published Aug 29, 2018, 6:00:17 AM, by The Editors (The Bloomberg View) — Vladimir Putin faces an enormous challenge. He wants to deliver prosperity to Russians before 2024, when the constitution says his presidency must end, but the economy is no longer cooperating. For this unhelpful economic outlook, Russia’s president

published Aug 29, 2018, 3:02:24 PM, by Joe Easton (Bloomberg) — Amazon.com Inc. is headed for its biggest gain in four months, pulling within $26 billion of becoming America’s second trillion-dollar company, after Morgan Stanley said sales growth remains strong. The rally extends a run in which Jeff Bezos’ online

published Aug 29, 2018, 3:02:06 PM, by Jeremy Herron (Bloomberg) — U.S. stocks plowed to new records amid a broad rally in technology shares, as investors speculated the Trump administration will make progress this week on trade spats. Oil surged toward $70 a barrel. The S&P 500 Index rose a

published Aug 27, 2018, 9:10:46 AM, by Karl W. Smith (Bloomberg Opinion) — Enthusiasm for expanding the government health-insurance program for the elderly to cover all U.S. citizens is growing among Democratic political hopefuls. According to Dylan Scott at Vox.com, “Nearly every single rumored 2020 candidate in the Senate has

published Aug 28, 2018, 11:37:02 AM, by Emily Chasan (Bloomberg) — A new exchange-traded fund is betting on companies that support women at every level. Impact Shares Corp. will donate part of the fees charged for the YWCA Women’s Empowerment ETF, which trades under the ticker WOMN, to the YWCA,

published Aug 27, 2018, 3:00:00 AM, by Laura Davison, Lynnley Browning and Ben Steverman (Bloomberg) — Taxpayers in New York and Connecticut still have a few potential options to avoid the hit from a new cap on state and local tax deductions, while residents of other high-tax jurisdictions may only

published Aug 27, 2018 6:55:22 PM, by Jennifer Jacobs and Jennifer Epstein (Bloomberg) — “Despite our differences on policy and politics, I respect Senator John McCain’s service to our country,” Trump said in a statement issued shortly after the flag was lowered. The White House returned its flag to half-staff

published Aug 27, 2018 6:30:16 AM, by Liam Denning (Bloomberg Opinion) — With Labor Day looming, it’s obviously time to start thinking about winter. Obvious, that is, if you follow that battered, crushed, flayed corner of the energy market called U.S. natural gas. America is awash in the stuff. Production

published Aug 27, 2018 4:53:49 PM, by Felipe Marques and Lizette Chapman (Bloomberg) — Peter Thiel is not ready to give up on defending President Donald Trump just yet. The PayPal Holdings Inc. and Palantir Technologies Inc. co-founder praised Trump’s honesty, adding that unlike other Republican presidential hopefuls from the

published Aug 25, 2018, 7:56:00 PM, by Laurie Asseo (Bloomberg) — John McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee and Vietnam War hero who was a senior voice on defense and foreign policy in the U.S. Senate, has died. He was 81. McCain died at 4:28 p.m. Saturday, his office said