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Going on Bloomberg News Radio later this hour with Alix Steel and Paul Sweeney to talk about all that's going on in the world of higher education and the latest twist in the fight between Harvard and the US government. From last night:  Harvard won a temporary reprieve from President Donald Trump’s ban on its international students entering the US. with David Voreacos and Anika Arora Seth https://lnkd.in/eS4adp3U

Watch Tesla’s shares drop 14% on June 5 as Elon Musk and President Trump’s simmering feud erupts 📉 The rout erased about $150 billion from the EV maker’s market value, the stock’s biggest decline since March 10. Could their falling out be more destructive than their friendship? Read the column: https://lnkd.in/e6wVK8wz

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What does Trump and Musk's high-profile feud mean for Tesla, the GOP and other key players in Washington? Bloomberg journalists answer your questions on June 6 at 1 p.m. EDT bloom.bg/3SH7Pvk

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the world’s tallest railway bridge connecting the restive Kashmir valley with the rest of the country, marking his first visit to the region after days of missile and drone attacks with Pakistan brought the two nuclear-powered nations close to a war: http://bloom.bg/4mNRgM0

𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐠𝐨 𝐌𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐚'𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐚 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 Here's how the story played: Veteran Morgan Stanley trader Mehdi Belhachmi was on track to co-lead Goldman’s volatility trading desk. Two hedge funds jumped in to poach him instead. Taula too stepped in then and sealed the deal. The hiring underscores just how fierce the hedge fund talent war has become. With billions in play and elevated market volatility, top traders are commanding top dollar and multiple bids. Taula, which now manages $7 billion, is just a year old firm. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 Scoop with William Shaw

In the early hours of Wednesday, Donald Trump declared that Xi Jinping was “VERY TOUGH, AND EXTREMELY HARD TO MAKE A DEAL WITH!!!” Some 36 hours later, the US leader said he got what he wanted: A commitment to restore the flow of rare earth magnets.

When Elon Musk and Donald Trump joined forces during the presidential campaign, there was always a question over how long their alliance would last and who would prevail if it didn’t work out. After the public spat between the world’s richest man and its most-powerful leader spun out of control, the answer was clear: it was Musk who eventually backed down when Tesla's stock price tanked. Read more here: bloom.bg/442txjI

Italian prosecutors are looking into allegations that the luxury yacht maker Ferretti may have been the subject of espionage.