©2015 Bloomberg View NYNHE66JTSEB (Bloomberg View) — Donald Trump is unique. But he’s not without antecedents, and it’s not hard to locate his performance in some well-worn grooves of American politics. Substitute the word “segregation” for “immigration” in Trump’s rhetoric, for instance, and it recalls the bitter bite of Alabama’s

©2015 Bloomberg News NYNMAO6JTSEB (Bloomberg) — Ted Cruz on Monday offered his strongest denunciation so far of Marco Rubio’s foreign policy views, assailing his Republican presidential rival as a proponent of “military adventurism” that he said has benefited Islamic militant groups. He even tied the Floridian to Democratic front- runner

©2015 Bloomberg View NYNCJU6S972B (Bloomberg View) — Jim Pouillon was murdered in 2009 by a man who objected to the anti-abortion pamphlet he was distributing. Press coverage was scant, but some pro-choice groups, to their credit, denounced the murder. The New York Times didn’t run articles suggesting that over-the-top pro-

©2015 Bloomberg News NYLJRJ6JTSE8 (Bloomberg) — Paris will become the nexus of diplomacy on Syria this week as leaders including Russian President Vladimir Putin use the opportunity of United Nations climate talks to discuss the regional conflict that has become the global epicenter of Islamic State terrorism and the refugee

©2015 Bloomberg News NYL3VA6JTSEE (Bloomberg) — Billionaire Bill Gates and fellow philanthropists on Monday will unveil a multibillion-dollar fund for clean-energy technology that’s key to combating climate change, according to an environmental group briefed on the announcement. The effort, described as the biggest clean-energy research commitment in history, is intended

©2015 Bloomberg News NYL2V4SYF01S (Bloomberg) — For Russia, $30 is the number to watch. Crude prices at that level will push the economy to depths that would threaten the nation’s financial system, according to 63 percent of respondents in a Bloomberg survey. Lower prices for the fuel are next year’s

©2015 Bloomberg News NYE5326S9729 (Bloomberg) — Each week, host Alex Sherman, a Bloomberg mergers and acquisitions reporter, is joined by a colleague to discuss the most interesting and market-moving M&A news. In this episode, Alex and Global M&A Managing Editor McCracken discuss the largest deal of the year and the

©2015 Bloomberg News NYEGX16JIJUR (Bloomberg) — Oil held gains after rising for a third day on signs the pace of drilling is slowing in the U.S. amid a global oversupply. Futures were little changed in New York after advancing 0.4 percent Wednesday. The number of rigs targeting oil fell by 9

©2015 Bloomberg News NYED7N6JIJUS (Bloomberg) — Twelve of the biggest dealers in the interest-rate swap trading market were accused in a lawsuit of conspiring to block fund managers from entering the exchange market. The antitrust complaint filed in New York federal court by a public pension fund names most of

©2015 Bloomberg News NYC9RS6S972D (Bloomberg) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told visiting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that the wave of attacks by Palestinians must subside before his government agrees to take steps to improve conditions in the West Bank. Netanyahu, who has blamed incitement by Palestinian leaders