published Dec 19, 2017, 4:00:00 AM, by Adam Williams (Bloomberg) — A chunk of Sempra Energy’s natural gas pipeline sits in the dirt behind a community center in the village of Loma de Bacum in northwest Mexico. Guadalupe Flores thinks it would make a great barbecue pit. “Cut it here,

published Dec 18, 2017, 8:02:58 PM, by Greg Stohr (Bloomberg) — The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court for an emergency order that would temporarily stop a 17-year-old undocumented immigrant from having an abortion. The girl, who is about 10 weeks pregnant, could have an abortion as early as

published Dec 18, 2017, 3:59:11 PM, by Andrew Mayeda and Saleha Mohsin (Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump is breaking with recent U.S. convention by portraying China as a rival that wants to undermine American prosperity. But it may take more than an aggressive tone to change the complex relationship between

published Dec 18, 2017, 8:46:53 PM, by Erik Wasson (Bloomberg) — House Republicans on Monday proposed $81 billion in disaster relief for areas hit by hurricanes and wildfires, the largest standalone aid bill in recent years. The aid likely would be attached to a government spending bill that must be

published Dec 14, 2017, 5:00:07 AM, by Carolina Wilson (Bloomberg) — Money managers have already tried to sell people exchange-traded funds linked to booze and over-eating. So it probably shouldn’t come as a shock that they’re moving on to an even touchier region of the American psyche — politics. Believe

published Dec 11, 2017, 4:00:40 AM, by Cass R Sunstein (Bloomberg View) — One of the most spectacularly successful ideas in all of behavioral economics is Save More Tomorrow, by which employers ask employees if they would like to give some portion of their future wage increases to their retirement

published Dec 17, 2017, 3:09:33 PM, by Jake Rudnitsky (Bloomberg) — Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with Donald Trump for the second time in four days, this time to thank the president for Central Intelligence Agency information that lead to the breakup of a suspected Islamic State cell. The information

Respect is one word with a simple meaning, however so few people understand what it really means. It should be expected adults and kids respect each other regardless of the situation. This goes the same for people in a position of power. Oh…they may hold a higher power, however that

published Dec 13, 2017, 4:00:24 AM, by Sabrina Willmer and Nishant Kumar (Bloomberg) — “Alexa … will I meet my retirement goal?” “You are not on track to meet your retirement goal,” replies Amazon.com Inc.’s voice-activated digital assistant, with not a bit of sugar-coating. Then she suggests turning over $76

published Dec 14, 2017, 6:01:00 PM, by Grant Smith (Bloomberg) — The two most critical forecasts of global oil markets offer contrasting visions for 2018: one in which OPEC finally succeeds in clearing a supply glut, and another where that goal remains elusive. In the estimation of the Organization of