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Jan 2025
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Imagining a Musk-Led TikTok; Israel and ...

Bloomberg
About this episode

On today's episode, we explore what an Elon Musk acquisition of TikTok's US operations would look like with Catherine Thorbecke, Bloomberg Opinion Tech Columnist in Tokyo. 

Dr. Ariel Cohen, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center, shares his thoughts on news of an Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza.

Plus, a look at how recent US economic data has rippled through markets with Ross Mayfield, Investment Strategist at Baird Private Wealth Management.

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