©2016 Bloomberg News O2LNUK6TTDS3 (Bloomberg) — Bryon Linnehan spent more than two years chasing bad guys around Iraq as a U.S. military-intelligence officer. Since May, he’s been using skills he honed on the battlefield to monitor electronic communications inside Barclays Plc. Desperate to avoid more costly run-ins with regulators, investment banks

©2016 Bloomberg News O2KAWD6JIJW1 (Bloomberg) — The death of Antonin Scalia could set off a U.S. Supreme Court realignment that reverses decisions touching major facets of American life including gun control, campaign finance reform, and consumer protections. A newly remade 5-4 majority might even consider outlawing the death penalty. Those

©2016 Bloomberg View O2KCNS6KLVR7 (Bloomberg View) — Imagine if Ford remotely disabled the engine on your new F-150 pickup because you chose to have the door locks fixed at a corner garage rather than a dealership. Sound absurd? Not if you’re Apple. Since 2014, the world’s most profitable smartphone company

©2016 Bloomberg News O2G1PN6S972O (Bloomberg) — The political crisis roiling Ukraine’s post- revolution leaders is coming to a head after a top reformer quit the government and the International Monetary Fund threatened to cut off aid. If efforts to revamp the cabinet fail, the risk is early elections. Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk

©2016 Bloomberg News O2EW216TTDSC (Bloomberg) — Oil rebounded from the lowest level in more than 12 years amid the most volatile prices since 2009 as speculation swirls over whether producers will act to bolster the market. Futures rose as much as 5.9 percent in New York, after closing at the

©2016 Bloomberg News O2E9TN6TTDSG (Bloomberg) — While presidential candidate Marco Rubio’s tax proposals would put more money in taxpayer wallets and business coffers, their benefits would be concentrated at the top end of the income scale, and they could produce large, “unsustainable, budget deficits,” according to a policy group’s analysis.

©2016 Bloomberg View O2DYV96KLVRL (Bloomberg View) — People are worried about everything. It would not be difficult for this newsletter to have a recurring daily section titled, like, “people are worried about the global economy.” Someone is always worried about the global economy; worries about the global economy are —

©2016 Bloomberg View O2CLB66KLVRM (Bloomberg View) — Near the end of last month, mutual-fund giant Vanguard announced that it had lowered the expense ratios on 35 of its mutual funds. That’s after a December announcement that it had lowered expense ratios on 53 funds. All in all, Vanguard estimated, the

10 Feb 2016 18:29 ©2016 Bloomberg News Emma O’Brien (Bloomberg) — The dollar maintained losses, trading near its weakest level since 2014 against the yen, after Janet Yellen signaled further interest-rate increases may be delayed should the turmoil in global markets continue. While the comments boosted Australian stocks, South Korean

©2016 Bloomberg News O2B8936K50XS (Bloomberg) — Google Inc.’s artificial-intelligence system will be interpreted as a driver by federal regulators, a step toward compliance that would help the tech giant’s self-driving cars hit U.S. roads. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration agrees with Google that its cars “will not have a