I have been thinking a lot about languages lately. I have Our Daily Bread‘s app on my phone and in addition to giving you a short devotional, they also have a section entitled Bible in One Year where they give a couple chapters a day so you can say that

published May 8th 2017, 1:18 pm, by Joe Light (Bloomberg) —Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may soon begin to provide financing for buyers of manufactured homes, according to draft plans released on Monday. The move is part of an effort by the mortgage-finance giants to ease burdens on low-income borrowers, many

published May 9th 2017, 1:55 pm, by Laura Litvan and Steven T. Dennis (Bloomberg) —Senate Republican leaders are starting what’s shaping up to be a secretive process to write their version of an Obamacare overhaul — even after some GOP senators complained that the House devised sweeping health-care legislation behind

published May 9th 2017, 3:38 pm, by Sahil Kapur (Bloomberg) —Republican senators said it’s unclear whether their chamber will repeal all of the taxes imposed under Obamacare as they set aside the health-care bill passed by the House and prepare to write their own from scratch. “That’s hard to say

published May 8th 2017, 3:23 pm, by Laurel Calkins and Kartikay Mehrotra (Bloomberg) —Texas kicked off a court battle in giving itself power to jail local officials who provide safe harbor for undocumented immigrants, which goes further than President Donald Trump in his attempt to punish sanctuary cities. The day

published May 8th 2017, 4:00 pm, by Lulu Yilun Chen (Bloomberg) —For decades China’s contract manufacturers have been content mostly to churn out gadgets designed by the world’s tech companies. Now they’re going a step further — seeking out entrepreneurs and building their designs in hopes of finding the next

published May 8th 2017, 5:26 pm, by Adam Haigh (Bloomberg) —Faith in the global economy reasserted itself, with bonds declining and U.S. stocks rising to fresh records while a gauge of volatility in the equity market tumbled to the lowest level since 1993. Asian stock-index futures signaled a mixed start

published May 4th 2017, 8:31 am (Bloomberg View) — Morgan Stanley vs. Vanguard. Morgan Stanley runs investing stores across the country, and if you walk into their investing stores you will see investments on the shelves. You’ll browse around, pick out some investments that you like, maybe ask a sales associate

published May 7th 2017, 11:43 am, by Chris Strohm and Ben Brody (Bloomberg) —Republican senators plan to write a health-care bill that could be radically different from the one passed last week by the House, including keeping some of the benefits and safeguards currently enshrined within Obamacare. The Senate’s different

published May 7th 2017, 9:00 am, by Noah Feldman (Bloomberg View) —When it comes to Middle East policy, usually all roads don’t lead to Rome. But President Donald Trump has good reason to visit the pope on the same circuit as his peace mission to Israel and Saudi Arabia. Trump’s