published Sep 19th 2016, 4:48 pm, by Leonid Bershidsky (Bloomberg View) — What looked like a promising U.S.-Russian deal in Syria has collapsed amid mutual recriminations. Throughout the failed truce, Russia behaved as though it didn’t attach much value to it, and it probably doesn’t want an agreement with the

published Sep 16th 2016, 3:26 pm, by Dani Burger (Bloomberg) — U.S. stocks retreated to trim a weekly gain as investors awaited next week’s Federal Reserve meeting, with economic indicators pointing to uneven growth in the world’s largest economy. Banks and energy producers carried the steepest losses Friday, with crude

published Sep 17th 2016, 10:05 pm, by Toluse Olorunnipa and Mark Niquette (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama said if black voters fail to vote in sufficient numbers and Donald Trump wins the presidency, he will consider it a “personal insult.” “I will consider it a personal insult, an insult to

published Sep 16th 2016, 11:18 pm, by Kevin Cirilli (Bloomberg) — Donald Trump said at a rally in Miami that Hillary Clinton’s bodyguards should disarm and “see what happens to her.” “I think that her bodyguards should drop all weapons,” the Republican presidential nominee said Friday. “Take their guns away.

published Sep 15th 2016, 5:56 pm, by Perry Williams (Bloomberg) — Oil headed for a weekly loss on speculation a global crude glut will persist as disrupted supply returns and demand growth slows. Futures fell 0.7 percent in New York, extending a weekly decline to 5 percent. OPEC members Libya

published Sep 15th 2016, 5:00 pm, by Luzi Ann Javier and Megan Durisin (Bloomberg) — For commodities, 2016 started with a bang. If history is any guide, it will end with a whimper. The Bloomberg Commodity Index, tracking returns for 22 components, is heading for a third-quarter slump after posting

published Sep 15th 2016, 5:25 pm, by Michelle Fay Cortez and Jennifer Jacobs (Bloomberg) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is in “excellent physical health,” according to his longtime doctor Harold Bornstein, who on Thursday provided a range of details from the candidate’s laboratory reports for the first time. Trump’s

published Sep 6th 2016, 8:51 am, by Jennifer Jacobs and Kevin Cirilli (Bloomberg) —Nearly three weeks ago, Donald Trump began a blunt appeal to Hispanics and blacks. With his “what the hell do you have to lose?” line, his talk of softening his stance on immigrants residing in the country illegally,

published Sep 14th 2016, 5:48 pm, by Mark Gurman and Alexandre Boksenbaum-Granier (Bloomberg) —Samsung Electronics Co., under pressure from consumers for longer-lasting batteries that charge faster, pushed the limits of lithium-ion technology. The effort backfired when some of its new Note 7 handsets caught fire and exploded. Building a better

published Sep 12th 2016, 4:00 am, by Ben Steverman (Bloomberg) —Most people go to the doctor for medical advice. Why can’t we all get a checkup for our financial health, too? The short answer is it’s expensive, since there’s no health insurer to cover the prognosis of your nest egg. For average