Home Addresses
Startup Haat gets pizzas to shoppers in traditionally underserved neighborhoods, and they’re still hot. It’s a model it plans to take global.
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
You might not know much about Buldak, but I promise you that your Gen Alpha kid does: www.bloomberg.com/news/article... @bloomberg.com
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Buldak’s Spicy Ramen Is Riding TikTok Fame to the Top
The South Korean company’s ridiculously spicy instant noodles have been around for more than a decade, but the growth just keeps on coming, thanks to their repeated online fame.
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Drill, baby, drill—but this time in Canada’s wilderness. British Columbia is transforming into a hydrocarbon powerhouse, thanks to the world’s almost insatiable demand for natural gas www.bloomberg.com/news/article... @bloomberg.com #LNG
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Drilling Frenzy Arrives in Canada’s Pristine Wilderness
As countries around the world scramble to secure fuel to run their power plants, natural gas has attracted energy producers to Canada’s westernmost province.
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Long viewed through the lens of subsistence farming and postcolonial land rights, African agriculture is rapidly becoming a proving ground for global investment. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump’s Global Trade Chaos Creates an Opportunity for African Farmers
The continent is positioning itself as a pivotal player in the future of global agriculture, and investors are taking notice.
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Twenty-five years ago, a 19-table outpost of a popular Taiwanese restaurant set up shop in a suburban Los Angeles strip mall. Today—with 17 US locations and more on the way—it’s the top-earning restaurant chain in America. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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How Din Tai Fung Became America’s Top-Earning Restaurant Chain
The dumpling restaurant was started in Taiwan half a century ago. Now there are 17 always-packed locations in the US, including one in Disneyland.
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
American farmers aren't alright. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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American Farmers Are Feeling the Pain of Trump’s Policies
US agricultural communities that had expected Trump to have their backs have found themselves flung into a second trade war. If the situation continues, it could put loyalties at risk.
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
In the months since RFK Jr. took over the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the CDC, the agency has been thrown into disarray. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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How RFK Jr. Is Pushing the CDC to the Brink
A small but vocal contingent has long been demanding changes at the agency. With an ally in RFK Jr., it’s finally getting what it wants—to the horror of the scientists he’s sidelined.
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Stablecoins are coming. Local lenders are worried. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Your Paycheck in Stablecoins? That’s Local Banks’ Worst Nightmare
The tokens have entered the conversation as a mainstream financial instrument, thanks to the support of the Trump administration. For the community lenders that fund American homes and businesses, the...
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Runners (and bikers, and swimmers) can be obsessive about their sport all year round, not just at race time. That’s where Ironman Group hopes to come in: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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The Ironman CEO Wants to Turn the Race Organizer Into a Lifestyle Brand
If you can swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles and run a marathon back to back, then Scott DeRue think you’ll like what he’s selling.
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Creditors that had backed Technicolor for years through several liquidity crunches are set to recover next to nothing. How did it all fall apart for this Hollywood icon?https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2025-technicolor-collapse/ via @bloomberg.com
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Technicolor’s Last Frame: The Collapse and Liquidation of a Hollywood Legend
An icon from the Golden Age of Hollywood adapted and grew for more than a century before things abruptly fell apart.
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Is there anything Ozempic can't do!? We're about to find out. Novo is testing the effect of GLP-1s on Alzheimer’s, with results due out this fall. www.bloomberg.com/news/article... @bloomberg.com
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Novo Has High Hopes That Ozempic Pill Can Also Fight Dementia
From obesity and diabetes to heart and liver disease, the applications for GLP-1 drugs have multiplied since Ozempic arrived on the scene seven years ago. Now, Novo is testing their effect on Alzheime...
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
So if one were to, say, move to Korea with a two year old and join this company, would one also be able to accept the $72,000 retroactive cash? Asking for a friend. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Korean Companies Pay Employees Huge Sums to Have More Kids
The country’s powerful boardrooms are adding their own incentives on top of existing government efforts to avert a demographic collapse.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 27/08/2025
The last time this Japanese monkey went viral was decades ago. Now Monchhichi is back, thanks to a big bump in overseas sales.
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Monchhichi Makes a Comeback Amid Labubu Craze
Gen Z’s obsession with fluffy keychains and stuffies for adults is breathing new life into a 51-year old Japanese character.
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Japan’s Monchhichi brand is undergoing a demand surge rivaling that of the toy’s original heyday in the 1970s and ’80s. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Monchhichi Makes a Comeback Amid Labubu Craze
Gen Z’s obsession with fluffy keychains and stuffies for adults is breathing new life into a 51-year old Japanese character.
