published Jan 24th 2017, 5:14 pm, by Robert Tuttle (Bloomberg) —President Donald Trump’s decision to revive TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL pipeline may herald a new era of pipeline abundance for Canadian oil producers after years of bottlenecks. The U.S. president signed documents to advance the project Tuesday, more than a

published Jan 23rd 2017, 1:08 pm, by Joseph Ciolli (Bloomberg) —U.S. stocks fell amid mounting losses in energy and industrial shares as investors weighed the Trump administration’s trade policies, including comments from the president mentioning a “very major” border tax. The S&P 500 Index declined 0.4 percent to 2,263.36 at

published Jan 23rd 2017, 6:06 am, by Gwen Ackerman and Fadwa Hodali (Bloomberg) — Donald Trump is already looming large over some of the most contentious issues dividing Israelis and Palestinians, emboldening some Israeli officials to take moves that threaten to reignite violence and make the prospect of reviving peace

published Jan 23rd 2017, 4:51 pm, by Saleha Mohsin (Bloomberg) — U.S. Treasury Secretary nominee Steven Mnuchin said an “excessively strong dollar” could have a negative short-term effect on the economy. “The strength of the dollar has historically been tied to the strength of the U.S. economy and the faith

published Jan 22nd 2017, 10:01 am, by Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — Confronted by the challenge of a Donald Trump-led White House, China is signaling it’s ready to work with the new administration and has already taken a handful of policy steps that may help fend off criticism over access to

published Jan 20th 2017, 10:10 am, by Barry Ritholtz (Bloomberg View) — Today is the day that Donald J. Trump will be inaugurated as the 45th U.S. president. From weeks before the election right up until today, talking heads have been telling us how momentous this will be for the

published Jan 22nd 2017, 2:51 pm, by Anna Edgerton and Toluse Olorunnipa (Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump used one of his first appearances in the White House to reaffirm a campaign promise to renegotiate Nafta, indicating that he isn’t retreating from the opposition to free trade that was central to

published Jan 13th 2017, 9:28 am, by Noah Feldman (Bloomberg View) — Muslim girls can be required to participate in swimming classes alongside boys despite their parents’ religious objections, according to the European Court of Human Rights. The outcome would have been the opposite in most U.S. jurisdictions, which have

published Jan 19th 2017, 4:26 pm, by Justin Sink (Bloomberg) —Donald Trump touched down Thursday at Washington’s Joint Base Andrews, about 24 hours before he will be sworn in as the 45th U.S. president. Trump traded his personally branded Boeing 757 for a U.S. Air Force version of the same

published Jan 17th 2017, 9:03 am, by Suzanne Woolley (Bloomberg) —Imagine that, every year at the same time, somebody wrote you a check for $3,000. Would that be such a horrible thing? Would you dread the months leading up to that? Now imagine it’s the U.S. government. About 70 percent of