published Feb 4, 2018, 1:00:00 PM, by Katia Dmitrieva (Bloomberg) — The tightest labor market in years isn’t pulling in all Americans. Despite a robust job market that added a greater-than-forecast 200,000 positions in January and has seen many companies struggle to find skilled labor, the unemployment rate is 10

published Feb 4, 2018, 1:51:30 PM, by Nick Wadhams and Jorgelina do Rosario (Bloomberg) — The Trump administration is weighing restrictions on Venezuela’s oil exports and the sale of U.S.-refined petroleum products to the country, but it is wary of the damage that may cause to American companies, Secretary of

published Jan 30, 2018, 6:30:17 AM, by Tara Lachapelle (Bloomberg Gadfly) — By now we know that having more women on leadership teams enhances businesses. We also know that women have qualities that make them good investors, such as their approach to risk. Why then are there still so few

published Feb 1, 2018, 6:01:00 PM, by David Goodman (Bloomberg) — U.K. starting salaries have climbed to the highest level since before the Brexit vote — a further indication that the tightness in the labor market is starting to lift pay growth. Advertised salaries climbed 1.9 percent in the year

published Feb 1, 2018, 6:45:21 PM, by Spencer Soper (Bloomberg) — Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos can take a victory lap. Years of investments in warehouses and robots and data centers and gadgets — that have often tested investor patience — paid off big for Amazon over the

published Jan 31, 2018, 7:00:00 PM, by Jessica Summers (Bloomberg) — U.S. oil production surged above 10 million barrels a day for the first time in more than four decades, another marker of a profound shift in global crude markets. The milestone comes weeks after the International Energy Agency said

published Jan 25, 2018, 2:13:23 PM, by Sahil Kapur (Bloomberg) — Senator Ted Cruz blasted the idea of giving young undocumented immigrants a path to citizenship, a day after President Donald Trump said he was open to the idea as part of immigration legislation being negotiated in Congress. “I do

published Jan 31, 2018, 7:39:34 PM, by Sarah Frier (Bloomberg) — Facebook Inc. may be making major changes aimed at fixing its impact on society. But its business is as safe as ever. That’s the message from executives after an adjustment to the news feed algorithm — the company’s biggest

published Jan 30, 2018, 2:29:23 PM, by Sarah Frier and Julie Verhage (Bloomberg) — Facebook Inc. is banning ads on its social network that promote cryptocurrencies, initial coin offerings and binary options, saying they’re “frequently associated with misleading or deceptive promotional practices.” The policy will be “intentionally broad” while Facebook

published Jan 30, 2018, 2:37:54 PM, by Jen Skerritt (Bloomberg) — It’s relatively cheap in Seattle, and L.A. and San Francisco are pretty competitive, but it’s an entirely different story on the East Coast, especially in the nation’s capital. We’re talking marijuana prices, of course. According to the 2018 Cannabis