published Dec 29th 2016, 6:19 pm, by Benjamin Purvis and Daisuke Sakai (Bloomberg) —The euro spiked higher as the dollar weakened for a second day and oil rebounded in thin end-of-year trading. Japanese and Australian stocks fell. European currencies including the Danish krone and Swiss franc also appreciated against the

published Dec 28th 2016, 5:46 pm, by Zachary Tracer, Shannon Pettypiece and Jennifer Epstein (Bloomberg) —President-elect Donald Trump met at his Florida resort on Wednesday with leaders of top U.S. nonprofit hospital systems to discuss overhauling health care for veterans, including by allowing them to more readily visit hospitals outside

published Dec 28th 2016, 6:06 pm, by Steven Gittelson (Bloomberg) —Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and ex-Salomon Brothers executive John Gutfreund were among newsmakers in business, finance and public affairs who died in 2016. The business world lost Andy Grove, a refugee from postwar

published Dec 28th 2016, 5:07 pm, by David Tweed (Bloomberg) —In a year dominated by Brexit and Donald Trump’s surprise U.S. election win, Asia felt like a relatively stable part of the world. A closer look shows that the region endured its own seismic events in 2016, from a Philippine

published Dec 27th 2016, 1:07 pm, by Dennis Pettit (Bloomberg) —The dollar built slight gains as foreign exchange trading in Europe and North America resumed after the Christmas break, and as U.S. yields rose before the Treasury sold $26b of two-year notes at 1.280%, the highest yield since 2008. The

published Dec 27th 2016, 1:03 pm, by Eli Lake (Bloomberg View) —The way the White House tells it, the U.S. had no choice. For eight years, President Barack Obama has been pleading with Israel to stop building settlements. But they didn’t listen. So reluctantly, the president instructed his United Nations

published Dec 27th 2016, 3:40 pm, by Christian Berthelsen (Bloomberg) —Three Chinese hackers made more than $4 million in illicit profits after breaking into the servers of top corporate law firms in New York, the U.S. said in announcing charges and the arrest of one of the men. The three

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published Dec 25th 2016, 3:00 pm, by Adam Minter (Bloomberg View) — Fifty years ago, the U.S. had the moon to itself. Starting in 1969, when the first of six Apollo missions touched down, it seemed likely that American astronauts would make a long-term home on the lunar surface. Instead,

published Dec 26th 2016, 4:00 am, by Sahil Kapur (Bloomberg) —Congressional Democrats say they’ll try to thwart Republican plans to overhaul the U.S. tax code by portraying them as a boon for the rich that betrays President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign promise to fight for working Americans. “There’s going to be