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
How Bombas built a fancy socks empire with $500 million in sales: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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How Bombas Built a Fancy Socks Empire With $500 Million in Sales
More than a decade after their Shark Tank appearance, the company’s co-founders have successfully pushed into T-shirts, slippers and undergarments.
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
I remember when J.Crew was the coolest. Can it earn its way back to Americans' closets? www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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J.Crew Survived Bankruptcy. Next Up: Cultural Relevance?
CEO Libby Wadle, who took the helm in 2020, says the company is “back in the conversation”—and not readying itself for a sale.
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
More than 100 packs of Welch’s Fruit Snacks are consumed every second. See how they’re made (now artificial dye free) here: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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Artificial Dyes Are Disappearing Inside the Welch’s Fruit Snacks Factory
A painstaking initiative to eliminate synthetic food dyes from the lunch box staple pays off at just the right time.
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Sometimes, I edit stories about something that's going viral and I just don't get it. On this one, I can see the appeal. I mean, who doesn't love a little glam?? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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How Taylor Swift Turned a Glitter Freckle Maker Into a Sensation
A beauty company’s signature product went viral at a Chiefs game last fall. Private equity firms have been knocking on its 29-year-old co-founders’ doors ever since.
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Loved Godzilla Minus One? Shin Godzilla? Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, Jujutsu Kaisen or My Hero Academia? Well, have I got some news for you: www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #anime #manga #movies #japan
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Godzilla Conquered Japan. Now Its Owner Plots a Global Takeover
Tokyo’s biggest filmmaker, Toho, is looking to expand its prehistoric “atomic-breathing” creature into games and attractions around the world.
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Raquel Urtasun, CEO of the autonomous trucking startup Waabi, says the industry’s R&D stage is about to give way to commercial prime time. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Commuter art exhibit 🌈🌈
Double rainbow Rainbow over Hudson Rainbow under bridge
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Thailand legalized cannabis in 2022, ushering in a new age of marijuana tourism. Now, the government has reversed course, and the local agricultural communities growing the plant are bracing for real pain ahead. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Thailand’s Changing Cannabis Rules Leave Farmers in a Tough Spot
With the Southeast Asian nation moving to recriminalize the drug after just three years, the mountainous communities that grow it are bracing for real pain.
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Overall cargo thefts have dropped in Brazil from a peak of more than 25,000 in 2017 to about 10,000 last year, the lowest since records began in 2015, Ministry of Justice and Public Security data show. But #coffee bean thefts just keep going up. www.linkedin.com/posts/anneri...
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Now THIS is a story near and dear to my over-caffeinated heart. | Anne Riley Moffat
Now THIS is a story near and dear to my over-caffeinated heart. Brazil, the world’s largest producer and exporter of coffee, has long grappled with coffee bean thefts by petty criminals and organized...
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Eric Roston @eroston.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
America has a hot garbage problem. (Not that hot garbage problem. A different one.) 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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America’s Overheated Landfills Have Been Making People Sick
Beneath layers of waste, landfills around the US have been reaching scorching temperatures, spewing toxic gases and geysers of trash juice.
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Everyone's talking about the S&P 500 these days, but it's South Korea's stock market that's really having a moment. Gift link here: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
a chart showing Kospi beating S&P500
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Trump’s allies love to talk about the food we’re eating: too sugary, too processed, too artificially dyed. What they’re not talking about is how many don’t have enough of it, healthy or not. And that number is only going to go up. #taxbill @deenashanker.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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SNAP Cuts in Big Tax Bill Will Hit a Lot of Trump Voters Too
More than 40 million people relied on the food-assistance program in 2024, or about 12% of the population. Many are located in red districts represented by legislators who support gutting the aid.
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Tomorrow, the University of Michigan's final June reading of its US consumer sentiment index is going to land. What do you think it is going to show? www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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How Vibes Became a Nearly Undefeated Economic Indicator
University of Michigan’s Joanne Hsu can tell US households are in a foul mood. Is anyone listening?
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
As a one-time copper reporter, this story brings me back to my roots! In short: Trump wants to bring back a domestic copper supply chain, and it’s going to be a LOT harder than it looks: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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The US Has More Copper Than China But No Way to Refine All of It
The industry will need to overcome high energy and labor costs, environmental regulations and a glut of cheap Chinese competition to make US copper smelting great again.
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Nicotine pouches—think Zyn, Velo or countless others—have surged in popularity around the world, with men behind much of the boom in major markets such as the US. But in Sweden, it’s young women’s uptake that has companies taking notice. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The $7 Billion Nicotine-Pouch Market’s Next Target? Women
In Sweden, female users are adopting the tobacco-free products faster than their male counterparts — and companies have taken notice.
