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

published Sep 13th 2016, 10:54 am, by Joseph Ciolli and Oliver Renick (Bloomberg) —A rebound rally Monday was just a brief reprieve for U.S. stocks, as a selloff resumed amid renewed weakness in crude oil and as investors remained on edge over central banks’ ability to bolster growth. The Dow

published Sep 12th 2016, 1:18 pm, by Gwen Ackerman (Bloomberg) —At a meeting Monday in Tel Aviv, Facebook Inc.’s  Joel Kaplan and Monika Bickert heard Israeli ministers loud and clear: the social network must do more to eliminate the incitement of terrorism on its pages. “The internet can’t be allowed

published Sep 13th 2016, 4:13 pm, by Leonid Bershidsky (Bloomberg View) —The World Anti-Doping Agency’s database has been hacked, and a  group that has sarcastically adopted the name “Fancy Bear” — a designation given by the cybersecurity industry to a suspected Russian government-sponsored hacking operation — has published data about

I am currently reading a book entitled, George Washington’s Sacred Fire by Jerry Newcombe and Peter Liliback, Ph.D., published in 2006. It is a close examination of the religious comments and actions of George Washington as a child and as an adult. The authors discuss Washington’s education in detail. Schools,

published Sep 12th 2016, 11:03 am, by Megan McArdle (Bloomberg View) — I checked in on the morning news on Sunday to find Fox News reporting that Hillary Clinton had been rushed away from the 9/11 memorial she was attending, and had appeared to faint as the Secret Service herded

published Sep 12th 2016, 4:12 pm, by Toluse Olorunnipa (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama met with top executives from more than a dozen health insurers, including Humana Inc. and Cigna Corp., to re-affirm his support for the Affordable Care Act after several companies retreated from the law’s government-run insurance markets.

published Sep 12th 2016, 4:33 pm, by Jeremy Herron and Oliver Renick (Bloomberg) — U.S. stocks rallied after the biggest rout since June wiped about $500 billion from the value of equities, while the dollar weakened as the Federal Reserve’s Lael Brainard remained dovish in her approach to tighter monetary