By John Dunnery Whether you’re a water polo player or a chess fanatic, a piano aficionado or an aspiring chef, there are times when you want to achieve peak performance. Perhaps you are taking a test, performing in a competition, or playing in a championship game. Maybe a special friend

published May 20th 2016, 10:49 am, by Marc Champion (Bloomberg View) —The bombings in Brussels in March, like the crash of the EgyptAir flight in the Mediterranean this week, raised questions about the costs and benefits of adding more airport security, the topic of this column first published on March

published May 22nd 2016, 11:33 am, by David McLaughlin and Ben Brody (Bloomberg) —Bernie Sanders stepped up his feud with Democratic leadership, saying he’s backing the primary opponent of Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the party’s national committee chairwoman, and taking on an “undemocratic” nominating process. “Clearly, I favor her opponent. His

published May 22nd 2016, 5:00 pm, by Shai Oster (Bloomberg) —Online crowdfunding sites have been the place to raise money to research the theory of everything or back a San Francisco startup. Now, Chinese tech companies are using them to crack the U.S. market. Yet these aren’t exactly struggling startups. Take

First, let’s watch a video that expounds on just how amazing the Great Pyramid really is—and why it still ranks as a true Wonder of the World. The Great Pyramid of Giza (also known as the Pyramid of Khufu or the Pyramid of Cheops) is the oldest and largest of

published May 19th 2016, 6:01 pm, by Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — China’s effort to promote natural gas over coal to cut pollution is facing resistance from buyers who prefer cheaper to cleaner. The world’s largest energy consumer seeks to raise the share of less-polluting natural gas to 10 percent of

published May 19th 2016, 1:36 pm, by Jennifer Jacobs and Kevin Cirilli (Bloomberg) — Power over the management of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is shifting to Paul Manafort. Manafort was hired for his experience with contested Republican conventions, but now that that threat has passed, Trump is naming the 67-year-old

published May 19th 2016, 8:21 am, by Matt Levine (Bloomberg View) — Artificial intelligence. Look, Two Sigma is a big smart hedge fund that has done well and made its founders rich and has prospective recruits wear virtual-reality headsets for some reason. And I am sure they are wonderful at

published May 18th 2016, 4:24 pm, by Zachary Tracer (Bloomberg) — The rates Americans pay for coverage through Obamacare are going up, as New York joins the list of states where insurers are seeking big increases in premiums under the program, adding risk for the law as the U.S. presidential

published May 18th 2016, 6:01 pm, by Elisha Bala-Gbogbo and Javier Blas (Bloomberg) — After years of relative peace, militants are again blowing up the pipelines that criss-cross the mangrove swamps of Nigeria’s Niger River delta, reducing oil output to the lowest in almost three decades and fueling a rally