published Jul 10th 2016, 10:15 am, by Albert R. Hunt (Bloomberg View) —Years ago, the conservative activist Grover Norquist was the guest speaker in a class I teach at the University of Pennsylvania. “Older people are the base of the Democratic Party,” he told the class of predominantly liberal Ivy

published Jul 10th 2016, 12:39 pm, by Toluse Olorunnipa and Justin Sink (Bloomberg) —President Barack Obama said protests against police violence in many cities over the weekend are “legitimate,” yet cautioned that attacks on law enforcement officers undermine public support for the Black Lives Matter movement. “Any violence directed at

published Jul 10th 2016, 4:00 pm, by Chanyaporn Chanjaroen (Bloomberg) —Deutsche Bank AG is pushing ahead with plans to become one of the world’s top five wealth managers as the business outlook for European banks worsens because of the Brexit vote and Italy’s banking crisis. Market volatility after the U.K.’s

published Jun 29th 2016, 1:00 pm, by Polly Mosendz (Bloomberg) — Upon graduating from college, newly minted grownups face a slew of bills they may or may not be totally prepared to handle: electric, gas, cable, Netflix, and Sallie Mae, for starters. One charge they can often skip is for

published Jul 7th 2016, 4:59 pm, by John Lippert (Bloomberg) — California’s effort to promote non-polluting automobiles is being thrown off kilter by a company that makes electric cars. The rapid growth of Tesla Motors Inc. and the increasing range of other electric vehicles have the state contemplating new requirements

published Jul 7th 2016, 5:00 pm, by Monami Yui and Grace Huang (Bloomberg) —Japan’s discount-seeking shoppers drove some retailers into the red last quarter as an uncertain economic outlook persuaded consumers to tighten their purse strings. Supermarkets and clothing stores will probably cut prices more to spur sluggish sales, which

published Jun 24th 2016, 7:55 am, by Matt Levine (Bloomberg View) — Programming note: There will be no Money Stuff for the next two weeks, since I’ll be on vacation. Have fun and be safe; I’ll see you in July. Brexit. Well this is depressing. “The world of hope, the

published Jul 6th 2016, 5:35 pm, by Chris Strohm (Bloomberg) — U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Wednesday that Hillary Clinton won’t be charged criminally for her use of personal e-mail while secretary of state, accepting a recommendation from the FBI after a more than yearlong investigation. Lynch said that

published Jul 6th 2016, 6:01 pm, by Henry Meyer (Bloomberg) — Vadim Kuznetsov says his excursion-boat business along Russia’s border with Poland has been torpedoed by a new Cold War. “They’re scared,” Kuznetsov said of the Poles, once his main customers, who no longer venture across the border for fishing

published Jul 6th 2016, 3:33 am, by Mark Deen (Bloomberg) — Four thousand British executives have received a love letter from Paris. The letter, written by the head of the Paris regional government to officials of companies of all sizes a day after the U.K. voted to leave the European