Dr. Peter Alperin, Vice President at Doximity, shares his thoughts on states reopening as more people get vaccinated. Bloomberg Intelligence Technology and Media Analyst Geetha Ranganathan discusses Amazon.com said to be in talks to buy movie company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Businessweek Features Editor Bret Begun talk about Businessweek’s How-To Issue: 50-Plus Lessons From Smart People. Sharon Miller, Head of Small Business at Bank of America, provides details of the firm's 2021 Small Business Owners Report. And we Drive to the Close with Dan Pipitone, Co-Founder of TradeZero America.Hosts: Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. Producer: Paul Brennan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Author Zachary Karabell discusses his book "Inside Money: Brown Brothers Harriman and the American Way of Power" and explains why the financial firm is an example of sustainable capitalism.Host: Carol Massar. Producer: Paul Brennan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We start with a discussion of the CDC's new mask guidelines with Alyssa Rapp, CEO of Surgical Solutions. Bloomberg News Entertainment Reporter Lucas Shaw explains what the AT&T, Discovery deal means for the media industry. Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Bloomberg News P&I Reporter Lauren Etter share the story of how a secretive hedge fund manager and his deep-pocketed allies became activists when their kids got hooked on vaping. Bloomberg News Trade Tsar Brendan Murray has the Bloomberg Big Take story "The Big Crunch: In a Super-Charged Economy, Companies Panic Buy." And we Drive to the Close with Alan Zafran, Founding Partner and Co-CEO at IEQ Capital.Hosts: Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. Producer: Paul Brennan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chobani President and COO Peter McGuinness discusses how the company was able to continue operations and create new products during the pandemic. And Terry Wheatley, President of Vintage Wine Estates, talks about being the first woman to take a major U.S. wine producer public.Host: Tim Stenovec. Producer: Paul Brennan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Featuring some of our favorite conversations of the week, from our daily radio show "Bloomberg Businessweek."Hosted by Carol Massar and Tim StenovecHear the show live at 2PM ET on WBBR 1130 AM New York, Bloomberg 106.1 FM Boston, Bloomberg 960 AM San Francisco, WDCH 99.1 FM in Washington D.C. Metro, Sirius/XM channel 119, on the Bloomberg Business App, Radio.com, the iHeartRadio app and at Bloomberg.com/audio.You can also watch Bloomberg Businessweek on YouTube - just search for Bloomberg Global News. Like us at Bloomberg Radio on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @carolmassar @timsteno and @BWSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Transportation Analyst Lee Klaskow discusses Kansas City Southern considering Canadian National Railway's acquisition proposal. Bloomberg News Finance Reporter Max Abelson shares his story "A Day in the Life of Wall Street Shows NYC at Cusp of Comeback."Dr. Ian Lustbader, Clinical Professor of Medicine at NYU Langone talks about the virus, vaccines and variants. And we Drive to the Close with Abhay Deshpande, Chief Investment Officer at Centerstone Investors.Hosts: Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. Producer: Paul Brennan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ben Midgley, CEO and Founding Partner of Crunch Fitness Franchise, discusses seeing membership grow in the past year due in part to people missing a feeling of community.Host: Carol Massar. Producer: Paul Brennan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. William Moss, Executive Director of the International Vaccine Access Center at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, discusses the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announcing that vaccinated individuals don’t have to wear a mask or socially distance in most places. Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Bloomberg News Finance Reporter Zeke Faux talk about the SPAC king doing just fine even as the bubble starts to burst. Businessweek Economics Editor Peter Coy explains how to make sense of surprising inflation signals. And we Drive to the Close with Meera Pandit, Global Market Strategist at JPMorgan Investment Management.Hosts: Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. Producer: Paul Brennan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ash Fontana, Managing Director of Zetta, discusses his book "The AI-First Company” on why companies need to prioritize artificial intelligence to succeed.Host; Carol Massar. Producer: Paul Brennan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ellen Wald, President of Transversal Consulting, discusses U.S. gas stations running dry and panic buying caused by the Colonial Pipeline hack. Dr. Jacob Becraft, CEO of Strand Therapeutics, explains his opposition to the U.S. waving rights to vaccine patents. And we Drive to the Close with Saira Malik, Head of Global Equities at Nuveen.Hosts: Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. Producer: Paul Brennan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.