published Nov 26, 2017, 6:01:46 PM, by Craig Torres and Mark Niquette (Bloomberg) — Republican lawmakers are scrambling to lock up the votes needed to finalize a tax bill that can make it to President Donald Trump’s desk by the end of the year, without the benefit of an important

published Nov 30, 2017 3:02:53 PM, by Brendan Walsh (Bloomberg) — U.S. stocks posted record highs after John McCain backed the Senate tax bill and the biggest technology stocks rebounded from their worst selloff in more than a year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed past 24,000 after the statement of

We live in society where title and privilege come with a set of rules. Does this mean you are entitled to exercise power to those you feel are beneath you? Even more important, are you able to do things that could be viewed as unacceptable. Well, there seems to be

published Nov 30, 2017 4:15:46 PM, by Brian Eckhouse (Bloomberg) — Google, the biggest corporate buyer of renewable energy, is buying even more — 536 megawatts of wind power from four different power plants. The Alphabet Inc. unit agreed to buy 196 megawatts of wind power from two  Avangrid Inc. power

published Nov 30, 2017 2:00:00 PM, by Keiko Ujikane and Nobuyuki Akama (Bloomberg) — Shares of SG Holdings, the operator of Japan’s second-largest parcel delivery company by volume Sagawa Express, could rise as much as 27 percent by a year after its debut this month as investors bet on solid

published Nov 29, 2017 4:39:17 PM, by Grant Smith, Salma El Wardany and Nayla Razzouk (Bloomberg) — OPEC and Russia are ready to extend their oil production cuts until the end of next year to ensure global stockpiles keep falling and prices maintain recent gains. All OPEC members and Russia,

published Nov 29, 2017 5:35:29 PM, by Ari Natter and Erik Wasson (Bloomberg) — A bid to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling faces a hold up over an arcane budget rule, a development that may mean it can’t be included in the tax overhaul legislation. Senate

published Nov 29, 2017 5:07:55 PM, by Greg Stohr (Bloomberg) — The Trump administration switched sides in a clash that could upend the Securities and Exchange Commission’s hearing process, telling the U.S. Supreme Court that agency judges were appointed in violation of the Constitution. In a legal filing Wednesday, the

I still remember how our Social Studies in high school drilled into our minds how the signers of the Declaration of Independence were risking their lives signing that document. That they were, yet they were not going to allow themselves to be bullied to by any music celebrity, actor, anyone

published Nov 27, 2017 8:46:01 AM, by Matt Levine (Bloomberg View) — CFPB. I feel like a simple misunderstanding is driving the fight over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The CFPB’s staff, and its departing director Richard Cordray, think that the bureau’s job is to protect consumers from financial institutions. But