published Oct 29, 2017, 3:00:00 PM, by Enda Curran and Christopher Anstey (Bloomberg) — It used to be that when America sneezed, the world caught a cold. This time around, it’s the risk of a sickly China that poses a bigger threat. The world’s second-largest economy is now trying to

published Oct 26, 2017, 7:29:32 PM, by Adam Haigh (Bloomberg) — Asian stocks followed gains in U.S. equities as earnings and congressional action on tax reform boosted confidence in the growth outlook. Equity benchmarks rose in Tokyo, Seoul and Sydney as technology shares rallied following stellar profit at Amazon.com Inc.

  It is not commmon for everyones kid to be an overachiever in athletics. I suspect it is even less common to have a few kids that show promise in the very same discipline. Well…..it becomes even more narrow to think more than one of your kids could be olympic

published Oct 26, 2017, 4:21:29 PM, by Shira Ovide (Bloomberg Gadfly) — Amazon has received a free pass on delivering profits to investors. It might be time to revoke it. Third-quarter revenue rose about 34 percent, better than Wall Street’s expectations. The tally included about a month of sales from

published Oct 26, 2017, 5:41:18 PM, by Jim Polson (Bloomberg) — Connecticut took a step toward propping up nuclear energy on Thursday, wading into a national debate over how to keep aging reactors running that’s become so intense that even the Trump administration is weighing in. A bill passed Thursday

published Oct 23, 2017 5:00:09 AM, by Suzanne Woolley (Bloomberg) — There may soon be three more letters in your employer’s alphabet soup of benefit plans. Those letters are HSA, which stands for health savings account, and they can bring tax advantages at a time when you could use them

published Oct 25, 2017 3:23:44 PM, by Alan Levin (Bloomberg) — Drone deliveries got a step closer to reality as the White House issued an order giving local governments more authority to conduct tests of the burgeoning new technology. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order designed to

published Oct 25, 2017 5:02:09 PM, by Joel Rosenblatt and Andrew Harris (Bloomberg) — A federal judge rejected a bid by Democratic state officials to temporarily block the White House from ending so-called cost-sharing reduction payments to health insurers under the Affordable Care Act. A coalition of 19 Democratic attorneys general,

published Sep 19, 2017 3:23:38 PM, by Jonathan Ferziger (Bloomberg) — As the Jewish High Holiday season moves in, Israel is getting set to welcome a throng of religious visitors — evangelical Christians. Thousands will pour in from more than 80 countries to the streets of Jerusalem in early October

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