published Dec 20th 2016, 11:45 am, by Mark Shenk (Bloomberg) —Oil traded near $52 a barrel in New York as Libya said it reopened two oil fields while analysts project government data to show U.S. crude supplies fell for a fifth week. Futures fluctuated after rising as much as 1.1 percent

published Dec 20th 2016, 5:12 pm, by Lizette Chapman (Bloomberg) —Persado Chief Executive Officer Alex Vratskides could raise venture funding. He’s just not sure he wants to. His New York-based startup doubled annual revenue this year and is on track to break even in 2017. Valued at about $200 million

On Christmas Day Assist me, Muse Divine! To sing the Morn On which the Saviour of Mankind was born But oh! What Numbers to the Theme can rise? Unless kind Angels aid me from the skies? Methinks I see the tuneful Host descend And with officious Joy the Scene attend.

published Dec 19th 2016, 12:20 pm, by Liam Denning (Bloomberg Gadfly) —It’s only fair to warn you that this column concerns tax policy, so maybe grab a coffee first. It’s also about oil (if that helps.) One of the incoming Trump administration’s priorities is tax reform. And one proposal outlined

published Dec 19th 2016, 3:00 pm, by Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) —Cindy Mi leans forward on a couch in her sun-filled Beijing office to explain how she first got interested in education. She loved English so much as a child that she spent her lunch money on books and magazines to

published Oct 11th 2016, 5:00 am, by Nikki Ekstein (Bloomberg) — If you’re not familiar with the concept of uphill skiing, it probably sounds at the very least like an oxymoron, or at most, pure torture—the kind of thing you do to haphazardly recover from a sloppy tumble down the

published Dec 19th 2016, 12:53 pm, by Oliver Renick (Bloomberg) —U.S. stocks inched higher as investors assessed a rally that has lifted equities to record levels in the past month. The S&P 500 Index added 0.2 percent to 2,262.84 at 1:15 p.m. in New York. The benchmark gauge fell 0.2

published Dec 12th 2016, 10:18 am, by Peter R. Orszag (Bloomberg View) — Stress, I’ve long suspected, may explain why lifespans have been lengthening for high-income Americans but have remained the same or even shortened for low-income and middle-income people. A new analysis from the Hamilton Project released today adds

published Dec 9th 2016, 6:00 am, by Ben Steverman (Bloomberg) — One way to prepare for retirement is to save. Another way: Don’t retire. It’s surprisingly common to put very little aside and hope you never need to hang up your cleats for good. Among investors under age 35, more

published Dec 18th 2016, 5:00 pm, by Peter Levring (Bloomberg) —Without Britain’s contributions, the remaining European Union members will need to get by on a smaller budget, according to Denmark. No one, including Germany, wants to fill the 7.6 billion-euro ($7.9 billion) hole that will be left once Britain —