published Dec 8, 2017, 5:00:00 AM, by Sheela Tobben (Bloomberg) — A 1,000-foot ship will likely pull up to a buoy floating in the Gulf of Mexico next year, hook up its hoses and usher the U.S. into a new era as a major oil exporter. The Louisiana Offshore Oil

published Dec 10, 2017, 7:00:11 AM, by Elaine Ou and Julie Verhage (Bloomberg View) — Elaine Ou, a blockchain engineer and Bloomberg View columnist, answered questions about cryptocurrencies from Bloomberg Terminal customers in a TOPLive chat on Tuesday with Julie Verhage, who covers markets for Bloomberg News. Since then, bitcoin has

published Dec 3, 2017, 7:42:58 PM, by Jonathan Levin, Andrew Pollack and Drew Armstrong (Bloomberg) — The tax bill passed by Republicans in the U.S. Senate over the weekend may boost profits for industries from banking to retail to fossil fuels. It also could put the squeeze on hospitals and

published Dec 10, 2017, 8:15:45 AM, by Gwen Ackerman and Lin Noueihed (Bloomberg) — Neither the Palestinian Authority president nor the head of Egypt’s Coptic Church plans to meet with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence when he visits the Middle East later this month, to protest the U.S. declaration recognizing

Lance was forced out of the sport, however every so often he might show up on your radar. He will be regarded as a top cyclist and a failure all in one sentence. At the end of the day Lance is still a freak of nature. Sure one could say

published Dec 7, 2017, 2:12:25 PM, by John Gittelsohn, Scarlet Fu and Julia Chatterley (Bloomberg) — The limited supply of bitcoin may drive up its value for now, but also makes it an unlikely substitute for currencies or gold in times of economic distress, according to Bill Gross, the billionaire

published Dec 7, 2017, 6:01:00 PM, by Isis Almeida, Mai Ngoc Chau and Fabiana Batista (Bloomberg) — Hoang Thi Thom, a coffee grower in No. 2 producer Vietnam, isn’t keen to sell this year’s harvest. With prices for the robusta coffee she grows down 18 percent in 2017, Thom has

published Dec 7, 2017, 6:32:10 PM, by Adam Haigh (Bloomberg) — The dollar is poised for its biggest weekly gain since September as the U.S. tax reform bill made encouraging progress and ahead of employment data that’s expected to show hiring remains robust in the world’s largest economy. Asian stocks

published Dec 6, 2017, 3:00:00 PM, by Anthony DiPaola, Tracy Alloway and Mahmoud Habboush (Bloomberg) — U.S. natural gas exports could find buyers in the oil-rich Persian Gulf as countries there look to meet surging demand. Growing U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas could be an additional source of gas

published Dec 6, 2017, 7:09:20 PM, by Donna Abu-Nasr and John Follain (Bloomberg) — World leaders reacted with dismay after President Donald Trump decided to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and relocate the U.S. embassy there, amid concern the moves could ignite new violence and bury any hope for resolving