published Jun 4, 2018 3:00:01 PM, by Tiffany Kary, Katia Porzecanski and Sridhar Natarajan (Bloomberg) — Mark Brodsky knows the nasty things the haters say about him. Things like he’s a bully. An extortionist. A hedge-fund vulture. But suggest that he’s litigious, and his eyes widen. “If anyone calls us

published Jun 4, 2018 4:06:04 PM, by Tony Capaccio, Chris Strohm and Shannon Pettypiece (Bloomberg) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s decision to sit down with the U.S. was fueled by his regime’s view that it made significant achievements in its nuclear weapons program and would no longer be

published May 30, 2018 9:33:25 AM, by Matt Levine (Bloomberg Opinion) — Morgan Stanley has some computers. One argument that you sometimes hear for flesh-and-blood human financial advisers is that, in times of market panic, when customers are desperate to sell, those human advisers can calm them down and keep

published Jun 1, 2018 1:00:12 PM, by Nathaniel Bullard (Bloomberg Opinion) — Venture capital investor and longtime technology observer Mary Meeker has published her annual Internet Trends presentation — 294 slides this year, including a section on transportation. There’s a useful finding on slide 128: What Americans spend on purchasing

published Jun 3, 2018 5:01:00 PM, by Keith Zhai and Peter Martin (Bloomberg) — China is reaching out to Europe with pledges to improve market access for companies in a charm offensive that contrasts with President Donald Trump’s escalation of trade disputes worldwide. China’s ambassador to the European Union, Zhang

published May 31, 2018 4:22:16 PM, by Theophilos Argitis, Natalie Obiko Pearson and Andrew Mayeda (Bloomberg) — Global finance chiefs from the U.S.’s closest allies are promising to give Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin an earful this week after the Trump administration imposed steel and aluminum duties that sparked swift trade

published May 12, 2018 9:42:16 AM, by Michael R. Bloomberg (The Bloomberg View) — The following is an adaptation of an address to Rice University’s class of 2018. When I was deciding what I wanted to say today, I kept thinking about a Rice tradition that’s an incredibly important part

published May 31, 2018 6:54:11 PM, by Michael Heath (Bloomberg) — Happy Friday, Asia. Here’s news from Bloomberg Economics to help get your day started: America’s closest allies plan to slap billions of dollars in tit-for-tat tariffs on U.S. goods after the Trump administration announced it’s imposing steel and aluminum

published May 30, 2018 3:35:05 PM, by Robert Burgess (Bloomberg Opinion) — The Great Italian Crisis of 2018 lasted all of one day, at least judging by the financial markets. On Tuesday, investors were in full panic mode over the notion that Italy’s political situation had deteriorated to the point

published May 30, 2018 6:01:01 PM, by Brian Eckhouse and Christopher Martin (Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump wanted more U.S. solar manufacturing — and now he’s getting it. Hanwha Q Cells Korea on Wednesday said it will build a factory in Georgia. JinkoSolar Holding Co. of China is planning one