published Jul 17th 2016, 10:45 am, by Francis Wilkinson (Bloomberg View) — Will Mike Pence help Donald Trump win over Christian conservatives? White evangelical voters who are put off by Trump’s misogyny, racism or astonishing business ethics won’t be swayed by the addition to the ticket of a conservative Midwesterner

published Jul 17th 2016, 4:50 pm, by Doni Bloomfield (Bloomberg) — United Airlines suspended pilot and Republican West Virginia lawmaker Michael Folk from flying pending an investigation after he said Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton should be executed. “This pilot has been removed from flying pending our investigation,” United Continental

published Jul 17th 2016, 5:05 pm, by Oliver Renick (Bloomberg) — U.S. stock-index futures rose at the open, erasing losses triggered by the failed military coup in Turkey, a sign American markets will be spared financial fallout from unrest in the Mediterranean nation. Futures contracts on the S&P 500 Index

published Jul 14th 2016, 8:17 pm, by Helene Fouquet (Bloomberg) — France has been on maximum security alert for most of the past 18 months, hit by multiple terrorist attacks that have left nearly 230 people dead and hundreds injured. President Francois Hollande declared a state of emergency after the

published Jul 14th 2016, 6:45 pm, by Mark Deen, Gregory Viscusi and Phil Serafino (Bloomberg) — France again was put on a terror footing as a truck drove into a late-night crowd in Nice on the country’s Mediterranean coast, killing at least 70 people as the nation celebrated its Bastille

published Jul 14th 2016, 7:00 pm, by Angela Greiling Keane (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama engaged in a verbal tussle with the Texas lieutenant governor, defended Black Lives Matter and held an impromptu meeting with the daughter of a Staten Island man killed by police as he spent another day

published Jul 13th 2016, 11:15 pm, by Amrith Ramkumar (Bloomberg) —Young Americans are likelier to have children without marrying than older Americans. Not so surprising. But they are even more likely to do so amid high income inequality, a study released today in American Sociological Review finds. Lead author Andrew

published Jul 14th 2016, 1:22 am, by Nicolas Veron (Bloomberg View) —If there is a silver lining for the world of finance from the Brexit vote it is this: that the departure of Britain offers the European Union a chance to complete much-needed reforms to the Continent’s lagging capital markets.

published Jul 14th 2016, 2:42 am, by Okech Francis (Bloomberg) —The United Nations peacekeeping chief said the situation in South Sudan remains “fluid and uncertain” following days of fighting in the capital between forces loyal to the country’s leader and his deputy that claimed more than 270 lives. Clashes erupted

published Jul 1st 2016, 8:19 am, by Jennifer Jacobs and Kevin Cirilli (Bloomberg) —As Donald Trump tries to build the kind of coalition that could win him the White House, he’s trying to master a tightrope walk with evangelical Christians who helped fuel his rise to the top of the Republican