Scott Walker The Wisconsin governor is building his campaign around what many conservatives see as his signature accomplishment: taking on unions. In his 2014 memoir, Unintimidated: A Governor’s Story and A Nation’s Challenge, Walker recounts his successful battle to strip organized labor of collective bargaining rights. It was this victory that catapulted

©2015 Bloomberg News NPP08SSYF01T (Bloomberg) — The members of Generation X have plenty to be grumpy about. For starters, no one talks about them anymore. It’s all millennials all the time. There’s another reason Americans born between 1965 and 1980 are gloomy: Gen Xers are in even worse shape financially

©2015 Bloomberg News NQK26H6JTSEF (Bloomberg Business) — The U.S. Supreme Court just legalized gay marriage nationwide. If same-sex couples get married, they gain access to hundreds of legal and financial benefits. They—and anybody else thinking about marrying—also bear some often-overlooked costs and responsibilities. Even couples who have been together for

©2015 Bloomberg News NR90ZM6KLVR5 (Bloomberg) — U.S. and Australian government bonds fell for a second day as Greece sought a bailout loan, curbing demand for safer assets. Ten-year Treasury prices extended Thursday’s biggest decline in two months after Greece offered creditors a package of reforms and spending cuts, as it

©2015 Bloomberg News NR6SID6KLVR9 (Bloomberg Politics) — On Wednesday afternoon, a reporter asked Donald Trump, a candidate for president of the United States, about his brash speaking style, and whether it might induce ire in the delicate dance that is international diplomacy. His first response was not to answer the question,

©2015 Bloomberg News NR6BVB6TTDSA (Bloomberg) — Investors are developing an appetite for Italian food. Food companies, that is. Mostly family owned, makers of linguini, mozzarella, tomato puree and other Italian fare traditionally have shunned the stock market, turning instead to limited investments from private-equity firms for capital to expand. With

©2015 Bloomberg News NR6YK36JTSEE (Bloomberg Business) — Some 250 miles above the Earth, a flock of shoebox-size Dove satellites is helping to change our understanding of economic life below. In Myanmar, night lights indicate slower growth than World Bank estimates. In Kenya, photos of homes with metal roofs can show

©2015 Bloomberg News NR4BJJ6TTDSP (Bloomberg) — The U.S. is in an “inevitable relative decline in worldwide influence” due to the rise of China, India, and other developing economies, former President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday. “As they increase in economic and cultural influence, it will replace a lot of the power

©2015 Bloomberg News NQVPJ16JIJUS (Bloomberg) — Are you a congressional Democrat who bucked organized labor and the progressive base of your party to support President Barack Obama’s trade agenda? Then the White House may have a gift for you: Air Force One touching down in your hometown, where the president