published Jul 26th 2017, 4:45 pm, by Elizabeth Dexheimer and Jesse Hamilton (Bloomberg) —President Donald Trump’s pick to be the Federal Reserves top Wall Street watchdog said it’s time to reconsider the restrictions imposed on banks in recent years, even as he credited regulations with helping stabilize the financial system

published Jul 26th 2017, 8:14 pm, by Jiyeun Lee (Bloomberg) —South Kora’s economic growth slowed in the second quarter as expansion in construction investment eased and export volumes fell from the previous three months. Economists said the slowdown is mostly due to a base effect from a solid first-quarter performance

published Jul 26th 2017, 3:00 am, by Katie Robertson (Bloomberg) —The first time Amelia Howells ever wrote a check, she was 28 years old and standing in a Connecticut apartment leasing office, with no idea what to do. The British expat had just moved to the U.S.; she’d never had

published Jul 25th 2017, 4:57 pm, by David Wainer and Fadwa Hodali (Bloomberg) —Israel took down metal detectors from an embattled hilltop shrine in Jerusalem’s Old City in a bid to quell violent Palestinian opposition to their presence, helping to end a diplomatic standoff with Jordan. The removal began after

published Jul 25th 2017, 7:29 pm, by Steven T. Dennis and Shannon Pettypiece (Bloomberg) —A Senate committee has reached an agreement to receive testimony from President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort and is dropping a subpoena. Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and ranking Democrat Dianne Feinstein

published Jul 18th 2017, 11:01 pm, by Suzanne Woolley (Bloomberg) —Retirement security in the U.S. took a significant hit in a global ranking, falling three notches to No. 17 among 43 developed countries. The fifth annual Global Retirement Index ranking from Natixis Global Asset Management has Norway, Switzerland, and Iceland holding

published Jul 24th 2017, 4:56 pm, by Noah Feldman (Bloomberg View) —Given the scale of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it may seem strange that the latest round of violence was triggered by metal detectors. But the metal detectors in question were installed by Israel at the entrances to the Temple Mount/Haram

published Jul 24th 2017, 4:26 pm, by Laura Litvan and Jennifer Epstein (Bloomberg) —President Donald Trump called on Senate Republicans to start the process of repealing the Affordable Care Act, warning that anyone who votes not to take up the bill Tuesday is saying they are “fine with the Obamacare

Although most of us would label anyone who claims to hear voices in their head as needing psychiatric care, the truth is we all have voices in our head.  It may be the voice of your long gone mother telling you that you need to clean the house.  It might

published Jul 21st 2017, 6:34 am, by Grant Smith (Bloomberg) —OPEC and Russia’s plan to clear the global oil glut hasn’t worked as they hoped, but there’s little expectation the world’s largest producers will act more aggressively when they meet this weekend. Oil has slumped into a bear market and