published Oct 17th 2016, 2:51 pm, by Chris Strohm, Andrew Harris and Ben Brody (Bloomberg) — A State Department team responsible for determining which records should be kept secret felt “immense pressure” not to label any of about 300 e-mails found on Hillary Clinton’s private e-mail server as classified, according

published Oct 11th 2016, 3:57 pm, by Steven T. Dennis (Bloomberg) — Marco Rubio is still on Team Trump, sticking with the man who humiliated him as “Little Marco” in the primaries even as other Republicans ditched his embattled campaign in droves. There may be no better example of the

published Oct 17th 2016, 5:00 pm, by Adam Minter (Bloomberg View) — Alibaba’s Jack Ma has big dreams. Having transformed Chinese retail, he’s now determined to reinvigorate globalization. The way to do so, according to his annual shareholder letter released last week, is for other countries to use or replicate

published Sep 27th 2016, 1:16 pm, by Ben Steverman and Jennifer Surane (Bloomberg) — It’s Friday, and your paycheck is missing a zero. Even if payroll owns up to it, you could be waiting until Wednesday to get your money. Your power company is threatening a penalty for an overdue

published Oct 16th 2016, 9:29 am, by Stepan Kravchenko (Bloomberg) — Russia hopes its ties with the U.S. can be restored after elections regardless of who wins, according to President Vladimir Putin. While Democrat Hillary Clinton so far is aggressive toward Russia and Republican Donald Trump wants cooperation, the Kremlin

published Oct 16th 2016, 4:00 pm, by Anousha Sakoui and David McLaughlin (Bloomberg) — The billboard towers over Sunset Boulevard, a marionettist’s hand, a la “The Godfather” posters of decades ago, pulling the strings in Hollywood. It poses an unsettling question: “China’s Red Puppet?” The sign is the work of

published Oct 13th 2016, 11:36 am, by Nafeesa Syeed (Bloomberg) — As the U.S. Air Force deploys pilots for combat, including the campaign targeting Islamic State, it’s accelerating efforts to harden the computer networks that control everything from warplanes’ navigation to weapons systems from cyber threats. A plane is a

published Oct 13th 2016, 1:46 pm, by Deena Shanker (Bloomberg) — There’s good news for Americans who find themselves waking up in a cold sweat at 3 a.m. to check the latest polls: You are not alone. More than half of you—on both sides of the aisle—say the 2016 election

published Oct 13th 2016, 8:07 am, by Shahien Nasiripour (Bloomberg) — College financial aid counselors are supposed to be students’ primary resource to help figure out how to pay for school—determining how much they’ll need to borrow, the types of loans best suited for them, and sources of cash. But

published Oct 13th 2016, 9:05 am, by Katherine Doherty (Bloomberg) — Enrollment in the Obamacare insurance marketplace is likely to stall or even decline for 2017 after two years of growth, according to S&P Global Ratings forecasts. “Our forecasted modest-to-negative growth is clearly a bump in the road, but doesn’t