©2016 Bloomberg View O1U7SJ6JTSE9 (Bloomberg View) — “Risk-averse venture capitalist” might sound like a contradiction in terms, but in Shanghai it’s precisely the sort of financier the city is looking to attract. Starting Feb. 1, the city plans to reimburse venture capitalists for losses up to 6 million yuan ($912,000)

©2016 Bloomberg News O1X6JWSYF01S (Bloomberg) — Senator Ted Cruz of Texas won Monday’s Iowa Republican caucuses in an upset over billionaire Donald Trump, while Democrat Hillary Clinton eked out the narrowest of wins over Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida exceeded expectations with a third-place finish

©2016 Bloomberg News O1WCI86VDKHT (Bloomberg) — U.S. antitrust officials should consider revisiting their closed investigation into Google’s search practices in light of claims by the European Union that the company manipulates results, said Utah’s attorney general. The Federal Trade Commission’s decision in 2013 not to bring a case against the

©2016 Bloomberg View O2WOG46JTSE9 (Bloomberg View) — Any doubts that Donald Trump has had a huge (as he might say) influence on the Republican Party were dispelled this month when Senator Rob Portman came out against the Trans-Pacific Partnership. There is no more respected member of what’s called the Republican

©2016 Bloomberg View O1U7S96S9728 (Bloomberg View) — After Amazon.com missed analysts’ quarterly profit forecasts Thursday, investors lopped as much as 10 percent off of its stock price, the most in a year. The company reported fourth-quarter net income that more than doubled to a record $482 million from a year earlier;

©2016 Bloomberg View O1U7S46S9728 (Bloomberg View) — Investors worried about emerging markets face a vexing question: Which countries are actually the riskiest? By one measure — corporate leverage — Brazil and India stand out, though for China and Turkey the answer depends on how you look at it. As I noted

©2016 Bloomberg View O1OO3F6JTSEI (Bloomberg View) — Yesterday, in discussing the lower- and middle-class workers who have been increasingly displaced by automation and trade, I wrote that both parties are simply reiterating longstanding policy preferences that are far more geared to the desires of their respective elites, than to the

©2016 Bloomberg News O1P0U76TTDTO (Bloomberg) — Treasuries are rallying in January for a third year in a row. U.S. government securities have gained 1.8 percent, based on the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Bond Index. They rose 3 percent in January 2015 and 1.8 percent in January 2014, both the best monthly

©2016 Bloomberg News O1P0VY6JTSEG (Bloomberg) — The first Donald Trump-free Republican debate began Thursday night in Des Moines with chief rivals reveling in the chance to hit the front-runner without him hitting back—and actually get some attention themselves. “I’m a maniac, and everyone on this stage is stupid, fat and

©2016 Bloomberg News O1MW996JIJW1 (Bloomberg) — It’s been three years since Asian stock investors faced volatility this severe. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index has moved up or down more than 1 percent for six straight days, the longest stretch since equities were rocked by the European debt crisis in June