©2015 Bloomberg News NUU32K6KLVRL (Bloomberg) — Got an idea for a television show? Israeli Alon Dolev might just be your man. As chief executive officer and co-founder of the Tel Aviv- based TV Format Fund, Dolev, 43, has about $50 million to invest over the next five to seven years.

©2015 Bloomberg News NV58996JIJV3 (Bloomberg) — President Vladimir Putin, determined to strengthen Russia’s only military outpost in the Middle East, is preparing to launch unilateral airstrikes against Islamic State from inside Syria if the U.S. rejects his proposal to join forces, two people familiar with the matter said. Putin’s preferred

©2015 Bloomberg News NV5NX06JTSEA (Bloomberg Politics) — Carly Fiorina’s challenge to Hillary Clinton and President Obama is itself being challenged. Planned Parenthood accused the Hewlett-Packard CEO of “lying” when she described the contents of an undercover video during the second Republican debate. “There is no polite way to say this: Carly

©2015 Bloomberg News NNLDKT6JIJUV (Bloomberg) — More than half of U.S. eighth-graders say Americans believe the U.S. government should guarantee them a job when they grow up. That’s one of the findings of a federal test of children’s knowledge of history, civics and geography. Only 32 percent correctly answered the question

©2015 Bloomberg News NNJ8N66JTSEM (Bloomberg Politics) — On Saturday night, former President George W. Bush made remarks at the spring meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition behind closed doors, but some of his message trickled out. He argued against President Barack Obama’s planned course of action on Iran and expressed skepticism over the pending

©2015 Bloomberg View NV1RS96S972O (Bloomberg View) — When Xi Jinping walks into Microsoft headquarters on Wednesday for a global technology forum, he should have an extra spring in his step. Last week, Dell announced that 42 percent of the computers it sells in China now come pre-loaded with NeoKylin, a

©2015 Bloomberg News NV1OTG6K50Y7 (Bloomberg) — The combination of U.S. landlords Colony American Homes and Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust brings together two real estate moguls whose companies are trying to become a bigger force in the young house-rental industry. Starwood Waypoint is backed by Barry Sternlicht’s Starwood Capital Group, a

©2015 Bloomberg News NV1S346K50YG (Bloomberg) — Emerging-market stocks fell from a one-month high and currencies weakened as the euphoria surrounding the Federal Reserve’s decision to hold off on raising U.S. interest rates was replaced by concern that global economic growth is slowing. Lukoil PJSC paced losses among Russian oil producers on

©2015 Bloomberg News NUZ8KT6VDKHS (Bloomberg) — Hedge funds are so down on wheat that even the worst price plunge in 29 years isn’t leaving them satisfied. Instead, a global glut has money managers ready for more losses and sticking with a net-bearish outlook for seven straight weeks. World inventories before