published Jan 13th 2017, 9:28 am, by Noah Feldman (Bloomberg View) — Muslim girls can be required to participate in swimming classes alongside boys despite their parents’ religious objections, according to the European Court of Human Rights. The outcome would have been the opposite in most U.S. jurisdictions, which have

published Jan 19th 2017, 4:26 pm, by Justin Sink (Bloomberg) —Donald Trump touched down Thursday at Washington’s Joint Base Andrews, about 24 hours before he will be sworn in as the 45th U.S. president. Trump traded his personally branded Boeing 757 for a U.S. Air Force version of the same

published Jan 17th 2017, 9:03 am, by Suzanne Woolley (Bloomberg) —Imagine that, every year at the same time, somebody wrote you a check for $3,000. Would that be such a horrible thing? Would you dread the months leading up to that? Now imagine it’s the U.S. government. About 70 percent of

published Jan 18th 2017, 4:00 am, by Ben Steverman (Bloomberg) —Here’s how one corner of Wall Street got a lesson in the power of the U.S. presidency. For years, personal finance writers have warned readers to keep an eye on their financial advisers. Some advisers, we pointed out over and

published Jan 18th 2017, 2:28 pm, by Dakin Campbell (Bloomberg) — Credible, which offers an online exchange for student and personal loans, raised $10 million from investors including Ron Suber, the president of Prosper Marketplace Inc., and Regal Funds Management to expand its business of matching borrowers with lenders. The

published Jan 18th 2017, 4:06 pm, by Lucas Shaw (Bloomberg) —Netflix Inc. signed up a record 7.05 million new customers in the fourth quarter, topping analysts’ estimates for domestic and international growth to cap the company’s first year as a global online TV service. The company added 5.12 million new

published Jan 16th 2017, 1:08 pm, by Robert Tuttle and Grant Smith (Bloomberg) —Oil rose in New York after Saudi Arabia’s energy minister said OPEC probably won’t need to extend its supply cuts beyond June as the market reaches a balance. Futures rose 0.5 percent in New York after losing

published Jan 16th 2017, 9:43 am, by Tim Ross and Robert Hutton (Bloomberg) —Donald Trump’s promise of a speedy U.S.-U.K. trade deal strengthens Prime Minister Theresa May just as she’s preparing to set out her vision for Brexit. The U.S. president-elect’s pledge helps May by showing her European negotiating partners

published Jan 16th 2017, 2:53 pm, by Shannon Pettypiece and Kathleen Miller (Bloomberg) —Donald Trump met Monday with Martin Luther King III, who said he used his time with the president-elect to discuss strategies to fix the U.S.’s “broken voting system.” The oldest son of the civil rights leader trekked

published Jan 15th 2017, 9:54 pm, by Kana Nishizawa (Bloomberg) —Chinese shares fell for the fifth day in a row, the longest run of losses since August 2015, as a measure of developers tumbled on concern policy makers will boost efforts to curb speculators. The Shanghai Composite Index dropped 1.4