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Although the US economy still appears to be on solid footing by many metrics, the number of unemployed just rose for a 4th straight month, the longest such streak since 2009, government data show. And younger people in particular are feeling the pain. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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New Grads Join Worst Entry-Level Job Market in Years
As companies freeze hiring and AI makes some less-skilled roles obsolete, the Class of 2025 is finding a lot of doors are closed.
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
The RHI Amtrak station, which hasn’t had a functioning station building since 2022 and operates a train platform so low that it’s an accessibility issue, started charging today for daily parking and the commuters are a’grumblin today. 🙋🏻‍♀️
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
The US State Department is looking for new countries to take deportees, in part because domestic detention centers are expensive and short on space. How about ... Rwanda? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump Considers Deporting Migrants to Rwanda After the UK Decides Not To
The State Department is looking for new countries to take deportees, in part because domestic detention centers are expensive and short on space.
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
SUPER delayed super commute. At least it’s pretty.
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
When I am FREAKING OUT later today, please remind me it's not a heart attack, it's just the seven cups off coffee I've consumed since 5 a.m. while entertaining a rise-with-the-sun toddler.
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
A growing number of companies have rolled out #AI tools designed to quickly catch up busy managers and staff who (gasp!) mute alerts on holiday. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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AI Is Helping Executives Tackle the Dreaded Post-Vacation Inbox
The process of digging out after time away is getting its first real upgrade in years.
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Despite an average new-car loan rate of 9%+, banks are extending more loans to subprime buyers. At the same time, car prices remain stubbornly high, with average monthly payments for a new vehicle costing $734, up about 27% since early 2020. Not a great combination: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Chart showing average car payments rising
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Personally, I prefer the charming princes and the cuddly woodland creatures, but this might be right up someone else's alley: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Horror Is Now a Year-Round Theme Park Business
Forget the charming princes and cuddly cartoon characters. Today’s amusement parks are increasingly on a mission to scare.
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
India looks open to lowering its up to 110% tariffs on #cars for the first time in decades as the world rewires its supply chains and #trade alliances amid Trump’s latest brinkmanship via @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Trump's 2018 #tariffs against #China incited a massive #Vietnam sand trade on the Mekong River, padding pockets while resulting in the collapse of homes and even entire villages along the riverbank. What unintended consequences will Trump 2.0 bring? @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Vietnam Is Running Out of Sand to Fuel an Economic Boom
A new crop of factories requires roads, and that means sand. To keep up, the country is importing from Cambodia on a massive scale
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Your stylist worries we might be heading toward a recession: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The Beauty Salon Recession Indicator
Hairdressers and aestheticians report clients are opting for less expensive services and stretching out the time between appointments—signs that US consumers are retrenching.
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Heightened scrutiny at the US border means everyday tourists, conference attendees and business travelers—including those hailing from traditional US allies—are getting caught in the crosshairs www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @BW
illustration of chaos at the border
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
There’s a reason #airline food is often a punchline. The explosion of air travel forced airlines to shrink galleys to make room for more seats, limiting the food possibilities. Relentless pressure to boost paltry profit margins didn't help. But things are changing: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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With Shake Shack in First Class, Airline Food Is No Longer a Joke
The burger is just about mastered at 35,000 feet. The next big hurdle: crispy fries and avocado toast.
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Amtrak just alerted me that “speeds have been reduced due to heat restrictions, and delays are possible.” It’s March, folks. March.
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
The barrage of overlapping attacks on higher ed, research and academia has left educators at a loss on how to even formulate a response. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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It’s Nonstop Disaster Planning on College Campuses
The pandemic closed campuses and pushed enrollment off a cliff, yet two months of Trump is already causing more disruption—especially in research.
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Years before TikTok existed, a budget pharmacy chain in #Mexico briefly went viral after a shaky handheld camera caught a teenager tackling the store’s mustachioed dancing mascot to the ground. It's going viral again, this time in a much less painful way! www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #drsimi
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The Mexican Drugstore Mascot Opening Doors to the US
Farmacias Similares’ Dr. Simi plush dolls are popping up in famous arms around the globe, giving the chain brand recognition ahead of its expansion across the border.
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Anne Riley Moffat @annerileymoffat.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
I knew for sure @bowdoin-college.bsky.social was the place for me when I toured on move-in day and the residents of Coleman Hall were helping incoming first-years unpack while dressed as pirates. How did YOU know which college was right for you? Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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It’s College Acceptance Season for the Last Babies Born Before the Great Recession
Rising freshmen across the country on their campus search—what they liked, what they didn’t and, crucially, which schools offered the best student aid.
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