published Apr 1st 2016, 12:29 pm, by Stephen Kirkland and Jeremy Herron (Bloomberg) — U.S. stocks rose, reversing earlier losses, while Treasuries retreated as signs of life in the manufacturing sector and a strong jobs report bolstered confidence in the world’s largest economy. Crude erased gains for the year. The

©2016 Bloomberg View O4VCTM6KLVSL (Bloomberg View) — Big Business is having big doubts about its traditional political allies. Senator Ted Cruz, who not long ago was considered the most offensive presidential candidate imaginable, is now the best-case scenario. Meanwhile, Donald Trump continues his march toward collecting the most delegates for

©2016 Bloomberg News O4VHJ1SYF022 (Bloomberg) — Heparin tainted with unauthorized Chinese- made ingredients may be on the market in the U.S. and the Food and Drug Administration hasn’t moved swiftly enough to prevent it, according to a congressional probe nearly a decade after hundreds of deaths were linked to sullied

©2016 Bloomberg News O4VO3M6VDKHU (Bloomberg) — Oklahoma and Alabama accused a 17-member coalition of U.S. states and territories investigating whether Exxon Mobil Corp. and other energy companies misled investors and the public about how climate change might affect their businesses of trying to silence critics. “Reasonable minds can disagree about

©2016 Bloomberg View O4TH686KLVR5 (Bloomberg View) — California has reached a deal to raise its statewide minimum wage to $15 an hour. This would certainly be a breathtakingly broad political experiment. The question is whether it will turn into a breathtaking disaster. The left wants to believe that it is

©2016 Bloomberg News O4TQ766K50XZ (Bloomberg) — Donald Trump’s apparent willingness to upend decades of U.S. security dominance in Asia is baffling major allies given China’s increasing clout and North Korea’s nuclear threats. The billionaire front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination has told the New York Times he’d be prepared to

©2016 Bloomberg View O4SX0S6JTSET (Bloomberg View) — Yahoo The thing about Yahoo’s plan to sell itself is that it is not a plan, and it is not to sell itself. It’s not, like, “here is what’s for sale, please submit your bids in two weeks.” It’s … like … there’s some

©2016 Bloomberg News O4RXSB6KLVRJ (Bloomberg) — Commodities including oil and copper are at risk of steep declines as recent advances aren’t fully grounded in improved fundamentals, according to Barclays Plc, which warned that prices may tumble as investors rush for the exits. Copper may slump to the low $4,000s a

©2016 Bloomberg News O4RU0E6KLVR8 (Bloomberg) — During the boom years, when China’s demand seemed insatiable and commodity prices dependable, the emerging- markets team at Stone Harbor Investment Partners in New York visited its countries once or twice a year. In the past six months, it has made four trips to

©2016 Bloomberg News O4RP956KLVR8 (Bloomberg) — The dollar weakened for the first time in seven days, while Treasuries rose after a report showed the Federal Reserve’s preferred prices measure slowed in February, damping inflation expectations. U.S. stocks meandered amid the slowest trading day of the year. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot