©2015 Bloomberg News NNLDKT6JIJUV (Bloomberg) — More than half of U.S. eighth-graders say Americans believe the U.S. government should guarantee them a job when they grow up. That’s one of the findings of a federal test of children’s knowledge of history, civics and geography. Only 32 percent correctly answered the question

©2015 Bloomberg View NV1RS96S972O (Bloomberg View) — When Xi Jinping walks into Microsoft headquarters on Wednesday for a global technology forum, he should have an extra spring in his step. Last week, Dell announced that 42 percent of the computers it sells in China now come pre-loaded with NeoKylin, a

©2015 Bloomberg News NV1OTG6K50Y7 (Bloomberg) — The combination of U.S. landlords Colony American Homes and Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust brings together two real estate moguls whose companies are trying to become a bigger force in the young house-rental industry. Starwood Waypoint is backed by Barry Sternlicht’s Starwood Capital Group, a

©2015 Bloomberg News NV1S346K50YG (Bloomberg) — Emerging-market stocks fell from a one-month high and currencies weakened as the euphoria surrounding the Federal Reserve’s decision to hold off on raising U.S. interest rates was replaced by concern that global economic growth is slowing. Lukoil PJSC paced losses among Russian oil producers on

©2015 Bloomberg News NUZ8KT6VDKHS (Bloomberg) — Hedge funds are so down on wheat that even the worst price plunge in 29 years isn’t leaving them satisfied. Instead, a global glut has money managers ready for more losses and sticking with a net-bearish outlook for seven straight weeks. World inventories before

©2015 Bloomberg News NUZPNI6KLVR4 (Bloomberg Politics) — Carly Fiorina said Sunday that neither she nor Hewlett-Packard should be faulted for the sales of millions of HP printers in Iran when such business was prohibited by U.S. law. Appearing on Fox’s Fox News Sunday, Fiorina said that despite being the CEO of HP when

©2015 Bloomberg News NUZW8C6TTDSD (Bloomberg) — Greek voters had the choice to reject the man who led their country closer than ever to being forced out of Europe’s single currency. Instead, they embraced him. Alexis Tsipras and his Coalition of the Radical Left, or Syriza, emerged from a second election

©2015 Bloomberg News NUPOUD6JTSEK (Bloomberg) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said the fight against Islamic State should be the global community’s top priority in Syria, rather than changing the regime of Bashar al- Assad. A broad coalition is needed to combat the threat posed by the terrorist group, which wants

©2015 Bloomberg View NUU7UG6KLVR7 (Bloomberg View) — Democrats and Republicans still agree on the need for the U.S. to engage with the world, according to a new survey; they just increasingly disagree about how to do it. But U.S. history suggests that sharp partisan divisions in foreign policy aren’t as

©2015 Bloomberg News NUUPGX6KLVR9 (Bloomberg) — The biggest collapse in commodity prices in a generation is giving some investors the best returns of any asset class. Over the past 12 months, eight of the 10 best-performing U.S. exchange-traded funds were securities that benefited from declines in raw-material prices, with five