published Jan 29, 2018, 7:04:37 PM, by Heesu Lee and Jaehyun Eom (Bloomberg) — South Korea’s buying intentions for metals could potentially tell us something about the price outlook, if the past 18 months are any guide. The country got in front of the latest commodity rally by increasing foreign

published Jan 27, 2018, 4:33:01 PM, by Eltaf Najafizada (Bloomberg) — A Taliban suicide bomber detonated explosives in downtown Kabul on Saturday, killing at least 95 people and wounding 158 others in the worst attack since a truck bombing near the Afghan capital’s diplomatic zone last year. President Donald Trump

published Jan 28, 2018, 1:33:16 PM, by The Editors (Bloomberg View) — President Donald Trump has done something that has eluded the Republican Party for nearly a decade: He has outlined the possibility of broad immigration reform. Trump’s immigration framework is far from perfect. But the fact that it is

published Jan 28, 2018, 4:36:55 PM, by Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will travel to Tokyo for his country’s first joint summit with Japan and South Korea since 2015, the clearest sign yet of improving ties between the three neighbors. The meeting was announced by China and

published Jan 25, 2018 1:45:55 PM, by Marthe Fourcade (Bloomberg) — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is working with China’s health agency to help authorities there improve their standards, potentially creating a challenger to the world’s two most powerful regulators, billionaire Bill Gates said. The U.S. and European regulatory

published Jan 25, 2018 12:34:42 PM, by Shannon Pettypiece and David Wainer (Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump said in a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he would cut off funding to the Palestinians unless they agree to resume peace talks. Trump said at the  World Economic Forum in

published Jan 25, 2018 12:54:16 PM, by Matthew Boyle (Bloomberg) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is cutting 400 to 500 jobs at headquarters this week, the latest effort to streamline a retail empire under threat from Amazon.com Inc. The layoffs will hit the company’s marketing, human resources, merchandising, real estate, logistics

published Jan 25, 2018 7:46:38 AM, by Katia Dmitrieva (Bloomberg) — U.S. filings for unemployment benefits increased a week after plunging to the lowest level since 1973, underscoring a still historically tight jobs market, Labor Department figures showed Thursday. Highlights of Jobless Claims (Week Ended Jan. 20) Jobless  claims increased by

published Jan 25, 2018 9:14:19 AM, by Katia Dmitrieva (Bloomberg) — U.S. purchases of new homes declined more than projected last month and were revised down in the prior period, showing the market returned to a less exuberant pace as the year drew to a close, according to government data

published Jan 23, 2018 3:00:00 PM, by John Lippert (Bloomberg) — More than three decades after Honda Motor Co. first built an Accord sedan at its Marysville, Ohio, factory in 1982, humans are still an integral part of the assembly process — and that’s unlikely to change anytime soon. Even