Mary Biekert

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2022 Super Bowl Commercials

Advertisers want to make Super Bowl commercials fun again this year

By Martine Paris, Mary Biekert, and others

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 22: India.Arie performs onstage during the BMG Pre-Grammy Party 2020 at Troubadour on January 22, 2020 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for BMG)

Arts & Entertainment

The Spotify boycott has grown far bigger than Neil Young. Here are the artists pulling their work so far

By Mary Biekert and Bloomberg

NEW YORK, NY – DECEMBER 16: Isabel Maxwell the sister of Ghislaine Maxwell arrives arrives at the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse on December 16, 2021 in New York City. The defense team begins to present their case on behalf of Maxwell, the daughter of late media mogul Robert Maxwell, who is on trial for sex trafficking. Maxwell has pleaded not guilty to charges that she recruited and groomed underage girls for financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

‘I felt it was a loving relationship’: Maxwell defense tries to undermine accusers’ credibility and memory

By Patricia Hurtado, Akayla Gardner, and others

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 03: Isabel Maxwell leaves a Manhattan court after attending the trial of her sister ,British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, for child sex-trafficking in federal court in Manhattan on December 03, 2021 in New York City. The 59-year-old Maxwell is accused of helping the financier Jeffrey Epstein recruit and sexually abuse four underage girls for years. If convicted Maxwell could face up to 80 years in prison. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Money problems may have led Ghislaine Maxwell to find girls for Jeffrey Epstein, prosecutors say

By Patricia Hurtado, Mary Biekert, and others

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JULY 02: Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Audrey Strauss, speaks to the media at a press conference to announce the arrest of Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime girlfriend and accused accomplice of deceased accused sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein on July 02, 2020 in New York City. Maxwell, the British socialite and daughter of Robert Maxwell, was arrested in New Hampshire on Thursday morning and will be charged by New York federal prosecutors with six counts in connection with the ongoing federal investigation into Epstein’s accomplices. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Ghislaine Maxwell trial may end early after dramatic victim testimony about abuse in Jeffrey Epstein house

By Patricia Hurtado, Mary Biekert, and others

NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 29: Sarah Ransome, a victim of Jeffery Epstein arrives for the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell at the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse on November 29, 2021 in New York City. Maxwell, the daughter of late media mogul Robert Maxwell is on trial for sex trafficking. Maxwell is expected to challenge claims she groomed underage girls for convicted and deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein for sexual abuse. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

‘Be Blind’ and ‘Say Nothing’ were Ghislaine Maxwell’s rules at Epstein’s Florida mansion, house manager says

By Patricia Hurtado, Mary Biekert, and others

Students on campus at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. The Bloomberg Businessweek 2021-22 Best B-Schools MBA ranking created a Diversity Index for U.S. business schools that for the first time measures race, ethnicity, and gender. Photographer: Libby March/Bloomberg via Getty Images

MBA programs have record high female enrollment this year—but it’s still only 41%

By Mary Biekert and Bloomberg

A 17-year-old receives a first dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at a mobile vaccination clinic during a back to school event offering school supplies, Covid-19 vaccinations, face masks, and other resources for children and their families at the Weingart East Los Angeles YMCA in Los Angeles, California on August 7, 2021. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

COVID-19 shots for kids will boost vaccination rates among Hispanics and other people of color

By Mary Biekert and Bloomberg

NEW YORK , NY – JUNE 02: Exterior view of the New York Stock Exchange and Wall St. as new company Organon start trading next thursday in New York on June 02 2021. Organon look to expand to provide treatments for other conditions unique to women, about 80% of the new company’s revenues will come from outside the U.S (Photo by Kena Betancur/VIEWpress)

A new holiday disrupts Wall Street’s operations

By Mary Biekert, Sonali Basak, and others