published Mar 12th 2017, 1:59 pm, by Ben Brody (Bloomberg) — Republican and Democratic lawmakers on Sunday said they still haven’t seen evidence to support President Donald Trump’s unverified claim that his predecessor tapped his phones, but they expect the facts will soon emerge. The comments came a day before

published Mar 6th 2017, 10:30 am, by Zara Kessler (Bloomberg) — Politics can be a thorn in the side of companies and universities. Bill Boulding, dean of Duke’s Fuqua School of Business, thinks he can use it to build better leaders. President Donald Trump signed a new executive order on

published Mar 9th 2017, 3:49 pm, by Kim Chipman (Bloomberg) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s push to cut “red tape” and simplify relations between companies and the federal government is good for business, according to the chief executive officer of Canada’s Sun Life Financial Inc. “We operate in 24 countries

published Mar 9th 2017, 5:00 pm, by Marcus Bensasson and Caroline Connan (Bloomberg) — Greece’s main opposition party has a clear message for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras: Don’t count on us to bail out your government. The country needs new elections, and the New Democracy party will vote against the

published Dec 12th 2016, 5:38 am, by Drake Bennett (Bloomberg Pursuits) — “Do you smoke?” Ali MacGrain asks in his Scottish brogue. We’re standing on skis, I somewhat unsteadily, in bright morning sunlight on a lower flank of Northstar California Resort. MacGrain teaches skiing here, and though his accent doesn’t

published Mar 8th 2017, 6:03 pm, by Jef Feeley (Bloomberg) — AOL Inc. sought to cut a deal with online rivals Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. before agreeing to a $4.4 billion buyout by Verizon Communications Inc., the company’s top executive told a Delaware judge. The New York-based company was

published Mar 8th 2017, 5:38 pm, by Jared S. Hopkins (Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump told Democrats at the White House Wednesday that he wants to do something about U.S. drug prices, according to a lawmaker at the meeting, an area of potential bipartisan agreement as the two parties wrangle

published Mar 8th 2017, 1:25 pm, by Leslie Patton (Bloomberg) — Starbucks Corp., facing heavy competition, mobile-ordering hiccups and even boycott threats, has been losing U.S. customers to rivals this winter. In February, the company ceded market share to other chains, according to data from xAd Inc., a research firm

published Mar 7th 2017, 1:06 pm, by Andrew Harris (Bloomberg) — Energy Transfer Partners LP will soon be filling its controversial Dakota Access pipeline with oil after defeating a Native American tribe’s challenge to stall the project on religious grounds. A ruling Tuesday by U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in

published Mar 3rd 2017, 8:03 am, by Matt Levine (Bloomberg View) — Snap. The main worry about tech unicorns is a pretty simple one: Will public stock market investors pay more for tech companies than Silicon Valley venture capitalists? Traditionally the answer has been yes, which is why venture capital