Happy Super Tuesday! Our News + Politics coverage today dives into why our exclusive prediction model shows a good night ahead for Bernie Sanders (pictured), while a surging Joe Biden is making up ground. We've also got our eye on China's bankers fleeing the coronavirus and how the best soccer striker in the world is also the most efficient.
| The Lone Star State is the biggest battleground on the biggest day of the Democratic nomination fight. The OZY Forecast breaks it all down. Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg has committed more than 160 staffers across 19 offices, has visited Texas seven times personally and spent millions on TV ads. And yet, for all that effort, OZY’s exclusive Forecast projects he will only finish third here. The stakes are simply bigger in Texas, and Bloomberg isn’t the only one hanging his hopes on the Lone Star state. Its 228 delegates and tossup status make it the prize to watch on Tuesday. The big question will be about Sen. Bernie Sanders’ early lead and organizing prowess vs. former Vice President Joe Biden’s late momentum. Read on as we break down all 14 states voting Tuesday. | READ NOW |
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| | With the drivers of China's financial sector leaving, an economic recovery will be ever harder. When Beijing-based banker Peter Ling-Vannerus landed in Hong Kong this month, he was given a stark choice: Spend 14 days in quarantine or hop straight back on a flight and leave the city. He opted to spend time in Thailand rather than be confined in Hong Kong. Ling-Vannerus’ experience is typical of the thousands of international bankers, investors and lawyers who live in what is normally one of the world’s busiest regions for deal-making and business travel. Since the deadly coronavirus that causes COVID-19 erupted in January, scores of bankers and their families have fled mainland China and Hong Kong to work in offices elsewhere in Asia. In the process, their often luxurious expatriate lives have been disrupted, with international schools shut and domestic helpers unable to follow them to third countries. | READ NOW |
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| | People talk ABOUT homelessness a lot, but talking TO people who are homeless? In an election year? Something long overdue. |
| | Soccer's most prolific — and efficient — scorer might surprise you. |
| | The coronavirus is a major political threat for Donald Trump. There are lessons from the Ebola scare. |
| | Ginger Thompson has spent her career immersed in the stories of the U.S.-Mexico border. |
| | Asian beauty queen Lisa Song Sutton is trying to defy stereotypes in glitzy Las Vegas. |
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