
Johnson Is First GOP Senator to Oppose Plan: Tax Debate Update
published Nov 15, 2017 6:56:29 PM, by Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — House leaders cleared the way for a Thursday vote on their tax-overhaul bill as Senate tax writers released a late-night draft that would make many individual breaks temporary and repeal a key part of the Obamacare law. Here are

Fox Denies Soccer Bribes, Says Didn’t Control Accused Entity
published Nov 15, 2017 7:31:27 PM, by Patricia Hurtado (Bloomberg) — 21st Century Fox Inc. denied a government witness’s allegation that its sports division paid bribes to win television rights for international soccer tournaments. Fox had no operational control of the business that a former sports marketing executive was referring

One Asian Investor Isn’t Afraid of a Bear Market in Shale Gas
published Nov 15, 2017 6:00:00 PM, by Jim Polson and Supunnabul Suwannakij (Bloomberg) — A relentless flow of natural gas from America’s shale basins is drawing bears to the market — and that’s music to the ears of at least one Asia-backed investor. Kalnin Ventures LLC — an investment company

Economists at Odds With Traders on Global Inflation Outlook
published Nov 15, 2017, 7:45:12 AM, by Theophilos Argitis, Liz Capo McCormick and Enda Curran (Bloomberg) — Wall Street economists are clashing with Wall Street traders over whether inflation is poised to awaken around the world after a long slumber. From Morgan Stanley to Bank of America Corp. there’s a

Moore Accused of Sex Assault as McConnell Urges Candidate’s Exit
Laura Litvan and Arit John ¬©2017 Bloomberg L.P. A woman accused Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore Monday of sexually assaulting her when she was 16, hours after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he believed Moore’s other accusers and called on the former Alabama judge to drop out of the

Trump Visits Asia, Brexit Talks, OPEC: Week Ahead Nov. 6-11
published Nov 9, 2017, 9:33:33 AM, by Phyllis Halliday, James Amott and John McCluskey (Bloomberg) —Donald Trump continues on his first official trip to Asia as president, accompanied by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and a group of U.S. business leaders. He’ll meet with the heads of state from Japan,

Senate Sets Offshore Tax Rate as High as 10%: Tax Debate Update
published Nov 9, 2017, 9:19:42 PM, by Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) —It was crunch time for Republican tax-writers on Thursday. The House Ways and Means Committee completed its tax-cut legislation and sent it on its way to the full House, while a Senate panel began revealing details of its own version.

`Time Warp’ North Korea Must Send Sign for Change, Seoul Says
published Nov 12, 2017, 4:00:01 PM, by Rosalind Mathieson and Haslinda Amin (Bloomberg) —North Korea, a country in a “time warp” that feeds paranoia at home with propaganda about a hostile world, could secure its future by laying the groundwork for talks on its nuclear weapons program, according to South

One of the World’s Biggest Miners Is About to Go Coal Free
published Nov 9, 2017, 6:01:00 PM, by Thomas Biesheuvel (Bloomberg) —Just five years ago it would have been almost unthinkable that one of the world’s biggest mining companies would not dig any coal. It’s now likely to become a reality. Rio Tinto Group, the world’s second-largest miner, has been steadily

Hollywood Sexual Abuse Claims Prompt Prosecutor’s Task Force
published Nov 9, 2017, 5:55:13 PM, by Edvard Pettersson (Bloomberg) —The Los Angeles district attorney has created a special task force to handle the deluge of sexual abuse claims coming out of the entertainment industry. Since the New York Times last month published a story about allegations of sexual harassment