published Dec 12, 2017, 1:55:55 PM, by Laura Blewitt (Bloomberg) — The world’s largest oil consumer exported more hydrocarbons than ever before in 2017 and shows no signs of slowing down. You name it — crude oil, gasoline, diesel, propane and even liquefied natural gas — all were shipped abroad

published Dec 11, 2017, 3:24:26 PM, by Gillian Tan (Bloomberg Gadfly) — A global effort to bolster the number of women on corporate boards is taking longer than it should. But the recent performance of companies that lead their peers on this measure may accelerate change. An MSCI study published this

published Dec 11, 2017, 5:27:34 PM, by Jennifer Jacobs and Dana Hull (Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump directed NASA on Monday to send American astronauts back to the moon and eventually to Mars, but eliminated his predecessors’ deadlines for such missions. “This is a giant step toward that inspiring future

published Dec 8, 2017, 5:00:00 AM, by Sheela Tobben (Bloomberg) — A 1,000-foot ship will likely pull up to a buoy floating in the Gulf of Mexico next year, hook up its hoses and usher the U.S. into a new era as a major oil exporter. The Louisiana Offshore Oil

published Dec 10, 2017, 7:00:11 AM, by Elaine Ou and Julie Verhage (Bloomberg View) — Elaine Ou, a blockchain engineer and Bloomberg View columnist, answered questions about cryptocurrencies from Bloomberg Terminal customers in a TOPLive chat on Tuesday with Julie Verhage, who covers markets for Bloomberg News. Since then, bitcoin has

published Dec 3, 2017, 7:42:58 PM, by Jonathan Levin, Andrew Pollack and Drew Armstrong (Bloomberg) — The tax bill passed by Republicans in the U.S. Senate over the weekend may boost profits for industries from banking to retail to fossil fuels. It also could put the squeeze on hospitals and

published Dec 10, 2017, 8:15:45 AM, by Gwen Ackerman and Lin Noueihed (Bloomberg) — Neither the Palestinian Authority president nor the head of Egypt’s Coptic Church plans to meet with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence when he visits the Middle East later this month, to protest the U.S. declaration recognizing

published Dec 7, 2017, 2:12:25 PM, by John Gittelsohn, Scarlet Fu and Julia Chatterley (Bloomberg) — The limited supply of bitcoin may drive up its value for now, but also makes it an unlikely substitute for currencies or gold in times of economic distress, according to Bill Gross, the billionaire

published Dec 7, 2017, 6:01:00 PM, by Isis Almeida, Mai Ngoc Chau and Fabiana Batista (Bloomberg) — Hoang Thi Thom, a coffee grower in No. 2 producer Vietnam, isn’t keen to sell this year’s harvest. With prices for the robusta coffee she grows down 18 percent in 2017, Thom has

published Dec 7, 2017, 6:32:10 PM, by Adam Haigh (Bloomberg) — The dollar is poised for its biggest weekly gain since September as the U.S. tax reform bill made encouraging progress and ahead of employment data that’s expected to show hiring remains robust in the world’s largest economy. Asian stocks