©2016 Bloomberg View O3P2926S972K (Bloomberg View) — It’s been a huge week in the presidential campaign. We’ve gone from Donald Trump having an unstoppable path to the Republican nomination to the possibility that he could be beaten. That’s the good news for the majority of Americans who believe that an authoritarian,

©2016 Bloomberg News O3OZY46K50YU (Bloomberg) — Charlie Fairbank, the great grandson of one of the world’s first oilmen, has turned to a century-old technology to keep his 350 Ontario oil wells competitive in a world of $35 crude. Using a single engine and wooden jerkers — rods that connect to

©2016 Bloomberg News O3N6SG6JIJUR (Bloomberg) — Nancy Reagan, the former actress and first lady who nurtured the political career of husband Ronald Reagan, and was remembered for her unstinting devotion to the president as well as efforts to battle drug abuse and Alzheimer’s disease, has died. She was 94. She

©2016 Bloomberg News O3JMV46KLVRI (Bloomberg) — There are almost 2,150 seats on the boards of the world’s biggest utilities. And less than a fifth are filled by women, Ernst & Young LLP said in a report today. Of those female board members around the globe, 25 are also executives, according

@2016 Bloomberg View O3N1486KLVR6 (Bloomberg View) — Around the time that polls were closing on Super Tuesday in the U.S., Communist Party news outlets in China began syndicating a 15-image slideshow: “The Erratic Trump is Actually a Winner in Life.” It opens with an image of Donald Trump’s extended family,

©2016 Bloomberg News O3MVFT6S9728 (Bloomberg) —  Ted Cruz isn’t interested in a brokered Republican convention.  A day after displaying unexpected strength against front- runner Donald Trump with wins in two state nominating contests, the Texas senator warned of a “manifest uprising” if “a bunch of Washington dealmakers” attempted to “steal the nomination” from a candidate who

©2016 Bloomberg View O3HKPK6KLVRT (Bloomberg View) — The optimists’ case for China is fairly straightforward. Yes, the world’s second-largest economy is grinding to its slowest pace in decades. But as investment and manufacturing — traditionally the key drivers of Chinese growth — decline in importance, domestic consumption and services are

©2016 Bloomberg View O3HFD96JTSEW (Bloomberg View) — Mitt Romney gave a forceful speech denouncing Donald Trump today. He hit each of Trump’s major areas of weakness: His incoherence on policy and deviation from conservative orthodoxy; his lack of appropriate temperament and trustworthiness; and his business record. On the surface, his

©2016 Bloomberg News O3HOC9SYF01U (Bloomberg) — Tech giants including Microsoft Corp. and Google rallied to Apple Inc.’s side in its fight against a judge’s order to help unlock the iPhone of a dead terrorist. The 15 companies, including Facebook Inc. and Amazon.com, are seeking to support Apple through a so-called

©2016 Bloomberg News O3G3RJ6S9729 (Bloomberg) — Emerging-market stocks rose for a fifth day in this year’s longest rally, and inflows boosted currencies after U.S. data beat estimates and on optimism that China is working to regain investors’ confidence. Health care and technology shares led gains in the MSCI Emerging Markets