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Tech-Savvy Spies Step Out of the Shadows and Into the Boardroom

Brian Carbaugh spent years living and traveling abroad in a variety of alias personas as a CIA officer. Now he's fronting investor meetings and raising capital as CEO of Andesite, a Virginia-based data analytics startup, one of several recently retired spies taking their field experience from the CIA to the C-suite. Former CIA officer Brian Carbaugh, co-founder of the data analytics startup Andesite joined to discuss on Balance of Power.

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Without Price Discovery, Investors Anxious: Karoui

The $1.8 trillion private credit market is witnessing an exodus of investors after some high-profile corporate blowups led to mounting concerns over loan quality and exposure to software firms. Lotfi Karoui, multi-asset credit strategist at Pimco, joins Emily Graffeo and Matt Miller on "Bloomberg Real Yield." They discuss private credit concerns and potential opportunities for credit investors.

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South Korea to Use Excess Tax Revenue for Oil Shock Extra Budget, Says Finance Minister

South Korea will use extra tax revenue to fund a supplementary budget to cushion households and businesses from surging oil prices triggered by the Iran war, according to the nation's finance minister. "The government's top priority right now is responding to the Middle East situation in the short term, while reducing Korea's structural dependence on oil over the medium to long term," Koo Yun Cheol told Bloomberg's Shery Ahn in Tokyo.

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How Goodwill Trains Workers for Better Jobs

Goodwill is more than a thrift store. CEO Steven Preston joined Bloomberg Open Interest to explain how the nonprofit is tackling America's labor shortage by training workers for better-paying jobs,  while also addressing a growing AI skills gap. As inflation drives more shoppers to thrift, store revenue is up nearly 50% since pre-Covid, helping fund hundreds of millions in local workforce programs.

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