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Big Take Asia

Big Take Asia

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We’re taking The Big Take to Asia. Each week, Bloomberg’s Oanh Ha tells a story from the home of the world's most dynamic economies - and the markets, tycoons and businesses that drive the ever-shifting region.

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Episodes
  • What Is Jane Street? And Why Are Regulators Watching It?
    Jul 17 2025

    Jane Street is one of Wall Street’s most profitable and secretive firms. And when Indian regulators accused it of market manipulation earlier this month, it rocked the finance world.

    On today’s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg finance reporter Katherine Doherty joins host Sarah Holder to go inside Jane Street’s unique trading strategy, and what new regulatory scrutiny could mean for the high frequency trading industry.

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    15 mins
  • The Leaked Phone Call that Plunged Thailand Into Crisis
    Jul 15 2025

    A leaked phone call between Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and Cambodia's Hun Sen has ignited a significant political crisis in Thailand, leading to large-scale protests and her suspension from office.

    On today’s Big Take Asia Podcast, host K. Oanh Ha talks to Bloomberg’s Patpicha Tanakasempipat about the political fallout and its impact on the powerful Shinawatra clan, which has dominated Thai politics for almost three decades.


    Read more: Humbled Thai Billionaire Is a Warning to Trump-Era Populists

    Further listening: What Thailand's Same-Sex Marriage Victory Means for the Economy

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    19 mins
  • Bloomberg’s Interview With Malaysia’s Longest-Serving Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad
    Jul 10 2025

    Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia’s longest-serving prime minister, turned 100 this week. Bloomberg Weekend Editor-at-Large Mishal Husain sat down with the veteran former leader for an interview in the offices of his foundation, just outside Kuala Lumpur.

    Husain asked him about his thoughts on aging and leadership; what he thinks Donald Trump’s tariff war means for Malaysia; and what he sees as the way forward, in a world that’s getting more tense and divided by the day.

    Read more: Mahathir Mohamad: Trump Is ‘Against the Whole World’

    Further listening: Bloomberg’s Interview With UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer

    Bloomberg’s Elon Musk Interview

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    23 mins

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