published May 1st 2017, 4:00 pm, by Satyajit Das (Bloomberg View) — For all the hand-wringing over when and how the Federal Reserve would begin tapering its massive bond-buying program, emerging nations appear to be relatively well-prepared for higher U.S. interest rates. Compared with the period before the 1997 financial

published Apr 29th 2017, 9:25 pm, by Katia Dmitrieva and Justin Sink (Bloomberg) —Donald Trump touted the achievements of his administration, saying he’s made good on promises to voters, but on his 100th day in office couldn’t let go of his animosity toward the news media during a raucous campaign-style rally

published Apr 29th 2017, 6:01 pm, by Catherine Bosley (Bloomberg) —If you want to be at the epicenter of global growth in the next few decades, you could do worse than relocate to somewhere like Kigali, Foshan, or Belo Horizonte. That’s because many cities that today are still comparative backwaters on

published Apr 30th 2017, 10:52 am, by Ben Brody (Bloomberg) — Vice President Mike Pence said he hopes Congress can pass legislation to replace Obamacare by the end of the year, a far longer timetable than President Donald Trump has envisioned. Pence, in an interview Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the

published Apr 27th 2017, 3:42 pm, by Dina Bass (Bloomberg) — Satya Nadella’s plan to reshape Microsoft Corp. as a cloud-computing company hit a snag in the third quarter, when lackluster sales of Surface tablets and weaker demand for corporate services kept revenue growth in check. Adjusted sales in the

published Apr 27th 2017, 4:06 pm, by Tony Capaccio and Ilya Arkhipov (Bloomberg) —President Donald Trump is well aware that a preemptive strike against North Korea must be a last resort, in large part because of the artillery Kim Jong Un’s regime could unleash to devastate South Korea’s capital, Senator

published Apr 27th 2017, 4:58 pm, by Leslie Patton (Bloomberg) — Starbucks Corp.’s new chief, who took the job this month, isn’t getting much of a honeymoon. The shares declined as much as 5.9 percent in late trading Thursday after quarterly sales missed analysts’ estimates, renewing concerns that competition and

published Apr 25th 2017, 12:08 pm, by Carolina Wilson (Bloomberg) —Looking to capitalize on what’s shaping up to be a strong earnings season? You may want to avoid some of the most popular vehicles in the market: large sector exchange-traded funds. ETFs tracking all sectors have gathered a record $18.1

published Apr 26th 2017, 3:42 pm, by Steven T. Dennis, Anna Edgerton and Erik Wasson (Bloomberg) —Republicans and Democrats worked to put the final touches on a $1.1 trillion spending bill needed to avert a U.S. government shutdown after the White House appeared to satisfy Democrats’ demand that President Donald

published Apr 26th 2017, 6:44 pm, by Nick Wadhams, Steven T. Dennis and Terrence Dopp (Bloomberg) —U.S. national security leaders emphasized economic sanctions and diplomacy to persuade North Korea to dismantle its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs, even as the Pentagon ramps up its military presence in the region